Esther Both (Orange Jasmine) sent me some fantastic scans of photos that appeared in a Spanish Magazine along with a Tori article. This article appeared in a typical supplement that comes with Spanish newspapers on Sundays. The name of the supplement is "El Dominical" and the name of the newspaper is different for each region where it's distributed. I have a translation of the article from Spanish to English sent by Toriphile Cheefooska Juan in Mexico City. The photos are from the same Cornwall photo shoot as the pictures published in Marie Claire Magazine in the U.K. in October 1999. The photos are different and very nice!

See the photos and read the article.

Christina Stalby has translated from Swedish a Tori article and interview that appeared in the Swedish Newspaper "Aftonbladet" somtime during January 2000. (I am not sure of the exact issue date.) Read it in my Articles Archive. Tori talks about sexual violation and as always has some interesting things to say.

Tori Amos
Not since Billy Joel and Elton John has there been such a celebrated piano-based artist in major radio rotation. Tori Amos defied tradition, going against the grain by writing unconventional, anti-pop pop songs and lacing them with cutting, no-holds-barred lyrics.

Against all odds, Tori, who had previously been dropped from a major-label recording contract, became an international icon. "In America there's this radio thing of 'Where do they fit?'" she told us in 1992. "'Tori, we don't know where she fits.'" Tori made her music fit, and she made it stick. And how refreshing it was to see an artist whose heart was so deeply in her relationship with her chosen instrument. "I wrap my arms around the piano and embrace it," she said in the same interview. "I see the piano as a living being. I started to approach it as something that has its own consciousness. It thinks. It's not like master and servant. We collaborate together."

On pg. 42, an article entitled Streaks and Geeks discusses where pop rock starts are situated right now. There is a beautiful black and white inset of Tori with the Dixie Chicks and Sting. The caption reads:

'Fly Girls and Fall Guys' (1) The Dixie Chicks were chartbusters, with two albums in the year-end top 20; while once golden oldies (2) Tori Amos and (3) Sting were chart busters.

On pg. 43, Tori Amos is mentioned in a Losers section:

Losers Boomers What if they threw a supergroup reunion and nobody came? CSNY's return was DOA; ditto for Eurythmics'. Melissa Ethridge went back into the commercial closet, the sales fairies deserted Tori Amos, and adult-appeal acts like Sting, Tom Petty, and Counting Crows all found their former audiences more preoccupied with soccer mom-dom. Santana had the right idea: enlist younger, hotter stars and create your own de facto tribute album.

"Love according to Tori Amos"

Shivering in her woolen winter coat, although it is at least 26oC in her hotel room, Tori is drinking her cup of 'normal' tea. that is an exception because usually she only drinks herbal tea, what fits with the "not grounded" [i don't know the correct word, sorry] idea many people have about her. Some even claim that she permanent flies 10 km above the ground. Anyhow, she is a master in metaphors and subjects such as demons, fairies, angels and magic are her favorite. But the most she likes to philosophize about love, and she gets a very 'down to the earth' (read with closed eyes) picture of it. "I see a predator. Mmmmmh, it's a lioness. Yes a lioness who is loving and licking her little cub. The most feared predator, that the strength has to bite through everybody's throat, but at the same time so careful with her litter. That extremely strong mother instinct, for me that is pure love.

Lionesses are amazing animals, the guys from the family. They do the hunting, make sure there is meat on the table. The men are only laying in the sun playing with their furry balls. I think it's not very different from the human world, but we leave that aside."

According to Amos women can learn a lot from our animal friends.

"We are supposed to be on top of the civilization..... well, if you take a walk in Toys'R'Us, you will know better.

"Shaking her head she takes her coat of. "I got it suddenly very warm".

It's on page 60, under Kevyn's Notebook.... There are four pictures, and the bottom one has Tori in it.... Winona is hugging her.. she is wearing the same outfit from the picture w/the singer of Monster Magnet. From what it says below the picture, Winona is also a fan. The article says:

Backstage Pass

Winona and I are both Tori Amos freaks. After we saw Tori perform last year, we went backstage to her dressing room (my boyfriend, Jeremy, and Winona's assistan, Sibi, were with us). Winona's really good at massage, so she showed us one of her techniques: You're supposed to massage a pressure point on your forearm every day to release stress, which she did for Tori. Afterward, the four of us drove around looking for a Burger King. Eveyrthing was closed, but we finally found a drive-thru and begged them to make meatless Whoppers for us.

The January 2000 issue of Alternative Press magazine includes 2 letters to the editor that were in response to the Tori cover story printed in the October 1999 issue of the magazine. One is positive and one is negative. Read them below and thanks to Kim for posting these to the ToriNews mailing list, and to Jennie for sending me a scan of the color photo of Tori that AP printed next to these letters.

GLORY OF TORI

Thank you for the highly entertaining chat with Tori Amos [AP#135]. She never fails to crack me up with her prattling descriptions about her music ("her girls") and her concept of "Toriland." Her new album is a thousand times better than most of the crap being released today. I mean, how can you not love somebody who would write a song from the perspective of the desert? It's nice to read about a generally happy artist who's not screaming about nookie or their status as trailer trash. I'm sure the fairies will agree with me when I say that Tori deserves all of the attention she's receiving. Keep up the good work covering quality artists. -Kathleen Morella El Cajon, CA

I guess I didn't get the memo that the "A" in A.P now stands for Amos. No offense, but it seems like every time I pull an issue of A.P. out of my mailbox, Ms. Amos is looking at me with that same far-away, sullen expression (issues 120 & 135, for example) With so many innovative artists out there, I think it's excessive to showcase the same person two or three times in just over a year. Why not share the wealth a bit? And by the way, if she's so successful, y kant tori afford a brush? ............... Amy Durkee Ocala, FL