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Sightings reported from June 26, 2000 through August 20, 2000
Aussie Magazine Life.com(August 20, 2000) - Rochelle (Playboy Mummy) reports: I found a reference to Tori in a mag called Life.com (its an insert in the Sun-Herald, a Sydney newspaper on August 20, 2000). On page 15, in an article entitled "Celebrities who hate fans", it says: "Some artists such as Tori Amos and Alanis Morrissette have embraced the MP3 revolution and the pair recently went on tour together, sponsored by leading free music distributor MP3.com"
The band SR-71(August 20, 2000) - Brandon Sink reports: I have to tell you about a Tori sighting that my sister Brianna found and told me about. She was at the band SR-71's website, and she was reading the little questionnaires that the band members each filled out. Well, guitarist Mark is a Toriphile!! He mentioned Tori in two of his answers: 1.What is your biggest obsession? 2.What is the last CD you bought?
Mademoiselle(August 18, 2000) - JoAnne reports: In the September 2000 issue of Mademoiselle, there is a small Tori reference in an article entitled "home alone!". The section that mentions Tori is as follows: "My first night alone - finally! My dream home is a micro teeny studio in an old building would be charming if it weren't painted burnt - lasanga orange. But, hey, no more tedious debates over the Cure versus Tori Amos posters.."
DigitalMass Article on Napster(August 18, 2000) - Marla Tiara reports: This is from an article at DigitalMass called "Napster: Who Needs It?" By Jen Muehlbauer The full text is at the DigitalMass web site. The relevant part follows: I tried to avoid the subject, but I can't hold it in
any longer. Let's talk about Napster.
I don't use it. I tried it, but Napster's two-way
sharing was murder on my 56K connection. I spent too
many hours wastin' away again in Napsterville while
the last person on earth with a 14.4 modem tried to
download my husband's Tori Amos B-sides.
The Pimps cover "iieee"(August 18, 2000) - linh reports: i'm not sure if you're aware of this already, but there's a punk/rock group called "The Pimps" who has done a cover of iieee - they sound drunk. very drunk, but i love the guitars. the band consist of Kate, Idle, Billy, Mike and Missy who are from Norfolk. i don't know much about this group, so i don't know if the cover has appeared on any of their albums. But i thought you should know.
Revolution Magazine and Armand Van Helden(August 16, 2000) - Laura C reports: It's a small little blurb, but in Revolution Magazine (Sept. 2000) They do an article about Armand Van Helden. Under his remixes they say: "1996: Tori Amos- "Professional Widow" (Atlantic): The article goes on to mention his website. and interview.
Tori's horoscope(August 16, 2000) - Craig Klein reports: In today's New York Daily News (August 14, 2000) Tori is the featured Celebrity Profile in the Horoscope section. (Which is odd as her birthday isn't for another week.) I certainly wouldn't consider anything written as valid, but I thought it was pretty funky to see her mentioned. Here's what's written: "Born on the cusp of Virgo and Leo, fiery redheaded songstress Tori Amos is most definitely a Leo. Her love sign is also in Leo, indicating that she will always be in love with performing before a live audience. Her moon and Mars in Libra reveal someone whom lives to work with others and may even be disturbed by the prospect of being alone--which serves as fuel for her songs. She could make a cameo appearance in an independent film in the upcoming year." A small headshot of Tori is included. The horoscope was written by Joyce Jillson. Again, I don't put much stock in horoscopes so you can take what you want from it, but I thought it pretty cool to see her mentioned. [Note from Mikewhy: I think Joyce Jillson's horoscope column is placed in many different newspapers, because I saw the same thing in the Boston Herald on August 14, 2000.]
Guitar World(August 16, 2000) - HeatherSommer reports: In the September 2000 issue of "Guitar World" there is an article with the two guitarists of Kittie (60MINUTES). At the end of the article, Morgan Lander has "60MoreMinutes" and mentions Tori. It reads: "Cornflake Girl"
Who Wants to be a Millionaire(August 16, 2000) - Laure reports: Tori was mentioned on Who Wants to be a Millionaire tonight, Aug 15, 2000. The question was as follows: "Who sings the theme song to the tv show Dawson's Creek?" A. Tori Amos The answer was Paula Cole and the song she does for the theme is "I Don't Want To Wait"
Have your mobile phone ring to the tune of Professional Widow(August 16, 2000) - Micah Westfall reports: I have news. At yourmobile.com, you can get a cell phone ringtone that plays It's Gotta Be Big - Professional Widow, the remix version by Armand Van Helden. Just found that to be interesting.
MakeUp Artist Jenni Clark(August 16, 2000) - Mikewhy reports: While doing a news search on the Excite web site, I found an August 15, 2000 article in the San Francisco Examiner that was examining fall fashions and makeup. Part of the article mentions Tori: Another line that skews very young is Cargo, a Canadian company that sells its products at Sephora. Packaged in brushed-aluminum miniature film canisters, the theme of the line is global travel. Products are named for cities. (Wouldn't you love to wear Walla Walla lip gloss or Fresno blush?) Cargo has caught on with all the young fashionables in Los Angeles and has recently signed Courteney Cox Arquette of "Friends" to work with six Hollywood makeup artists to develop new lipsticks. A percentage of sales from the seven shades they work up is earmarked for the Children's Miracle Network, which raises funds for 170 children's hospitals in North America.
Courteney's new lipstick color is called "Cece," a sheer, iridescent berry; "Ally McBeal" makeup artist, Sharin Helgestad, developed "Cloud Nine," a semi-sheer pink, and Courtney Love's makeup artist, Jenni Clark, who works on No Doubt's Gwen Stefani and Tori Amos, too, came up with "Voyage," a sheer grape. The lipsticks will sell for $15. I can't remember hearing of Jenni Clark before. Has anyone else?
More Tori Thoughts From Billy Howerdel(August 16, 2000) - Brad Walsh reports: Brad Walsh has interviewed various celebrities for magazines and newspapers and once he talked to Billy Howerdel of the band A Perfect Circle about Tori. This is what Billy had to say about Tori: "I don't dislike Tori Amos, but I don't have a lot of history. On Nine Inch Nails, Tori Amos is God on there, amongst the crew, and I assume amongst a lot of the band, but certainly on the crew side. I got it shoved down my throat a little too much. When I first heard Tori Amos, I heard Kate Bush immediately. Maybe it was just a song or two, but I was a big Kate Bush fan years ago. And then, I quickly realized that Tori's definitely got her own style. I think, taking it beyond where Kate Bush was. I love how insane she seems, passionately insane, musically."
Maynard & Billy mention Tori(August 13, 2000) - Renee Demund (torified) reports: in the october 2000 issue of metal edge (with a perfect circle on the cover), tori is mentioned twice by both billy howerdel and maynard james keenan of a perfect circle. page 8: METAL EDGE: why was your original intent to have a female singer?
BILLY HOWERDEL: i wanted the music to be heavy and the vocals to
contradict, be angelic and ethereal on top of it, almost whispering
screams constantly. it was just an idea, and i was always looking for
the perfect singer. i started working with this girl who i will probably
still end up working with in the future, but it's much different stuff,
more TORI AMOS and more dance music.
page 103: METAL EDGE ASKS...who would you like to write your life story?
MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN: it would have to be somewhat of a two part story,
micheal gira is one and TORI AMOS would write the other.
"Don't Quote Me"(August 13, 2000) - Kerrie-Anne Sullivan reports: Hey, I was just watching VH1's show "Don't Quote Me" and Alanis Morrisette's "You Outta Know" video came on. Well, one of the quotes was from Tori!! I'm not sure if this is the exact quote, but it is pretty close: "What were you doing going down on him in the theater? Picking up a Coca-Cola?" You can see lots of Tori quotes about Alanis on my Tori and Alanis Quotes Page.
btmusic.com(August 13, 2000) - Cherdy reports: At BT's site (www.btmusic.com), in the bio section, it says: "BT often lends his own brand of complex electronic dimension and texture to works of such pop icons as Madonna, Tori Amos and Seal."
Armand Van Helden Articles In Rolling Stone and The Boston Phoenix(August 11, 2000) - hot kachina reports: Just wanted to let you know in case you didn't know already that there is a Tori mention in the new Rolling Stone this week, issue 848 August 31, 2000 with Keanu Reeves on the cover. The article is on page 40 and is about Armand Van Helden. One section reads (spelling exactly like in the article): "His first single, the influential 1994 trival-house anthem "The Witch Doktor," was a minor hit, but he made real waves with a remix of Tori Amos' "Professional Widow" which went to Number One in England. He was soon inundated with other remix offers, accepting some from the likes of the Rolling Stones and ahem, Ace of Base." They also mention Tori on page 22 in the birthday section. She will be 37 on August 22! They also mention Tori on page 22 in the birthday section. She will be 37 on August 22! (August 11, 2000) - Mikewhy reports: Tori is also mentioned in an article on Armand Van Helden that appears in the August 10-17, 2000 edition of the weekly Boston Phoenix. The article talks about his DJ skills as he played at the Avalon in Boston. You can read the full article at the Boston Phoenix web site. Here is the part that mentions Tori: In the early '90s, when he was still in college, the house-music DJ who calls himself Armand Van Helden (real name: Rob Andrade) levitated crowds of dancers at after-hours club the Loft, which was then Boston's most popular disco. Van Helden soon went off to New York, where he wrote "Witch Doktor," one of the first techno hits, and remixed prog-rock cuts like Tori Amos's "Professional Widow," the Sneaker Pimps' "Spin Spin Sugar," and Daft Punk's "Around the World."
Coyote Ugly(August 10, 2000) - Marla Tiara reports: Tori mentioned in a review of Coyote Ugly "...we get ingenue Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) and her dream of leaving New Joisey pizza slinging behind to write songs in the Big Apple. She starts out a naive-but-gutsy songwriter in the Tori-Shawn-Sarah mold." The Boston Phoenix, August 11, 2000 (August 10, 2000) - Missy reports: i just got back from seeing the new movie coyote ugly. there is a scene in a music shop and over one of the characters shoulders you can plainly see to venus an back CD on the wall. just thought i should share, even if it isnt much.
Tori quote in the Detroit News(August 10, 2000) - Mikewhy reports: The Detroit News on August 7, 2000 included Tori in their Newsmakers section under the heading "Short Takes". They write: Tori Amos likes fairies. "If you go to Ireland and talk about fairies negatively," she says, "you'll get punched out."
Ted Casablanca's The Awful Truth(August 10, 2000) - Cherdy reports: Today [August 5, 2000] I was reading Ted Casablanca's The Awful Truth column at E! Online (www.eonline.com), and he mentioned spotting Drew Barrymore at a movie premiere recently, and he was describing her hair: "Drew's was long and straight and a deep shade of reddish brown (rather Tori-esque)." I'm not positive, he could be describing Tori Spelling (but, knowing her change of hair colors, I doubt it) Tori Amos. She is always one of the first people to be spoken of when talking about red hair.
Mira Sorvino(August 10, 2000) - Leeanne reports: I was on a Mira Sorvino website, and I was looking at pictures, and one of them had the caption of .."mira looking very much like Tori Amos." Just thought I'd tell you. You can see the photo below. The site has a larger version of the photo somewhere. 
September 2000 Cosmo Girl(August 10, 2000) - Emilee reports: On page 130 of the Sept. 2000 Cosmo Girl Issue, there is a very small blurb that reads: Confession Corner Tori Amos Singer, "I have all of these vivid memories of being a prostitute in another life." The pic isn't new. It's recent, but not new. Kinda just a shot of her head. Well, I think that's about it.
BT Article In The Dallas Observer(August 4, 2000) - Mikewhy reports: I found yet another BT (Brian Transeau) article. This one appeared in the August 3, 2000 edition of the Dallas Observer. You can read the entire article at the Dallas Observer web site. The part that mentions Tori is below. There are actually many different articles about BT out right now since he has a new album called "Movement in Still Life". They all usually mention the fact that he worked with Tori. I will not list all of them on the Dent however! Well-known throughout England, BT was still largely unrecognized outside the underground dance scene in the United States until he collaborated on a remix with alternative songstress Tori Amos called "Blue Skies." The single climbed the dance charts and became one of 1996's most memorable club tunes. He's also remixed some of pop music's biggest names--Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Depeche Mode, and Seal--in addition to the man who gave him his break, Sasha.
Audio Ether Networks(August 2, 2000) - Mikewhy and Meredith report:
"Siren" Used In Ad For Italian TV Program(August 2, 2000) - Heles reports: In short, Tori's siren was/is used as background music to the ad for a program whose title roughly translates like 'kore: myth of woman', which is going to air tonight (07.31.00) on Italian national TV channel 5. it's the first time I hear tori's music in a commercial here. wow. :)
Mikewhy quote on Yun Hui web page(July 27, 2000) - Mikewhy reports: There is a singer/songwriter/musician in Indianapolis, IN named Yun Hui who I discovered earlier this year and I think she is simply incredible. She fronts a band called Red Beans & Rice and has recently started an exciting rock band called Yun Hui. There are several sites where you can find out more about her, and I list those on my Extras Page. There is a section of the SoundClick web site devoted to her rock band, and in the Reviews section of that site, you can find various quotes from people or publications about Yun Hui. They include a quote from me that I posted on the Dent a few months ago where I said, "She has a passion and style I have not seen since Tori." I was so honored to be included on that page! While you are there, check her band out. You can listen to her song "Apologies" on the site. If you like it, go vote for Yun Hui to move "Apologies" up the rock charts on this site. (If Yun Hui can get noticed they might get signed to a record label!) Go to: http://www.soundclick.com/genres/rock.cfm and find "Apologies" --YUN HUI and push "play". A vote sign will come up. Hit "VOTE" and numbers from (1)-(5) will come up. (1) means SUCKS to (5) means EXCELLENT. Push what you think!
Interview with FREENET creator Ian Clarke In Spin(July 27, 2000) - Heather reports: In the most recent issue of SPIN (September 2000) in an interview with FREENET creator Ian Clarke: Interviewer: Okay, but that's assuming that artists merely produce information. I think most musicians would consider themselves craftspeople. They'd say that if you took away their access to copyright, you would destroy their ability to do their work.
Clarke: But there is a fundamental difference between a creator of information and a creator of something tangible. If I make a statue and somebody else wants it, they must deprive me of it in order to have it. If I have a piece of music, they can get a copy of it without depriving me of it. However, I have no desire to see musicians begging on the street. I actually believe that there are many other ways for musicians to be rewarded for their efforts without relying on copyright.
Interviewer: Such as?
Clarke: One example is the "street performer" model. Let's say Tori Amos plans to release her next album freely, without copyright; you can copy it all you want. But before she releases it, she sells it to to the public at large for $100,000. The public then voluntarily contributes to a kind of pool of money and when that pool reaches this threshold, Tori Amos releases her new album and gets the money. It's like humanity as a whole buying a piece of music, rather than just individuals.
Interviewer: You've mentioned that the Edge is a big fan of Freenet. It seems to me that it's easier for big acts like U2 or Tori Amos to embrace something like Freenet because they already have millions of fans hungering for their music. What about unknown musicians who can't count on an audience to use these alternative payment plans?
Clarke: I actually think that this will help the little guy because it will democratize art. How many little guys at the moment are actually capable of making a living as artists? Virtually none. The only people that lose out with Freenet are people in the industry, and I've got very little sympathy for them. the article is VERY interesting, just for the philosophical implications of free information exchange. I thought it was really cool that he mentioned Tori -- it's the only musician referenced specifically by Clarke in the interview!
365 Stupidest Things Ever Said calendar(July 26, 2000) - Camillapede reports: Today's page [July 26, 2000] on the 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said Page-a-day calendar is a quote from Tori from Rolling Stone, "I'm obsessed with crocodiles and getting eaten by one. When I hear that someone's been eaten by a crocodile or a shark, I just get all gooey. I start salivating."
Teen People Book Club catalogue(July 24, 2000) - Cherdy reports: In my new July 2000 Teen People Book Club catalogue, it features a summary of Kevyn Aucoin's book Making Faces, and it briefly mentions Tori, and shows a wonderful picture of her. [Note from Mikewhy: The photo is from the Making Faces book and can be seen at the top of the Dent's Kevyn Aucoin page.]
Candystand.com(July 24, 2000) - RasinGirrl reports: Not sure if this was mentioned before but on http://www.candystand.com, in the arcade section, if you play the music trivia game, there are a bunch of Tori questions. My boyfriend and I were just playing and he got 2. One was a picture of TVAB and asked what this artists real name was. Another was a sound clip of SATY and asked what Tori album it was from. There might even be more questions I have to play more and see. It's a fun game never the less.
The Joliet Herald(July 24, 2000) - REK82 reports: In the Go section of the Joliet (Illinois) Herald on Thursday, July 20, 2000, there is an article called "Unsung Pop." I is about good pop music that doesn't get recognition. A few record store owners were asked to pick five albums that fit the description. Greg Stevens from Coconuts in Naperville picked "To Venus and Back" as number 4. He Said: "I think it was her best ever. It's more adult."
BT articles in the Boston Globe and San Francisco Weekly(July 24, 2000) - David Louie reports: There is a small Tori mention in an article on BT (Brian Transeau) that appeared in the Boston Globe on July 21, 2000. The Tori part is below. You can read the entire article at the Boston.com web site. He's a singer, producer, classical musician, king of the electronic genre known as trance, and remixer to pop icons such as Madonna and Tori Amos. He's even scored films and a video game.
Now try squeezing all of those genres and talents onto one album, and you have a good idea of what "Movement in Still Life" sounds like. [BT's new album.] While he has been a key figure in the electronic music movement since the early 1990s, BT (short for Brian Transeau), this is the first time he's been able to present the full spectrum of the ideas and sounds that race through his head. Stacy then reports: Just wanted to tell you that there's a mention of Tori in the SF Weekly July 19-25, 2000 paper. It's in an article about BT, page 42: "...Well known throughout England, BT was still largely unrecognized outside the underground dance scene in the U.S. until he collaborated on a remix with alternative songstress Tori Amos called 'Blue Skies'". The single climbed the dance charts and became one of 1996's most memorable club tunes..."
Neil Gaiman Article In Dallas Observer(July 21, 2000) - Mikewhy reports: I found an interesting article on Neil Gaiman that was published in the Dallas Observer on July 20, 2000. In the article, Neil calls himself "the wussiest of wussies," , talks about his upcoming fourth novel called American Gods, and makes many other fascinating comments, which is normal for him. Tori is mentioned in the article, which you can read at dallasobserver.com. Here is the part that mentions Tori: Not long ago, a journalist asked Neil Gaiman how he feels about the fact that, despite his large body of work--novels, comics, children's books, short stories, and so forth--he will be remembered solely for Sandman. Gaiman sneers at the question, but it's not an entirely unfair one, and he knows it. After all, Sandman was a hit almost from the moment the first issue, Preludes & Nocturnes, reached the stands in December 1988. Even now, its bound collections--10 in all--continue to rank among the best sellers in DC Comics' adult-oriented Vertigo offshoot, of which Sandman was the charter member.
The series spawned gushing praise: Norman Mailer wrote that it was a "comic strip for intellectuals, and it's about time." Tori Amos, whose songs often reference Gaiman, treats The Endless--the family of timeless gods who personify such forces as Death, Destiny, Desire, and, of course, Dreams--as though they exist in this world. ("On bad days I talk to Death constantly," she wrote in the introduction to 1994's collection Death: The High Cost of Living.) The title won more awards than are given for comics; it was treated, in fact, like literature, as though it were too special to be included among the panels-and-balloons riffraff. In September, DC will publish the paperback version of The Sandman Companion, a nearly 300-page book that explains every panel; no comic book ever received such elucidation.
Article On Raves and Paul Van Dyk(July 21, 2000) - Mikewhy reports: I found an article about raves published in the San Jose Mercury News on July 20, 2000. Tori is mention in the article in conjunction with deejay Paul Van Dyk. You can read the entire article at the Mercury Center web site. Here the portion that mentions Tori: Popularity of the rave scene has turned small-time deejays into hot, new commodities. Moby, who started out as a deejay mixing music at raves in Europe, won two Grammy nominations for his latest compact disc, ``Play.'' William Orbit, also a rave deejay, won a Grammy for his work on Madonna's album ``Ray of Light.'' And Paul Van Dyk, perhaps the most prominent deejay still working at raves, has worked with New Order and Tori Amos.
Daily Show's fourth anniversary special(July 20, 2000) - Richard Handal and Michael Gehrig report: During the Daily Show's fourth anniversary special on Comedy Central on July 19, 2000, Jon Stewart mentioned her at the start of the show, then towards the end they showed the clip of her pouring the water on the floor during a guest montage showing odd or uncomfortable moments! Tori was one of the few celebrities whose names they actually put on the bottom of the screen while they were on.... If you don't remember what happened when Tori appeared on the Daily Show late last year, go to my TV/Radio archives. They will show this several more times during the 24 hours after the first showing, so you may still be able to catch it sometime during July 20!
Top 1000 albums of all time at music-lovers.com(July 20, 2000) - Yam and blah report: You can find the 'top 1000 albums of all time' at music-lovers.com. Tori's Little Earthquakes makes the list at #98 and Boys For Pele shows up at #921. This list was created by someone named Colin Larkin, who is the author of many books on music, including the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
BT Article In Jane(July 20, 2000) - Jenn Dolby and Leyna report: Tori's name is mentioned in the August 2000 issue of Jane magazine in an article about BT. Here it is: Some find him too handsome
BT's nice smile, pleasant manners and L.A. suaveness make him look like one
of those former child actors who fumble their way through new "careers" as
musicians. Looks are deceiving. The 28-year-old (real name: Brian
Transeau), who just released his third record, Movement In Still Life,
started playing piano when he was 4, studied composition when he was 8, and
spent his teen years holed up with New Order and Joy Division records. "I'm
a total Anglophile," he says-and they dig BT's moody soundscapes over there,
too. Six years ago, he bailed out of Berklee College of Music two credits
shy of his degree and went to L.A. to land a record deal that never
materialized. Frustrated, BT moved home to Maryland. A label in
Washington, D.C., put out a hundred copies of his single "Embracing the
Future," which wound up in the hands of influential British DJ Sasha, and
thus the madness began. BT has worked on stuff for Seal, Madonna and Tori
Amos and scored GO and Under Suspicion. Movement in Still Life is not your
standard "two turntables and a microphone" fare-it's a collision of
break-beats and ominous, soaring strings. But BT's not concerned with
becoming a household set of initials. He's just happy that he was "able to
make something I can be proud of in 30 or 40 years, something my friends
dig."
Asian Stories in America (ASIA) Theatre(July 19, 2000) - Mikewhy reports: I found an article that was published in the Washington Post on July 19, 2000 that mentions Tori. It is a story about the Asian Stories in America (ASIA) Theatre. It covers a play by Ralph Pena called "Flipzoids" that looks at three Filipinos in Anaheim and finds the culture in Orange County a little thin compared with the rich, grounded traditions of the motherland. Here is a little of the article and the part that mentions Tori. You can read the entire article at the Washington Post web site. The pasteurization of ethnicity in America is an ongoing concern of modern playwrights, and it's such a fertile theme that theater companies have been springing out of the ground to explore it. That's clearly part of the reason the new Asian Stories in America (ASIA) Theatre has emerged.
In last fall's "Big Hunk O' Burning Love" and now in "Flipzoids," the troupe's second show, ASIA's stagecraft at Arlington's Clark Street Playhouse (home of the Washington Shakespeare Company) has been competent but minimal. For ASIA, it's not about theatrics; it's all about the story.
In this case, it's the same old story. Yasmin Tuazon plays Vangie, a young woman who is thrilled to be in America. She races through the English dictionary, picking out words like "homogeneous" and "hoopla" (Pena's selective details of U.S. life aren't exactly nuanced). Vangie's elderly mother, Aying (Anne J. Dacanay), sits on a beach with her hands in the water; it helps her feel closer to home. And home for Aying will never be Anaheim.
The third character is Redford (John D. Guzman), a teenager whose foolish parents bought the preppy handbook when they immigrated to the States. No wonder the kid is a mess: He sits in a public restroom that is notorious for its, um, illicit activities, and talks to strangers through the stalls. He's a sweet, pathetic innocent, lost in America despite the surface accouterments of bleached hair and Tori Amos T-shirt.
The Devlin's New Album(July 16, 2000) - karac (BakerBaker) and Emma Taylor + Andy Tebbutt report: Here is some info. on The Devlins that I received via e-mail. Not for sure if this is newsworthy, but I thought I'd pass it along to ya! [As you may remember, the Devlins opened for Tori during much of the Plugged '98 tour.] Well, we asked the Devlins to give us an update, since a number of you were asking, and Peter and Colin were kind enough to pass on some info on the latest album developments.
Here's the deal:
The Devlins are currently mid-way through recording their new album
and so far work has brought them to studios in nearby Cork and
Cornwall and not quite so near, but just as scenic, Costa Rica. The
band have been collaborating with some old friends, notably Robert
Bell from The Blue Nile and the producer of Waiting, Pierre Marchand.
They have also been fortunate enough to hook up with musicians Matt
Chamberlain (Fiona Apple), Jeremy Ruzumna (Macy Gray) and Tori Amos'
producer/engineer team Mark Hawley and Marcel van Limbek.
Recording started in the band's own studio in Dublin, where a lot of
the backing tracks and sound ideas were put to tape. They then moved
to Kinsale, a small coastal village in the southeast of Ireland,
where they set up the studio in an old Georgian house.
"We're working with a new digital recording system which is quite
portable," explains Peter, "So we tend to bring our entire studio
with us when we travel. It gives us the freedom to work almost
anywhere, and we've always preferred to record in a good room in a
quiet location rather than a state-of-the-art studio in a city
centre."
As for the content and sound of this record, Colin says: "We've been
trying to encompass the experiences of the last few years on this
record, and I think we're defining The Devlins' sound more as we
progress. We're excited about the songs recorded so far and hope to
be finished in a couple of months."
Thanks to both Peter and Colin for taking time out of their busy schedules to give us some news! Once more info comes our way, we'll be sure to post those details as soon as possible.
'Save the last dance for me' by John Hawkesby(July 16, 2000) - Jess reports: there was a book released in New Zealand from a media celebrity about a year ago with a Tori quote in it. The book is called 'Save the last dance for me' by John Hawkesby, and it's just sort of anecdotes and parables from his life. Anyway, every chapter begins with a quote of some kind and the one for chapter 34 is from BFP: "It's time to tell the world, we both know it was a girl back in Bethlehem." It was kind of bizarre to discover this as Tori is not very well known in this neck of the woods and if she is it's usually from her first albums, and certainly not from crusty 50 year old news readers.
Seattle singer-songwriter Mary Lydia Ryan(July 16, 2000) - Mikewhy reports: An article on Seattle singer-songwriter Mary Lydia Ryan appeared in The Spokesman-Review newspaper on July 14, 2000. (It also appears online at Spokane.net.) Mary is compared to Tori in the article. You can read the complete article at Spokane.net. Here are the parts that mention Tori: On "Diaphanous," Seattle singer-songwriter Mary Lydia Ryan hoped to reveal the truth one layer at a time, until she became translucent.
"There's a theme of really wanting to get down to the very core of who I am, musically and personally," Ryan says. "This is who I am. You're looking at me."
What she's produced on this, her second CD, is a beautiful, soaring album, at times reminiscent of early Tori Amos, that should surely win the attention of a record label.
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She's often compared to Amos since both are female singers who play the piano. But much of Ryan's work takes on a jazzier, more horn-influenced style than Amos' music.
"That happens all the time," Ryan says of the comparisons. "I really like her music, though I wouldn't call her one of my influences."
She leans more toward Kate Bush and Jane Siberry.
Check out www.marylydiaryan.com for more information.
Homicide(July 13, 2000) - Ann reports: I was watching the show, Homicide, on Court TV tonight and at the end of the show they played Crucify. Unlike others shows, Homicide uses music as an interperation of the scene. It wasn't background music at all.
Jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell(July 12, 2000) - glynis reports: I was looking for some info on this jazz pianist named Marilyn Crispell for my dad and I found an article about her dated June 10, 2000 in the new york times that compares her vocabulary to tori's...I dont know if you have this on your sight, but here is a link for you. (You may need to register at the Times web site, but it is free.)
Economic trends and the stockmarket(July 12, 2000) - glynis reports: Ok, i got bored so i did a search for Tori on the ny times page...I got an article about economic trends and the stockmarket from January 16, 2000 that contained this: The movie industry is saturated, our music business has stunk for two years in a row and the circulation of our flagship product, Time magazine, for years has been as flat as Tori Amos's tummy.
Raspberry Swirl Massage Soap(July 10, 2000) - Keller reports: Lookie what I found:
X-files fan fiction set to "from the choirgirl hotel"(July 10, 2000) - pretty dark reported on the Dent forum: You can find some bizarre X-files fan fiction set to "from the choirgirl hotel" on this web page.
Franklin day planner(July 10, 2000) - Rebecca reports: In my Franklin day planner (Simplicity line) there's a quote for every day..And the July 29th quote is from Tori!!!! it's "Some of the most wonderful people are ones who don't fit into boxes"
TEEN Magazine(July 10, 2000) - EvilTori reports: In the August 2000 issue of Teen (Kirsten Dunst is on the cover), there's a small Tori mention on page 78. It's in the 'Celebrity Dish' section and is called "Can't Get Enough Of...", which lists items/people/etc. stars can't get enough of. Anyway, it says: Tori Amos has a fondness for shoes, lip gloss, and fairies. Says Tori: "If you go to Ireland and talk about fairies negatively, you'll get punched out." Good to know.
Beverly Hills High School yearbook(July 6, 2000) - Danny reports: In the 1996-1997 Beverly Hills High School yearbook, there is a section called "A Year in Review" which talks about movies, news, music, sports of that year... on the intro page there is a picture of tori that takes up about a quarter of the page... it's from the bfp era... tori's leaning forward, her arms swinging in front of her... in the music section of "A Year in Review" it says: "But whether its blasting Tori or Tupac in Lot B, and discussing the latest antics of Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop, or Stone Temple Piliots, students are on top of what's happening musically." Later it says: "On a brighter side, '96 was a year of newcomers, new work, new trends and new radio stations. Women stood out in all types of music: Tori Amos, Poe, Garbage, Kewel, No Doubt, The Fugees, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton and Shnia Twain proved music is not a man's world. 'Tori Amos is magical,' Senior Polly Water said, 'She is the inspiration behind everything I do." There is also a picture of tori that is about a quarter of a page... from the bfp era... she's sitting on a matress, looking dirty, and looking at something off camera, smiling
Bob Masse(July 6, 2000) - Danny reports: In the May 2000 issue of mojo i told you there was a picture of bob masse's may 13 '96 tori poster, but no mention of tori in the article... i was wrong... damn me for skimming :)... anyways, it says: "Now he's [Bob Masse] back at it full-time, bringing some of the era's visual overload and handcrafted dedication to the likes of Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette and The Presidents of the United States of America."
BT Album Review(July 6, 2000) - Danny reports: In a free magazine in L.A. called IN (the june 20-july 3, 2000 issue) they review Bt's new album called "Movement In Still Life" and mention tori's name..."BT (aka Brian Transeau) has established himself as a dance and electronic wunderkind, most famous for his stellar collaborations or remixes with the likes of Tori Amos, Seal, and Madonna."
Fifty Stars From Fifty States At Rollingstone.com(July 5, 2000) - Amanda Cavataio, Ryan Simantel, Carrie, pYx~the~Wicked, Adrienne and The Planet Daniel report: Hi Mike. I was browsing through Rolling Stone's picture archive on their website and noticed a feature called 'Fifty Stars From Fifty States'. I was almost certain that Tori would be in there representing North Carolina and, sure enough, there was her photograph. Here is the link.
Alesis NanoPiano tone-generator(July 5, 2000) - Megan Lynn McGehee reports: I play keyboards in a band, and we recently purchased an Alesis NanoPiano tone-generator to give my poor, sad sad keyboard 256 awesome new sounds to choose from (including a highly realistic grand piano that impresses even me, a self- recognized Piano Snob ;-) Anyway, the program at Piano/FX #1 is called "Tori's Ice" and sounds like the prepared piano used on "Bells For Her." Finally! We don't have to be able to afford extra, innocent pianos to detune and fill with blankets in order to try and capture just a tiny bit of Tori's magic :-)
Singer-songwriter Michal(July 5, 2000) - Mikewhy reports: I found a press release at Yahoo! about a singer-songwriter named Michal. She is compared to Tori in the release. Here is the part that mentions Tori: Compared to Courtney Love, Fiona Apple and Tori Amos in Seventeen magazine's July issue, Michal was signed by RPM Records/Columbia while still a student at Hunter High School in New York City and has fulfilled every teen-aged girl's fantasy -- she attended her high school senior prom with a rock singer -- Soul Asylum's frontman, Dave Pirner. With her pouty good looks and a literature-soaked vocabulary she is a unique combination that belies her young age. There is no bubble-gum in Michal's music, she is a sensitive and sophisticated voice that goes deeper than current pop fare served up by her musical contemporaries.
Named after the Biblical King David's wife, Michal was born in Israel but moved to New York at the age of one when her family relocated. Through scholarships, she studied classical piano but moved on to her real love, rock and roll after hearing Nirvana's NEVERMIND, while in her teens. She self-taught herself guitar and through high-school she spent much of her time soaking in Manhattan's downtown club scene.
Jessica Riddle(July 5, 2000) - Jacquie Humes reports: [Tori] was mentioned in an interview of Jessica Riddle on DrDrew.com. The section of the interview where Tori is mentioned goes as follows... drDrew.com: What's your favorite album for a romantic evening?
Kylie Minogue(July 5, 2000) - Christian Drongowski reports: I just wanna let you know that I enjoyed a german Radio show this evening on the channel 1LIVE. Australian Pop-Diva Kylie Minogue was guest on the show to promote her new single "Spinning Around" (which by the way debuts on the U.K. Charts on No.1 next week!). Anyway, Kylie Minogue chose the music they played within this hour and she chose Armand Van Helden's Remix of Tori's "Professional Widow". Unfortunately she wasn't asked any further questions why she chose this song. Anyway, it was a nice show, with good music like Moby, De La Soul or New Order. Maybe you'd like to add this to your news section. You were the first one I thought of when I heard that Kylie chose Tori.
Swamp Thing comic(July 5, 2000) - Josh Kostka reports: There's a new comic from DC Comics' Vertigo imprint (the same company that publishes Sandman, Books of Magic and Stardust, which also have Tori appearances) called "Swamp Thing" - this is a new monthly series, not the old one Alan Moore made his name on. The series focuses on the daughter of the original Swamp Thing. In the first issue, which came out in May 2000, there's a little part with two girls getting ready for the prom. There's a funny little scene where YKTR is mentioned. They even call it "buried treasure". Here's a scan of the page, and a pic of the cover of the issue. It costs about $2.50 and is for mature readers (17 up)  Click above to see larger. 
"HEY JUPITER" During German Movie(July 5, 2000) - Ravi Novikov reports: last night [June 29, 2000] I've watched german movie on german TV :) and in the middle of it there was a part of "HEY JUPITER", like first verse or so. The movie is called Blind Date - Ein Flirt mit Folgen (and there is no Bruce Willice or Kim Basinger around ).
Brunching Shuttlecocks(July 5, 2000) - Cherdy reports: On Brunching Shuttlecocks, a humor site, (www.brunching.com), on their disclaimer on the main page, they post a new song lyric every day, and today they posted a lyric from "Blood Roses". (It is about the third time this month they have mentioned lyrics from Boys for Pele): It read: "We've shaved every place you've been."
Tori On The Soaps(July 5, 2000) - michael reports: my mother was just wathing the young and the restless in the other room, and she called me in asking, "does tori have a song called crucify?" and, of course, i said, yes, running to to see whatever was on the TV, and there it was. they were playing crucify. it's not much, but i thought it was pretty cool. (July 5, 2000) - Tessy, Kate Morin, keisha and BlueSkys8 report: I was at my friends's house and she was watching a daytime soap called Passions on NBC. They were at a prom and in the background they were playing 1000 Oceans!! Usually when stuff like this happens they only play a little of the song, but this time they played almost all of it!
Washington Post Article About Juarez, Mexico(June 26, 2000) - Richard Handal reports: Richard Handal was the first to tell me about a major article that appeared on the front page of the Washington Post on June 25,2000 about the killings in Juarez, Mexico. As you may know, the song "Juarez" on "to venus and back" was written by Tori in response to this situation. The article was the first of two, and you can read it complete with photos on the Washington Post web site. It is a very insightful article, but also incredibly disturbing and sad.
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