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Tuesday, October 21, 2003
 Reuters/Billboard article about Tori's founding of the Bridge Entertainment Group
Posted Tue, Oct 21, 2003 - 2:16am ET | Articles
Thursday, October 16, 2003
I am off to the Smoky Mountains for a 5-day vacation!
Posted Thu, Oct 16, 2003 - 10:53am ET | Miscellaneous
I am off this morning to the Great Smoky Mountains for a much needed vacation! While I am gone, updates to the Dent may not be possible. I will begin regularly updating The Dent again on Tuesday, October 21, 2003.
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
The well-done Tori web site 'The Gigantic Whirlpool' has been redesigned!
Posted Wed, Oct 15, 2003 - 10:01pm ET | Toriphiles
The Gigantic Whirlpool, an excellent Tori web site, has recently been redesigned and looks better than ever. Be sure to check it out!
New pictures added to the EWF Photo album
Posted Wed, Oct 15, 2003 - 4:48am ET | Toriphiles
I have added the following new entries to the Dent's Ears With Feet Photo Album:
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Enter the Little Blue World Essay Contest
Posted Tue, Oct 14, 2003 - 2:24pm ET | Miscellaneous
Enter the Little Blue World Essay Contest by December 1, 2003 and win fabulous collectible prizes, which include a rare Under the Pink "Bitch" necklace, Scarlet's Walk songbook, Scarlet Stories CD, "A Sorta Fairytale" DVD, and much more! The two possible subjects are: How I'd spend 2 hours with Tori and the Tori song that means the most to me and why. Check out the details on their contest page at little-blue-world.org. Little Blue World is a quarterly fanzine dedicated to Tori Amos and her fans.
Tori Sightings: Tori in the Financial Times, OnTap and The Times of India Online
Posted Tue, Oct 14, 2003 - 1:56pm ET | Sightings
I added three more sightings to the Dent. The first is an article on Bösendorfers from the Financial Times that includes several Tori quotes. The second is an article in the Washington D.C. bar guide tabloid OnTap about D.C. musicians who made it big. The other is a strange article from The Times of India Online about hickeys! [Click for details...]
It looks like Tori did NOT perform during the Fall 2003 Walt Disney World Press Event...
Posted Tue, Oct 14, 2003 - 1:55pm ET | Miscellaneous
I earlier pointed out an October 8, 2003 article at jimhillmedia.com that claimed that Tori would be doing some kind of performance during the Fall 2003 Walt Disney World Press Event in Orlando, FL sometime around October 8-10, 2003. This event was only open to journalists and was closed to the general public. Disney uses the WDW Press Event to hype the latest attractions at Walt Disney World. I have word from Erin O'Neil, who has friends who work in media in Orlando and who were invited to this event, and they tell her Tori did not perform. So I am assuming unless I hear otherwise that the Jim Hill Media article was wrong about Tori being there...
Atlantic Music Newswire includes a slightly different picture from the "Tales Of A Librarian" photo session
Posted Tue, Oct 14, 2003 - 12:00am ET | Music
 Thanks to Tori Mazur who first pointed this out to me. Atlantic Records sent out an email today (October 13, 2003) to their mailing list, something they call the Atlantic Music Newswire. It covered the upcoming release of Tori's Tales Of A Librarian, publishing most of the Atlantic Press release that was published a few weeks ago. While they did not reveal anything new, they did include a small picture of Tori that is different from the album cover we have already seen. You can see the photo to the right. It is obviously from the same photo session!
Monday, October 13, 2003
Tori may have two songs on the Soundtrack to Mona Lisa Smile: "You Belong To Me" and "Murder, He Says"
Posted Mon, Oct 13, 2003 - 4:46pm ET | Music
I earlier reported that Tori has a song on the upcoming Soundtrack to the film Mona Lisa Smile called You Belong To Me. (Thanks to eef, who saw the song on a Sony Music Advance Sampler!) Another anonymous source from a film distribution company tells me that Tori will have two songs on the soundtrack. The songs are You Belong To Me and Murder, He Says. This source also reveals that other artists on the soundtrack include Seal, Macy Gray, Celine Dion, Chris Isaak and Barbara Streisand. The soundtrack consists of new recordings of songs from the time period by contemporary artists. (The film takes place in the 50's.) Since I do not have a second source for the Murder, He Says song title, I must stress that it is not completely official yet. But this source seems very reliable to me, and I wanted to share the news with you. The soundtrack is due in the U.S. on November 25, 2003 on Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax. Tori's vocals on the soundtrack are reportedly husky and very different from anything she's ever done. The Dent's Mona Lisa Smile Page has all known details about the movie and this soundtrack. The movie Mona Lisa Smile opens in theatres December 19, 2003. Tori has a cameo part in the film.
Sunday, October 12, 2003
It appears that "Tales Of A Librarian: will be released in two versions: One will contain the DVD and one will not; Australian release of TOAL might be November 24, 2003
Posted Sun, Oct 12, 2003 - 2:45pm ET | Music
If you visit either amazon.co.uk or HMV.co.uk, both in the U.K., you will find two listings for Tori's upcoming Tales Of A Librarian. The more expensive one contains the DVD and the other does not. You can pre-order either one. (Thanks to Ben and Matt Youens for this info.) At Amazon.com in the U.S., there is still only one listing for Tales Of A Librarian. I am not sure if this means that only the U.K. gets both versions or if Amazon.com has not updated their listings yet. (Before you pre-order it there, you might want to wait and make sure you know if the one you are ordering has or does not have the DVD!)
In other news, the Australian vendor web site chaosmusic.com has a listing for Tales Of A Librarian, and it says it will be released on November 24, 2003. (All other web sites are still saying November 17/18, 2003.) This may mean that Australia will get the release a little later than the U.K. or U.S. (Thanks Daniel Nolan.) The one and only listing for the new album at Chaosmusic.com says the version they are selling in Australia contains the DVD.
Friday, October 10, 2003
Damien Rice wins the Shortlist Music Prize; Tori one of the 'Listmakers' who chose the finalist for this prize; MTV2 will begin broadcasting their Shortlist Special on October 24, 2003
Posted Fri, Oct 10, 2003 - 8:30am ET | Music
Update: Cable TV network MTV2 will begin broadcasting their MTV2 Shortlist Special on Friday, October 24, 2003 at 8:00PM ET/PT, and then will show it again several times in late October 2003. The special will include performances from all of the artists who played the Shortlist Concert (held October 5, 2003 at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles), plus interviews with the Finalists and the Listmakers who nominated them. It is therefore possible that Tori will be part of the special, but we do not know for sure. (Thanks Maria Carullo.)
On Sunday, October 5, 2003, the 3rd annual Shortlist Music Prize was given to Irish songwriter/singer Damien Rice. The Shortlist Music Prize was first given in 2001. It honors the year's most adventurous and creative albums across all genres of music, focusing on emerging or underground artists. The prize went to Sigur Ros in 2001 and N.E.R.D. in 2002. The 2003 finalists for the Shortlist Music Prize were selected by a panel of musicians and music experts, include Tori Amos. Back when that panel released their "Long List" of around 100 nominations in late August 2003, you could see the artists selected by each "listmaker" or panel member at shortlistofmusic.com. Click to see the 8 artists that Tori herself picked for this prize. The ultimate winner of the Shortlist Music Prize, Damien Rice, was not one of the artists that Tori picked. [Click for details...]
Thursday, October 09, 2003
Billboard.com article about the Bridge Entertainment Group
Posted Thu, Oct 09, 2003 - 9:09pm ET | Articles
Billboard.com posted an article on October 9, 2003 about the Bridge Entertainment Group, the project development company conceived by Tori. The article covers most of what was in the orginal press release for the new company posted at tbentgroup.com and reported on earlier by The Dent. The end of the Billboard article reveals some new information however. It says that Tori's upcoming Atlantic best-of compilation CD/DVD Tales of a Librarian will be released on November 11, 2003. (We were earlier told November 18, 2003, so this is either a misprint or they moved up the release date!) The article also gives us a few more details about the Soundtrack to the movie Mona Lisa Smile. "The company will also be involved with the release of the Revolution Studios/Columbia Pictures film "Mona Lisa Smile," in which Amos makes a cameo. She also contributed music to the film's soundtrack, due Nov. 25 from Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax."
Tori Amos Announces A New Business Venture: The Bridge Entertainment Group; Tori will be their first client
Posted Thu, Oct 09, 2003 - 5:36am ET | Music
I was just alerted to a new web site for The Bridge Entertainment Group at tbentgroup.com.The Bridge is "an artist development company that works with musicians, labels and new artist managers to successfully deal with anything from releasing an album and creating a marketing campaign to putting together a tour." The News section of that site has a press release with the title, "Tori Amos Announces New Business Venture", which includes several interesting quotes from Tori. As stated in the press release, "The Bridge's first client will be Ms. Amos and they will be overseeing the upcoming launch of Tales of a Librarian on Atlantic Records on November 18 followed shortly thereafter by the release of the film Mona Lisa Smile for which Amos contributed to the soundtrack as well as making a cameo appearance in the movie." [Click for details...]
Howie Day's new album "Stop All The World Now" was released on October 7, 2003
Posted Thu, Oct 09, 2003 - 2:10am ET | Music
Howie Day was Tori's opening act during the first leg of her 2002 On Scarlet's Walk Tour and the 2003 European leg of that same tour. Howie has a new album called Stop All The World Now which was released on October 7, 2003. There's also a limited edition version of the new album available which includes a DVD and a slightly different cover. During the interview portion of that DVD, Howie is wearing the dreamcatcher necklace from the On Scarlet's Walk tour. The Bio section of howieday.com mentions the new album and also has a quote from Howie about Tori. Check out all the details of the new album at howieday.com. Thanks to the many people who emailed me about this. [Click for details...]
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Great photos of Tori peforming at Mixfest X in Boston at Wireimage.com
Posted Wed, Oct 08, 2003 - 12:24pm ET | TVRadio
If you go to Wireimage.com and do a seach on 'Tori Amos', you will find 17 photos of Tori performing at Mixfest X in Boston, MA from October 3, 2003. You will only be able to see the photos at full size if you are a paying member of that web site, but the thumbnails alone are very nice. Thanks to everyone who told me about this, including Jo Wagner and alli who were first.
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
A live performance of "a sorta fairytale" will be included on the album "this is alice music 7"
Posted Tue, Oct 07, 2003 - 5:25pm ET | Music
Robyn Pearson tells me that a live performance of a sorta fairytale will be included on the album "this is alice music 7", which is a collection of songs for the fight against breast cancer put out by San Francisco, CA radio station Alice 97.3 (KLLC). This performance of a sorta fairytale was part of a Alice Lounge VIP performance Tori did for Alice 97.3 back on December 20, 2002. (You can read more about that performance here.) You can find out more about this album and find purchase locations at radioalice.com. If you want to order this album on the Internet, you can do so at Tower Online. [Click for details...]
Tori part of Billie Holiday radio series called 'Billie and Me' on BBC Radio 2 in the U.K.; Read a transcript of what Tori said!
Posted Tue, Oct 07, 2003 - 5:20pm ET | TVRadio
Tori Amos is part of a radio documentary series on Billie Holiday called 'Billie and Me - A celebration of Billie Holiday', which has been broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in the U.K. Part 1 of this 6-part radio series was aired on September 19, 2003. Tori was heard during that broadcast and during part 3 which was broadcast on October 3, 2003. I now have a transcript of what Tori said during parts 1 and 3 of this special. BBC Radio 2 streams live at www.bbc.co.uk/radio2. I have no idea if Tori will be heard during the remaining 3 parts, which will likely air on Friday nights at 10:00PM U.K. time. [Click for details...]
The San Antonio Express Newspaper and quotegeek.com
Posted Tue, Oct 07, 2003 - 5:19pm ET | Sightings
The October 3, 2003 edition of the San Antonio Express newspaper included on the cover of the "Living" section a photo of Tori (from Scarlet's Walk with her hands together with the swirly shirt) and this quote from Tori, "When you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people?" The quote is credited to quotegeek.com. I checked out quotegeek.com and found quite a few quotes from Tori gathered at that site. Thanks to ADRIAN1974 for this information.
Review of Mixfest X at MTV.com
Posted Tue, Oct 07, 2003 - 2:51am ET | Articles
MTV.com posted on October 6, 2003 a review of Boston's Mixfest X. (Don't forget that The Dent has gathered reviews of this concert from other Toriphiles as well.)
[Click for details...]
Monday, October 06, 2003
A review of MixFest X and a photo of Tori performing from the Boston Globe
Posted Mon, Oct 06, 2003 - 4:59pm ET | Articles
The Boston Globe published a review of MixFest X in their October 6, 2003 edition. The review includes a paragraph about Tori's set at that concert. You can also find a photo of Tori performing at Mixfest at Boston.com. [Click for details...]
A review of Mixfest X from the Boston Metro newspaper
Posted Mon, Oct 06, 2003 - 4:58pm ET | Articles
A review of Mixfest X, of which Tori was a part, appeared in the October 6, 2003 edition of the Boston Metro newspaper. [Click for details...]
Saturday, October 04, 2003
The set list and reviews from Tori's appearance at MixFest X in Boston on October 3, 2003
Posted Sat, Oct 04, 2003 - 4:16am ET | Tour
On Friday, October 3, 2003, Tori was one of 8 artists who performed at MixFest X, in Boston, MA at the FleetCenter. This event was sponsored by radio station Mix 98.5. Tori's 6 song solo set was surprising because it was almost all covers! Click to see the set list and some comments from people who attended the concert. [Click for details...]
Friday, October 03, 2003
Sony Music Store selling "a sorta fairytale" pic sleeve 7" vinyl single
Posted Fri, Oct 03, 2003 - 2:30am ET | Music
I have never really seen this before until it was pointed out to me by Ami. Since September 16, 2003, the Sony Music Store at sonymusicstore.com has been selling a 7" vinyl version of Tori's a sorta fairytale single packaged in a picture sleeve. It is currently only $1.59 and is Selection# 076988. Both sides contain the a sorta fairytale (The 101 Mix). Interesting...
Tori won in Biography.com's Quick Poll!
Posted Fri, Oct 03, 2003 - 2:14am ET | Music
A few weeks ago, Biography.com posted a Quick Poll that asked the queston, "Which singer today has Janis Joplin's emotional power and edgy style?" The options in the poll were Fiona Apple, Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, or Liz Phair. Your voting helped put Tori at the top, and she won with 58% of the vote! Thanks to Lindsay Williams for letting me know.
Thursday, October 02, 2003
Wonderful article from the Sequential Tart interviews many of the artists that contributed to the Tori Amos RAINN Calendar!
Posted Thu, Oct 02, 2003 - 5:00pm ET | Articles
I earlier reported that a group of talented artists created the Tori Amos 2004 RAINN Benefit Calendar, which you can now order at RAINN.org. Herb Leonhard pointed out that there is an interview with 10 of the artists who contributed to this calendar at sequentialtart.com as part of their October 2003 issue. The article is called Beautiful Charity: The Artists of the Tori Amos RAINN Calendar by Mia MacHatton. I found the article VERY interesting!
Wednesday, October 01, 2003
VH1 will once again show Rock Bodies III with Tori on October 7, 2003
Posted Wed, Oct 01, 2003 - 4:33pm ET | TVRadio
Click here to learn more about VH1 All Access: Rock Bodies III, which VH1 in the U.S. has shown many times already. Tori is one of the artists featured. VH1 will show this on Tuesday, October 7, 2003 at 12:00AM ET.
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
"Little Earthquakes" is #28 in the Zagat Survey Music Guide's 1000 Top Albums of All Time
Posted Tue, Sep 30, 2003 - 4:44pm ET | Music
Thanks to Michael Gehrig (gildedstar) and Matthew Sandoval for this information. In the latest Zagat Survey Music Guide (Rolling Stone was heavily involved) of the top 1,000 best albums of all time, Tori Amos is featured at #28 on the most popular list with Little Earthquakes. Sadly, none of Tori's other albums ranked. They also categorize music for the best selections within a category like "Break Up" or "Chill Out". Tori was featured in the "Late Night" category, with Winter from Little Earthquakes. [Click for details...]
Neil Gaiman article in Entertainment Weekly magazine covers THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS; Includes Tori quote
Posted Tue, Sep 30, 2003 - 4:37pm ET | NeilGaiman
The October 3, 2003 issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine (#731 with Uma Thurman on cover) includes a 5 page article called "The Best Comic Book Ever Returns," on Neil Gaiman and the newly released THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS. The article is written by Scott Brown and mentions Tori and includes a quote from her about Neil. [Click for details...]
Day After Day: A Charity Fundraiser is now taking pre-orders for the 2004 Tori Amos Meet & Greet Calendar!
Posted Tue, Sep 30, 2003 - 1:37am ET | Toriphiles
Day After Day: A Charity Fundraiser has just revealed the photos selected for the 2004 Tori Amos Meet & Greet Calendar and are now taking pre-orders for this really wonderful item! You can see the photos selected for the calendar, read more about it, and pre-order the item at toricalendar.com. I strongly recommend this wonderful item, and proceeds will go to RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network).
Friday, September 26, 2003
Atlantic Press release gives full details about "Tales Of A Librarian"!
Posted Fri, Sep 26, 2003 - 7:50pm ET | Music
Update: This press release can also be seen at atlantic-records.com and businesswire.com. There are also articles based on this press release at Billboard.com (where they add that Scarlet's Walk has sold 537,000 copies to date) and livedaily.com. (Thanks Richard Handal.)
An anonymous source has sent me a press release from Atlantic Records that gives complete details about Tori's upcoming Tales Of A Librarian album, which will be released in the U.S. on November 18, 2003. You can read the complete press release, but here is a summary:
- The 2-disc release will contain a 20-track CD and a bonus DVD.
- The new songs are Angels and Snow Cherries From France.
- The b-sides Mary and Sweet Dreams have been completely re-recorded.
- The other songs have been "reconditioned" and "revisited".
- The bonus DVD includes songs recorded live during the sound check of the final show of Amos' summer 2003 North American tour. The songs are Pretty Good Year, Northern Lad, and Honey.
- The DVD also has audio remixes of Putting The Damage On and Mr. Zebra in surround sound and that include images from Tori's career.
[Click for details...]
Metro TV in New York City will broadcast Tori's Music Choice concert in late October 2003
Posted Fri, Sep 26, 2003 - 5:00pm ET | TVRadio
Thanks to John Fernandes for telling me about this. If you check out newyorkmetro.com, you will see that Tori's one hour Music Choice concert, which was originally shown on cable systems throughout the U.S. in Feb/March 2003, will be shown on New York City's Metro TV several times in late October 2003. The web site says that MetroTV is broadcast on Time Warner Channel 70 and Cablevision channel 60 in the New York City area. You can read more about Tori's Music Choice concert in the Dent's TV/Radio Archives. Here are the dates and times for it on Metro TV:
Saturday, October 25, 11pm and 1am
Sunday, October 26, midnight
Monday, October 27, 2am
Even if you do not live in New York, check your local cable listings to see if they too might be repeating the Music Choice concert...
Willy Porter article at espmagazine.com mentions Tori
Posted Fri, Sep 26, 2003 - 10:33am ET | Sightings
There is an article in the September 24-30, 2003 issue of espmagazine.com about singer/songwriter Willy Porter. Many of you may remember that he was Tori's opening act during much of the 1996 Dew Drop Inn tour. This article talks about how Porter will compose a song onstage with the help of the audience, and talks about one song that he wrote back when he was opening for Tori called "Lesbian Lapdancers". [Click for details...]
Tori's "Spark" included on the Soundtrack to the German comedy sitcom "Mein Leben und Ich"
Posted Fri, Sep 26, 2003 - 10:20am ET | Music
Tori's song Spark is included on the soundtrack to the German comedy sitcom "Mein Leben und Ich", which translates to "My Life and Me". [Click for details...]
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Little Earthquakes ranks #30 in Newbury Comics' list of the 50 Essential CDs of the past 25 years!
Posted Thu, Sep 25, 2003 - 9:18pm ET | Music
Marla Tiara tells me that the New England music store chain Newbury Comics has just created their list of the 50 Essential CDs of the Past 25 Years, and Tori's Little Earthquakes album was ranked #30 on that list! This list was supposedly selected by their customers.
Channel 4 in the U.K. will rebroadcast a 5 minute interview with Tori on Monday, October 6, 2003
Posted Thu, Sep 25, 2003 - 4:20pm ET | TVRadio
David Mantovani reports that on Monday, October 6, 2003 at 2:25AM British time, Channel 4 in the U.K. will rebroadcast a TV interview with Tori. This short interview only last 5 minutes and is called 'Tori Amos: Miscarriage'. A description of the interview states, "The popular singer discusses how she used her music to come to terms with her miscarriages by writing songs about the children she lost." This was shown previously on March 25, 2002. You can see photos from the interview and read a transcript in the Dent's TV/Radio Archives.
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