The Holidays with Tori

Tori's holiday release, Midwinter Graces, wasn't exactly what I was expecting. Did I like it, dislike it or love it? Please download today's podcast to find out.

Also, I was lucky enough to attend two of Tori's appearances promoting Midwinter Graces in New York City. The eTown performance can be heard at eTown and the WNYC Soundcheck performance can be heard at Soundcheck. For my thoughts on these appearances, you can download today's podcast.

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Abnormally Attracted To Sin?

Abnormally Attracted To Sin? Why, yes we are. I'm soaking in Tori's new release. And looking forward to the upcoming tour. You?

Lots of Tori interviews and appearances out there. Will post a podcast soon with some thoughts on a few in particular that I found interesting.

Yo! Go Vote!

Flashing back to American Doll Posse and Tori's need to "stand up" in a political way. I quote from an MTV.com interview with Tori in which she tells us "You have to be able to think for yourself and not get manipulated".

Tori's Yo George is sampled in Mikkey Halsted's “King George”, part of Yes We Can the Mixtape. I found it here on Youtube.

A treat for you when Halloween is celebrated at The Examiner with Santa as Angel and Tori as Devil. The link will bring you to the latest posting, so you'll need to hunt around on the side for the Tori Halloween article.

You can read Ann Powers article about Pink and her song Glitter in the Air bearing "the mark of Tori Amos" at the L.A. Times.

Talking Tori is now on Twitter at TalkingTori on Twitter.

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Yes, Talking Tori is now on Twitter

Yes, that's right. I have set up a twitter feed at twitter.com/talkingtori.

In today's podcast, I talk about the new twitter feed (ok, now I'm really repeating myself, I'll move on). I also give you some background on the upcoming CD and DVD release of Tori Live at Montreux.

And I dig up a 2005 blog entry by Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls in which she has some very interesting things to say about Tori's influence on her. For the original entry, please read Dresden Dolls Diary.

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Talking Tori now on Twitter

I'm working on bringing back the podcast but in the meantime I think I may do a better job at communicating current Tori news through Twitter. Please see the sidebar to follow Talking Tori on Twitter.

The Eve of the U.S. Tour

The U.S. tour begins tomorrow in Albany, NY. I'm going to attend the two New York city shows at the WAMU theater. My excitement is building. Can't wait.

In today's podcast, I pretty much gush and go on and on about how excited I am that the tour is starting. If you're in the U.S., I hope you are also scheduled to see Tori on the ADP tour.

The opening act, Yoav, sounds intriguing. You can hear some of his music on his myspace page. Beck meets Jeff Buckley meets Bjork. Sounds good to me.

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Finally Finland

As Tori tours, clips from her performances are turning up around the net. There are a host of interesting clips on Youtube. I particularly enjoyed Tori's performances in Finland from June. Search "Provinssi and Tori Amos". Or "Finland and Tori Amos" and you'll find alot of cool clips.

In today's podcast, I discuss two insightful interviews with Tori. You can find them at Tingen.org and Popmatters

American Doll Posse brings out thought provoking themes regarding women and the state of today's world. Today's discussion includes the point that Tori raises: it's no longer solely that the personal is political, today - the political is personal!

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