Neil Gaiman Tribute Song Clips

Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble have both added audio clips to their listings for Where’s Neil When You Need Him?. So, we can now hear the first 30 seconds of the remastered version of “Sister Named Desire”. In addition, Amazon.com has also added a blurb from Neil about the compilation.

Tori Commentary on Robert Plant Boxed Set

According to Led Zeppelin fansite Tight But Loose (scroll to the June 24, 2006 entry), Tori is one of several performers who have contributed commentary to Nine Lives, a boxed set collecting remasters of all of Robert Plant’s albums. The tenth disc in the box is a DVD, where Tori’s comments appear. The set is slated for a September 12th release on Rhino Records.

Alternate Pretty Good Years Cover

Amazon Germany is showing an alternate cover for the Pretty Good Years biography than other sites.

(Thanks to timmie for letting us know about this.)

"New Album" Clarification

Several people have asked us if the A Piano: The Collection boxed set is the “new album” Tori was reported to be working on.

No, it is not.

A new album is currently in the works; we expect it will be released sometime in early 2007 with a tour following shortly after.

Get Ready For The Rarities Box Set

Following up on the previous item we posted about an upcoming rarities box set, Undented has received a copy of the press release containing details of the set. A PIANO: THE COLLECTION, will be a five-disc, career-spanning box set consisting of classics, rarities, demos, B-sides and unreleased tracks. And yes, indeed, very exciting news for Toriphiles … Tori will finally introduce us to five very special songs: “Not David Bowie,” “Zero Point,” “Peeping Tommi,” “Ode To My Clothes” and “Dolphin Song.”

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Tori Interviewed In Next Issue Of Marvel Spotlight

The next issue of Marvel Spotlight, a Marvel Comics publication, focusses on Neil Gaiman and Salvador Larroca and contains an interview with Tori.

In addition to speaking with Neil at length about The Eternals, Neil’s current project for Marvel, editor and lead writer, John Rhett Thomas, had a long chat with Tori about her relationship with Neil and their history together as friends and artistic comrades. The Tori interview is about six pages long and contains some info about the upcoming Neil tribute CD. John even managed to sneak in a pic of Tori on the cover.

This issue hits comic shops on Wednesday, June 28, and newsstand outlets like Borders about three weeks later. Anyone who wants to reserve a copy (because it’s Neil, it’s expected to sell out pretty quickly) can try ordering from Tales of Wonder.

(Much thanks to John Rhett Thomas and elasia for telling us about this.)

Another Comic

Nemi appears every weekday in daily UK newspaper, Metro. (Thanks to Andy & Emma, Foo, and Meredith.)

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Little Blue World's Summer 2006 Issue

The Summer issue of the Tori Amos fanzine Little Blue World will ship in July. This issue focuses heavily on Tori friend and fan, author Neil Gaiman. As a special gift, subscribers will receive an exclusive Tori Amos bookmark featuring photography by Loren Haynes and design by the fanzine’s art editor, Jessica Stanford. Here’s some of what’s included in the issue:

• Sweet Little Stories: Our review of Where’s Neil When You Need Him?
• Neil Gaiman 101: An Abbreviated Annotated Bibliography.
• Caught in the Fey: Dancing Ferret’s Patrick Rodgers on Organizing a Tribute CD.
• Who’s Who on Where’s Neil: an introduction to the bands involved, plus an exclusive interview with Voltaire on his tributes to Tori and Neil.
• A Look Back into the Fires of Pele: Analyzing “Sister Named Desire.”
• Where Nothing is as it Seems: a comparison of the themes at play in the works of Tori and Neil.
• The Harpsichord in the Twentieth Century (and Beyond): the finale of our indepth look at the old-fashioned instrument Tori brought into her repertoire with BFP.
• Tori in Your Pocket: Where to find Tori online and the best ways to digitally play her.
• Ears with Feet focus on Michael Whitehead. The force behind “The Dent” talks candidly about his history with Tori and his experiences running his site.
• Reviews: Our reviewer takes a listen to the catalogue of Sia.
• PLUS regular features like News & Expert.

For more information about back issues, this issue, or how to subscribe, visit http://www.little-blue-world.org.

Sunday Comic

Quirky daily comic, Married To The Sea, offers up a Tori treat today. (Thanks, Emilia!)

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Tori Tidbit In Bust

Lisa reports that the June/July issue of Bust (the issue with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover story) includes a Tori quote in “SheBonics—Out of the Mouths of Babes”, a regular column of the magazine. This issue’s column features quotes from women in music. Tori talks about how her work has been affected by her daughter Tash. Others quoted in the column include Julianne Moore, Liza Minnelli, Madonna, and Alison Goldfrapp.

Thanks to Lorna for letting us know that Tori’s quote was lifted from the RollingStone.com Q&A:

“I didn’t want her looking and hearing me and thinking, ‘Oh my God, that’s a scary lady!’”

-TORI AMOS on how her daughter has affected her work, on RollingStone.com