AOL Music UK Features Tori's 2003 Session

Tori’s 2003 AOL Session is featured on AOL Music UK. Check it out to watch an interview plus live video performances of three songs:

• Jackie’s Strength
• Mary
• Silent All These Years.

The site says you’ll need to have the Mozilla ActiveX plug-in for this.

Happy Birfday, Tash!

Tash is six years old today. Yay!

I wonder if Tori will be reading Now We Are Six to her for her special day. (Let’s hope she doesn’t sit her down with Now We Are Sick, Neil connection notwithstanding!)

"A Piano" Pre-Release Extravaganza

Put on your party hats, you are cordially invited!

According to Tori’s myspace, everythingtori.com will be featuring weekly exclusive sneak previews of b-sides, rarities, and behind-the-scenes video footage from A Piano: The Collection. Each week until the box set’s September 26th release date, you’ll have the opportunity to check out streaming audio of select tracks as well as being able to view bonus video material.

This three-week lead-up to the big release date will culminate on September 25th with the DEBUT of one of Tori’s previously unreleased tracks!

(Our compliments to Beverly’s keen X-ray vision for spotting this before its time.)

UPDATE, 17:02 GMT: Honestly, the above information was posted on Tori’s Myspace this morning…but it has been taken down. One suspects that there will be an announcement about this sometime soon.

UPDATE, 17:39 GMT: “Sugar” and the remixed version of “Playboy Mommy” have been added to Tori’s Myspace.

UPDATE, 18:07 GMT: Everythingtori.com now has the info up on their website Hear the Precious Things (Alternate Mix) there now!

Does Matt Chamberlain Ever Sleep?

Matt Chamberlain is a busy guy. In his September 1, 2006 website update, he mentions finishing up work on Tori’s latest album and a number of other projects he’s involved with. Read on for those details plus some photos of him in the studio.

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Vote On Tori Ringtones

Everythingtori.com is taking a poll to see which Tori song fans would most like as a ringtone. Pop over to their website and place your vote!

A Piano At The Tori Store

A Piano: The Collection is now available for pre-ordering from The Tori Store. They are charging the full list price of $74.99 and are not offering the extra DVD which is only available in the Barnes & Noble edition.

More On The Exclusive B&N Version Of "A Piano"

Many of you are wondering, “How exclusive is ‘exclusive’?”

We’re sorry to have to report … very.

Yes, it’s true, we have definitive confirmation that the 6-disc version will only be sold by Barnes and Noble. Period. We know that folks in other regions will be very disappointed, but have no doubt that resourcefulness will enable most of you to find some way to view this, whether on multi-region players or DVD-rom drives or what have you.

[Note: if you previously ordered the 5-disc version from B&N and would rather have the 6-disc version, you need to contact them. It’s not safe to assume they’re automatically going to send you the 6-disc version instead, because they’re two separate items with different prices and codes.]

[UPDATE: If you prefer to buy this in-store, B&N suggests you call your local store to verify whether they will be carrying it. In order to get the 20% discount, however, you should buy online. To the best of our knowledge, B&N will only be selling the 6-disc version … from here on out, anyway. They also confirm that all DVDs they sell, both online and in-store, are Region 1.]

Exclusive 6-Disc Version of A Piano: The Collection

Barnes and Noble is offering an EXCLUSIVE 6-disc version of A Piano: The Collection. The online non-member price of $59.98 reflects a 20% discount off the list price of $74.98. (B&N members pay $53.98, which is a further 10% discount.)

UPDATE, September 11: B&N has raised their non-member price to $67.48, which now reflects a 10% discount. Members pay $60.73.

B&N’s website says:

”...our exclusive edition of A Piano includes a 27-minute DVD interview with Tori, shot at her home studio, in which she discusses her career and the making of this one-of-a-kind set. The entirely remastered box features rarities such as: an entirely resequenced version of the Little Earthquakes album, a 22-track disc of B-sides, and the previously Internet-only track “Merman.” There’s track-by-track notation by Tori herself, scads of rare photos, and amazing packaging—the collection is housed in a replica piano box with full-sized keys!”

This sounds pretty sweet.

Also note that this mentions that the entire set has been remastered, which we presume is true of the 5-disc version as well.

(Thanks to Darrell and axeslade for letting us know about this.)

Puppet Fight!

Syrus the Talking Dreadlock interviews Tori. Mayhem ensues.

Warning: No sense of humor, no clicky.

Q: What's 12 Years Old And Spins In Circles And Circles And Circles Again?

A: Under The Pink in a blender.

That’s right, folks. Perhaps the world’s first Tori Amos joke right there.

Pop culture site Retrolowfi puts Under The Pink on shuffle and critiques the result in their latest Records On Random column.