Shoppin' With Tori

Oh yeah, there was another Google Alert I didn’t have a chance to check earlier: apparently, Tori shops in London! Who knew?

Seriously though, some paparazzi snapped a few photos of Tori hitting the stores that were posted on WENN.com and have turned up at several other celebrity gossip sites as well. Photo mavens and gallery keepers, start your engines!

(Thanks to Roz for jogging the memory banks…)

NOT New Album Artwork

Late last night, we started getting reports that possible new album artwork was floating around in the cyberether. Undoubtedly this is where Perez Hilton also got the pic (featured today with the caption “A visual preview of Tori Amos’ new album”).

Don’t get too excited. We have confirmation from the Tori camp that this photo is absolutely NOT related to Tori or the new album in any way and was not done by anyone associated with Tori.

So Perez, you may want to change that caption to “A cute and clever fan interpretation of Tori Amos’ new album.”

Here A Tori, There A Tori (January 25, 2009)

[Here-a-Tori, There-a-Tori is an occasional column rounding up small Tori mentions far and wide.]

In this edition:

• Flight Of The Conchords
• American Idol “Mr. Zebra”
• Dew Drop Inn
• AOL Radio’s All-Tori channel gone, gone, gone
• Brief MattChamberlain.com recording update
• Real Names Of Stars
• 2008 Celebrity Fashion Flops

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Just when it seems life can’t get any better, our favorite clueless band manager Murray namechecks Tori (again) on the second season premier of “Flight Of The Conchords.” You can catch the episode on On Demand through April 20th or online at Funnyordie.com (sorry, world, US only). Thanks to Kelly, Meagan, and Brandy.

On the January 21st installment of American Idol, there was a short “blink and you’ll miss it” audition clip of a fellow who had attempted to dress himself as a zebra — black and white stripey facepaint and all — and sing “Mr. Zebra.” Okay, ‘fess up … it was one of you, wasn’t it? (Credit to Shannon, torifying, Amber, Jordy, and Jessica Rich for not blinking.)

Apparent you can drop in at the Dew Drop Inn … in Gotham City in Neil Gaiman’s two-part send-off to Batman, Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader (hitting stores in February). We don’t know about you, but we’re planning to steal some shampoo and towels.

Yes, it’s true, AOL Music’s all-Tori station was recently wished to the cornfield. Your guess is as good as ours as to why.

Darrell, Dan, and Devin noticed that on January 4th, there was a micro update on Matt Chamberlain’s website where he posted about a Tori recording session at Avast Studios in Seattle and included a studio photo. A pic of Matt with Tori was also added this past Friday (January 23rd).

Matt told us that Rob O’Connor recently mentioned Tori in his Yahoo Music Blog, “List Of The Day.” Tori made #4 on his list titled Real Names Be Proof—Would These Ten Stars Have Made It With Their Real Names.

Tori made MSN’s 2008 Year In Review “Celebrity Fashion Flops” list for yes, you guessed it, the Comic Con outfit. Well, at least they were on the ball enough to mention that it was a costume. Thanks, christina.

Here A Tori, There A Tori - List Edition! (September 10, 2008)

[Here-a-Tori, There-a-Tori is an occasional column rounding up small Tori mentions far and wide.]

In this episode, we list a number of recent Top Whatever lists on which Tori or her work have appeared:

• Entertainment Weekly’s readers pick their Top 20 Worst Covers
• Yahoo Music’s 25 Best Singer-Songwriters Currently Working
• WYEP’s Top 100 Songs from the 90’s
• Out Magazine’s 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums

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MSN Undressed: Ahead of the Curve!

Oh, Microsoft! First you miss the bus on the Internet and now you miss the mock-Tori’s-Comic-Con-dress train. They bring the snark, but picking on Tori’s “gut[ted] innocent beanbag”? That’s so last week! Even in Internet Time!

Thanks to Kat, Julienne and everyone else who brought this to our attention!

Get Your Own White Parrot Necklace!

Y’all remember the fabulous white parrot necklace Tori was wearing in this photo shoot? B found it for sale at Amazon.co.uk for a mere 105 quid (about $200). Actually, many items from the Vibe Harslof line are for sale, including a black parrot, a silver cat, various hearts and other charms. Go nuts.

BT's Missing Daughter Found, Mom In Jail

A while back, Tori lent her vocals to “Blue Skies,” a beautiful electronica song by Brian Transeau, better known to many of us as BT. Marcus Rivera wrote us earlier this week to let us know that BT’s three-year-old daughter, Kaia, had been reported missing. Since then, thankfully, she has been found. Initially, Kaia’s mom, Ashley Duffy, was a suspect in the girl’s disappearance, and she remained jailed late last week even after the charges against her were dismissed. We can only hope this situation has a speedy and peaceful resolution.

Here a Tori, There a Tori (January 20, 2008)

[Here-a-Tori, There-a-Tori is an occasional column rounding up small Tori mentions far and wide.]

In this edition:

• Tori block prints at Alcorn Studios
• Tori mentioned in “Over Her Dead Body” trailer
• Tori dated Adrien Brody??
• Rocktown Weekly features one of Tori’s old friends
• Tori in academia
• Britney vid “the end of the female singer/songwriter medium”

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Here a Tori, There a Tori (January 19, 2008)

[Here-a-Tori, There-a-Tori is an occasional column rounding up small Tori mentions far and wide.]

In this edition:

• “Winter” in “Songs That Make Men Cry”
• “Cornflake Girl” a top workout song
• “Cornflake Girl” influences Kate Walsh
• Boys for Pele among must-hear albums
• Tori quit smoking?
• Gigwise trashes YKTR cover

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The Big, Bad Covers Catch-Up

It’s a cold and wintry Saturday in much of the U.S., so maybe you’re sitting by the flatscreen monitor with a cup of cocoa and wondering what you’re going to do. Wonder no more, and check out these covers of various Tori songs:

• Over on MySpace, you can click on Ashleigh Music’s player to hear a live cover of “Leather.”

• And if that wasn’t enough “Leather” for you, check out Alyse Black’s version, performed live at the Musicquarium in Seattle.

• Julean Rae has covered a number of Tori songs, including “Little Earthquakes” and “Winter.” Check out “Father Lucifer” over on YouTube.

• Ysabella Brave does a pretty spot-on version of “1,000 Oceans,” don’t you think?

• Okay, okay, so it wasn’t a Tori song originally, but you can listen to Luky Annash sing Lloyd Cole’s “Rattlesnakes” all Tori-style.

Thanks to matt evans, pumpkinpjays, lauren, Lynn and Luky for sending these our way.