Legs & Boots: Everything Must Go!

Just a reminder that Legs & Boots, the official purveyor of downloadable, complete, soundboard recordings from the American Doll Posse tour, will be closing its virtual doors on March 31st. So, Monday will be your last chance to pick up any of the official bootlegs. If you’re planning on buying any, this weekend is the time to do it!

Unfortunately, it seems that arrangements could not be made to sell these downloads to those outside of the United States and Canada. However, the two free downloads that Legs & Boots are offering — Amber Waves and Not David Bowie are available to all.

Legs & Boots' Last Legs

ToriAmos.com has announced that Legs & Boots, the purveyor of official bootlegs from Tori’s 2007 American Doll Posse World Tour, will be shutting down on March 31st. So, if you were sitting on the fence about downloading any more of the 27 shows released, you have until the end of the month to jump off said fence, one way or the other. If you need an incentive to buy, the holiday discount for multiple show purchases remains in effect: if you’ve bought 5 or more shows, you’ll receive 10% off your purchase price and if you’ve bought 10 or more shows, the discount increases to 20%. And, as the graphic says, previous purchases do count towards the discount level.

American Doll Posse: Making the List

While it didn’t make The Buffalo News’ Jeff Miers’ Top 10 albums of 2007, American Doll Posse did rank an honorable mention in a follow-up article listing notable releases by women that didn’t make his Top 10, saying:

Tori Amos, “American Doll Posse” (Sony): An incredibly ambitious and overtly dense album, but worth the investment of time required to unravel it. Classic Tori, then.

Read on for instances of American Doll Posse making 2007 year-end lists.

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File Download Solutions For Mac Users

Jump the cut to see several solutions offered to Mac users having trouble downloading the free song files from Toriamos.com, mine included.

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The Legs And Boots Holiday Sale!

In honor of the American Doll Posse world tour coming to a close, ToriAmos.com has announced two special holiday offers from Legs & Boots.

First, they are now offering discounts for high-volume bootleg purchasers. Anyone who has bought at 5 shows will receive a 10% discount on future purchases while those who have ponied up to 10 or more shows will get a total of 20% off. Previously purchased shows do count towards your discount level. However, retroactive discounts to those who have already exceeded those counts are not being offered. Alas!

Second, they are giving away two free downloads from the Legs & Boots collection: Amber Waves (from the November 29th Salt Lake City show, judging by the strains of “Caught A Lite Sneeze” as the mp3 fades out) and Not David Bowie (judging by the track number in the filename, this is probably from the Denver show).

Note: we’ve gotten a report that these files downloaded “as a document” for at least one Mac user and could not be played to his iPod. Not being a Mac user myself, I can not verify this. I did not experience any problems getting or playing the mp3s on Windows. However, Luddite that I am, I do not have a portable digital music player, and can not test that second part of the report. A note has been sent to Customer Service about this but haven’t heard if there has been a resolution yet. Any other Mac users out there have issues or solutions? Please Let us know.

Finally, while we have your attention, a gentle reminder to those who have purchased any of the bootlegs: BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP! Their policy is one download per purchase so if your computer crashes or you, er, uh, um, accidentally delete the directory containing all your downloads (not that anyone we know would do that! *whistles innocently*), you’re up the proverbial creek without a paddle. Taking the time to make a backup copy of your purchased files – on CD-R, another hard drive, cassette tape, whatever – is worth it!

WhatsOnStage On The Light Princess

While the fact that Tori and Samuel Adamson were collaborating on The Light Princess was not news to most Toriphiles, Adamson’s mention of that in that recent interview for WhatsOnStage.com must have taken them by surprise since they reported on it like it was breaking news. No additional details were offered, but a possible 2009 premiere was mentioned which, we believe, is the first whisper of when this production might see a curtain call. Thanks to Christoff for letting us know!

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Legs & Boots Update

Just a quick post to make sure everyone realizes that several shows have been added to Legs & Boots for pre-order. They include Milwaukee, both Chicago shows, Omaha Lawrence, Nashville, Ft. Myers, Melbourne, West Palm Beach, Dallas and Houston.

Additionally, FLACs for the first five releases — Philadelphia, both Boston concerts, Syracuse, and Montreal — are now ready for download.

The American Doll Posse Promo Note

As some may recall, a copy of hand-written note from Tori was enclosed with early promotional copies of American Doll Posse. Martijn, who described this letter in his early review of the album, has received a copy of the letter and has shared it with Toriphiles ‘round the world. A transcript of the note can be found below the scans Martijn sent our way. Thanks!

Dear Confidant,

That these are ‘Troubled Times’ is no secret. Through a songwriter’s eye, I observe. I observe, like you, the war. The traumatic weather patterns. The tragedies. I, like you, can’t just turn my back on this very fragile Blue Ball that is our only known hope of existence.

But perhaps unlike you, I may get stopped in a store, on the street or in a Starbucks where a young woman in line taps me on the arm… And through tears of raw pain whispers, “What can I do? My boyfriend had to go fight. I hate those bastards behind this Satanic war. I may never hold him again.” Her voice breaks with her last words, “never hold him again.” She asks for a hug and then quickly exits the line coffeeless.

Her words play over and over… “What can I do?”

Not so long ago, a 15 year old looking young woman came up to me and asked, ‘So are you making a new CD soon?’

I laughed at the time and confided, ‘Well, I’m workin’ on it.’ As she made a move to continue on her way, she paused and turned around. And with 1,000 tears fighting to keep from falling she spoke “Well, then tell it like it Fucking is. The war isn’t just out there somewhere you know? I live in a Fucking War.”

She walked away.

Maybe these 2 women will never know the impact that they had on me and this project.

American Doll Posse is my response.

Tori Amos

Bride of Green Screen: The Bouncing Off Clouds Video Contest!

Since the official video for “Bouncing Off Clouds” is pretty much the official video for “Big Wheel,” it should come as no surprise that Sony is holding a contest to produce a video for the song “Bouncing Off Clouds”. As with the “Big Wheel” video contest, they’re providing a selection of performance footage for you to work with — or not, as the case may be — to use to create a video for the song.

Once you’ve made your video, upload it to the Bouncing Off Clouds Green Screen Video Contest YouTube group and enter the contest officially using the form on the contest page. You’ll also need to send a broadcast-quality copy of your video to Epic Records.

The full details — along with the all-important contest rules — can be found at the contest page on Sony’s website.

Thanks to Marlina for the tip and good luck to all who endeavor to participate!

A Double-Shot Of Clyde From Legs & Boots

Just in case anyone missed it, the bootleg for the October 13th concert in Syracuse, which had been somewhat mysteriously listed for pre-order on Legs & Boots, is now available for download. Apparently, it was added along last night’s show from Boston — another Clydean effort. Thanks to josh and Timothy for pointing this out! Bear in mind though, as Rich correctly noted, “Rattlesnakes” is not included in the download — perhaps due to the fact that it is a cover?