PS22 Says Your Brain Is A Comic Book Tattoo

Although Perez Hilton has made sure that no one on the web doesn’t already know, it would be remiss of us not to mention that the PS22 Choir has covered Flying Dutchman. Check it out on their blog or view it below. Thanks to Devin for the heads-up.

We’re guessing this isn’t a marketing cross-promotion with Comic Book Tattoo — but perhaps they ought to consider it!

Little Blue World's Spring 2008 Issue

The Spring issue of the Tori Amos fanzine Little Blue World will ship in mid-April. Here’s some of what’s included in the issue:

• Interview: “The Guy Who Runs the Place…” Our exclusive interview with Rantz Hoseley, who talks about Tori’s breakthrough into comics, as her songs become the subjects of an upcoming graphic novel.
• Special focus: the results of our photo contest; unveiling the winning photos and more.
• Feature articles: “Friday Night Margaritas: Tori and God,” “Polaroids 1998-2008, Part 2: A look back at from the Choirgirl Hotel,” “Tori and the Recording Studio: the invisible instrument” and “Giving Us the Boot.” Examining the “Legs & Boots” series.
• Reviews and retrospectives: “Singing Ears with Feet: Casey Stratton” and “When a Happy Song Isn’t: Happy Rhodes.”
• Regular features, like News, Ask the Expert, our quarterly comic and a “Tori Story.”

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

Little Blue World Contests & Winter 2008

This is the final week to enter the holiday sweepstakes of fanzine Little Blue World as it ends on January 15, 2008. There are prizes (some signed) for three randomly chosen entries. Ordering back issues, extending or starting a subscription will enter you automatically, but no purchase is required to win.

LBW’s winter issue will ship soon. Contents include:

• Interviews: exclusive with support performer Joshua Radin on opening for Tori and with feminist scholar Patricia Leavy who talks Tori, feminism and music in today’s world.
• Special focus: Tori on Tour. “Reinterpreting the Girls”: Live Dolls transform Tori classics. “VIPs For a Day”: Two fans share their Gold and Platinum ticket experiences.
• Feature Articles: “Dispatches and Polaroids 1998-2008”: Checking in ten years on at The Choirgirl Hotel (Part 1). “And All That Could Have Been With Their NINE INCH NAILS”: A brief look at the complex history of Tori Amos and Trent Reznor. “Tori and Place” Part 2.
• Plus regular features like News, Reviews, Expert and their quarterly comic.

Also, don’t forget their photo contest, ending February 1, 2008. Five prizes will be awarded, including more signed memorabilia, for the best photos of Tori.

See their website for more about the fanzine, the contests or how to subscribe.

New Undented Fun Tomorrow

So are we all climbing the walls with boredom yet? Never fear, we still have lots of site areas in development and will do our level best to come up with stuff to keep you entertained.

A new silly bit of fun will debut in the You section tomorrow (December 19th): Tori Turned Me Stupid.

I’ll aim to have it up live around 2pm my time (give or take in the event that I get waylaid by something unexpected), so you’ll just have to check back then to see what it is.

UPDATE: Tori Turned Me Stupid is live. Head over to the You section (click on “You” link in the black bar at the top of each page) to check it out!

Little Blue World Drawing

The Little Blue World fanzine is hosting a winter drawing. Three randomly chosen entries in their holiday sweepstakes, running through January 15, 2008, will receive a gift from LBW. Gifts include signed memorabilia and an American Doll Posse poster. Ordering back issues, extending or starting a subscription will automatically enter you into the drawing, but no purchase is required to enter or win. For full information about LBW and the contest, including official rules, please see their website.

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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Pair Of Free Tix To L.A. Show

Toriphile Scott just found out he won the LAist.com contest and he has two tickets to the L.A. show on December 16th.

Problem is, Scott can’t go. He lives in Portland and can’t get down to L.A. on such short notice. He’d like to pass the tickets (which come with a free copy of ADP) on to a deserving Toriphile in the L.A. area who can attend this show. He needs to send the LAist.com people the full name and mailing address of the person who is going so their name can be added to the will call list. Then the replacement “winner” will just have to show their driver’s license to pick them up.

If you’re interested in a free pair of tickets to the final show of the tour, send a message to Scott right away. They’ll prolly go quick, so hurry! The LAist.com people need a response from him as soon as possible.

[UPDATE: The tickets are gone. We wish Danny a great time at the show. It’s going to kick ass!]

No General Public M&Gs In Chicago

Management wants to give fans a heads-up that Tori’s schedule is booked solid in Chicago on the 5th and 6th and she definitely won’t be able to do any general public meet & greets while there. (Monday’s Platinum VIP M&Gs are still on, of course.)

New Site Section: YOU!

Well finally! A new site section!

The You section is devoted to all things Toriphile. Okay, so maybe not all things just yet, but it will be when we get more stuff up.

But for now … ta-da! This is a start. We have the T+T Gallery up and running, and the Links page (now “Sites For Fans”) has been moved there as well (“Links” was living in our toplinks bar temporarily until we had the You section ready to open).

There’s even another little surprise area over there for you as well. You’ll just have to go visit to see what it is.

As with all of our sections, you can get to the You section at any time by clicking on “You” in our toplinks bar. Areas within the section are in the left column (mostly … the Sites For Fans page shows categories in that spot and probably always will).

Have fun!

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!