Daily Nexus Concert Review (January 10, 2007)

Between the late publish date (presumably due to the break between semesters) and our post-tour lull, we somehow missed this review of the Santa Barbara concert, despite the fact that Kimberly told us about it! The review appeared in the January 10th edition of The Daily Nexus, the University of California at Santa Barbara’s student newspaper.

Bouncing Off Clouds

By Dianne Jobson / Staff Writer
Published Thursday, January 10, 2008
Issue 52 / Volume 88

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Santa Barbara Independent Concert Review (December 13, 2007)

The Santa Barbara Independent’s Jessica Hilo caught Tori at the Arlington Theatre and offers this report. Cheers, Kimberly!

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L.A. Times Concert Review (December 17, 2007)

The Los Angeles Times‘ calendarlive.com writer Mikael Wood offers his take on the final night of the American Doll Posse Tour. Many thanks to Alex P and Kimberly for sending this in.

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The Advocate Concert Review (December 17, 2007)

Corey Scholibo’s review of the final night of the tour in Los Angeles was published on Advocate.com on December 17th. It’s another “confessional” review, but that seems only appropriate for a “confessional” songwriter.

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LAist Concert Review (December 17, 2007)

While it may be more appropriate to post this as a comment in the Tour section, malingering’s review of the Nokia Theatre show on LAist is a pretty interesting angle on Tori’s current performance from the perspective of a (forgive the Catholic terminology) semi-lapsed fan. Plus, there are a few photos as well. Check it out….

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Hey! Pip Can Be Political Too!

Curious what Tori-as-Pip was raging about (thank you vivatornado for the YouTube clip!) during “Cruel” at the Nokia last night? Perez Hilton has the answer, via a WGA member’s Tori-encounter before the show:

One lucky Writers Guild member (and Perezcious reader) got to meet Tori before the show and they talked about the strike that has affected all of Hollywood.

He tell[s] us: “She was very thoughtful, asked us how it was going, and told us to ‘be the power.’”

To everyone’s surprise, a few hours later, Miz Amos took the stage as the angriest of her characters and spoke a furious battle cry.

She shouted, “Writers! Writers! Where are you in this fucking town? When you gonna stand up and stop sucking the cock of the infested corporate clone? Seize the power!”

We wonder what Pip would say to Leno and Conan about returning to the air after the New Year — and whether she’d ever be their musical guest!

Thanks to Susan, Kimberly and lushvalley for the tip!

NME Concert Review (December 17, 2007)

NME’s Los Angeles peeps were attendance at last night’s show at the Nokia and penned a review for the British magazine’s website. After reading it, we have to say that while they’ve described the show fairly well, we’re not really sure if they liked it!

Thanks to roel and Kimberly for the link!

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Los Angeles: Isa-Pip At The Nokia

The American Doll Posse World Tour came to a close in Los Angeles with another double-shot of the Doll Posse: Isabel came on first, followed by Pip. Unlike the night before, Tori had both encores, ringing out the end of the tour with the closing strains of “Hey Jupiter”. The solo songs performed during T & Bö were “Silent All These Years” and “Cooling” while “Talula” came out to play for the second time on the tour. The full setlist, thanks to jamesy, vesperanto and jimmy, has been posted in the Tour section.

If you were there and would like to share, please post your thoughts about the performance there!

And just a quick note to all and sundry: THANKS for helping us document the tour! Violet and I, much as we’d like to, can’t go to every show. We depend on you guys — the army of eyes, ears and fingers — to help us and everyone else keep on top of the shows. This couldn’t have happened without you and we really appreciate it!

Orange County Register Concert Review (December 16, 2007)

The Orange County Register’s Ben Wener reviewed last night’s show at The Grove for the Sunday edition of the paper. While not the most favorable of reviews, it is an interesting perspective from someone who, unlike many of us, has not been following the Posse on their merry jaunt around the world. From the outside looking in, a Tori Amos concert, particularly one from the current tour, can be a fairly mystifying experience!

And for those who don’t like words, check out the slideshow of Pip-tures that accompanies the article (from which the image at right was gleaned).

Thanks to Kimberly for finding this before we did!

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Anaheim: Pip and Santa Sitting In A Grove

Double-Doll action really can strike twice!

The Grove of Anaheim was treated to sets by both Pip and Santa last night — and Pip even came back out a second time, sipping Santa’s mojito, to close the show performing “Suede” for the second encore!

As a general admission show, the audience was on the rowdy side and, it seems, Tori anticipated that by returning the favor in advance with the two “loud” Dolls.

T & Bö included “Carbon” and “Take Me With You”. Other interesting song selections included “Liquid Diamonds,” “Pretty Good Year,” “Hotel,” and, during Pip’s set, “Heart of Gold.”

The full setlist, thanks to jamesy, is posted in the Tour section. If you were there, please let us know what you thought of the show!