No-Tori-ous Nudity

As news goes, this may not be the most noteworthy but for completeness’ sake and your edification, we note that Tori made MSN’s 25 Famed Naked Celeb Moments earlier this month. Tori comes in at #19 for the infamous photograph of her nursing a piglet from the Boys for Pele album artwork. While seemingly pretty innocuous, especially in the post-wardrobe malfunction era, the photograph did stir up some debate back in the day so it’s not as innocent as it might seem.

Thanks to Emily, Lauren and Matthew for catching this!

Stream "Why Don't You Love Me?" At DavidByrne.com

“Why Don’t You Love Me?”, the duet by Cyndi Lauper and Tori that closes out Here Lies Love, is this week’s featured track from the forthcoming collaboration by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim. In addition to a complete stream of the song, you’ll also find an except from the hardcover book that accompanies the deluxe edition of the release about the song as well as its complete lyrics.

Thanks to Lico and waitressboy for the tip!

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Tori Visits Metal Hammer

In all the hub-bub of the Midwinter Graces promotional whirlwind back in December, we somehow managed to miss that Tori was one of the guests during the December 18th edition of the Metal Hammer Podcast. While it seems a little inexplicable on the surface, the Slayer cover on Strange Little Girls, as one might guess, is the starting point of their discussion, but they also branch into bringing rock energy to her music, knowing your instrument, dark energy, the occult and Dionysus.

Download it directly here. Tori’s segments starts at the 63 minute mark.

Thanks to velvet for catching this!

A History Lesson in Song From The Guardian

Tori’s “Yes, Anastasia” was one of the songs selected by The Guardian’s readers for this past week’s Readers Recommend column, featuring songs written about figures from history. Paul MacInnes ties all the various and sundry submissions together in an article that discusses the top and playlist which includes songs from Steeleye Span, Joan Baez, Neil Young, Al Stewart and several others, in addition to the Tori.

Thanks to el feugo for the link!

Photos From The Artists Den

Live From The Artists Den, a public television program here in the States that recorded a performance by Tori back in December for an upcoming episode (got all that? phew!), has updated their Photography section with a new selection of shots taken at tapings in 2009. While there isn’t a gallery for Tori’s performance, you can find a handful photographs taken at the Park Avenue Armory in the header of the main Photos section.

Hopefully a gallery for the taping — as well as details about the episode’s broadcast — will surface soon!

SPIN Shares Secret Show Footage

SPIN Magazine has posted video of the secret show Tori played at their offices back in December. The short set featured “Ophelia,” “Wednesday,” “A Silent Night With You, “ “Star of Wonder”, “Pink and Glitter” and “Snow Angel.” All songs but the last are available for your streaming pleasure! Enjoy!

Spinner Interview

During the frenzy of Midwinter Graces promo in December, Tori also swung by the offices of Spinner and chatted with Jessica Robertson about Midwinter Graces. The resulting two-part video interview was posted on Spinner on Christmas Even afternoon. In addition to the seasonal collection, Tori also addresses the rebirth of Lilith Fair (which Spinner reported on earlier last month), family and holiday memories and traditions.

Thanks to Armen for the tip! Jump the cut to check out the clips!

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TV Guide Video Interview

Literally minutes after we signed off for Christmas and New Year’s, Parker linked us to this interview from TV Guide where, between live clips of “Lady in Blue,” they chat with Tori about Midwinter Graces. Thanks to her for the tip!

TV Guide kindly placed the video on YouTube as well for easy-peasy embedification:

We Report, You Decide

Remember that Metro interview we posted a couple days ago? Well, apparenrtly we didn’t focus on the most sensational part of the article as her seemingly throw-away comment about running on the Republican tickets if Sarah Palin does is what garnered the most attention.

Contact Music and One India both took the story and ran with it and it even popped up in last night’s episode of Countdown on MSNBC!

Go figure!

Thanks to jovenave and Richard Handal for the links.

"Holly, Ivy and Rose" on One Life To Live

“Holly, Ivy and Rose,” from Midwinter Graces was used as the backing music during an episode of the soap opera One Life To Live on Wednesday, December 23rd. It was used as the soundtrack for a montage segment of the show’s characters returning home for Christmas, opening presents and celebrating the holiday. The full episode is streaming on abc.com.

Thanks to Megan, Emily, Joe and Joshua for the tip!