Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Concert Review (November 1, 2007)

Kate McCaffrey reviewed the October 30th show at Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Interestingly, the piece does not mention the Doll Posse or Santa — aside from the one in the audience. Perhaps the reviewer thought it was all Halloween fun? Or maybe ghoulish editors excised that part of the article. In any event, thanks to Mike Q, ceresa’s mommy, and Kim for the link!

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Louisville Courier-Journal Concert Review (October 29, 2007)

Tamara Ikenberg’s review of the Louisville show at the Palace Theatre was posted in The Courier-Journal on October 29th, 2007. Yes, we always want more of the sparkling siren! Thank you Natalie for sending this in.

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Michigan Journal Concert Review (October 30, 2007)

Erin Marquis reviewed the October 27th Detroit concert at the Fox Theatre for The Michigan Journal. We love how the reviewer wrote either American Girl Posse or American Doll Posse. Make yer mind up!

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DCist Concert Review (October 29, 2007)

DCist, a Washington, D.C.-focused blog, featured Jason Linkins’ review of Tori’s stop at DAR Constitution Hall on the American Doll Posse tour. While we normally tend to gravitate to print reviews from the mainstream media, it’s a fun and honest review — and they gave use link-love! You gotta respect the link-love!

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Blueberry Girl Book Nearly Finished

Charles Vess reported recently that he’s nearly finished with the artwork for Blueberry Girl, which some of you may remember as the poem Neil Gaiman wrote for Tash. Work on the book began in early 2005; now Vess reports that “I’ll be finished with the paintings by the end of this month and then it will be a necessarily long wait for the actual book to be published.” Neil reported in February 2005 that proceeds from the book would raise money for RAINN and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Click the thumbnail above to see a larger image from the book, and go to Vess’ site to see several sketches and finished panels. Many thanks to rainonwater for the tip!

Tori On The 411

TV Guide’s interview with Tori is airing on TV Guide Network’s “The 411” a few times this weekend. Air times are:

Friday, November 2nd at 9:00pm ET/PT
Friday, November 3rd at 12:00am ET/PT
Saturday, November 3rd at 5:00pm ET/PT

[But check your local listings, because it appears to be airing three hours earlier for me here on the West Coast (6pm & 9pm this evening, for example, instead of 9pm and midnight), so my local cable company seems to be airing the East Coast feed.]

Thanks to Mara and MiMi for catching this announcement on Everything Tori.

Tori Featured At MySpace Music

Tori was the Featured Artist on Myspace Music yesterday. While the feature is no longer there (yeah yeah yeah, we’re a little slow sometimes—but at least we don’t have unexpected errors!), the goodies from it still are!

First, a radio edit of “Almost Rosey”, exclusively available from Myspace as part of the feature, is now available for download and streaming on Tori’s Myspace.

Second, a video clip billed as a “behind the scenes” look at touring was posted as well. Turns out this is just one of the clips from the Tour Countdown.

Finally, an animated video for “Bouncing Off Clouds” was added to the Video section of Tori’s profile:

Thanks to Fabz, Mike and Destiny for the tip!

Cleveland: Pip Takes No Prisoners

Cleveland rocks! Pip hit the stage in full-on grab-this-bitch-by-the-balls mode, throughly drenching her set in furious themes of blood, revenge, sorrow, and regret. With “Cruel,” “Fat Slut,” “Smokey Joe,” “Blood Roses,” and “The Waitress” all appearing within the short span of her 7-song set, hell … it’s a miracle anyone made it out alive! Tori’s set was more introspective in tone, with an unusually high number of Little Earthquakes-era songs (“Leather,” “Precious Things,” “Take To The Sky,” with “Crucify” and “Tear In Your Hand” even appearing back-to-back).

If you were at the show, head over to the Cleveland page in the tour section to submit your review.

This show is already available for download from Legs & Boots.

San Antonio Pre-Sale Info

From Everything Tori:

For those of you who are holding tickets to Tori’s originally scheduled Austin show, there is a pre-sale just for you. All people that purchased tickets to the Austin show will be emailed a link and password to purchase tickets to the San Antonio date. This special pre-sale will run from Thursday, Nov 1 at 10am – Friday, Nov 2 at 10pm. The offer will be sent out through GetTix (Austin ticketing company), however the presale will run through Ticketmaster (San Antonio ticketing company): http://www.ticketmaster.com/toriamos

But that’s not all…

There is an additional presale offer running through Live Nation and Majestic Theatre. This presale will run Friday, Nov 2 from 10am – 10pm through Ticketmaster. Both Live Nation and the Majestic Theatre will each be emailing their databases with a separate password.

Mikewhy Does Louisville

[Okay, so Mike didn’t create that title, I did, but we’re all really pleased that he’s come out of the woodwork for a few Tori shows and is including his Louisville review here. This will also be included on the Louisville concert page, alongside Amanda (Novinha)‘s lovely review. — Violet]

On Sunday night, October 28, 2007, Amanda and I saw Tori Amos at the Palace Theatre in Louisville, KY. This was the sixth time that Tori has come to my hometown of Louisville, KY. It had been over two years since I last saw her, and I was really looking forward to it…

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