Tori on Studio 360 Sunday

Tori and American Doll Posse will be featured this week on Studio 360, a program that airs at 8 a.m. out of New York Public Radio. Those who can’t hear it live, either in New York or on their NPR affiliate, can listen online or download a podcast. Amy, thanks for the tip!

iTunes and the Quest for the Presale Code

Folks who purchased American Doll Posse through iTunes began receiving their tour pre-sale codes yesterday (finally!). One bit of useful information is that the pre-sales will start sometime in June, so it might be time to thaw out your credit cards and make sure your mouse-clicking fingers are in tip-top shape. Alfred and Andre, thanks for sending this our way!

My Posse Can Drink

When you let five girls loose in the big city for a night out on the town, you know there are gonna be girly drinks involved. That’s just how it is.

And so it came to pass at the American Doll Posse release party in New York City on Tuesday night. Franco managed to make off with one of the Signature Drink Menus from the event and scanned it for us. (And we wouldn’t be surprised if he’s off trying to re-create some of these for himself at home right now. They sound yummy!)

We especially love how the “The Pip Apple Pucker-Christi” looks like it says “The Pip Apple Fucker-Christi.” We’ll have four of those, please.

WYEP's "CD Of The Week": American Doll Posse

Kim and Erin wrote in to say that American Doll Posse is getting a lot of attention on WYEP 91.3fm in Pittsburgh. ADP is the CD Of The Week, and DJs did commentary throughout the day on Monday to introduce it. They will be playing various tracks from the album all week.

Rosemary Welsch, the afternoon Mix host, had this to say about the album…

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Circuit City Edition ( ... NOT )

Not really an “edition,” more a marketing glitch really…

According to Chris K, Circuit City’s Sunday ad said they would be offering a 2-CD version of ADP. Chris went in and bought a copy, but it didn’t have 2-CDs, even though the CD was labeled as having 2-CDs. The in-store staff didn’t know anything about it. I returned it.

It sounds as if the standard edition got erroneously labelled as a “2-CD edition” somewhere along the way. We’re not sure if this is happening in more than one store, or if it was just that one location. But it’s just a normal single-CD copy.

Target Edition Of ADP

Jessie, Jen T, and Jes wrote to tell us about the Target edition of ADP.

According to Jes:

“Confirmed. Target does have American Doll Posse with a poster. However for the frugal collectors looking for something special, be warned the poster is actually folded up in the jewel aase, heavily-creased, about the size of a standard piece of computer paper. The creases detract from the image, making it more like an extra piece of the jewel case packaging. If you’re really looking for something special, the Special Edition is the way to go.”

So far, it seems this poster (or posters, we’re not sure whether there’s more than one version) is simply some variation of the album cover.

USAToday.com ADP Review

Roel tells us that over at USAToday.com, a photo of Tori (at the ADP release party) is #11 in their Day In Celebrities gallery for May 2nd.

Then, if you click on the “Listen Up” next to the photo, you’re taken to an article by Ken Barnes that contains the following review of ADP...

Tori Amos, American Doll Posse: * * * A hit-or-myth proposition?

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Star Lounge Podcast

Star 98.7 has added Tori’s appearance in the Star Lounge to their podcast offerings. There are two mp3 files available for download: the first contains the intro and “Roosterspur Bridge” and the second includes an interview segment and live performances of “Beauty of Speed” and “a sorta fairytale”.

Tori on Soundcheck, May 2nd

According to Time Out New York, Tori will be one of John Schaefer’s guests on Soundcheck, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 2nd at 2:00 PM ET. Soundcheck originates at WNYC in New York City where it broadcasts at 93.9 FM. You can also “listen on-line”: in a variety of formats. Soundcheck’s programs are archived and podcast too, in case you miss it tomorrow.

[ UPDATE: Direct link to the archive of the Tori edition. ]

More On The Borders Exclusive Track

According to Toriphile Traci, who just got home from what we hope was not a completely fruitless trip to Borders, the “Drive By Night” Borders Exclusive download-only bonus track is PC only. Correction: Jack tells us this is a WMA file. WMA files are listenable on Macs if you have the Windows Media Player for Mac. Also, he says the file is limited to a one time download.

And we’re back to biting: this file really does seem to be PC only. Jack tells us neither the [discontinued] Windows Media Player 9 for Mac nor Flip4Mac (which normally works for WMA files) will work with this one. Davey says the reason “isn’t Windows Mac compatibility, it’s a DRM [Digital Rights Management] issue; Flip4Mac plays wma files just fine, but only ones that are unprotected.” That translates as “It just don’t play on Macs.

Yet another update: ShippyPap tells us that if Mac users contact Borders tech support, they will give you a new code for the download that will work with a Mac.

And remember, it (still) only comes with the standard edition, not the special edition.