Lucy O'Brien Acquitted Of "K" Word Usery Charges

Interviewer Lucy O’Brien has been cleared of all charges that she used “the horrid ‘k’ word” in her recent Mojo Magazine article.

Lucy assures Undented that she would “never, as a point of principle, use the horrible ‘k’ word to describe a female artist! Blame ‘kookstress’ on the sub-editor who wrote the headline intro.”

Done! The hounds have been dispatched to fetch this naughty sub-editor and “convince” him/her to renounce their wicked ways.

US Weekly's ADP Review

Corey sent us US Weekly’s review of American Doll Posse. They give the album 3.5 out of 4 stars and say:

On her ninth solo album, Tori Amos sings in the personae of five different women, including a photographer named Isabel who croons about political issues and Santa, a single girl who’s created a MySpace page. Is the mother of one, 43 — and a wife of sound engineer Mark Hawley (who helped on the CD) — having a midcareer identity crisis? Hardly. Amos sounds like her old soulful self on tracks such as the haunting “Girl Disappearing” the danceable “Bouncing Off Clouds” and the funny first single “Big Wheel” (in which she calls herself a “MILF”). The voices in Amos’ head rarely hit a sour note.

Photos Of Special Edition American Doll Posse

SPOILER ALERT! Do not click the link unless you want to see photos of the complete special edition set.

HELLS YEAH, SHUT UP AND SHOW ME THE FRICKIN’ PHOTOS!

Thanks, Daniel/ShakeMeSane!

Helium.com's ADP Review

Here’s Helium.com’s track-by-track review of American Doll Posse. Thanks for telling us about this, Andres.

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Posse Roll Call: Santa

The latest Tori newsletter introduces Santa. You can also check out her blog.

Santa relates to Aphrodite and is the sensualist of the quintet. “Santa is somebody who’s a girl’s girl,” Tori says. “She understands her fellow sisters and she believes that there is enough love and passion out there for everyone. But she won’t accept that there is something perverted about being very sensual and she won’t drink shame with her sensuality.”

Tori Amos Record Release Party in NYC

Join Tori as she celebrates the release of her new album, American Doll Posse, on May 1 at a secret location in New York City’s Times Square area from 7-9pm. The event will include an intimate, 30-minute solo performance by Tori. Starting at 10am on Tuesday, May 1st, be one of the first 80 people to purchase Tori’s new album at the Barnes & Noble Union Square location only (33 E. 17th Street, NYC), and you will receive a wristband which gets one person into this special event.

Epic will also be giving away 10 pairs of tickets to fans on Tori’s mailing list. If you live in the NYC area and want to go, send an email with the subject line “TORI IN NYC” and include the following in the body of your email:

• your full name
• email address
• mailing address
• phone number

The first 10 people to contact them will get the tickets.

New Posse Group Shot

In A Fashion

Inspired by the Women’s Wear Daily article, Stylesightings.com has put together a quick rundown on the style sense of the girls in Tori’s posse entitled Five For Fighting: Tori Amos. Thanks to alexander for letting us know about this.

New York Post Article (April 24, 2007)

“I’ve never been America’s sweetheart or the church’s sweetheart. That’s OK. I’ve never said I was the sweet drink at the wedding – I think I’m more of a dirty martini.” — Tori Amos

Here’s a recent article from the New York Post in which Tori very quickly touches on the creation of “Big Wheel” and the meaning behind the Bible/shame photo. Thanks to lucy, franco, Speedbliss, and Jay.

(You can also download “Big Wheel” from the NYP website through Friday, April 27th.)

Crucifix-in’ For Trouble

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Athens Date Confirmed

It’s confirmed … Tori will play the Fly Beeyond Festival in Athens on July 18th. She’ll be playing the same day as James and Air.

Thanks to Dust Road for letting us know.