A Piano Preview: Hear Zero Point NOW!

Today is the final day of the three-week sneak preview leading up to the release of A Piano: The Collection. As promised, EverythingTori.com is offering up something really yummy: the much-anticipated debut of Zero Point. Head over to listen in Quicktime or Windows Media formats!

AOL Launching All-Tori Channel, Streaming A Piano

AOL’s Music News Blog is launching an all-new Tori Amos radio station on Oct. 5, and is asking fans to drop by and let them know which of Tori’s songs should be included.

In addition, this week the AOL Tori channel will be streaming A Piano: The Collection in its entirety! Swing on over to check it out.

Little Blue World's Fall 2006 Issue

The Fall 2006 issue of the Little Blue World fan-zine is complete and will be mailed out in late October. Some of the highlights featured in this issue include:

• Stardust in Our Hands: Neil Gaiman, publishing’s “hardest working man,” talks about his books, his film, and Tori’s upcoming album.
• Stuff is Still the Issue: Tori’s official archivist talks history.
• Yes, Anastasia?: A look into the mystery of Anna Anderson and Anastasia Romanov.
• Marrying the Marys: How Tori reunites Mary Magdalene, the Virgin Mary & Mary Amos.

Plus lots more! For more information about subscriptions, this issue or back issues, visit their website.

Daily Mail (September 25, 2006)

To me glamour isn’t about being sparkly. We are the real canvases, what’s inside us; clothes are just our watercolours.—Tori Amos

Tori discusses her fashion preferences in this article which appeared in the Femail section of the September 25th Daily Mail. You can read it online or below. Thanks to Lucy for sending this in!

Tori Amos reveals her style secrets

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Tori's Tracks of Her Years

The Tracks of My Years is a segment on Ken Bruce’s Radio 2 programme where celebrities pick songs that have had an impact on their life. Tori’s favorite tunes, two per day, will be featured during the week of September 25th. Tori’s picks have been posted on the BBC’s website—jump the fold or follow the link above if you want to spoil the surprise! Either way, tune in on-air, online or on digital radio to hear the songs and Tori’s comments on them.

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EDGE's A Piano Giveaway

Emmanuel writes to tell us that EDGE, a e-zine which focuses on news and entertainment for the GLBT communities in several Northeastern cities, is giving away several copies of A Piano: The Collection. However, there is a catch: only those who have an EDGE Reader Rewards card program are eligible to enter the drawing and there is a $5 fee to get one. The deadline to enter is October 8th. If you have a card already or don’t mind setting an Abe loose, though, it seems like it’s worth entering the drawing via any of their regional portals: Boston, New York, New England, Providence, or Provincetown. If’s not clear if there are separate drawings for each region or if all entries go into one big hat.

Mad Lit: Elizabeth Merrick on "Piece By Piece"

“It’s one of the books I go to when I need to get below the surface of my e-mail day or my free-floating anxiety. I dip in when I’m looking for a reminder of the big forces that aren’t really apparent in the workday. Tori views her life through the lens of myth and archetype, and this is a very powerful way to tune back in to what you really want, what you really are.”—Elizabeth Merrick on Piece by Piece

In this article from the Fall 2006 issue of Venus, Elizabeth Merrick, author and editor of the new anthology This Is Not Chick Lit, comments on her current favorite read: Piece By Piece by Tori Amos and Ann Powers. Thanks to Tess for the transcription.

Mad Lit
Elizabeth Merrick
The This Is Not Chick Lit editor is up on her Faulkner and Morrison, but what really keeps her inspired? (Hint: It’s not chick lit.)

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More Songs On MySpace

The two sneak preview tracks that were previously streaming from EverythingTori.com, “Precious Things” (Alternate Mix) and “Crucify” (Unedited Single Version), are now available for your listening pleasure from Tori’s myspace. So if you missed ‘em before or just want to hear them again before the release of A Piano next week, here’s your chance!

Thanks to Jessica and TimL for letting us know!

Hear Sample Clips From "A Piano"

Dutch websites Bol.com and NLstore are offering streaming samples of every song on A Piano: The Collection, including unreleased tracks such as “Zero Point,” “Ode To My Clothes,” “Dolphin Song,” “Not David Bowie,” and an intro jam to “Marys of the Sea.”

(Thanks to Ruud for passing this along.)

BBC 6 Music Interview (September 17, 2006): Read

“I feel like Albert Einstein with my hair out to here, and I’ve put my finger in an electric socket, and I’m editing, and blowing things up, and bringing harpsichords back in, and Wurlys in and out, and pianos in . . . You know, I’m in the middle of the mad scientist phase.”—Tori Amos

Tori was interviewed on BBC 6 Music’s The Music Week show with Julie Cullen and Imran Ahmed.

Thanks to Jeff for the transcription.

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