Refresh RAINN With Pepsi Refresh

As you may know if you read our Twitter, RAINN, the United States’ largest anti-sexual assault organization, is one of many organization vying for funding from the Pepsi Refresh Project.

RAINN is in the running to win $250,000 in grant funding to help expand their online hotline to serve Spanish-speaking victims of sexual abuse and you can help them reach that goal by voting for their idea at Pepsi Represh.

Voting ends at Midnight on September 30th so this is the last chance to help get them to the top. You can vote up to three times a day, once via each of these three means:

1. Vote online at http://www.refresheverything.com/rainn
2. Vote by text — send 102552 to 73774.
3. Vote by Facebook using the app at http://www.refresheverything.com/rainn

They’re currently in 17th place — let’s help get them up to the top!

The Wrestler And The Cornflake Girl

Check out the article about Tori and RAINN by wrestling legend Mick Foley today on Slate.com. The article contains material from the “Meeting Tori Amos” chapter of Mick’s latest memoir Countdown To Lockdown, set for release this Friday, October 1st. The book will make you laugh (you want to read about Pom-Pom, you really do) and cry, plus there’s a cute piccie of Mick meeting Tori for the very first time. So be sure to grab a copy going into the weekend.

Prime Time Russia Interview

Tori was interviewed for RT’s Prime Time Russia program and they’ve kindly posted the chat on YouTube. Topics covered included her early voice, Tash and music, the role of women in the current world, and Tori also says that she thinks the piano will take center stage in the next project that she’ll be working on.

Send Me To Moscow

Tonight, Tori performed her first ever concert in Russia at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall. Before an enthusiastic audience who welcomed her with open arms, she played a set that spanned her career though, understandably, there was an emphasis on the first two albums. Still, several newer songs found their way into the set as well. Highlights included “Little Earthquakes” opening the concert, “Dragon,” “Mother Revolution,” “Indian Summer” and, during the first of two encores, “Yes, Anastasia.” Check out the full setlist which has been posted in the Tour section.

The entire concert was broadcast live by the Russian radio station Silver Rain and it is archived on Moskva FM so you can judge the audience’s enthusiasm for yourself!

As always, if you were there and would like to post a review of the concert, please do so using the form at the bottom of the Moscow page. Photos and video clips are lovely too!

Reminder: Silver Rain Concert Broadcast Today!

Update #3: Silver Rain’s streams are back up and running!

Update #2: Nope, looks like there is a problem with the Silver Rain streams, as @therealtoriamos just tweeted. Alternatively, the Moskva.fm stream is up and working.

Update: It seems the station’s streams have been taken offline, presumably for the duration of the concert. We’re assuming it’s still being broadcast over the air on though. Sorry for this unexpected twist as we know many, including us, were looking forward to listening to the show from afar…. Also, we won’t be able to live update the show (assuming we can locate someone who is txting or tweeting the setlist) but will have the setlist and reviews posted on the site later today.

The latest tweet from Russian radio station Silver Rain included a dim photograph of Tori in their studios yesterday and the text, when Babelfished, goes a little something like this:

Tori Of amos in the ether studio SD. But tomorrow listen to the exclusive straight translation of its concert from crocus of City in the 20:00

So, it looks like the concert broadcast today is a go!

The handy, dandy website timeanddate.com will tell you when 8:00 PM Moscow time is in your neck of the woods. In some popular time zones, the broadcast will air at 1:00 AM in Tokyo, 6:00 PM in Central Europe, 5:00 PM in the UK, Noon in the Eastern time zone of North America and 9:00 AM out in the west.

Stream the station at http://silver.ru/radio.

Additionally, Olga points out that the station’s broadcasts are archived at Moskva FM. So, you can listen to yesterday’s interview at any time by going to Silver Rain’s September 2nd page, moving the slider to 14:00 and hitting the play button. Nifty!

Tori on Silver Rain Today!

Just a quick reminder that Tori will be appearing on Russian radio station Silver Rain today at 2:00 PM Moscow time (just a little bit after I’m writing this). They now have this prominently shown on their home page so it’s a go! If you’re not within their broadcast range, you can listen online to their stream.

Silver Rain To Broadcast Moscow Concert And Interview

Artur Pivovarov let us know that the radio station Silver Rain has announced on-air that they will be broadcasting the convert live! So far, while there doesn’t appear to be anything about this on their website at this time, we’ve heard the announcements so it looks like it’s going to happening. It’s not clear whether or not the complete performance will be aired but whatever is will be on between 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM Moscow time.

Additionally, Tori will also be making an interview appearance on Silver Rain the day before the concert, Thursday, September 2nd at 2:00 PM Moscow time.

For those in Russia, you can tune in Silver Rain at 100,1 FM in Moscow and a number of other frequencies in other cities.

Outside of Russia? Don’t fret! They have a live stream at both low and high bitrates. The top two links there are for their embedded player while the bottom two will launch your external mp3/media player.

On a related note, Tori’s first live performance in Russia has caused a few ripples in the Russian press, such as this preview in Russia Prime Time pointed out by Stoff. While none of the pieces are terribly revealing, it’s good to see some promo for the concert. And it’s not just limited to the press as this little television commercial for the concert show:

Thanks to our friends at toribr for bringing it to our attention!

Happy Birthday Tori!

While we here at Undented are at the tail-end of the international day (it’s Monday in Australia, yo!), our birthday wishes for Tori are no less heart-felt. Here’s hoping for a lovely, relaxing birthday for her — and for many more!

Map The Music

After the unexpected death of her father, Samantha Hale embarked on a journey following Imogen Heap around on tour, much in the same way that many of us do with Tori Amos, albeit for a different reason. Music was her path to healing; as she says, “Music has been my therapy ever since. And going to a live show was my group therapy.”

While out on the road following Imogen and other artists, she started documenting her fellow travelers and how live music matters so much to so many people. The result is Map the Music, a documentary film that “explores the power and importance of music.” Tori and we Toriphiles are featured in the film, as well as other artists including Imogen Heap, Rachael Yamagata, Cary Brothers, Kate Havnevik, Joshua Radin, Jim Bianco, Zoe Keating, Charlotte Martin and, of course, their fans too.

Check out the trailer below and, if you’re interested in picking up a copy, it can be pre-ordered from Insound. It’s currently slated for a September 7th release.

Tori in Pori: The YleX Interview

While Tori was in Finland recently, she sat down and chatted with the Finnish radio station Ylex about performing in Finland, her work and other current projects. During the interview, she indicated that The Light Princess musical is currently expected to be shown in 2012 (and, as a result, that she probably will not tour again until after that), talked at length about the upcoming performance with The Metropole Orchestra in Amsterdam and mentioned a secret project that she has been approached about. While she didn’t provide many details about this project, she did say that it didn’t fit into the standard pop mold and that was one of the reasons why she found it an intriguing possibility.

You can listen to the interview on YleX’s website.

Thanks to the fine folks at toribr for alerting us to it!

Update: YleX also reported on Tori’s performance at the Festival and, even if you don’t understand Finnish, the photo gallery there is worth the visit!

Update: Thanks to SweetOnes from the yessaid forum, here is a transcription of the interview. Jump the fold to check it out!

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