Billboard Interview - Uncut! (May 5, 2009)

Earlier, we posted about an article in the print edition of Billboard, a portion of which was made available through Reuters. Well, the full article is now up on Billboard.com where Tori is the featured artist for the week. Check it out over there or beyond the cut.

Thanks to Michael for catching this!

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Out.com Interview (May 5, 2009)

We are programmed for so long that sexy is out there somewhere and sacred is in here somewhere and you’re never going to have sexy and sacred in a relationship together. And I think it does depend on who you’re with, but I think you really have to work hard to break those programs because they’re so entrenched.

Noah Michelson sat down with Tori a few weeks ago to talk about the new record and the lengthy interview was posted on Out.com earlier today. It’s an excellent read, touching the new album’s themes of attraction and spiritual eroticism, home and belonging, Tori’s place in the record industry, the Comic-Con dress, and … Madonna!

Peruse it on Out.com or check it out below.

Many thanks to jackie for being the first to send us the link!

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Billboard Interview (April 25, 2009)

“I felt that if we were gonna walk this line of erotic spirituality, which is quite a line to walk, I realized the two words don’t necessarily usually end up on the same table together in the same sentence. But it was a delicate line to walk.”

Franco Franus alerted us a full-page article about Tori and Abnormally Attracted to Sin, titled “She’s Got The Power,” in the April 25th issue of Billboard. The article is currently available on Billboard’s subscriber site, Billboard.biz, which we don’t have a subscription to. Fortunately, Kate Durbin noticed an edited version of the article published April 18th on Reuters, shamelessly copied and pasted below the cut. We’re hoping to get a scan of the Billboard article shortly (and if anyone on Billboard.biz wants to sneak us a copy of the full text, we certainly wouldn’t object).

Franco tells us that the full article includes more discussion of “erotic spirtuality” and mentions the “Maybe California” give-away download which will be a Mother’s Day promotion.

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RollingStone.com Article (April 2, 2009)

I wanna give people something that says my favorite thing: If it’s too loud, turn it up. I wanna give people creative worlds to walk into so that they are getting a sensory overload. You give people treasures, not ‘How can I cut all the costs?’

So says Tori in an article that popped up on RollingStone.com’s Rock & Roll Daily. Read on for the rest or check it out on their site.

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Nylon Interview (April 2, 2009)

As you develop enough life experience, you’ve got to value what that is. Youth does not have that. Youth has a lot but it doesn’t have any fucking wisdom. That’s not negative, it’s just like, I don’t have lineless skin, and you don’t get these lines without living.

Tori chats with Nylon’s Insider about The Light Princess musical, physical objects in the digital age, the perils of youth and … duets! Check it out on their site or read it below…

Thanks to meg for the link!

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Little Blue World's Samuel Adamson Interview

Alex Ramon interviewed playwright Samuel Adamson, who (as most of you know) is collaborating with Tori on “The Light Princess” musical, for the Fall 2008 issue of the Little Blue World fanzine. With his editor’s blessing, Alex has posted an abbreviated version of the interview on his blog, Boycotting Trends. Many thanks to him for letting us know, to Little Blue World for allowing this portion of the interview to be more widely distributed, and to JG for the gentle reminder about it.

Needless to say, if you like what you’ve read, there’s much much more for the dedicated Toriphile to find in the pages of the Little Blue World. While the final issue was just published, there are many back issues still available for purchase and any one of them would make a fine addition to a Tori collection — and I say that as a subscriber since the first issue, not as someone who eventually inherited the position of News Editor!

A Sorta Rock'n'Reel Article Transcript

We already had fairly legible photographs of the recent article about Tori in Rock’n‘Reel magazine but Suzie sent us a scan of the article as well. The PDF file is a wee bit too big for us to host as it, but we’ve uploaded it to Mediafire so folks can snag it.

If anyone cares to work on transcribing the interview, whether by brute force or OCR, the PDF might be a bit easier to work with…. (UPDATE: Thanks to Jeff Kleismit, we have a transcript of this article. We’ll get it up shortly.)

Thanks Suzie!

Tori In Keyboard Player Magazine

Thanks to Daniel for letting us know that Tori is the cover story in this month’s issue of Keyboard Player Magazine (January 2009, issue #0332).

If you can’t find the issue at your local newsstand, or you just don’t wanna put clothes on and schlepp to the store, you can purchase a PDF copy of the interview on the website. Now that’s service!

Interview In UK's "Rock n Reel" Magazine

There’s a 3-page interview with Tori in the current issue (volume 2 no 13, January/February 2009) of UK magazine Rock n Reel. You can view large relatively-readable photos of the pages here and here.

Props to Scooby for letting us know about this and taking the big piccies. If anyone with a copy would like to transcribe and send scans of the photos, it would be greatly appreciated.

Update: Suzie has sent a PDF scan of the article to us for sharing. You can download it from Mediafire if you would prefer a scan to the pictures Scooby shared previously.

PS22 Choir Featured In NYT

“The first time I heard them I thought this director had a very imaginative arranging sense,” she said. “The fact that the children are so versatile — I didn’t expect this level of ability from a children’s choir and was really blown away, touched, thrilled and inspired all at once.”

As promised! Check out the article on the PS22 choir in Dec. 25’s NYT. The full article is also beyond the jump.

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