PS22 Coming To a New York Times Near You

We have word that the fabulous PS22 Choir will be featured sometime very soon — probably this week — in the Metro section of the New York Times. The article will include quotes from Tori, who was interviewed by the Times’ reporter. We don’t quite know which day, yet, but keep your eyes peeled, both in the five boroughs and online, to catch the article.

While we wait, check out the choir’s recent cover of “1,000 Oceans.”

Is anyone else getting goosebumps from that solo? Wow.

(UPDATE: We’re told the article will appear on Friday, December 26th.)

Spinner Article (December 4, 2008)

Things are changing and there are real breaks in the road. If you can see them coming, you can say, “Alright, I’m going to be more of a designer in my life.”

Tori talks to Spinner.com about her new partnership with Universal Republic Records and broadly hints at the shortened format a “tour” would likely take. Thanks to Darrell for sending this in.

Tori Amos Inks New Deal, Eyes Spring/Summer Release

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Revolver Interview (October 2008)

Dennis reports on an interview that appeared in the October issue of the Dutch magazine Revolver. The article, titled TORI AMOS: Schizofreen? Wij? (TORI AMOS: Schizophrenic? We?), is mentioned on the magazine’s website but, unfortunately, the text of the article has not been posted.

Since we don’t have a scan or translation of the article, we can’t be sure of the exact details but Dennis tells us that Tori discusses the Live at Montreux release, says that Pip’s performance of “Me And A Gun” from The Vic in Chicago last year will be on the American Doll Posse tour DVD, indicates that the tour DVD will be released next year and describes a project she is planning on doing that will be called The Road Chronicles.

This project is supposed to address how the members of the Doll Posse changed as the tour progressed and what happened afterwards. Dennis points out that Tori does not say what form this project will take but it sure does sound like what Tori said the American Doll Posse DVD has turned into in an interview with Spinner earlier this year so perhaps The Road Chronicles is the title for the long-awaited tour DVD?

If anyone can send us a copy and/or translation of the article, that would be greatly appreciated!

I Really Can't Do Anything Besides Music (Observer, October 12, 2008)

I once saw Jimi Hendrix on a television show and remembered my father, a minister, referring to that kind of music as “devil music”. I thought, right then, 20 years from now some minister is going to look at me playing the piano and say: “She plays like she’s got the devil in her.” I thought that was a good goal.

We were so dumbfounded by the factual errors in that recent Independent article that we completely missed another article that appeared in the October 12th edition of The Observer. This piece, written by Tori herself, is one of the inspirational articles in the second part of The Observer’s Guide To The Piano & Keyboard.

Thanks to Joe for passing the link along!

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The Independent Interview (October 13, 2008)

The National Theatre has been more open-minded than anyone I could have worked with on Broadway, but everything has to be approved by committee, and I have to tell you that not everyone is aboard my Bösendorfer rocket-ship.

So says Tori in an interview with James McNair published in today’s issue of The Independent. While the intended subject of their conversation was the new Live at Montreux release, Tori let slide — between all the factual errors in the article (The Beekeeper came out in 1991? The Epic deal was made in 1999?) — a number of details about her next album, “The Light Princess” musical, having gone independent, Natashya’s politics, and her parents’ latest antics.

Thanks to Lanna for the heads-up!

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Cornflake Girl: Singing Out For Change

Christoff notes that “Cornflake Girl” is one of three songs singled out in a September 21st Observer article discussing the role of arts and music in broadcasting a message of social justice and human rights to listeners and viewers. The Observer’s pop critic, Kitty Empire, singles out three songs that fit the theme, saying the following about one of Tori’s biggest hits:

At Number Three, Tori Amos with ‘Cornflake Girl’. Amos’s 1994 single made it to No 4 in the UK charts. To this day, few realise that it is about the horrors of female circumcision, and the betrayal of daughters by their own mothers in the name of tradition and social cohesion.

The other two songs she singles out are “Strange Fruit,” most famously performed by Billie Holiday but also covered by Tori, and Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.”

The Dress That Wouldn't Die

Proving yet again that hell hath no fury like haute coture scorned, People’s annual Best (and Worst) Dressed issue is out and Tori made the (you guessed it) Worst Dressed list for (you guessed it) the San Diego Comic-Con dress. The article won’t be on People.com for a few weeks but you can pick up a copy of the September 29th issue at your local newsstand — or just browse it in line at the grocery store.

Thanks to Robert Schrader for pointing out Access Hollywood’s early article about the issue, Jill for the scan and Mary Curran for the tip.

Meebo/UStream Webchat Transcript (July 23, 2008)

A million thanks to toritattoo for transcribing the webchat Tori did earlier this week. Whether you missed the chat and don’t want to watch the video stream or just want to remind yourself about something she said, read on to check it out!

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Comic Shop News Article (July 8-14, 2008)

Remember that we mentioned a massive interview with Rantz about Comic Book Tattoo that appeared in last week’s Comic Shop News? Well, he kindly sent us scans of the article that, now that the issue is no longer available, we’re happy to share.

Note, even though I’ve downsized the scans (while keeping them legible!), they’re still pretty hefty files, so please download for future reference and please don’t hotlink to them! Thanks!

PopMatters Interview (July 22, 2008)

But when you’re trying to negotiate yourself out of a situation, you really have to hope that the universe is on your side, that certain things fall into place, or you don’t walk away with what you want to walk away with, meaning, rights to your own music. And in order to do that, you better have some clever people on your team—and I do have clever people on my team.

Tori spoke with PopMatters’ Erin Lyndal Martin recently about what independence from the record industry means and Comic Book Tattoo and the interview was posted on PopMatters today.

Thanks to Erin and Stoff for letting us know!

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