From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V8 #61 Reply-To: precious-things@smoe.org Sender: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "precious-things-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. precious-things-digest Sunday, March 9 2003 Volume 08 : Number 061 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Free ticket available for tonight - 3/7/03 - Radio City ["Brad Kaplan" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:00:02 -0500 From: "Brad Kaplan" Subject: Free ticket available for tonight - 3/7/03 - Radio City Sorry for the late notice, but that's how these things work out. I have ONE (uno, un, eine) ticket for tonight's (Friday, March 7) performance at Radio City Music Hall @ 8 pm. The ticket is free, but I just want to make sure that (1) it goes to someone who will truly appreciate it (the show, that is) and (2) preferably someone who has not been to either last night's show or will not be going to tomorrow's night show nor has a ticket for tonight's performance and is planning on seeing if they can bump themselves up (I will not mention where the seat is). Also preferably has not attended the oxygen taping or her Tori's performances at the Riverside Church, but beggars can't be choosers either. Contact me at bkaplan@wma.com as soon as possible if interested and provide me with your best sob story. Flattery will get you everywhere and spelling counts. Brad ======================================================================== This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. 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The mayor and other city officials were relieved to learn at 11:00, when the landmark theatre suddenly re-appeared, that it had simply been "borrowed" by one Ms. Tori Amos who, along with two accomplices, had taken the theatre and all of its occupants to what one participant could only call, in a dreamy blissful voice, "some other magical place". But seriously, as much as I loved last night's show, tonight's made last night seem like a warm-up. Tori was just incredible. Right from the beginning she was "on" and in the zone. After the standard Wampum Prayer and ASF, she showed the audience in no uncertain terms that she meant business by way of a stunning Bliss / Crucify one-two punch. Bliss was superb and Crucify was monumental. In fact, of all the Crucify's I've heard this tour, in the new arrangement, I think this was the best. And from there on Tori kept the focus tight and the energy flowing. She seemed to be in great spirits and really enjoying being "the house band" (she made another reference to that tonight). She really threw herself into the performance physically too, even doing an enthusiastic hair-flinging, head-banging dance during Sweet Sangria. I think the thing that made tonight special and notable was Tori's singing, and I don't just mean the quality of her voice (which, it should be said, was stunning). I also mean her timing. Her phrasing. The little extra flourishes and sounds. A breathy word here. A note held a little longer with a twist at the end there. All through the evening she just sang every word, every note, right. Better than right. Full of little surprises and extra nuances that, when taken together not only made each song a little richer, but the show overall unified and satisfyingly whole. I know that this is one of her special skills, but tonight it seemed especially apparent. The more I followed her singing, the more the comparison with the great jazz musicians like Coltrane, Monk, and Parker came to mind unbidden. Timing. Phrasing. All that music theory stuff that's well above my head, but the technical things that, no matter how much you know about music in your *head*, your *heart* understands perfectly. I know Tori's voice has been described as an instrument unto itself many times before--and with good reason--but tonight the metaphor was all the more apt. Just as there are no extra words in a great poem, there were few, if any, extra syllables/notes tonight. "Extra" in the sense that they would not move the soul of the performance as a whole forward. Also, I think that this attention to detail reflected how engaged Tori was tonight. (I'm sure the hardcore jazz folks reading this are eyeing my theory dubiously, but... what the heck; it's just my opinion.) Pretentious musings aside... the show tonight was also just plain FUN. And bursting with TORI GOODNESS. Random highlights: Bliss and Crucify - I've already raved about these two. Father Lucifer - *Such* a wonderful surprise and it sounded fantastic. Hotel - Wow. Jackie's Strength - Exquisite. Abraham, Martin, and John - Powerful and lovely. Take to the Sky - The "I feel the earth move" section at the end was extra good tonight. Jupiter - Another great Jupiter. Tori seems to have gotten over the case of "forgetting jupiter lines" syndrome she had in '01. The "hoo hoo" part of this song is one of the saddest and most beautiful sounds in the world. And it just FILLED that great big beautiful hall. I could go on an on about each song, but I won't. Suffice it to say that there wasn't a disappointing moment all show long for me. And, as I hinted at above, the flow felt perfect from beginning to end. I have to say again that the sound at RCMH is great. This was my twelfth show this tour, and I feel that the sound here has been the best so far. I'd also like to publicly thank Richard for the tickets. Thanks! And I have another thank you for the anonymous person who never showed up to claim the excellent seat up front to which I self-upgraded last night. Thank you, whoever you are. Can't wait for tomorrow night... - -- - - Brian Tanaka - - Thunder Wishes, Fire Thought: http://www.well.com/~btanaka/tori ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V8 #61 ************************************