From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V12 #122 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 Saturday, March 1 2008 Volume 12 : Number 122 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [pt] RE: precious-things-digest V12 #119 [Tom xxxxx ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:16:30 +0000 From: Tom xxxxx Subject: [pt] RE: precious-things-digest V12 #119 That'a a great story, Cyndi. My introduction to Tori is not as cool. I had heard "Crucify" and "God" on the radio, but that was about it. I really liked "Crucify" a lot, so I bought "Little Earthquakes." I really didn't like it all that much; I thought it was weird and confusing. The song that really spoke to me was "Winter." That one, I played over and over again and put on several mix tapes I gave to people. Finally, a friend noticed the CD sitting on my nightstand and popped it in the player while we were hanging out. Listening with her and talking about the songs together made me appreciate them, and I bought "Under the Pink" not too long afterward. About a year later, "Boys for Pele" would come along right when I needed it and turn me into the diehard fan I am today. Cheers, Tom M. "Can you Mr. Bush light the sage"--- Tori Amos, "Indian Summer"> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:20:08 -0500> From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org> To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org> Subject: precious-things-digest V12 #119> > > precious-things-digest Tuesday, February 19 2008 Volume 12 : Number 119> > > > Today's Subjects:> -----------------> [pt] golly... six whole years. [Cyndi S Crawford > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:28:22 -0500> From: Cyndi S Crawford > Subject: [pt] golly... six whole years.> > it's been very quiet here in Tori-Internet-Land, but whatever. :D> > six years ago today, I was sitting in the artsy-looking cafeteria> area of the Atlanta Art Institute, chewing on a corn dog, bored as hell> and killing time in between classes, when all of a sudden, out of the> blue, this transfixing and haunting music came on one of the televisions.> > I immediately whipped my head around to see what and who it was,> only to see "Hey Jupiter" and "Tori Amos" on the screen. that day, I went> home and searched for the song. I ended up downloading the album version.> ("this isn't it!") I found some "haunted closet" mix of it. ("is this> it?? ... no, not quite...") and then finally came across the right> version--the Dakota version. at the time, YouTube didn't exist--or at> least, wasn't all that popular yet. if it had, I would have looked her up> and it would have saved me a lot of trouble... I think.> > well, anyway, I listened to it all weekend, much to the> frustration of my parents ("that song sounds like a ghost wailing through> the walls!" my mom cried)--and discovered The Dent. curious and eager to> learn more, I read a TON of the articles on there (eventually managing to> read them all), and by Sunday, I had looked up all of her album track> lists on Amazon. I listened to a few samples and then it hit me: I HAD to> download, at least, the Little Earthquakes album.> > and that's exactly what I did. IMMEDIATELY upon hitting play and> listening to the first few seconds of Crucify, I was... well, the only> way I have been able to describe it (even now) was, "like being smashed> in the face with a sledgehammer repeatedly, only to reach, gasping for> air, for the play button again". I listened to it three times before I> moved on to the rest of the album.> > I. WAS. HOOKED.> > in a fury, I downloaded all the rest of her albums, SWEARING up> and down that if I liked them as much as I liked Little Earthquakes, I> would buy each and every one of them as soon as I could afford it. and I> did.> > needless to say, Six Years Later, I am still every bit as much of> a passionate fan as I was the night that Tori got me, hook line and> sinker. :)> > so here's to you, Tori. thank you for existing and making the> most beautiful music I've ever heard.> > - -- Cyndi S. Crawford> > ------------------------------> > End of precious-things-digest V12 #119> **************************************> _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V12 #122 **************************************