Here's my first report from when I met Tori at the
	LIVE105 radio studios.
                                                -Greg


	On Thursday morning Tori appeared on the KITS 105.3 Alex Bennet radio
show in the San Francisco Bay Area.  I woke at 3:30 AM, picked up a friend,
and drove up to SF to be in the studio audience.  I got to the station at 5:20
and there were already two other people waiting.  When the doors opened at 
5:50 AM there was a group of about 10 Tori fans waiting to get in.  Inside,
there are about 14 seats right inside the broadcast room and maybe 8 more in
the next room separated by a glass window, but with an open doorway between
the rooms.  I picked a chair right where I thought the "featured" guests would
sit.

	Well, Tori Amos was supposed to be on at 9AM, but when that time came
around Patti Davis (the Reagan's daughter) was still talking about her new
book.  I'd swear they were trying to torture me personally with the suspense!
Okay, Patti leaves and some technicians come in.  They ask me to scoot my
chair back a little.  They carry in a keyboard stand and a Rhodes electric
piano and set them up RIGHT in front of me!  If I reached out my arm I could
touch one end of the piano (of course I had also scooted my chair forward as
far as possible :)  Five minutes later Tori strolls through the door carrying
an Evian water bottle.  She sits down, behind the piano and Alex starts
talking to her.  (Sorry, I don't have a tape so I can't transcribe the
interview).  Upon learning that Tori played Holiday Inn lounges for 14 years,
Alex asks her to "do something" from those days.  Tori starts to play
"As Time Goes By" in a lounge pianist style and sings "A kiss is just a kiss,
please put five dollars in my brandy snifter..."  Next Tori talks about being
classically trained and how hard it is to make it that way.  Then she did
"Icicle" from the new album.  When she finished I was just in shock and
amazed (as was Alex and the rest of the audience), she was just incredible!  
After the song the program went into a commercial and she signed the cover of
my "Cornflake Girl" limited edition CD.  She is VERY friendly and when she
talks to you she really listens and makes eye contact.  She definitely does
not have the "star" mentality.

	After the commercial Alex talks to Tori some more.  He describes her
voice as "reedy".  She says, "Well, as long as its not like a tuba" and
then tells the story about how, when she was a child, she used to play piano
and sing in class (I'm sure the bootlegs must be out there somewhere! :).
One day another kid passed a note and the teacher read it aloud.  The note
said the kid wished Tori wouldn't sing because she had a voice like a frog.
Hmm, wonder what those kids think now?  Tori talks about how a voice has
to be trained.  She also said she listens to a lot of different types of music.
She finds that listening to horn players really helps her think about her
phrasing.  Tori then says, "When I came into the studio somebody out there
asked if I would play a certain song, so I'm gonna do it." And then she did
"Crucified".  I was even more amazed!  Even with an electric piano and a small
live crowd, she really gets into her music and goes all-out.  Such passion!  
They go into another commercial and she goes around the room signing more
autographs and talking to people.

	Next Alex asked if she would play just one more, so Tori did
"Cloud On My Tongue".  Wow! I was left speechless!  The show was over and Tori
went out in the lobby.  I took several pictures and got one of myself with her.
Then she left.  It was just an incredible day (and it was only 10:30AM!)  
I'm still in a daze!