Hi E. Stephen, And finally, here's the Berkeley 9/10/94 concert review. Geez, people are gonna think I'm obsessed or something. :) -Greg Well, here is my report for the Tori Amos concert in Berkeley, California on September 10, 1994. Lila and I (hi Lila!) had organized an RDT get-together before the concert. We all met at a cafe across the street from the auditorium. It was nice to meet everybody (hi all). We then walked down the street to Zellerbach Auditorium and entered. We had excellent seats in the second row of the center section. Bill Miller came out and was great as always. He mentioned being back in Berkeley in about a year, I strongly encourage people to go see him as he is quite good. Next week he ends his tour with Tori. During the break after Bill's set I saw Joel (Tori's security guy) on stage. We went up and he saw us and came over. By now he sort of knew us and figured that we were no threat despite the fact that we seemed to be following Tori from show to show and always hung around afterwared. We chatted with Joel for a while. He said that Tori's doing the closing song for a new John Singleton film and also working on new songs. He told us that she had been on local public radio on Saturday morning (she did "She's Leaving Home"), then had lunch in Berkeley and came to the theater. We gave Joel a note for Tori, the reminder that she'd asked for. Joel disappeared for a while and then came back and told us that Tori would do "Sister Janet" for us as the second song of the first encore. We took our seats as Tori came on stage and played: Past The Mission -- Tori must have had a good day because she was in a good mood and ready to go. She did a very good version of this song, just the right tempo on the chorus. Leather -- as good always! story -- Tori then thanked gay men in general and told a story. When she was 13 Tori used to play in gay bars. She also used to be quite fond of milkshakes. So, every night she'd sit down with her gay men friends at the bar and they'd give her "lessons"; if she left teethmarks on the cucumber then no milkshake for her that night! Precious Things -- She sounded good and played well. Smells Like Teen Spirit -- wow, she played a little intro but didn't do "American Pie". The Waitress -- Sounded good. Still not a favorite, but Tori seems fond of this song. God -- a lot of fun, her good mood showed. Silent All These Years -- Happy Phantom -- ah, for the second night in a row she played this and did it quite well. I was happy. :) Bells For Her -- I hope she doesn't drop this song from future tours. Me And A Gun -- again there was some yelling and screaming from the audience in that moment when Tori prepares herself before the song. Right after "Bells", when Tori picks up the hand-held microphohe, she is going to do "Me And A Gun". She takes a moment to prepare herself before starting. Baker Baker -- Ooh, a really great version of this. I thought she put a LOT of feeling into this and it hit me hard and gave me that sad-want-to-cry feeling. I'm glad she did this last because I needed a moment before the next song. This concluded the main set. Tori briefly left the stage and then returned: Cornflake Girl -- I'm not a big fan of the backing tape, but its fun to watch Tori do this song as she really rips on the piano and obviously enjoys herself. Sister Janet -- hey, the song we asked Tori to play!!! And she played it well. Tori finished to a lot of applause. It may have appeared that she was waving to the crowd, but she was actually waving to me. :) For the second encore Tori did: "Troll" song -- Tori came out and started playing and I was trying hard to recognize the song. Well, it was (I think) an improvisation and Tori sang a few lines about being a troll. It was maybe a minute at most. We all laughed and cheered. Tear In Your Hand -- Ah, I hadn't been expecting this. The first Tori song that I really fell in love with. For that reason, this one will always have a special significance for me. And Tori did a great version of it. Wrapped Around Your Finger -- Wow, another surprise! We didn't recognize the song from the opening music, but when we heard the words we all at each other in surprise. I've recently heard her version of "Purple Rain" and was somewhat disappointed as I knew she could have done much more with that song. But on this one she sounded really good and added to the song, both in her singing and playing. Tori then left the stage to a standing ovation. She came back and did: Winter -- One of my all-time Tori favorites. This was the final song of the last of my six Tori concerts. Playing "Winter" was just right because it is one of my all-time favorite Tori songs. After the concert Joel came out on stage and we chatted with him for a bit. He said Tori would come out the side door and be sure to see us. So we went out to the lobby where I bought a T-shirt ($23) and a poster ($7). Then we went around the side where the limo was parked. At one point it drove off and the crowd ran after it. But it just went to another side of the building, unloaded a bag, and then drove back. Boy did we feel dumb; I think the driver was just having his fun. :) We continued to wait. I saw a guy go walking by fast with his head down. My friend called out "Hey Adam!" and the guy looked up and gave a little wave - it was Adam Durwitz, lead singer of the Counting Crows. He lives in Berkeley, perhaps he'd been at the concert? He kept on walking. We waited some more and about 75 minutes after the show ended Tori finally came out. She made her way down the line, greeting people and giving hugs. She recognized Lila and said, "we've had quite a run". Go Lila! She also recognized my friend Lisa and myself. We thanked her for playing "Sister Janet". As I gave her a hug I also thanked her for a wonderful two weeks. Then she got in the limo and we all shouted our goodbye. We also said goodbye to Joel because he'd been pretty cool towards us. So there it was, the end of a fabulous two weeks. It started with meeting Tori (again) at a San Francisco show and ended six shows later in Berkeley. Perhaps it was a little crazy, maybe even excessive - but so what, we had a ton of fun!!! We left feeling a little sad, but with fond memories that we'll always cherish. Thanks Tori! And thanks to all readers for their patience with my ramblings. See ya all 'round the Digest.