Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 13:22:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Lolly Subject: random ramblings about my Tori-experiences[tm] in the last few days Hi everybody, I haven't posted in a while. I guess that gives me an excuse to post something obnoxiously long (if I have the time or energy to write it). I finally got to meet Tori in person on Tuesday morning (very EARLY in the morning, I might add... at least early for me :) and I saw her in concert last night, so that should give me adequate source material, as my English prof would say. It was at the Live 105 morning show broadcast. We (Greg B. from the list and his friend Lisa and I) got down to the station around 5:30 am and got into the studio at 6, where we got the best seats in the room. The show itself was terrific, she performed two songs that she doesn't play too often (Honey and Landslide). Afterwards we got to meet her in the lobby... she was utterly cute, and really nice to everyone. a friend of mine recently mailed me an article that appeared in a newspaper in San Diego (it may have been posted here, I'm not sure) where she says about her fans... "I'm the type of person who wants to sit down and have Oreos with everyone I meet, because I find them all so fascinating." I could see that on Tuesday... she was talking to people and hugging people and signing autographs and taking pictures... and she seemed like she was having fun, like she was at a party. I got her to sign my Little Earthquakes (it was a big debate for me, what I should get signed by her, since I have most of her singles... I decided on LE because I think it has had the most impact on my life) and had my picture taken with her and got a hug (yay!). I had wanted to bring her something, but I only found out about the show late Monday night, so I couldn't go out and buy her anything... during the drive to the radio station, though, I decided I had to give her *something*... the only thing I had on me that I could give was an advertising pin I got from a friend of mine who works for the Apple computer company... I thought I could give it to her because I knew she liked Macintosh computers... and the slogan on it was 'Power Through It', which I thought was kind of strangely appropriate for Tori. I know I know... how NERDY!! but I gave it to her anyway, and she laughed and seemed to like it. Greg gave her his 'Dilbert' comic book, which she said she could use... and Lisa gave her pictures. Then she left... and I went home and fell asleep. Okay, on to my next Tori experience, last night I got to see her perform at the Orpheum theater. It was the third time I've seen her live. Greg was there too, and I know he's going to post an extensive review, so I'll only mention a few things... She was pretty talkative, relative to what I've heard on RDT and the other 2 concerts I've been to. She seemed to be enjoying herself and really getting into the songs (which I don't think was really the case in the New Jersey concert I went to). We got 3 encores! :) She did a really funny version of the Robert Plant/Masturbation story... I don't remember all of it, but she opened with 'You know, Robert Plant... I don't know who it is nowadays that girls want to give there virginity to...' and someone (a woman) yelled out 'YOU!'... and that made her laugh, and she said something like 'that would probably be a good choice, because most men, if you give them your virginity they wouldn't know what to do with it'. Then she talked about Robert and Jimmy and her Grandmother, and sang a little bit of 'Black Dog' ("Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you grooooove"). she closed the story with 'there's ways to pray [put her hands together like in prayer] and then there's ways to PRAY..' and put her hands between her legs.... then there was Icicle. She did Daisy Dead Petals! I love this song... before it she told a story about how B-sides can be a real pain... they're always arguing with her and saying 'why didn't you put me on the album? why did you put her on the album? I'm far hotter than she is, bla bla bla' (said in a whiny sort of voice)... and then she said something like 'You know, girls, how when you're going to kiss the guy and you think it's gonna be real yummy... and then I hear this voice in my head 'why's she on the album she stinks and I'm way cooler'... then she said that 'this B-side is SO annoying! but I really love her', and proceeded to do Daisy Dead Petals. She closed the main set with Angie... in this song, I especially got a sense of how powerful her voice is. Those who were there will know what I mean. One of the encores was Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen... she told a short story before that too, about how she liked to play the song when she was riding a truck, and how wearing high heels would make her feel really good, and when she'd listen to that song, she'd say to herself 'I've LIVED this...'. Famous Blue Raincoat is a great song, and I'd heard it before but I didn't know the name, so I didn't know that THIS was the song she was covering on the tribute album. It was just wonderful. Another thing I wanted to mention... In the Waitress at the third verse, she totally went nuts with the piano... It was very chaotic and disharmonious (is that a word?) but it was great, because it sounded really angry, which goes very well with the song. The first verse was acapella, which was cool, too. The lights were kind of annoying in The Waitress and some of God... but they were pretty nice on the other songs. This was probably the best Tori show I've been to, Though the one I went to in March will always be close to my heart because it was the first time I saw her live, and because she opened with 'Flying Dutchman'. Anyway, I'm pretty high on Tori now... and I owe it all to Greg... he is the coolest person on earth :) I'd just like to say hi to the various people I've met over this great (though occasionally flame-ridden) mailing list of ours... especially Greg (of course) and Steve N. and Steve I. and Bob P. and to one person I haven't actually talked to/e-mailed but have just admired from afar: The Reverend... Your posts always make me laugh, (unless you're serious). I can't say that I'm too happy about this newsgroup thing... I've met so many cool people through this mailing list and like so many great things, I only realized how much I missed it when it was gone for 2 weeks. I don't think a newsgroup would be quite the same. well, that's it for now, if you're still reading this then you're a very patient person :) byebye, Lolly who thinks Tori would do a BITCHIN'[tm] cover of any NIN song