I’m Kind Of Big With The Tori Fans
Originally published at Elizabeth Genco. You can comment here or there.
Okay, not really. But the lovely fans I met while waiting to get in to the super-secret (i.e., didn’t see it on Undented) Tori Amos performance at the offices of SPIN magazine were indeed familiar with my story in Comic Book Tattoo. Which just made me smile, I have to admit. (And made the somewhat annoying, “I’m waaay too old for this kind of thing” wait much more bearable.)
Here are some crappy cameraphone shots taken from my “I’m waaaay too old for this but Tori still makes me giddy as a schoolgirl… also, I’m short” front row vantage point just before the show started:
And here’s one taken by the professionals, who were hanging out just past my right shoulder:
Yes, that dress was something else.
It was really a trip to see a Tori performance upclose and in a small space - almost as wonderful as sitting between her and Ted McKeever on the panel at San Diego Comic-Con. (You can still find the videos on YouTube, I believe… hoo boy, have I changed since then.)
The setlist included:
“Ophelia”
“Wednesday”
“Silent Night With You”
“Star of Wonder”
“Pink and Glitter”
“Snow Angel”
If I haven’t said it here yet, let me say it here now: Midwinter Graces is simply outstanding, hands-down my fave since Scarlet’s Walk. (I’m not a music writer, so I’ll just leave it at that.)
And her fans really are lovely.
Thanks much to Dean for the hookup!