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Post by Julie on Jun 13, 2006 14:02:56 GMT -5
There's a new Tori Amos biography called, Pretty Good Years coming out on June 30th. Is this authorized or just written by some journalist? I thought that would be strange since Piece By Piece just came out.
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Post by Aims on Jun 13, 2006 22:37:35 GMT -5
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Post by Julie on Jun 13, 2006 23:37:24 GMT -5
It looks like it's unauthorized. I bet it is.
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Post by Natasha~ on Jun 14, 2006 12:35:25 GMT -5
I thought that Tori was credited with writing it, it could be bullshit though. I'll probably read it just because.
xo
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Post by Aims on Jun 15, 2006 3:44:16 GMT -5
I still haven't read that first one that came out, that she authorised and had all the cool photos in....
(and ok...so I haven't finished Piece By Piece either, but .. yeah.... shaddup)
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Post by DaturaFae on Jun 15, 2006 9:36:05 GMT -5
I still haven't read that first one that came out, that she authorised and had all the cool photos in.... (and ok...so I haven't finished Piece By Piece either, but .. yeah.... shaddup) It's ok, neither have I... shhh...  |
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Post by Julie on Jun 15, 2006 11:36:57 GMT -5
Undented.com just posted that it's unauthorized.
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Post by immortalpudding on Jun 15, 2006 19:11:26 GMT -5
I still haven't even gotten around to Piece By Piece.
But I don't really plan on reading this new one.
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Post by Aims on Jun 15, 2006 19:55:15 GMT -5
I still haven't read that first one that came out, that she authorised and had all the cool photos in.... (and ok...so I haven't finished Piece By Piece either, but .. yeah.... shaddup) It's ok, neither have I... shhh... just call me zippy. *nod* |
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Post by Julie on Jun 16, 2006 1:33:19 GMT -5
I definitely suggest reading Piece By Piece. It's so good!
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Post by Natasha~ on Jun 24, 2006 18:30:46 GMT -5
Piece by Piece was great. Especially so if you want to be a musician!  xo |
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Post by Koalapupu on Jun 26, 2006 14:07:51 GMT -5
I just finished reading Piece by Piece. I agree with Nattie--good stuff! I never knew what a cool business brain Tori had: most articles seem to love to market her as a ditzy fairy girl. Piece by Piece really shows, in her own words, how smart she is in every possible way but without ever flaunting it. The way it was written was also great. More of a stream of consciousness than the typical chronological biographies. So I'm quite happy with having read just Piece by Piece--no need for new ones  |
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Post by Julie on Jun 26, 2006 23:48:24 GMT -5
I don't think any articles make Tori sound ditzy. Actually, any interview you read with Tori makes her sound like a genius in my opinion.
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Post by Koalapupu on Jun 29, 2006 13:16:58 GMT -5
Well, ok then!  |
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Jun 29, 2006 13:42:25 GMT -5
I got yo' back, Jenni! There are plenty of articles out there that have reinforced her stereotype of being a flighty, off-the-wall, fairy-obsessed lunatic. |
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Post by Natasha~ on Jun 29, 2006 14:20:29 GMT -5
^ what Cazzie said. xo |
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Post by Julie on Jun 29, 2006 18:42:12 GMT -5
Oh, I didn't mean they don't think she's weird. I said I don't think they call her a ditz. I think they think she's out of her mind, but not stupid.
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Post by Koalapupu on Jul 1, 2006 13:31:06 GMT -5
Hi girls!
Julie, I think we got a semantics problem here. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to call her stupid or make magazines call her stupid. The kind of image of "ditzy" that comes to my head is what Carly described above. Or like Natalie Portman's character in The Garden State. Someone who is a little crazy (in a positive way), rambling from here to there, talking about stuff "normal" people probably wouldn't bring up in a regular conversation, making it sound like this person might have some issues with concentration. I think that still can include genius, but the magazines love to gear it to sound "whooboy, this girl is off her rocker but isn't she adoooorable!", especially when the interviews are aimed at a mainstream audience who doesn't know Tori that well. If my memory serves me right, Ann Powers says in the first pages of Piece By Piece that that's what the media has loved to do before and she (and Tori) are definitely not going down that road.
So yeah, I didn't mean to make it sound like the media really hates her or wants to say she's completely stupid--sorry about that! *now goes to look in the dictionary what "ditzy" really means*
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Post by Julie on Jul 1, 2006 13:40:40 GMT -5
I just looked it up on dictionary.com and you're right. It means "Eccentric or scatterbrained" and I thought it meant the same exact thing has a bimbo which I looked up as well and is, "a person who even has to be tutored in the clichés that comprise the basic interview" and "a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men".
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