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Eeeeeee!!! Needed lip gloss boost so bad right now! Thank you T!!!! Werk! I couldn’t find the actual post on her page so thank you also Saoirse. And thank you Tash for saying what we’re all feeling!!

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Barrowed from Barbarella-in her words, “Listen to your crazy red headed aunt from back in the year of our Lord, 1992.

Choice is freedom! #VoteBlue 💙” 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

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Happy US birthday, Scarlet, and 3rd (!!!) birthday Ocean To Ocean🌊🌊🌊🌊 because of her imagery and the abundance of water on this record, I’ve been thinking a lot about her during this election season-manifesting the endless blue of the ocean, and the decisive, landscape changing force of a blue tsunami. From the calming sea rhythm of the song Ocean To Ocean, to the sweepong, orchestral wave of Swim To New York State, to the cascading waterfall of Metal Water Wood, the evocation of sea glass and shades of greens and blues in How Glass Is Made, and even 29 Years with Poseidon and his mischief, water is everywhere. All the water is balanced by the earthiness/plant magic of Devil’s Bane, Flowers Burn To Gold, and Speaking With Trees. For me, Spies and Birthday Baby are also earth songs, because of the specific landmarks of London and Big Ben-the city scenery of both songs ties them together in celebration of one of the most diverse, historic cities on the planet. Addition Of Light Divided is actually also earth, with her tourmaline. Right hand pic thanks to Chris!

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Happy Birthday Scarlet’s Walk!! You’re epic in every sense of the word! Tori’s second sonic novel in a way, after Boys For Pele. Crazy, ICSNY, Gold Dust, A Sorta Fairy tale are all masterpieces. But really, the whole record, which marked in my mind a huge sonic/melodic, lyrical, and vocal shift, has aged like the finest of wines. With the tragic distinction of being inextricably tied to 11 September, because of songs like Sweet Sangria, Pancake, I Can’t See New York-so haunting yet grand-painting a picture of powerlines and meth lines and voices from beyond, and the song Scarlet’s Walk, and Virginia. But also because of every other song on the record. Highlighting the American geographical landscape and all her beauty: truck stops, ranches, cities, fields, and everything in between, this record (like every Tori record), is a picture book for the mind. She embodies the energy of a country broken by tragedy, but also the ideals of what America is supposed to be about: freedom, equality, love, acceptance, helping others, and achieving your dreams. These are ideals we have yet to truly achieve, and have fallen terrifyingly short of at various dark times in our history, and indeed from the very beginning of the nation, but Scarlet’s journey paints potential and meditation on the American experiment. Of course, this year’s anniversary (along with Ocean To Ocean’s tomorrow), is more poignant and thought provoking than ever, with our very way of life on the ballot. May Scarlet’s questioning help us never take freedom for granted, and hold it in the greatest reverence while we still have it, and make sure the ideal of America can stand taller thsn ever on 5 November and beyond

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Tori posted some Halloween warm fuzzies, and it was nice to read everyone’s replies and add my own. And on the fashion front, thanks to the eagle-eyed David of Drive All Night! I love that she not only still has a hat from 20+ years ago, but also has it randomly lying around. One of the things I love most about Tori’s fashion is the reuse, like a normal person. It seems most celebrities never wear the same thing twice (though i’m sure if we followed others’ fashion as closely as we do T’s, we would find plenty of reuse. Still, it just adds to Tori’s down to earth-ness

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Info about the live double vinyl has leaked. Diving Deep will sonically chronicle the OTO era!

Release date 6 December

I hope it’s released digitally as well

I hope/wonder what the Red Rocks selection will be

And this is excited because this is the first time I will have a soundboard release of performances I attended. I’m extra glad I went to 9 shows

Thanks Lisa/yessaid

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Anniversary of both Cleveland ‘01 and St. Paul ‘17! The latter show has what some say is the best live performance of Crucify maybe ever-with a killer “Never going back” run that we would do well to carry that energy through 5 November. And thr meet and greet was such a fun day with friends. And the Cleveland ‘01 was my second Tori show ever, and is still one of my faves. I really wanted to hear Lust but thought there was now way that would come true….and then she played it!! Great memories all around!!

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Halsey draws inspiration from Tori and other female artists like Fiona Apple and Kate Bush for her new record The Great Impersonator. The songs will be original but in the style of the inspiring artists. It’s like her version of Strange Little Girls, in a way

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Thanks Valerie. I feel like the live album will be from OTO, but maybe it will be something else. I doubt it will Plugged, she did that already. Venus would be cool, or SLG that would be dope too

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Woohoo!!

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Oh boy!!! This is exciting!! I assume there will be a book tour. I love that we will get a third book by Tori!! Seems there will be an audio version? Hopefully it will be read by Tori herself

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A great first day of my favorite season with Tori.Thoroughly enjoyed my tradition of listening to Tombigbee first thing. And I watched a couple of my fave Tori interviews-I will always be obsessed with her outfits in these, most of all that freakin’ amazing necklace that I will always covet. And the outfit in the second one is actually something that’s my style and I would wear. Love this day so much! Love you, Tori! Thank you for helping me celebrate 🍂🍁🍂🍁🍁🍁🦇🦇🦇🦇🍂🎃🍁🍂🎃

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First, please don’t feel you have read this whole thing-it’s a stream of consciousness love letter. Dearest, dearest, dearest To Venus And Back💗 you are my second favorite Tori record, and my only “ all purpose” one, meaning I don’t have to be in a particular mood, I just push play and float in your interplanetary glow. If I had to describe you in one word, it would be LUSCIOUS. I’ll never forget Tori describing Venus on VH1 Women First as “a bleeding watercolor coning out of your speakers.” Listening this morning, I was taken aback by the perfection of every note, every breath, every sound. So I’m doing things differently this time-going song by song to luxuriate in your beauty.

-Bliss-the last cassette I bought “in real time.” Your dark, mysterious tone, your driving intensity of the last, repeated chorus, the timbre and tone of Tori’s voice (here and throughout the record), the “weird Tori-“ness of the verses, the “I said”’s. So freaking good

-Juarez-Bliss is fantastic, but it was when I heard Juarez for the first time, I KNEW this record would be thebomb.com. Only T could make just 3 piano notes so haunting and effective. The percussion, the “rubber band” twanging sound (obsessed) the background harmony, the lyrics, the breathy vocals and the way they trail off at the end of some of the lines. I always envision a purple desert(all the songs are purple. The songs and the album art mirror each other completely)

-Concertina-so light and airy, with some slightly jagged edges from guitar

-Glory Of The 80’s-it always tickles me that there’s HARPSICHORD in the very beginning. Another thing only T could do, make harpsi work in a song set in space. “Orbiting around”,always reminds me of Black Dove for some reason. Yaaaas Bugle Boy Models, Silicon Party Barbies, drag kings called Venus, and “karma drawn up in lines”-a nod to the prevalence of coke during the decadent decade! And yes, I bought The Story of O (in the wild at a used book store) because of this song

-Lust- my sweet, sweet, girl. You’re absolutely “one of my best friends out of all the songs,” and one of my most used phone alarms. Beautiful, ethereal lyrics, and a piano refrain that, like the slithery keyboard of Riot Poof’s chorus, never, ever, ever loses her shine. I listened to this song a lot when I was homesick at college. Love, love, love. She lives inside my bones

-Suede-subterranean, dark, purple and dull glowing green like electronic lights. The Pay Per View performance is my JAM. “Swallow her whole star intact-I mean!!

-Josephine-Such a dear heart. I love the stripped down recording against sparkling mental images of Paris at night, looking out over the city. And “empty like the Tuileries” always carries extra poignance as an illusionto Tori’s miscarriages

-Riot Poof- MY GIRL! sensual, reptilian, warm, a GROOVE. Another song where I love all the sounds. The chorus has been my ringtone since 2008. A VIBE.

-Datura-I mean!!! Epic in every sense of the word, withThe epitome of lusciousness. The Dionysian, ancient vibe of the the first part, with a pagan veneration of nature herself, flower by flower. The flowers of Tori’s garden in Florida at the time and a real moment for anyone like me who loves Tori’s speaking voice. Then “is there room in my heart…” I alway visualize flying through dark space among the stars. The zinging/shooting star sound is one of my favorite sounds on the whole album. Obsessed. Then we float out even further to the “Dividing Canaan” part-when the percussion, especially the cymbals, becomes a intergalactic ocean where we swim, and swim, and swim. The first time I listened to this song, I thought a new song had started, and was confused. Later during that time, “Dividing Canaan” became a vehicle for me for meditative, centering practice. I would balance a book on my head and focus my attention in a meditative gaze. I remember specifically using the book Naked Lunch, I think just because it was around

-Spring Haze-more amazing percussion. More purple land and skyscapes. I’ve always loved the slightly melancholy mood of this song, and the rhythmic interplay of the vocals, drums, and piano is a great example of the sonically detailed layering on the entire album-you really have to listen to SH to hear everything-like Datura, Riot Poof, GOT80’s, and Juarez. The deepening ocean is warm and lulling

-1,000 Oceans- Simple yet beautiful, the only landscape (Salisbury Hill) that evokes the color green. The piano mimics calm ocean waves. Another comfort song of love and protection

-Zero Point-This girl!! Another epic, another visit to a now apocalyptic Paris. I believe T made the right choice putting Datura on the record. I love how Zero Point was such a mystery for so long though. Datura and Zero Point are intrinsically connected because their “format” is exacttge same, and yet they are completely unique in themselves. I really took the litany at the end into my spirit and my identity when ZP first came out, and like Lust, she’s in my bones. I think a lot about the power of the ancient, universal, leaning feminine force the narrator has ascended into-she has access to the Om, the Vatican Library, and other “places”where sacred/secret knowledge of the universe and the self without Ego can be found for those who are dedicated to a spiritual quest of self and universal knowledge. Years ago, someone was collecting essays for a book about different things Tori. Zero Point/secret knowledge, involving the Mayans, Buddhism, and other shit. So, an exploration of a facet of The Divine Feminine. The project fell through, but I read a lot and researched, and I still have all those notes. Maybe I should restart that project for my own academic curiosity and achievement.

I think it took me about 2 hours to write this. This album lives behind me heart, a place Tori talked about while promoting the album. I love, love, love her. Happy Birthday, love; I’ll go anywhere with you(and back) always and forever 💜💜💜💜

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Ooooooooohhhh wonder what this is for?!? She looks AMAZING!!

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Dearest Strange Little Girls, you are badass testament to Tori’s genius ability to completely reimagine a song and make it her own. She gives us the opportunity to choose our own adventure, depending on our mood-we can listen to the original or Tori’s version. The album is a myriad journey of love and rage, social critique and memory, perfectly reframed so the object of all those mens’ fantasies is taken back in a narrative power move. You are luscious and sharp, loud as thunder and soft as snow. And, you arrived during a tragic time when we needed you most. Somehow, you seemed to know what had happened and how to wrap us up collectively in a sonic hug that has a psychically reactive subtext that no other Tori album has. You’re amazing timeles, really. Love you!

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Dearest Miranda, I was afraid this day would come, but it still shook me to my core when I heard this morning.

we love you and you will be missed and thought of often. Here I will carry, carry, carry you forever. I’m glad I got to see you in Columbus in 2022. All my love to your family, my heart is with them. May the EWF community surround them with love during this difficult time

Miranda Burnham was loved by many in the EWF community. I didn’t know her well but the interactions I had with her were lovely. My heart is heavy knowing she’s left the planet, but her light and the memories we all have of her will shine forever

Every time we hear Cooling now, we will think of you

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Dearest Native Invader, today you are 7 already! You are a verdant landscape of grief, protest, memory, and hope for the future. Reindeer King is an ebbing river of grief which evokes a frozen, mountain landscape. Broken Arrow is a warning for a wounded country. Cloud Riders is a breezy evening under the stars with the wind in your hair. Wildwood, one of my favorite Tori songs of all time, brings us the Tori familiar character of Persephone in a garden of corn flowers and Poppies (and/or puppies) where we bask in Spring rain. Up The Creek is what the kids call a banger. I will never forget someone saying early on that Bats was as if Concertina and Bug A Martini had a baby and I prayed that was true but didn’t get my hopes up because listening is so subjective-and then it was!! Another all time favorite. Bang is both celestial and earthly, reminding us we are all divine in the eyes of earth herself. Climb is a reminder to remain soft hearted in the face of struggle and mental and emotional captivity. Mary’s Eyes loops us back to Reindeer King, holding a sacred space for Tori’s mother. I remember how she was in all of our hearts at the time and always. And then there’s Russia- a funereal dirge, a dark shadow of a haunting and dangerous threat (or two). This record, perhaps more than any other of Tori’s, is a response to the tragedy of that time-when we were (and still are to some extent), held hostage by a person who has no real knowledge or allegiance to what America is about in her heart and soul. Scarlet is her sister of course, but back then we thought we had seen the worst of how dangerous incompetence could be. Oh, how wrong we were. As with Scarlet though, there are glimmers of hope on Native Invader, and beauty and healing out of sorrow. Even though Indian Summer is from Scarlet, Native Invader also teaches us there is another way (many ways) to pray. May those prayers Carry us through November and beyond. Happy Birthday, you strong, unflinching, beautiful girl ❤️����