Strange Little Tori Amos

The 2001 Strange Little Tour was Tori Amos’ first solo tour after becoming a mother. She was full of energy and performed on a new level, with a unique set-list every night. Good stuff, indeed. Stealthy fans managed to record every show.

August 30, 2001 – London, England
September 28, 2001 – West Palm Beach, Florida
September 29, 2001 – Clearwater, Florida
September 30, 2001 – Kissimmee, Florida
October 2, 2001 – Atlanta, Georgia
October 3, 2001 – Nashville, Tennessee
October 4, 2001 – Charlotte, North Carolina
October 6, 2001 – Washington, D.C.
October 7, 2001 – Washington, D.C.
October 9, 2001 – New York City
October 10, 2001 – New York City
October 11, 2001 – New York City
October 13, 2001 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 14, 2001 – Wallingford, Connecticut
October 15, 2001 – Boston, Massachusetts
October 17, 2001 – Grand Rapids, Michigan
October 18, 2001 – Detroit, Michigan
October 19, 2001 – Toronto, Canada
October 21, 2001 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 23, 2001 – Chicago, Illinois
October 24, 2001 – Cleveland, Ohio
October 25, 2001 – Indianapolis, Indiana
October 27, 2001 – St. Louis, Missouri
October 30, 2001 – New Orleans, Louisiana
October 31, 2001 – Houston, Texas (video only)
November 2, 2001 – Austin, Texas
November 3, 2001 – Dallas, Texas
November 5, 2001 – Denver, Colorado
November 6, 2001 – Salt Lake City, Utah
November 8, 2001 – Vancouver, Canada
November 9, 2001 – Seattle, Washington
November 11, 2001 – Oakland, California
November 12 2001 – Oakland, California
November 15, 2001 – Los Angeles, California
November 16, 2001 – Los Angeles, California
November 17, 2001 – Los Angeles, California
November 19, 2001 – Phoenix, Arizona
November 20, 2001 (early show) – San Diego, California
November 20, 2001 (late show) – San Diego, California
November 27, 2001 – Paris, France
November 28, 2001 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
December 1, 2001 – Brussels, Belgium
December 2, 2001 – Mannheim, Germany
December 3, 2001 – Oberhausen
December 5, 2001 – Glasgow, UK
December 6, 2001 – Manchester, UK
December 7, 2001 – London, UK
December 9, 2001 – Berlin, Germany
December 10, 2001 – Frankfurt, Germany
December 11, 2001 – Munich, Germany
December 13, 2001 – Basel, Switzerland
December 14, 2001 – Vienna, Austria
December 16, 2001 – Poland (Radio 3 mini-concert)
December 17, 2001 – Milan, Italy

Deepak Chopra on Healing Quest

Deepak Chopra recently appeared on Healing Quest to talk about the shadow, aging, biology, and rebirth in nature.

Tori Amos returns to Venus

Perhaps one of the best Tori Amos concert tours was in 1999 to promote the “To Venus and Back” album. Accompanied by Jon Evans (on bass), Matt Chamberlain (on drums) and Steve Caton (on guitar, for the last time), Tori Amos played some of her most dramatic rock shows ever. The tour began with Tori and her band co-headlining 27 shows with Alanis Morissette. Since there were two main acts performing, Tori’s set ended after about an hour and 10 minutes. After the double-headlining tour, Tori and her band went on and performed 8 full-length shows (about two hours). To finish the year off, Tori played a few solo mini-concerts, beginning with a memorable full-length show in London. There are great recordings of 99% of this stuff, so enjoy!

August 16, 1999 – Unreleased and Unrehearsed webcast
August 18, 1999 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
August 20, 1999 – Tampa, Florida
August 21, 1999 – Atlanta, Georgia (soundboard)
August 21, 1999 – Atlanta, Georgia
August 22, 1999 – Nashville, Tennessee
August 24, 1999 – Charlotte, North Carolina
August 25, 1999 – Columbia, Maryland
August 27, 1999 – Camden, New Jersey
August 28, 1999 – Holmdel, New Jersey
August 29, 1999 – Saratoga Springs, New York
September 1, 1999 – Wantagh, New York
September 3, 1999 – Buffalo, New York
September 4, 1999 – Columbus, Ohio
September 5, 1999 – Indianapolis, Indiana
September 7, 1999 – Toronto, Canada
September 8, 1999 – Cleveland (Cuyahoga Falls), Ohio
September 10, 1999 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 11, 1999 – Chicago, Illinois
September 12, 1999 – Detroit (Clarkston), Michigan
September 14, 1999 – Cincinnati, Ohio
September 15, 1999 – Chicago, Illinois (soundboard)
September 15, 1999 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
September 16, 1999 – Minneapolis, Minnesota (no recording exists?)
September 19, 1999 – Concord, California
September 20, 1999 – Bakersfield, California
September 22, 1999 – Phoenix, Arizona
September 24, 1999 – Las Vegas, Nevada (soundboard)
September 25, 1999 – Irvine, California
September 26, 1999 – Irvine, California
September 29, 1999 – Dallas, Texas
September 30, 1999 – Houston, Texas
October 2, 1999 – Austin, Texas
October 6, 1999 – Portland, Oregon
October 7, 1999 – Seattle, Washington
October 9, 1999 – Boise, Idaho
October 10, 1999 – Salt Lake City, Utah
October 11, 1999 – Denver, Colorado
October 15, 1999 – New York City (soundboard)
October 29, 1999 – London, England
November 28, 1999 – Orange, California (soundboard)
November 30, 1999 – Providence, Rhode Island
December 2, 1999 – Wallingford, Connecticut
December 3, 1999 – Boston, Massachusetts (soundboard)
December 6, 1999 – Washington, D.C. (soundboard)
December 11, 1999 – Anaheim, California (soundboard)

Madonna performs Like a Prayer for Haiti

This was the first song I ever said was my favorite, and it made me interested in music. I think this performance is closest to the original album version as she’s ever done live. Not bad. Download the video here. The audio is on iTunes.

Eckhart Tolle says Escape the Prison of Your Mind

In this excerpt from Eckhart Tolle’s Findhorn Retreat DVD, he speaks about the eternal dimension of silence within us all and suggests that we “do not identify with the movement of thought.” As Jiddu Krishnamurti said, “The mind has to be empty to see clearly.” Eckhart also explains that “the depth of Now is inseparable from your very being, your very life.” Indeed!

Download this video here.

Insight from a Sufi poet

I liked this bit. Sufi poet Hafez said:

In this intricate game of love,
It is easy to become confused
And think that you are the doer.
But God in His infinite certainty knows
He’s the only one who should ever be put on trial.

it could be true

it could be true
that words are useless
and nothing can be said
that really means
anything
beyond what I see
or what you think
will be
it could be just a dream
it could just be
a fantasy
nothing can be said
about it
you are the things
you see
silhouettes
upon the screen
it could be everything

Deepak Chopra on “Talk Back”

“Doctor, healer, spiritual guru, entrepreneur, the multi-faceted Deepak Chopra tells Bloomberg UTV’s Hindol Sengupta why he is the Shahrukh Khan of spirituality…”

Download these videos: part 1, 2 and 3.

either way

do something
or not
be ready to move
when moved
and sleep
to dream

Face to Face with Carl Jung

I was very happy to find this great BBC TV special from October 22, 1959, about Swiss psychiatrist, psychologist and mystic Carl Jung. It’s an in-depth interview, in English, about Jung’s life and work, filmed in Zurich when he was 84. It’s such a rare and wonderful talk, you may want the .mp4 and .mp3 versions for your archives.