So I didn't blog over the weekend or yesterday. I've come to the conclusion that daily blogging is to hard-- it's more of a commitment than I can handle. I'll try my best to do it every day, but I recently took on an extra project outside of work and I'm babysitting this week, plus I have friends visiting this weekend and Monday and Tuesday, so I'm getting ready for that, but that means I probably won't have time to blog. As of this moment there is exactly, 2 months, 1 day, 13 hours 2 minutes and 54 seconds until Tori's album comes out!
Today's blog focuses on the next time I saw tori on about August 2003. This was part of the Lottapianos tour with Ben Folds. I wasn't going to see Tori this time around because I was being so stupid. I had a horrible summer job working at a gas station as a cashier/slave. I wanted August 10th off so I go see Tori at the Auditorium theater in Chicago, but no-- it was impossible for me to get one freaking day off to go have some fun. I was stupid because I was quitting in two weeks anyways to go back to school, and I really should have just said, "well, I'm taking the day off and I don't care who you find to work my shift" but I was good and went to that horrible $7 an hour job. So then at the last minute Tori added a show the next day at Navy pier. I saw it as a sign that I was supposed to go-- so luckily the next day I did have off, and I drove to chicago on August 11th to see Tori. This show was great because Tori played a really, really long set: which went as follows:
Set List
Wampum Prayer
a sorta fairytale
Pancake/Ohio
Siren
Cornflake Girl
Liquid Diamonds
Concertina
Sweet Dreams
Wednesday
Band Leaves
Leather
Here. In My Head
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Band returns
Your Cloud
Strange Little Girl
God
Suede
Caught A Lite Sneeze
I Can't See New York
Precious Things
1st Encore
In The Springtime Of His Voodoo
Glory Of The 80s
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (solo)
2nd Encore
Sweet Sangria
Honey
Amber Waves
She had 2 encore's 3 songs each-- she almost never does. What was annoying about the show because it was outside sort of, in a tent thing, people acted like it was the county fair, getting up and getting beer and talking loudly through a lot of it. You just can't do that with Tori-- she demands your full attention. Also super annoying, people singing along behind me-- loudly and off key! I paid to hear Tori, mouth the words if you must but don't sing full out. If Tori wanted to have you do backing vocals, she would invite you onstage with her. Shut it people! Certain songs-- it's okay to sing along too-- like full band version songs of precious things where you're voice will be drown out by the music-- then I don't care. But please don't sing along to acoustic, acapella songs-- like "Me and a gun" Do at home, in your car any number of places-- just not while Tori is doing it live and I'm paying to hear her. I feel better now. Tori made a comment that her daughter said, "Mommy how come last night you were at the nice theater and tonight you're out by the ferris wheel?" Tori was like, "talk to my promoter sweety" Implying that she was not all that thrilled to be doing a show in the 'lesser' venue of the navy pier skyline theater. Nonetheless, at least I got to see her and it was fantastic! The drive home was pretty exhausting after a 3 and half hour concert that didn't start until 8, but it was nice. I foolishly parked in the $20 parking-- Since I know Chicago well, I thought about parking somewhere free adn taking public transportation to the show, but no train is closer than about a mile or so from navy pier and the buses and trolleys are unreliable late at night, so I bit the bullet and paid to park close.
And that was that! Tomorrow...Summer of Sin tour 2005!
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