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Tori Amos's 'Dolls' Get Their Own Blogs

FRIDAY MARCH 30 2007 6:00 AM

Submitted by Aaron_Detroit. Edited By Aaron_Detroit.

TAGS: Tori Amos, American Doll Posse, Nine Inch Nails, Year Zero, Bjork

Trent Reznor, it seems, has paved the way for artists to get creative with marketing their albums. As previously reported, Reznor created an Alternate Reality Game to promote Nine Inch Nails' forthcoming album Year Zero. The ARG currently has obsessive fans scouring several websites for hidden clues and trolling in concert venue bathrooms for USB pen-drives. Bj�rk, apparently, is also exploring this avenue of promotion.

Now, Tori Amos, is getting in on this new style of promotion via a "blog hunt." Amos's forthcoming ninth studio album, American Doll Posse (due May 1st), is yet another concept LP from the eccentric chanteuse. The singer has said that Doll Posse is a "state of the world" album and is political in nature. She told Starpulse.com,

�This [world] has been created by the patriarchal authority. And [on this album] I�m coming after them.�

Amos created five distinct female characters for the album to take on the "patriarchal authority": Santa, Isabel, Clyde, Tori, and Pip. The album's tracks are sung from the different perspectives of the characters. The women are portrayed in the album art as well with Amos donning different wigs and get-ups for each character. The singer has now taken the concept a bit further with the creation of blogs for each of the 5 'Doll Posse' members. Amos announced this in her usual 'Tori-speak' via a fan newsletter last week.

Hey there, this is Tori. So by now you may have heard about American Doll Posse. I wanted to officially introduce you to the girls. They will all be going on tour. We�re out shopping right now, and I can�t keep a-hold of a-one of them. They�d love to get to know you; they�ve all heard so much about you. You can look for them online. They will all be accessible if you can find their blogs, which they update frequently. Instead of an Easter egg hunt this season, I�m hosting a Posse hunt. Happy hunting.

As crazy and obsessive as Amos's fans are, three of the blogs have already been found: Check out Santa's, Isabel's, and Clyde's.

After reading the American Doll Posse blogs, I'd say I'm preferring Reznor's post-apocalyptic nightmare to Amos's rantings on beauty standards. Year Zero = Lost, American Doll Posse = Desperate Housewives.

With that being said, the four leaked tracks from Doll Posse ("Big Wheel", "Bouncing Off Clouds", "Secret Spell", and "Teenage Hustling") sonically display Amos getting back on track after a slight derailment with 2005's tepid disaster, The Beekeeper. The Doll Posse leaks bear a rockier sound with guitars placed high in the mix above Amos's usually more prominent piano playing.

Tori Amos hits the road for a world tour in support of American Doll Posse beginning on May 28th in Rome, Italy.

Tori Amos Tour Dates:

May 28, 2007 Rome Teatro Sistina
May 30, 2007 Florence Teatro Verdi
May 31, 2007 Milan Teatro Smeraldo
Jun 02, 2007 Paris Le Palais des Congr�s
Jun 03, 2007 Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall
Jun 04, 2007 Hamburg Musikhalle
Jun 06, 2007 D�sseldorf Philipshalle
Jun 07, 2007 Munich Philharmonie
Jun 08, 2007 Vienna Stadthalle
Jun 10, 2007 Stuttgart Beethovensaal
Jun 11, 2007 Nuremberg Serenadenhof
Jun 13, 2007 Copenhagen Falconer
Jun 14, 2007 Oslo Norwegian Wood Festival
Jun 17, 2007 Berlin Tempodrom
Jun 19, 2007 Warsaw Sala Kongresowa
Jun 21, 2007 Prague Congress Centre
Jun 22, 2007 Bratislava Incheba Hall
Jun 24, 2007 Budapest Arena
Jun 26, 2007 Ljubljana Hala Tivoli
Jun 27, 2007 Graz Kasemattenb�hne
Jun 29, 2007 Z�rich Kongresshaus
Jun 30, 2007 Frankfurt Alte Oper
Jul 01, 2007 Werchter Rock Werchter Festival
Jul 03, 2007 London Hammersmith Apollo
Jul 04, 2007 London Hammersmith Apollo
Jul 05, 2007 Manchester Apollo
Jul 07, 2007 Nass, Co. Kildare Oxegen Festival
Jul 08, 2007 Balado Airfield T In The Park
Jul 13, 2007 Bucharest Sala Polivalenta
Jul 15, 2007 Istanbul Masstival

Recommended Listening:
A clip of "Teenage Hustling" from American Doll Posse

20 Comments

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Evalution

Netherlands

June 2005

MAR 30, 2007 06:31 AM

mistake, sorry....

bairdduvessa

Centerville, MA

April 2005

MAR 30, 2007 06:40 AM

well this album should be interesting. i like the preview clip!

KikiBH

Washington, DC

December 2004

MAR 30, 2007 06:50 AM

She's batshit crazy, but I still love her to death.

Starbug

United Kingdom

October 2006

MAR 30, 2007 06:51 AM

awesome

Naima

Campbell, CA

August 2005

MAR 30, 2007 07:11 AM

Oh, Tori. I'm excited.

Elvis

Front Royal, VA

March 2005

MAR 30, 2007 08:21 AM

I think from what I know so far I like Pip
I can't wait to get this I <3 tori and love that she grows with her music

Pilkington

USA

October 2005

MAR 30, 2007 08:26 AM

Posse makes me laugh everytime I see it.

Flux

SUICIDEGIRL

North Carolina, USA

MAR 30, 2007 08:38 AM

Wigs and blogging are obviously the solution to patriarchal authoritarianism.

KikiBH

Washington, DC

December 2004

MAR 30, 2007 08:45 AM

Flux said:
Wigs and blogging are obviously the solution to patriarchal authoritarianism.

Well, yeah. Duh.

everthere

Belgium

June 2004

MAR 30, 2007 09:12 AM

That little snippet sounds better than I expected. She lost me on Scarlet's Walk and I never tasted her honey but who knows, maybe I'll play with her dolls.

Melicious

Dallas, TX

July 2006

MAR 30, 2007 10:14 AM

I prefer "Big Wheel". It's sassy, and I am glad to hear that out of T again. I think her creating the Dolls is a bit reminiscent of the Girls from Strange Little Girls. Can't wait for the album and tour.

JoLeigh

SUICIDEGIRL

Florida, USA

MAR 30, 2007 11:04 AM

Pilkington said:
Posse makes me laugh everytime I see it.

+1

i think its hilarious

i still adore tori though

AstralTraveller

United Kingdom

January 2003

MAR 30, 2007 11:19 AM

Never liked her music and that youtube clip makes me like it even less. Watch out Avril and Alanis.

Cassiel

Aurora, CO

September 2004

MAR 30, 2007 12:12 PM

blah blah blah it's so fucking hip to rant about politics nowadays

meggle

Berkeley, CA

November 2002

MAR 30, 2007 12:34 PM

yeah, it's soooo, like, pre-911 to care about public policy and how it perpetuates inequalities. bunch of wannabe citizens and all that ride. pfff. let's comodify hip rants so no one actually does anything meaningful...except corporate tori sing song blog along...why oh why...

some folks should quit after a few records...or at least have the decency to only write when the urge is there rather than on some media execs contracted calendar.

love tori...but hate what the biz tends to do...

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