Tori does Cyndi



a sampling of Tori Amos' cover of Cyndi Lauper's All Through the Night, Royce Hall Auditorium, Los Angeles, April 25 2005

Jason and I are seeing Cyndi Lauper in concert on December 6th! Although Jason makes fun of my fondness for Tori, he seems to forget that he liked Armand Van Helden's 1996 remix of "Professional Widow"--in fact, I think he even owned a copy. This was back when Jason was into dance music. Now he's into early-bird specials and online spades with other seniors.

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Jason said…
Tori Amos sounds like a cat in heat crossed with Zydeco music (post-Katrina).
November 22, 2005 9:47 am
madamerouge said…
I hate you so much.
November 22, 2005 4:01 pm
Anonymous said…
YJA is SO RIGHT! I mean seriously was the country concert not enough?! you both want hot young guys, but you do the gayest senior things......for entertainment. it's UNREAL! forget Zips...what about online scrabble or monopoly...surely that's more your tune.
November 23, 2005 9:45 am
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