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Introverted But Willing To Discuss Tori Amos

Kristen Keys, Matt Mazur, Joe Vallese

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We’re introverted—but when it comes to Tori Amos, we’re always willing to discuss. Endlessly, in fact. On this podcast, three lifelong Tori Amos fans explore her vast catalog through deep dives, re-imaginings, and thoughtful playlists. Introverted but Willing to Discuss Tori Amos is an ever-evolving conversation about Tori’s music, legacy, and what keeps us coming back, nearly 30 years and hundreds of songs later. Hosts: Kristen Keys, Matt Mazur, Joe Vallese.
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Tori Amos discusses her fourteenth studio album Unrepentant Geraldines at the Apple Store, Kurfürstendamm. This eight-time Grammy Award–nominated songstress has had an incredibly successful career spanning over twenty years and selling more than 12 million records.
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Known for her dramatic intensity and often-dark, broodingly romantic compositions, Tori Amos has perhaps unfairly gotten a reputation for being very, very serious. To be fair, sometimes she is (and we love it!). However, contrary to popular belief, when you take a closer look, Tori also has an extremely funny side. Her particular tongue-in-cheek br…
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Tori Amos’ expansive body of work over the past 30-plus years has covered most musical terrain. From confessional outpourings of emotion, to thunderously-programmed electronic beats, blips and whirrs, to stinging guitar-driven diatribes directed at the religious Right, Tori has become known as both an architect and an adventurer, as well as a consu…
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A special clip from our revisited Little Drummer Boy episode, available right now on Patreon. Efrain and David bring their finest gifts to lay before the T. Join us for our journey through the city of Bethlamos as we explore the origin and history of Tori's very first Christmas song. Plus we present a very special segment: Tori's Drummer Boys, in w…
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On a storied, starry night in Nashville, in 2023, Tori Amos stopped what she was doing, and asked the audience if she should release a record full of unreleased songs. While we don’t yet have an exact answer on the fate of this project, it got us thinking: what existing songs would we add to our own personal B-sides & Non-album tracks playlists? Th…
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It's a HOLIDAY (POSSE) BONUS! In this very special holiday episode of 'Messing With The Master', we delve into Tori Amos's holiday music across many decades, exploring her artistic evolution, personal memories of that amazing Midwinter Graces promo tour, and the significance of family in her work. We discuss the impact of Tori's upbringing and her …
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Let your radio play THIS holiday fave! Join Efrain & David for the third annual Drive All Night Holiday Sparktacular! A celebration of the holidays wrapped in a deep exploration of the third track off of Tori's first seasonal record, Midwinter Graces. It seems David has lost his Christmas Spirit. Will the ghosts of Tori Past, Tori Present, and Tori…
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Efrain and David have a hard time proving they're not in love with Tori's cover of 10CC's I'm Not In Love. They may say it doesn't mean that much to them but then why are they taking the picture off the wall to uncover every nasty stain still lying there? You may want to at least consider making a fuss though as they conduct interviews with esteeme…
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We'll be back very soon with I'm Not In Love AND Rattlesnakes, but we wanted to let you know about our exciting end-of-year project. Meticulously researched and carefully designed, this calendar is packed with over 600 Tori facts, as well as something non-Tori related to celebrate everyday. With a rotation of six original full color weekly drawings…
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In terms of narrative, composition and sheer scope as a record, Boys for Pele is one of the most audacious “pop” records to come out of the 1990s. Make no mistake: despite its twisty narrative, mysteriously confrontational lyrics and non-traditional take on song structure, Pele was a considerable mainstream success, selling more than 2 million copi…
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Efrain and David break the silence and come crashing in, into your little world. But at least this time they brought their latest episode filled with everything you could ever want to know about Tori's cover of Depeche Mode's most popular track. Today they find that words are actually very necessary as they conduct interviews with Jon Justice (Depe…
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“I think the thing that just astounds me about Tori is that she can take a bit of something like a melody or harmonic sequence for some of these pieces that were the inspiration and create something truly her own, showing how truly powerful her own creative stamp is. I think of Night of Hunters as a 70-minute song with 30 pieces of music held toget…
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This month we sit down with a Patreon Supporter ~ in PUBLIC ~ to celebrate Tori's birthday with a fun live commentary for one of the only surviving 2005 full show video bootlegs. Thanks to Dennis Stimac for putting the video together for us, and thanks to Supporter Stefania Hoffman for bringing a little shoe knowledge to the show. Watch the video h…
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Efrain and David deliver another jam packed episode, diving deep into the only single from Tori's groundbreaking cover record. Very special guests include Hugh Cornwell, the lead singer and head songwriter from The Stranglers (and the only person who can tell you exactly who that Strange Little Girl was), as well as acclaimed film director David Sl…
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With Strange Little Girls, Tori Amos approached the covers album as concept album, offering reinterpretations of 12 diverse male-authored tracks from the perspectives of an assortment of female characters. The project was inspired originally by by the homophobic and misogynistic messages which Amos believed to be prevalent in popular song at the be…
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As she turned 50 in the spotlight, Tori Amos’ 2014 album Unrepentant Geraldines dropped and was greeted with headlines trumpeting the singer-songwriter’s “return to form” and “comeback”. But here’s the kicker: she never went anywhere.Although she had written a musical for the stage (The Light Princess, 2013), and composed a 21st century song cycle …
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Happy First Birthday to the Albuquerque 2023 Show! For this momentous occasion, we offer this New Mexico Retrospective Bonus Episode! On this episode we sit down with longtime friend Jennifer Herrera @jennifervotes to commemorate our very favorite state New Mexico. Listen in as we chart Tori’s love affair with NM and take a desert drive through all…
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Content warning: this episode discusses pregnancy and child loss. Please take care while listening. On this week's episode, we book a round trip ticket To Venus and Back. Tori's surprisingly prompt follow -up to 1998's From the Choirgirl Hotel. After an epic world tour, Tori had implied that she'd be taking a break from recording for a while and pl…
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Ever feel like just being someone else? With the regal and roaring opus American Doll Posse, Tori Amos gave her listeners permission – and a psychic road map – to become the characters who hide in plain sight in all of our brains; even the “character” of ourselves. With healthy doses of showmanship and flamboyance, American Doll Posse saw Amos soni…
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Content warning: this episode briefly discusses DV and suicide. Please take care while listening. “So what if you find you like to tango alone?" Tori Amos asks in the final moments of “Birthday Baby," the closing track of her 15th solo album Ocean to Ocean, released on October 21, 2021. An ode to the unexpected ways we collectively learned to both …
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Content warning: this episode discusses SA. Please take care while listening. Objectively speaking, Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes is one of the all time great debut records. On the latest episode of Messing With The Master, Kristen, Matt and Joe lovingly look back and contextualize this seminal album, which laid down the foundation for the mytholog…
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For this episode we've resurrected The People that Go to the Shows and we invite on one of our favorite Tori Amos podcast hosts, Kristen Keys of Messing with the Master. And because we love their podcast so much (and you) we decided to make this episode available to the public. If you like what you hear we have dozens of other episodes of The Peopl…
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Happy Arbor Day! On this very special Bonus Episode, resident tree enthusiast Rose Kress brings you a full exploration of the importance of trees in Tori Amos body of work. Of course Rose comes equipped with facts, figures, and friends. Join the deep dive with Austin Chevalier-Bowles, Saoirse Raboteau, Jeremiah Webb, Ryan Crawford and yes, even Efr…
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Wake up sweepy heads, we're here! In this jam packed episode we are joined by Danny McFarlane, host of The Mainly Eminem Podcast. He shares with us a little insight into the man known as Shady Eminem Mathers. Just how different are our two fandoms, and is there any common ground? Plus thoughts and opinions from two '97 Bonnie & Clyde super fans Ain…
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Content warning: this episode discusses child and pregnancy loss. Please take care while listening. Tori Amos’ blazing fourth album From The Choirgirl Hotel claims a rightful place amongst legendary music by contemporaries such as Madonna, PJ Harvey, Hole, Beck and many others who released similarly iconic work in 1998.At a career high point, Amos …
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In this episode, Joey, Kristen, and Matt discuss Tori Amos' 2005 album The Beekeper. They explore the intersection of The Beekeeper with Tori's book with Ann Powers, Piece by Piece, 2000s fashion, and Tori's last record with major record labels before her emancipation day.Joey shares his track listing, focusing on the theme of betrayal. Kristen sha…
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Efrain and David go over the bridge looking for, among other things, details about this mysterious Velvet Underground track and the first cover from Tori's 2001 album Strange Little Girls. Dive into the new season as an old debate emerges: that's right, the Sick Little WHAT debate is back and as ferocious as ever! Includes a fantastic interview wit…
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Content warning: brief discussions of suicide. Please take care while listening. In this episode, Joey, Kristen, and Matt discuss Tori Amos' 2009 album 'Abnormally Attracted to Sin'. They explore the background of the album, including Tori's independence from major record labels and her collaboration with John Philip Shenale.The hosts also discuss …
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On this week’s episode of Messing with the Master, Matt, Joey, and Kristen travel to a (sonic) desert garden in Taos, New Mexico, to explore Tori's sophomore album Under the Pink. Joey explains how Tori Amos turned him gay, Matt recalls how a Drag Queen at the Gold Coast brought Tori into his life, and Kristen discusses being emotionally unavailabl…
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In the first episode of the Strange Little Girls season, Detective Inspector Lieutenant Constable Herculeef Poirot is summoned to Orlando to help Detective Inspector Lieutenant Doctor Nadyne Hyphen-Vandersleuth help solve a series of strange little murders. Someone has been killing everyone at The Men In Music Business Conference, but will the dete…
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Content warning: This episode includes discussions of SA, DV, suicide. Take care while listening. On this week’s episode of Messing with the Master, Kristen, Matt and Joey unpack the mystical complexities of Tori Amos’ 2017 gem, Native Invader, which chillingly encapsulates the doomsday tensions of the era in an atmospheric sonic snapshot of the pe…
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Three lifelong Tori Amos fans reflect on the iconic singer-songwriter’s catalog by thoughtfully and intentionally reorganizing each album into fresh playlists that explore Tori’s musical legacy as well their own interconnected personal narratives and friendship, which began with a shared passion for Tori’s music over 20 years ago. This week on the …
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Join Efrain & David for the second annual Drive All Night Holiday Sparktacular! A celebration of the holidays wrapped in a deep exploration of the second track off of Tori's first seasonal record, Midwinter Graces. What will happen when all the guests get stuck in an avalanche? Find out! Includes incredible new performances by Amiss Tori and Jonas …
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The documentary "You Were My First Boyfriend" written and co-directed by Cecilia Aldarondo, thrusts Cecilia directly into the cyclone of her own teenage trauma through gripping documentary footage and incredibly poignant dramatizations including - yes - a Tori Amos sequence that will live in infamy for the rest of our days. We had the good fortune …
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Carnival time is here! Efrain and David don their guitars and sun shaped headdresses to prepare for the biggest celebration of Mission Impossible 2 they could muster. Includes an insightful interview with Carnival superfan Stephen Sisk-Provencio (@morcoded) as well as excerpts from a conversation with Mitchell Lieb (courtesy of Light the Fuse podca…
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In honor of Tori Amos's 60th birthday, we collect our 60 favorite songs from her vast catalog and discuss why we love them and what makes each of them so special. Step inside to see if our list matches yours, comes close, or completely misses the mark. Will you love our choices or want to throttle us? Also don't miss your chance to win one of three…
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