Cover story: The Collector's Starter Pack by Nadyne Mielke LBW is here to help with our list of the top ten items every Tori collector should have. Most of these are still easy to find in your favourite local store or online at Amazon, although we have listed one item which will require a trip to eBay. Bobby's Collecting Bees by Aimee Lortskell Finding all the available non-album tracks can be a daunting task for anyone, especially as Tori's discography is a long and complicated one. So we at LBW have compiled a list of all the non-album tracks and the simplest way for North American collectors to collect them all. Unfortunately, not all are readily available or cheap, but a little hunting for bargains can fill in the rest. Contraband Collectibles by Rob Woiccak If, as Tori says she was told by Robert Plant, you're nothing until you've been bootlegged, then Tori has certainly become something. The proof is in the 150 or so factory-pressed "silver" compact disc bootlegs released in the years before the rug was pulled out from underneath the commercial bootleg market. This article will cover some of the best and most noteworthy "commercial" bootlegs through 1994.

Feature articles: A Freezing Fairytale by Aimee Lortskell Tori said it was 'like making love under a microscope', but by the time she and the band started 'TomBigBee' it was obvious that she'd found her groove and was really connecting with the audience, ignoring the cameras, and having a great time peforming. Everything clicked into place, and she seemed the usual wild, uninhibited performer that we know so well from her shows. The Importance of Not Being Earnest by Jennie Alibasic and Angela Bacon Reid Brody made an enormous commitment to the role [as Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist], giving up his apartment and his car, getting rid of his phones and (unintentionally) ruining his romance with his girlfriend. He studied piano four hours a day and lost 30 of his already lean 160 pounds. He wanted to know what it was like for Szpilman, losing everything, and he did get the idea. Lotta Keyboards by JB Anderton In the early years, Tori Amos was defined by many as 'the girl and her piano,' but even then that definition was not quite accurate. Long before she began bringing her multi-keyboard setup on tour, she had utilized a variety of different keyboards in order to create new sounds and textures in the studio.

Tori Story: An Invitation to a Cocktail Party by Aimee Lortskell What I found was not just a random group of fans, but a real community. Rather than hearing Tori directly, I heard her through the words of her fans, relating her stories and interpreting her lyrics. A variety of different personal experiences and opinions about anything and everything -- books, movies, politics, peanut butter, you name it -- wove through all the discussions, and before I knew it, I was hooked.

Ask the Expert: Ask the Expert by Nadyne Mielke Our expert tackles your questions about bootlegs, backing vocals, and backstage passes.

Multimedia: Album review: Ben Folds Live by Cheryl LaFountain One gets the sense that a live show by Ben Folds is more a collaborative effort between the artist and the audience than just a performance. The presence of thousands of people packed into various concert halls on this CD isn't just noise, like it can be on so many live recordings or bootlegs. In fact, it's integral to the live album's charm.

Reader submissions: Behind the Prison Tower by J.H. Wetmore I had only been in prison for three months when another prisoner who was leaving stopped by my cell (for reasons I'll never know) and gave me his walkman and a bag full of tapes. Among them, I found Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink. I sat there in my cold, empty cell, and I listened to the tapes back to back all night. ... Plus poems by Lindsay Elaine Walker and John Metcalf.