Cover story: Stardust in Our Hands, Part 1: Talking to Neil Gaiman by Liz Garlinge "What tends to happen… and this depends on our movements and whether we coincide at the right time—for half of the albums we have, and for half of the albums we haven't… is me turning up somewhere when she's in the early part of the process, and she sits me down, normally on the same piano stool that she's on, and then just starts playing and singing. That was how I heard Boys For Pele for the first time." Stuff is Still the Issue, Part 1: A Q&A with Tori's Archivist by Lynne Stahl "[Tori's sister] Marie plunged her hands into her coat pocket to pull out her gloves and pulled out the soundboard tape, saying "What are we going to do with this?" Without hesitation, Tori said, "Give it to Billy; he's my little archivist." That was the first time I went home and actually said to myself, "How can I organize this stuff to keep track of things for the long term?"

Feature articles: Yes, Anastasia? by Angela Reid "In 1994, Tori told B-Side magazine that she had been visited by the ghost of Anastasia. "She comes and goes, 'you've got to write my tune." "The feeling I got," Tori said, was "that Anna Anderson was Anastasia Romanov. She always tried to prove it, and a lot of people believed her, and some people didn't want to believe her, because of what that would have meant." Marrying the Marys: Tori's Making of One, Mended Goddess by Maureen Paley "To question is to be heretical, to be rebellious. Tori questions, and she asks us to enter into the questioning of our collective psyche. What has history bequeathed to us, in regards to the cultural perception of the female? She cannot be sexual and saintly simultaneously. She must be separate. Think Eve in Eden. In the beginning, she is pure, but she eats of the tree of the fruit of knowledge—a forbidden fruit—actualizing her original sin, or, as Tori would say, "Original Sinsuality." Eve craved knowledge, and knowledge and the desire for it is passionate, erotic. Eve did not purposely choose a fall from grace. She chose wonder, awe, and curiosity — the human characteristics that drive us to know. With knowledge comes darkness; otherwise, ignorance is bliss." The Tori Amos Songbook Buyer's Guide: To Venus and Back by Lydia Simon "Jacobs' research on Tori was extremely sloppy, and I suspect most fans would catch dozens of factual errors just on a casual read. I could actually write a book the same length as this one just correcting him. Jacobs misquotes lyrics, misunderstands songs, and just plain gets it wrong." Pretty Bad Book by Aimee Lortskell "To Venus and Back is one of the less remarkable arrangements of a Tori Amos album. For collectors, its value is limited because it has no artwork unavailable on the CD. For musicians, its value is determined entirely by the songs themselves — if you like the songs on TVaB, you'll probably want the songbook. If you're looking for challenges, this is not the songbook for you."

Ask the Expert: Ask the Expert by Nadyne Mielke Who are those people Tori mentions in song? Discovering a few of the many.

Multimedia: Tori in Your Pocket, Part 3 by Jenn K Lee "But before transferring even one track, you need to get your music library in order. Well, you don't need to, but you should. A well-organized library will greatly enhance the usability and enjoyment of your player, as well as simplify the process of switching over to a new one in the coming weeks, months or years (depending on your gadget addiction)." Review: Ardor by John Higdon "I first heard Denver-based DeVotchka in the Fall of 2002, oddly enough at a burlesque festival in the city. They'd signed on as the house band for a touring troupe, providing music mostly between striptease acts. The band proved to be a good choice for this role; the crowd seemed to love them at least as much as the risqué entertainment for which they'd paid."

Ears with Feet: Focus on Sharon Shinn by Beth Nelsen "Well, I knew I wanted my first [crocheted] Tori Ami to be of an iconic moment — one which any Tori fan could recognize. It had to be one where she was playing at the piano, because Tori is always best in her live element. I was going through my head of all the live moments, and, out of all the performances, her concert on Sessions at West 54th stood out to me the most.