Tori Amos Sings with PS22 Chorus

After seeing videos of an elementary school chorus rehearsing her songs, Tori Amos took off some time promoting her new album to hang out with these super adorable 5th graders. Which I guess, is actually a really great promotion for her new album. The videos were posted to YouTube by Mr. B, a cool chorus teacher at a Long Island public elementary school. As he says, these kids are 'extraordinary little people' with an impressive musical repertoire.






You can go to the PS22 Chorus Blog to see more.

This is just so unpretentious and cool. Nice that Amos and her people took this as an opportunity to do something fan-centric - and ultimately a better promotion than they could have ever made up - rather than sending a C and D letter to PS22 for copyright infringements. You really never know, these days!

Islamic Superheroes

The 99 is a new comic book which aims to give Islamic children positive cultural role models in the style of American superheroes (even using the talents of former Marvel and DC writers and artists). The 99 was created by Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, whose work as a clinical psychologist has focused on building cross-cultural tolerance and understanding. Find out more about The 99 here.