amanda palmer's open poem to jonathan chait (and other crimes)

"Looking forward to reading the book"

david byrne book got slammed pretty hard in the nyt.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/books/how-music-works-by-david-byrne.html?ref=books

they even called it a road to nowhere! timez lolz.

not that it makes anything better, but i dont think her eyebrows are tattoos. i think she draws them on. they look different all the time

― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Monday, 17 September 2012 22:35 (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha i've been wanting to jump in with this for ages

― thomp, Monday, September 17, 2012 6:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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That NYTimes David Byrne review is a mess. It reads like the dude came up with some zingers first ("His prose seems to have been translated from the Chinese.") then wrote the review around them. I mean, the Byrne book may be dull as dirt, but it's kind of a weak sauce criticism to suggest your money might be better spent on Talking Heads records. Well, yeah. Duh. Did the author expect the book to get up, grab a guitar and dance for him or something?

the byrne review reads like the editorials that my 70-year-old mentor used to write

so i'm totally into it

it probably says something about me, and something BAD, that earlier today i was happy to listen aloud to linda sharrock basically orgasming over sonny's guitar freakouts, but while later reminding myself of what that one dresden dolls song sounded like i made sure to turn down the volume so as to not be overheard by my flatmates.

"i'm listening for the articles"

had to dig for this one but ch*ki posted this on twitter a while back http://i.imgur.com/XEBsP.jpg

that is a thing of beauty

*genuflects furiously*

best picture

get him to post here

Man, the vitriol is getting a little silly. People don't see this as a touch over-reactive?

hi

while later reminding myself of what that one dresden dolls song sounded like

which one now?

'girl anachronism', i remembered quite liking it at the time and i guess i can still hear why, but too much baggage built up over the last ten years of amanda palmer's existence to enjoy it rly.

Maybe they don't like Pomplamoose's business model?

"Man, the vitriol is getting a little silly. People don't see this as a touch over-reactive?"

wait wait let me say it this time!!

are you.....new here?

I wasn't meaning just here, just in general. It seems a bit much. yeah, she's kinda shitty, but this all seems a tad overblown everywhere.

can we at least laugh/marvel at the postcard chewing

What, you DON'T chew your postcards before sending them out?

I imagine some of the cash goes to making sure they have change for the Coin Operated Boy. That might be in the 250k, I guess.

Biting proves that they're real.

the thing about that whole summary that kills me is how she's nonchalantly going "I made $6000 selling ppl trash I chewed on, this is the future for musicians" and she doesn't seem to get why other musicians might find it problematic that they'd have to make money that way instead of, you know, playing music

I mean she sold TWO empty wine bottles for more than three times as much as a signed vinyl copy of her album APIECE

THE FUTURE OF MUSIC

http://www.317am.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/book-c-empty-wine-bottles1.jpg

She does mention a few times that the amount she's actually made on her album at that point is $0.00 (possibly due to Albinism) - I can sort of understand her going "Hey, I don't know why and it could end at any point but I seem to be able to make some money thiiis way", and it's not really her fault that other musician's ability to make money is disappearing.

APART FROM this whole business with not paying for professional musicians, which is truly shitty.

Also the "David Byrne was paid in beer" is some epic-level point-missing, definitely a talent for engaging in the argument she wishes you were making.

*musicians'

I'm glad to hear that David Byrne is a beer-enjoying real american, though

She says that she doesn't know if he actually drank it though.

There was no evidence to confirm.

he's a mystery, that david byrne

if only he had drank it, she could be selling david byrne's empty beer can

jessie & alan: who killed amanda palmer vinyl: $100_
nikki: wine bottle, auctioned BY REQUEST!!! $320
[...]
daryl, ANOTHER wine bottle, by request, that we had LYING AROUND: $320
steve: beer can with BYRNE BITES: $500

we’ve read the diary of anne frank, we’ve listened to the music of neutral milk hotel,

wat

I don't know the context of that quote but it sounds like she wanted to do a Holocaust themed album and people said "NMH already did an album about Anne Frank" and she was like, "Yeah, I heard it. Doesn't mean I can't do one too."

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/05/amanda_palmers_1.html

She did a theater production at her high school inspired by "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and loosely based on The Diary of Anne Frank

sorry, let me be more accurate:

she staged a musical at her old high school loosely based on The Diary of Anne Frank using songs from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea afaict

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QPS5Jr4nis

^ More on the postcard chewing. Made me feel a quite depressed tbh, feels so grossly exploitative of that really intense fandom that teenagers can have.

god that's fucking sad....

well tbr i get that feeling from basically every vlogger

Guys you know with the jewish holidays here I've had a lot of time to reflect and so I kind of changed my mind about this. She is stupid and dumb and fuck her.

Next year in Salem, Massachusetts.

crackers be biters iirc

i am totally gonna start using "om nom my postcard" as pillow talk

crackers be biters iirc

holy lol

The more I think about it, I think her m.o. is to adopt the model of limited-run boutique book publishers like Charnel House, etc. Gigs are more like "author events," keep 'em coming back for more.

Huzzah:

http://gawker.com/5944050/amanda-palmers-million+dollar-music-project-and-kickstarters-accountability-problem

basically a good wrap up of this thread, right down to

(Full disclosure: I recently used Kickstarter to fund a magazine with some of my friends, and we had a great experience)

re: charnel house, i shudder to think what body fluid-infested premiums gerogerigegege would have on offer on their kickstarter.

gerogeriomnomnom