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

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

of course Gawker commenters cut right to the heart of the issue:

drakemotel and 1 more
Holy shit all of you idiots. That is not very much armpit hair. Lots of people have armpit hair. Jesus christ.

sigh

haha its funny that you single out that comment

...b/c that commenter is a close family member of a well-known ilx poster

ladies and gentlemen, startrekman:

http://2.drakecdn.com/wp-content/themes/network/custom/images/drake-email-smile.png

Yeah, just read that Gawker piece and half the comments so far are about her pit hair. FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

drake motel might be my brother

max_dish

hahaha that's fantastic

So maybe Deakingate is on the horizon?

the clue to whose brother it is... is in his screen name........ *winks*

Ah Mr. Motel, so glad you could join us.

the tailor motel kamzoyl

A+

I probably sing excerpts of "Tevye's Dream" more than any other human being on Earth not currently starring in a Fiddler production

With you it's like a...tradition.

http://open.spotify.com/track/5DfiaN6Czx6pFMJ64oFx81

TEAM FRUMA-SARAH

Yeah, the most salient point afaic wasn't mentioned in that Gawker article.

"Ms. Palmer also said that she could not afford to pay the extra musicians she requests, a string quartet and three or four sax and brass players. The cost, she said, would be around $35,000 for all the tour dates."

Link: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/rockers-playing-for-beer-fair-play/?hp (it appeared upthread, but there it is)

I mean, her rebuttal has been ~entirely~ on the "what's wrong with community building?" and there is nothing wrong with that. The issue is just that she said she couldn't afford them, that she framed the hiring of local peeps under the guise of empty pockets.

I clicked through a couple of blog posts of hers just now to see if she'd made any such "I can't afford it claims" on her blog, and none existed, but man I have to admit her merch looks pretty stunning. Those numbers are totally false, still, but I get why people are blind to it. If I was a fan of her music I'd probably spring for a couple of those things

i shudder to think what body fluid-infested premiums gerogerigegege would have on offer on their kickstarter.

man, R.I.P. Juntaro Yamanouchi, where are you when we need you the most

http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz233/8ftmusic/afp/kickstarter/grandtheft/20120830%20update/08.jpg

people who look like plimptoons

Saw them at the Cafe du Nord show here in SF.
― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, September 27, 2004 10:05 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I had no idea I'd actually seen this woman perform (w/DD)

They were somewhat disappointing live.
― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, September 27, 2004 8:20 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I remember vaguely giving my rather choice seat up to a pretty girl to go home.

So I just got some PR hoohah saying the album debuted at number 10, plus:

New Amanda Palmer Phone App!
Amanda also launched her new phone app today, which will help realize another long-standing fantasy: to help members of the Amanda Palmer community locate each other geographically, so that they can connect offline as well as on the web. Designed by Fame House using the Mobile Roadie platform, the app also allows users to upload and share photos and comments, enjoy music and videos, and keep up with the latest Amanda Palmer feeds from her blog, Tumblr, Twitter and Instagram. The app is available at iTunes or Google Play.

is that LouZoom compatible?

Isn't everything?

Beginning to think we should have precovered this.

i really want a hipster-runoff-circa-2004 analysis of this whole phenomenon

hipster runoff circa now version would be 'amanda palmer shows tight nips in flaming lips video, has hairy pits' i guess

the Amanda Palmer community

Amanda also launched her new phone app today, which will help realize another long-standing fantasy: to help members of the Amanda Palmer community locate each other geographically

I want to download this app so I know who to avoid.