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

randy probably describes the enthralled fans too

adam phillips:

'But Winnicott then refers, in a brief paragraph that contradicts the rest of his paper, to a figure he calls the "creative artist," who, in a way he doesn't explain, is apparently exempt from the benign circle he has described, who has in fact dispensed with this circle altogether. For this person reparation, and the gratitude and sense of indebtedness it implies, is irrelevant, simply the creation of an obstacle. Characterized by his ruthlessness, the artist's particular kind of socialization "obviates the need for guilt feeling and the associated reparative and restitutive activity that forms the basis of ordinary constructive work." Obviate is an interesting word here, meaning as it does "to meet on the way, to prevent or dispose of in advance, to forestall." The artist's life then, which "obviates the need for guilt feeling," is one in which he has noticed guilt but has found ways of preempting it. He has refused to feel guilty, or rather, to feel hampered by it. Winnicott concludes his eleven-and-a-half-line section "The Creative Artist" in an appropriately tantalizing way: "Ordinary guilt-ridden people find this bewildering yet they have a sneaking regard for ruthlessness that does in fact, in such circumstances, achieve more than guilt-driven labour."'

Mostly negative discussion of the TED talk on the Slate culture podcast

They ask if Mark Eitzel is supposed to let Germans draw on his body

good lord this ted talk is all over my facebook feed, go to hell acquaintances.

I really tried to watch the TED Talk with an open mind...but the whole bringing out the crate followed by the theatrical pause really got my hackles up and I only made it as far as "I didn't use to make my living from playing music" before I had to shut it off.

― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 4 March 2013 16:52 (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

exactly my experience

I made it to the crashpad in Miami with a family undocumented immigrants...it's still the eyebrows, i can't

so basically, literally and metaphorically, people give you money and you give them flowers

leo, i don't care for your demeanor

that Winnicott bit is fascinating and difficult stuff (which which on first reflection I'd disagree just instinctively; aren't plenty of artists driven by feelings of guilt?), the very sort of thing AP sort of doesn't want to engage

Artists driven by wanting to be artists and do artist things.

I made it to the crashpad in Miami with a family undocumented immigrants...it's still the eyebrows, i can't

They always remind me of the cowardly lion, except I liked the cowardly lion.

http://www.theunnecesarean.com/storage/uncle-leo.jpg

http://foundmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/catholicgrandmother.jpg

I made it to the crashpad

read that as "crapshed"

i feel bad for making fun of her ridiculous eyebrows when there are so many other more relevant things to make fun of her for

I hear you, but the eyebrows are INSANE.

If it was something she couldn't help, I'd feel bad.

alopecia palmer

Next thing you'll be criticising her for wearing mismatched socks.

if she wore them on her face, then yes I would

That might be her next project.

this woman is a fucking menace:

http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MS22492

People of Letters featuring Amanda Palmer, John Sayles, Jenny Owen Youngs, Neil Gaiman, Emma Swift and Buck 65

maybe palmer and sayles can have an eyebrow-off

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/John_Sayles.jpg/200px-John_Sayles.jpg

I think Amanda Palmer already won the eyebrow-off, then abused the fuck out of it

sayles looks kinda sw0le in that pic

hey nice shirt inigo montoya

How is she a person of letters? Honestly.

She has a working familiarity with letters

I'd like to think that's face Sayles will make when he hears AP's tales of suffering for her art.

"I wrote "Piranha" I don't need this shit"

$10 says she writes her letter on her body, and that it is to herself.

She only knows one letter, "I," amirite?

there's no I in eyebrow

Look into my Is

http://www.hungryi.net/23590380.png

this feels pertinent
http://vimeo.com/58412851

this thread was bad enough without dragging the oatmeal into it :-(

only tangentially.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sequential/stripped-the-final-push

Maura bringing fiah:

http://maura.tumblr.com/post/45293757359/inkwellinkingwell-said-your-rant-makes-zero-sense

I don't think Palmer has ever denied that she was particularly well-placed to make this work and that it's not for everybody. She knows that the fanbase she fostered with Dresden Dolls enabled her to do what she couldn't have done if she was just some new artist straight out of the gate. At least that was her stance last year. Maybe she's changed her tune in the last few months, I haven't watched the TED talk yet.

she's changing the world

Amanda Palmer should launch a Kickstarter fo Veronica Mars, and Veronica Mars should launch a Kickstarter for her. Then they could collaborate on a concept album.

Veronica Mars should be a rap alter-ego.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MutFHKzhjc

Just assume it sucks and don't click on it, because it's horrible.

Why is it everyone thinks they can rap? "Come on, freestyle with us! Anyone can do it!". No they can't!

I clicked on it, only because I assumed it was Kristen Bell badly rapping. No, it's some guy rapping abuot Kristen.

For $2 mil, I will rap, and rap well. Biggest donors get a cameo on my cut.

Oh, of course.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/amanda-palmer-2/

ctrl+f 'eyebrows' = 0 results

missing the point, imo

oops 1 result for eyebrows.

My distrust of her doesn't lie in the fact that she's a woman or who she's married to, it pretty much wholly stems from reading blog posts that were 100% written by her. Useful strawmen tho.