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

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How exactly did it take "a lot of work" for you to see your kid again nine months after you voluntarily left him, Neil?

Lily Dale, Thursday, 21 January 2021 02:05 (three years ago) link

(or her/them, as the case may be - I just realized I don't actually know what gender Neil Gaiman's kid is)

Lily Dale, Thursday, 21 January 2021 02:08 (three years ago) link

He spent months applying for, and being refused, compassionate visas.

shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 21 January 2021 02:17 (three years ago) link

The compassionate thing would be to take the kid away from these two narcissists.

Smokahontas and John Spliff (PBKR), Thursday, 21 January 2021 02:47 (three years ago) link

I imagine the evaluation process was like "soooo, what was the reason you were separated in the first place?" "I broke a bunch of quarantine laws to get away from my partner and kid" and then raised eyebrows, appeal denied. But on this occasion the reviewer asked who the partner was.

assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 21 January 2021 02:54 (three years ago) link

I'm so proud of her

Fetchboy, Thursday, 21 January 2021 03:34 (three years ago) link

Everytime I've walked into a coffeeshop there in aotearoa new zealand, the guy behind the counter has asked me "what can I get you, boss?"

Pre-Raphaelite Brah (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 21 January 2021 09:03 (three years ago) link

I just a left a hipster coffee shop. It was packed with Kiwis, whispering amongst each other about what a commendable job President Biden did with his speech at the Inauguration

٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 January 2021 09:34 (three years ago) link

oh no

well, this tweet also spawned the first time i’ve ever seen “yankee go home” in my feed from a kiwi, so clearly, yes, some people here hate americans. good to know, thanks guys.

takeaway = stick to the coffeeshops, where the people seem to be consistently kind ♥️☕️🙏🏼

— Amanda Palmer 🎹 (@amandapalmer) January 21, 2021

scampish inquisition (gyac), Thursday, 21 January 2021 09:58 (three years ago) link

have to agree with my Kiwi friend there

Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 21 January 2021 10:14 (three years ago) link

They managed to keep out corona but got stuck with Amanda Palmer. Thoughts & prayers for New Zealand in these trying times

Yelp for gyros (wins), Thursday, 21 January 2021 10:28 (three years ago) link

How much should you tip when your server applauds you for your nationality?

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 21 January 2021 11:25 (three years ago) link

if there were any justice the tips would be going to Amanda

Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 21 January 2021 11:32 (three years ago) link

I fee like we have over looked an important detail:

just walked into a coffeeshop here in aotearoa new zealand and everybody behind the counter

So two people

chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link

lol that's the best bit

kinder, Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:39 (three years ago) link

TS: Living Through Pandemic for One Year or Living with Amanda Palmer for One Year

Smokahontas and John Spliff (PBKR), Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link

It also stretches belief that she had not told those people who she was

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:48 (three years ago) link

I've seen it pointed out that it just being the staff makes it more likely - "maybe this will get her to tip with money rather than hugs"

Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link

first prize for loud clapping is getting to sing a track on the new amanda palmer album

second prize is singing on two tracks

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link

They managed to keep out corona but got stuck with Amanda Palmer. Thoughts & prayers for New Zealand in these trying times

― Yelp for gyros (wins), Thursday, January 21, 2021 5:28 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

there seems to be sufficient evidence that the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is avoiding amanda palmer

, Thursday, 21 January 2021 15:05 (three years ago) link

It also stretches belief that she had not told those people who she was

come on - i simply cant imagine that amanda palmer could find a way to bring up the election and talk about herself while placing her coffee order. nope, simply not possible. it was "spontaneous".

nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 21 January 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link

How many people were behind this coffee counter exactly?
I'd say you need 20-25 people applauding pretty bloody hard for it to count as an eruption. Anything else is a light round or a golf clap.

Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 21 January 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link

i see we have covered this

Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 21 January 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link

Okay so clearly this was a flashmob

Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 21 January 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link

The slow hand clap means something different in the US, right?

kinder, Thursday, 21 January 2021 15:41 (three years ago) link

I wanted to go to New Zealand but they told me I'd have to stay in my hotel room for two weeks until they could be sure I wasn't Amanda Palmer

Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 21 January 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link

It also stretches belief that she had not told those people who she was
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:48

I like to picture an unpaid intern preceding her to hand out "you have met me" cards, like Steve Martin did.

the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 21 January 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link

"And I said to myself: this is fair."

jmm, Thursday, 21 January 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link

takeaway = stick to the coffeeshops, where the people seem to be consistently kind ♥️☕️🙏🏼

I checked but somehow she has continued tweeting after this?

come on - i simply cant imagine that amanda palmer could find a way to bring up the election and talk about herself while placing her coffee order. nope, simply not possible. it was "spontaneous".

tbf I assume that after ten months in an airbnb in a town of 60,000, staff at a place she goes to regularly "not knowing who she is but knowing the loud lady with a loud American accent and fake eyebrows is American" is probably as common as she says

shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 21 January 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link

Lol, "the guy I talked to about the inauguration the day before clapped and said congrats" is not quite the same story.

Inside there's a box and that box has another box within (Sund4r), Friday, 22 January 2021 04:10 (three years ago) link

guys, let's try to get her twitter banned for spreading misinformation and FAKE NEWS

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 22 January 2021 04:57 (three years ago) link

(update: town of 15k now we've narrowed it down, too)

shivers me timber (sic), Friday, 22 January 2021 05:29 (three years ago) link

first the Hawke's Bay region had that earthquake in 1931 and now they have to deal with THIS

Pre-Raphaelite Brah (King Boy Pato), Friday, 22 January 2021 11:36 (three years ago) link

brilliant

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 22 January 2021 12:53 (three years ago) link

I'm imagining a version of No Exit with Donald Trump and Amanda Palmer stuck in a room forever ... hopefully I wouldn't be the third person.

sarahell, Friday, 22 January 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link

sarahell is other peo- ah, forget it

imago, Friday, 22 January 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link

just c&p to "username/post" lj

sarahell, Friday, 22 January 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link

lol @ kiwis getting riled up over ppl believing or doubting this story

Left, Friday, 22 January 2021 19:12 (three years ago) link

fwiw, i'd be pretty riled up if i were falsely accused of participating in a standing ovation for this clown too!

soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 22 January 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link

eight months pass...

dear god

talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Thursday, 7 October 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link

don't make the mistake I did and start reading the comments

a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 7 October 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link

don't make the mistake I did and let jon's advice to not start reading the comments induce you to stubbornly start reading the comments

Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 7 October 2021 20:57 (two years ago) link

i'm gonna guess they're pro-rape

St. Twel'mo, or the Cuneiform Cyclopedist of Chattanooga (President Keyes), Thursday, 7 October 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link

i mean, that's probably in there too, had i scrolled farther, but no. it's no surprise that YouTube comments are a cesspool, but it's not like these are offensive in the traditional sense, rather offensive and terrifying in that there is apparently some alternate layer of reality superimposed on ours in which Amanda Palmer is the epitome of creative genius and this song is the most powerful artistic creation ever uploaded to the internet.

a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 7 October 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link

Ok, that is obviously extremely "on the nose," but I think that may be the best thing that Amanda Palmer has ever done. I don't think it's "creative genius", but it's not the worst idea in the world and they executed it pretty well. Additionally, I really like the natural eyebrow look as opposed to her trademark artsy doodle thing.

peace, man, Thursday, 7 October 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link

that's it, folks. im never listening to music ever again.

kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 7 October 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link

jeezo beezo that's bad

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 October 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link


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