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lemonade kid
Old Love
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 Posted - 06/11/2011 : 00:04:58
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Amanda ("F#cking") Palmer, sometimes with The Jane Austen Argument
As she is known...here in the intro from the Aussie Tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdEhfqATqB4&feature=related
Amada Palmer Goes Down Under is a fine album.
The new generation making some good music. I hear some 60's roots and of course she loves Arthur Lee.....
(F#ck It, I'm Gonna Go To)Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FgaTzVGpeo
Guitar Hero - "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" Video Series: Part 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJVWSu5Nfi8&feature=relmfu
Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer[4] (born April 30, 1976), sometimes known as Amanda F#cking Palmer,[1][2] is an American performer who first rose to prominence as the lead singer, pianist, and lyricist/composer of the duo The Dresden Dolls.[5] She has since started a solo career, and is also one half of the Evelyn Evelyn duo.
[edit] Solo career
Palmer (left) as one half of Evelyn Evelyn, with Jason Webley.
Palmer's solo album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, was released on September 16, 2008.[20] Ben Folds produced and also played on the album.[21][22] The title is a play on an expression used by fans during Twin Peaks' original run, "Who killed Laura Palmer?" A companion book of photos of Palmer looking as if she were murdered was released in July 2009 featuring photography by Kyle Cassidy and accompanying writing by Neil Gaiman.
August Strindberg was indirectly referenced in a song by Palmer titled "Strength Through Music," which contains an audio clip of a web cartoon called Strindberg and Helium. The cartoon almost exclusively quotes Strindberg's work.
In July 2007, Palmer played three sold out shows (in Boston, Hoboken, and NYC) in a rare "with band" format. Her backing band was Boston alternative rock group Aberdeen City, who also opened along with Dixie Dirt. In August 2007, Amanda traveled to perform in the Spiegeltent and other venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, and also performed on BBC Two's The Edinburgh Show. She collaborated with Australian theater company, The Danger Ensemble; both again appeared at the Spiegeltent in Melbourne and at other venues around Australia in December 2007. In September 2007 Palmer collaborated with Jason Webley to release Evelyn Evelyn's debut EP "Elephant Elephant" via Jason's Eleven Records. In June 2008, Palmer established her solo career with two well-received performances with the Boston Pops.[23][24][25] In Autumn 2008, she toured Europe with Jason Webley, Zoe Keating and The Danger Ensemble, performing songs mostly from her debut solo album. She did most of the shows with a broken foot she had sustained in Ireland when a car ran over her foot as she stepped out into a street.[26] In April 2009, she played at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.[15]
In 2009, Palmer went back to her alma mater, Lexington High School in Massachusetts to collaborate with her old director and mentor Steven Bogart on a workshop piece for the department's spring production. The play, With The Needle That Sings In Her Heart was inspired by Neutral Milk Hotel's album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and The Diary of Anne Frank.[27] It received an overwhelmingly positive response from the Lexington community and abroad. NPR's Avishay Artsy interviewed the cast in a piece featured on All Things Considered on closing night of the production.[28] Amanda described this process as "what it's all about" in her blog.[citation needed]
From August to October 2010, she performed in Cabaret at the A.R.T. in Boston, Massachusetts. She played the emcee, collaborating with long-time associates Lance Horne (music director), Steven Mitchell Wright of The Danger Ensemble ("movement master/choreographer"), and Steven Bogart (director, Amanda's high school drama teacher who directed the Lexington High School production of the Neutral Milk Hotel-inspired "With the Needle That Sings In Her Heart").[29][30][31]
Palmer has increasingly used the ukulele in her career,[32] including open to all ages and free ninja gigs in public locations.[citation needed]
[edit] Use of the Internet
Palmer is noted for her use of the Internet, regularly using the latest innovations to make new fans and connect with old ones. This includes her forum,[33] her blog,[34] use of many free music and social networking sites, fund raising, and direct-to-fan marketing.[35]
Controversies
Dispute with Roadrunner Records, fans' "ReBellyon"
After the release of her music video for the song "Leeds United," Palmer sparked controversy with a post in her blog. She claimed Roadrunner Records had wanted to pull certain shots from the video that exposed her stomach, because "...they thought I looked fat." After her fans read about this, they posted pictures of their stomachs online with messages to Roadrunner, lyrics, and words of comfort. They then sent their pictures to the record label, and started a web site.[citation needed] The fans coined a term for the movement: The ReBellyon, and put together a book, "The Belly Book," of over 600 pictures and stories from fans. The book was sold over the internet to fans all over the world.[36] Pitchfork Magazine[37] and The Guardian[38] were among publications reporting on the controversy.
Partly because of the Leeds video controversy,[citation needed] Palmer attempted to disengage from her contract with Roadrunner Records, going as far as composing and performing a song called "Please Drop Me," which asked the label to free her from the contract.[39][40]
After a long legal battle between Palmer and Roadrunner, and her repetitive pleas to discontinue her contract with Roadrunner, Palmer announced[3] that Roadrunner Records finally released her from their label. Her appreciation was punctuated with another new song: "Do You Swear to Tell the Truth the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth So Help Your Black Ass" as a free download to celebrate her new freedom. She repeated the announcement during an appearance on the Australian music quiz show Spicks and Specks.[41] -wiki
Bad Wine And Lemon Cake...live audio with The Jane Austin Argument
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQliRNdiV8o&feature=related
Everybody's Gotta Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glq_vb0A-yg
In My Mind on the "uke"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9WZtxRWieM&feature=related
Look Mummy, No Hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgujsG0Bk8k&feature=related
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 06/11/2011 00:31:36 |
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Amanda "F#cking" Palmer & The Jane Austen Argument
