June 10, 2009

SPIN.com has uploaded video showing some songs/readings from the Housing Works event!

June 3, 2009

Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman, backstage at Housing Works / Photo by Kathryn Yu, courtesy of SPIN

Amanda and Neil were at Housing Works in NYC last night, and the store was packed!

Amanda played Astronaut, Perfect Fit, Dear Old House That I Grew Up In, I Google You, and Dark Come Soon (a Tegan and Sara cover).

Neil read the WKAP intro., a new (as yet unpublished) short story (about a very creepy living statue), and a few of the Who Killed Amanda Palmer stories

And, speaking of the Big Book of Who Killed Amanda Palmer, Neil said that, as of last night, there were only 2 copies of the book in North America, and they auctioned off one -- the one Neil read from during this event -- for $1300. This money went directly to Housing Works, a terrific cause!

Amanda and Neil personally did the auctioneering duties. The lucky winner was also promised an unpublished photo of Amanda directly from Kyle Cassidy (who was also in attendance), and autographs from Neil and Amanda, of course.

Before the auction, Amanda and Neil took pre-submitted questions from the audience and asked them of each other. Amanda saved the best for last. She read a fan's question for Neil -- (paraphrasing here...) "are you two dating?" Neil said yes, they had been dating for a few months!

As usual Amanda and Neil were gracious enough to stay late for signings. Thanks to both for a memorable event!

Oh, and the entire event was sponsored by SPIN magazine, as the second installment in their Liner Notes series. Don't miss their coverage off the event.

UPDATE: SPIN reports that the entire event raised $10,000!
UPDATE #2: See SPIN's new gallery of photos from the event.
UPDATE #3: Lauren Goldberg's wonderful photos of the event are on Flickr.
UPDATE #4: Even still yet more pictures

May 10, 2009

Sorry I'm a bit behind on this! The Needle That Sings in Her Heart caught the attention of NPR's All Things Considered this weekend!

Also, a few reviews can be found here. The pulpandcircumstance review is a particularly good read!

1. pulpandcircumstance.blogspot.com
2. Examiner.com
3. Bostonist.com
4. glidemagazine.com
5. Bostonherald.com
6. neverwherecalling.wordpress.com
7. brooklynvegan.com

and


8. amandapalmer.net

Congratulations Amanda, Bogart, and all Lexington High School students involved!

May 6, 2009

Not sure how many tickets are being sold for this June 3rd event, so if you're interested, you should act FAST for "An evening of music and literature" with Amanda and Neil Gaiman!

This event will benefit Housing Works, which helps homeless citizens of NY who are living with HIV and AIDS.

PS. Amanda recently twittered that she's asking Neil to create the setlist. Send him requests via twitter @neilhimself.

UPDATE: Tickets to this event are sold out, but front row tickets will be auctioned are being auctioned NOW soon!!!

UPDATE #2: A cool promo poster can be seen here.

UPDATE #3: See my review of the event here

May 3, 2009

Boston Herald covers Amanda and the Lexington High School drama students.

April 29, 2009

Check it out! Amanda "shares photo postcards from life on the road" with Out.com.

April 24, 2009

climACTS...under a big top. With Amanda.

Amanda Palmer will be ringmaster of the Big Apple Circus Tent on Tuesday, April 28th!

Intrigued? Click here for details from The Theatre Offensive!

April 13, 2009

"Hey!," you might ask, "What's up with Brian?"

As luck would have it, The Dresden Dolls went on hiatus just as Smittener.com sprang to life, and then Amanda released WKAP and did the tour, so it's been pretty much all-Amanda all the time here, with a few exceptions.

But, Brian recently posted info. on the Dresden Dolls myspace page about a TON of projects he's working on. What follows below is a poor-man's summary — please see Brian's epic post for more detail.

Brian has been / is / will be . . .

• * working on the new World/Inferno album. Tour dates are posted here.
• * rehearsing for "The World/Inferno Old Time Radio Broadcast Holiday Show"
• * possibly creating new music and starring in an upcoming production of the play Marat/Sade
• * finished the mixes for the new Black Tape For A Blue Girl album
• * opening for The Pogues
• * playing with Fern Knight at Dances of Vice

Wow!

UPDATE:Boston.com (4/17) has posted a short (i.e., 2-question) interview with Brian about working with WIFS.

April 1, 2009

Pitchfork likes what Amanda is putting down this week.

They've covered her relationship with Roadrunner Records today (be sure to click the little "more" link to see the interview section), and...

Have you heard? "Musicals are back!"

Okay, so that's usually about Mama Mia and High School Musical, and (God help us) Heathers the Musical -- but now hear this:

Pitchfork just noted that she'll be working with current Lexington High School students on an original play. The play happens to incorporate Neutral Milk Hotel's classic In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

March 20, 2009

Amanda Palmer and Annie Clark (of St. Vincent): What's The Use Of Wond'rin'?

Amanda's new video, What's the Use of Wond'rin? will premier at the Boston Underground Film Festival on Saturday, March 21st.

But, you can watch it now on AfterEllen.com

Wow! Simply put, this video is great. And... in light of recent pop music news, let's just say it's also timely.

On a happier note, Amanda seems to be closing in on 1 video for every song on the album. Will we see Have to Drive and Blake Says?

March 19, 2009

SXSW: All for a song—"Palmer blogs, Twitters and answers all of her fan mail to keep in touch with the fans vitally supporting her grassroots career."

March 11, 2009

Attending SXSW? Mark your calendar for AFP.

On March 19th, Amanda's gonna drop some knowledge at SXSW in a session called "Do A 360 Deal With Yourself."

One look at the description of this session, and it's crystal clear why Amanda's included:

"Your band is a startup and you're the CEO, charged with assembling the right team, technology and resources to run your business. Your work contains a strong direct-to-fan component..."

Of course, Amanda's been a fierce self-promoter, both with the band and with her solo album. A 2007 "Hammer Conversation", with Henry Rollins no less, covered some of the same topics. It will be interesting to see how her recent label scuffles have influenced her opinions. Let's hope this session is recorded!

UPDATE:

Amanda Palmer at SXSW (click for full size)

March 3, 2009

The World/Inferno Friendship Society

Huzzah! The World/Inferno Friendship Society announced spring tour dates!

To wit:

February 27, 2009

You can hear alternative tracks from WKAP from the widget above or here.

Don't miss Amanda's track-by-track description!

February 25, 2009

On his blog today, Neil Gaiman notes that the Who Killed Amanda Palmer book is now at the presses! (Hurrah! This is great news, as the book has been subject to misc. delays since late 2008).

In that post, Neil also talks a bit about the success of Coraline and includes the video above where he entertains the crowd with a fairy tale about Amanda's demise.

Enjoy!

February 19, 2009

Amanda's European troubles with the Oasis single and her blog post on the same were picked up this week by The Huffington Post.

Amanda writes,

Funny how this wasn't an issue here in the States... Our MTV long ago decided it would court less controversy if they just stopped playing music videos altogether.

February 16, 2009

adapted from a photo by ooOjasonOoo

What's in the box? Apparently more U.S. tour dates!

Amanda has announced a few additional U.S. tour dates with Vermillion Lies!

The states, at least so far, are TX, LA, AL, FL, NC, and CA.

February 12, 2009

photo by kiddharma

Brian will be guest drumming for Fern Knight in NYC to celebrate the vernal equinox (March 21st).

Dances of Vice is throwing a vernal equinox ball: Le Sacre du Printemps.

Awesome, but don't even think about showing up in your "I Killed Amanda Palmer" t-shirt! The dress code includes "Victorian, Edwardian, Renaissance, Baroque, Paganistic, Carnevale - or formal evening attire." Or, "costumes inspired by fairies, birds, beasts, nymphs and creatures of myth are also welcome."

Sweet! See the Dances of Vice website for more info. and tickets!

February 10, 2009

The Party continues, and Amanda sings a song this time.

February 3, 2009

Fair warning, the clip above is NSFW.

In Amanda's most recent Party On the Internet, she let us peek in on her London photoshoot. What promo/magazine/classy porn site is it for? Let the speculation begin!

Watch out for an abrupt ending as Ustream apparently started paying attention about 68 minutes in!

January 14, 2009

Amanda and a cardboard Obama.

Amanda just announced that she and Brian will be playing a show in Washington, DC to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama!

The show will be at the 9:30 Club, on Jan. 20th of course!, and tickets can be found here.

Others on the bill are michael franti, talib kweli, the honey brothers (with adrian grenier), and jamie burke.

December 25, 2008

What's the Use of Won'drin'?

Best in full-screen mode , so you can get the full whallup, as it were.

Read a little more about this on Amanda's blog.

December 12, 2008

Flyer Art by Fyodor Pavlov.

Mark your calendar! Brian is joining Dances of Vice on January 10th for a night of "the most compelling and risque German cabaret songs of the period."

December 11, 2008

photo by sunsurfr

Amanda is planning an exclusive pre-show show with just 58 tickets available! This special New Year's Eve event is at midnight, prior to the late, late show (doors at 2:00 AM) at the Bowery Ballroom. Looks like Amanda will be sleeping in on Jan. 1st!

December 7, 2008

Amanda Palmer won 2 Boston Music Awards earlier this evening!

1. Female Vocalist of the Year (National) AND
2. Album of the Year (National)

See The Boston Herald for the story about the unusual BMA awards ceremony.

And, here's the full list of award winners.

Congrats, Amanda!

Photo by Beth Hommel

December 2, 2008

When Roadrunner Records suggested to Amanda Palmer that she edit the "Leeds United" video to avoid shots of her belly, they probably never imagined an angry belly uprising. But, that's what they're facing at the moment.

Amanda mentioned Roadrunner's suggestion in her mailing and blog, and soon after, her fans at The Shadowbox started e-mailing Roadrunner with pictures of their own bellies (sometimes with helpful suggestions about what Roadrunner could do with/to itself).

Roadrunner briefly posted the following on their site, but apparently took it down quickly: "We’ve been receiving a lot of belly photos from Amanda Palmer fans recently and decided to host an Amanda Palmer “Show Your Belly Solidarity” contest! Show us your belly for your chance to grab an Amanda Palmer Prize Pack including the newest CD! Our favorite bellies of all shapes and sizes get the prize packs, so grab that webcam, digital camera, cell phone, pencil or chisel, and get those pics over to us!"

This "contest" appears dead, and there has been no further word from Roadrunner or from Amanda about it yet.

The ReBELLYon will not be televised, but it currently appears on TheReBELLYon.com, YouTube, Flickr, and Facebook!

Amanda Palmer: "ONE MORE DISS ON THE BELLY AND THE PONY GETS IT"

UPDATE: This story has now been covered by The Guardian and by Pitchfork (12/03/08)

November 25, 2008

As a running documentary on the WKAP tour, this series will feature "AFP, The Danger Ensemble, Vermillion Lies, The Builders and The Butchers, Zoë Keating, crew, fans, and an all access look at the craziness that ensues...coming to you for the rest of 2008!"

Keep an eye on Amanda's YouTube page for future installments. Parts 0 and 1 are below.

November 20, 2008

Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (press photo)

Amanda was nominated for four Boston Music Awards (BMAs) this week: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Song of the Year, and Female Vocalist of the Year. Boston Music Spotlight has more.