There appears to be a dead body on the bed. This man looks suspiciously familiar.
June_Miller
· 5 months ago
HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
I'm sorry, I just finally posted to the latest one, and then this one pops up and YOU'RE KICKING IT WITH ADAM (motherfucking) SAVAGE. OH MY GOD AWESOME. (Though Jamie's my personal favorite. I love the curmudgeons.)
I'm a fucking DORK for that show. I've totally always seen that sign in the background on some episodes, and agreed wholeheartedly while chuckling.
What a whole lotta win.
...
Tonight, man. Tonight.
Shelby
· 5 months ago
Oh Dear Amanda FUCKING Palmer, You kinda make my life. Having the week from hell right now, well at least one of them in a series of a couple hundred. Thanks for the much needed smile :-) You should come back to Cambridge and rock out with us cool massachusetts/rhode island/connecticut (they should really just make the three of us one state -- massanecticut island?). Keep it Real ~ Shelby, Pawtucket RI
Amy
· 5 months ago
The many implications starring in that last shot are all FANTASTICALLY human :D Win.
joshdamon
· 5 months ago
Sounds like you're getting a best of the Bay Area experience this weekend. Wait 'til you see the contraptions at the Fire Arts Festival! We've got some incredibly talented fire bugs over here.
marcochirinos
· 5 months ago
Great post. The photos you take are always a joy to look at.
mmmmmmyeah that sounds like so so much fun. Neil Gaiman + AFP = MAGIC
Vicster
· 5 months ago
Aw, I wish I could make it over to Fire Arts to see your show, but my cat and I just had a $450 week at the vet so Fun Stuff is kind of on hold for now.
They shoot some of Mythbusters at the Alameda navy base, not far from my apartment. I'm always jealous that they get to hang out on the runways...I'm dying to do a photostroll on those runways! :-)
I'm sure you'll slay at Fire Arts tonight! Have fun!
csdaley
· 5 months ago
I am just glad you made it off the Mythbusters set alive. Those people are dangerous.
avandamanders
· 5 months ago
The silliest, (albeit seemingly unrelated) bit about being freshly in love:
CRANBERRY JUICE.
I'm wincing and grinning for you, dearest. Yay for love.
Ps. Mythbusters=WIN
kaiudanielle
· 5 months ago
You just won lots of kudos. Mythbusters is fucking amazing. No joke, and the fact that you got to meet Adam Savage, and go on the set of Mythbusters, what many of us Discovery Channel nerds would kill (well not really) to do- is fantasmic! Rock on girl! Glad you had fun. Break a leg!
kaiudanielle
· 5 months ago
the fact that you got to go on the set of Mythbusters, and meet Adam Savage- gives many kudos toward you. You did what most of us Discovery Channel nerds only dream of, and would kill (not really) to do. So rock on, and have fun with your vacation, and all that you do. Break a leg, I'm proud of you. (Even though we've never met.)
Aline_Go
· 5 months ago
Dear Amanda, Today I went for shopping in town (Liège in Belgium) and in the music store, in row P, just by chance, I found a DVD with the videos of "Who Killed Amanda Palmer". I didn't know this DVD was existing. There was only one. I jumped on it I bought it. Once at home, I played it on tv. And after the last scene, an interview late at night somewhere outside (with the date of December 2009!!!?), I felt - and I still feel - moved to tears I don't know why. What you said about your desire to feel connected with the people, and all the rest, and your music in background, I don't know why all this made me happy, and made me want to cry, and I wanted to kiss everybody and to make love to my boyfriend. Thank you Amanda for giving me this feeling today.... Aline
LeslieLi
· 5 months ago
I always thought it might be cool to work for Google and now you've confirmed it. Thanks, Amanda : )
kyprieth
· 5 months ago
I think it is utterly fantastic to see you guys tweet and blog about these fabulous adventures. Amanda, you seem to have an uncanny ability to find yourself spending time with people I admire and respect. Mr. Neil Gaiman, Gerard and Lyn-Z, Adam Savage, and I DO recall seeing a photo of you and Jimmy Urine from Mindless Self Indulgence floating around the internet a while ago).
kjleftin
· 5 months ago
Amanda, I thought you were great at Google, as usual. After seeing you in all sorts of crazy settings over the last 5 years around the Boston area, I never thought I'd just get to watch a private show at my job during the middle of the day.
Also, we don't actually have an official Google Bar (although Microsoft used to have one of their own). We just use the bar called "Sports Page" that is conveniently right off campus and pretty much only filled with Googlers and code name it "Building 50".
Thanks for making my day at work (more) awesome!
Set List for those who care: Blake Says Astronaut Tainted Love Coin Op' Boy I Google You (x3)
Trizia
· 5 months ago
A college friend turned me on to you like two years ago, I've been in awe ever since. Have fun at the show
NotShauna
· 5 months ago
This blog-a-day-thing is making my life brighter. Keep it up. Also, a little something I thought you might enjoy. [IMG]http://i25.tinypic.com/205a2x1.jpg[/IMG] Thankyou for being awesome & inspirational .
Love.
chaynicole
· 5 months ago
happiness :) *and total jealousy on my part*
steve
· 5 months ago
Mythbusters AND Amanda Palmer together! At last, the universe makes sense!
Zomino
· 5 months ago
"fact: musicians nowadays are expected to be accessible. discuss."
Maybe it's just my growth through music but I think that generally there has been a movement away from stadium rock. There's a push for more genuine, personal music and artists who fake their musicianship are deemed less credible (see: Ashley Simpson lip-syncing mishap). With that more intimate exposure through music I see fans assuming they know the artist personally and want to have access to the person.
I've never met Tori Amos or Ani DiFranco or Trent Reznor and I've never held a conversation with AFP (although I did get a hug that rivals any other in my life) but I appreciate the different levels of accessibility they all seem to give willingly. I don't think I would stop loving the music if these people scaled down their accessibility. Nor would I blame them for doing so.
AFP, don't worry so much about the blogs being too-much/little-this-or-that. You share so much already; anything you want to put out there should fit you, not the audience. <3
nrc
· 5 months ago
Google? Mythbusters? Neil continues to emerge as the secret hub that all my interests rotate around and it seems that you're now in charge of revealing all the connections. Creepy.
>fact: musicians nowadays are expected to be accessible. discuss.
Yes. People expect a lot of things these days. That doesn't mean that they're reasonable. Today people want what they want, they want it now, and they want it free - or as close to free as possible. How do you convince them that you're worth more than "free"?
Music choices have exploded. Today anyone with a computer can record music and offer it to the world. Without big budget promotion, fan communities are essential to the artist. They help sustain people's interest, alert them to upcoming events, and give them a sense of shared experience that goes beyond simply enjoying the music. As part of a community most fans feel a desire to support the artist rather than simply consume their work.
Thriving communities require effort to sustain - a lot of effort from a few people, or a little effort from a lot of people. Keeping a community at critical mass is essential. Artist involvement is one of the most effective ways to establish and sustain a community. So a lot of artists are doing it and more and more fans are coming to expect it.
We seem to have deconstructed the notion of a rock star. With the rising awareness that there's really not much difference between you and me, how will the loss of mystique affect popular music as it evolves? It will be interesting to see, but I'm not sure all the affects are good.
Lizzzardette
· 5 months ago
I love your today's "end-of-blog" picture. You look so, hmm, contented. Glad your life's working out so well for you at the moment! Brightens our days as well :)
Kelly
· 5 months ago
Your entries make me smile!
Kelly
· 5 months ago
And I just noticed Neil in the background of the last pic, and that makes me smile even more. HA
amyamyamyamy
· 5 months ago
dear Amanda Palmer,
you have such lovely teeth!
love Amy
bodnoirbabe
· 5 months ago
In regards to your talking point, about musicians needing to be accessible, I would have to disagree. Musicians, if they are SMART, make themselves accessible. We can certainly still have the big name hits like Bono etc, but when you're that famous, accessibility isn't very practical. But when you're up and coming, like you, Amanda, becoming personal with your fans is the best way. The old way of music is dying, the whole label thing. People are coming into their own fame through the internet and word of mouth more than ever. You've achieved pretty grand notoriety by your own feats. Your label hasn't done really shit all to promote you but here you are, adored by millions, followed by thousands.
I think that was a smart move on your part. And I don't think you sat there and calculated out how to do it, you just are that way. You just are into your fans and they are into you and so you want to share as much as you can with us and we can't get enough. Anyone who has an ounce of brain in their head will see what kind of impact you've made and follow what you're doing. You're the 21st century kind of artist, and I even believe you're the first of your kind.
galacticsimian
· 5 months ago
I think it's amazing how amazing people seem to flock together. Amanda Fucking Palmer + Neil Gaiman + Adam Savage = incredible triple awesome package bonus combo! Now all you have to do is meet Noel Fielding and it'll all be complete!
PS: I'm so happy you've discovered the magic of the Boosh. Maybe you could cover some of their songs! ^-^
Greta
· 5 months ago
I second June_Miller when she says "YOU'RE KICKING IT WITH ADAM (motherfucking) SAVAGE. OH MY GOD AWESOME. (Though Jamie's my personal favorite. I love the curmudgeons.)"
Seriously. AFP is in the Mythbusters studio! Does this get any cooler? Not much... though it'd be entirely too wicked if you randomly managed to spend time with Ariellah (dark fusion bellydancer... actually, I believe I mentioned her in my comment on your last blog post xD) while you were in SF. Damn I need to move out there, it seems to be the place to be! Must get in to Stanford, must get in to Stanford *goes into trance repeating this mantra*
Anyway, the pie looks delicious, I hope you enjoyed it! (from the looks of it, you did ;) Google sounds... epic. To say the least.
Warmest regards and all sorts of best wishes for the rest of your trip-- can't wait for the next blog! -Greta
geetwo
· 5 months ago
'Fact: musicians nowadays are expected to be accessible. discuss. ?" OK I think with the emergence of the internet allowing everyday folk to peer into others lives, be it musicians and other randomly famous people, that there is a weird, "I know you already" thing going on. So it might not be that people expect you to be accessible, but feel there is a connection - for lack of better word - that makes them more at ease than they would of been 5 years ago to interact in that way... Orrrrr - Twitter has just made everyone think everyone else will tell them anything they want to know. I am sure its one of those. If it does not make sense, put yourself in a Sunday morning mind frame and it all should be good.
linuxchic420
· 5 months ago
damn, girl. mythbusters! i love the episode when adam falls off the treadmill while exercising drunk!
Annie
· 5 months ago
Hey. I'm pretty sure thousands of people asked before, but... where the hell are dresden's original videos? I searched youtube, but they're missing; where could I find them??
Jacinta
· 5 months ago
Dear Amanda, you are love. I live in a radical feminist lesbian/ bi/ poly/ hippy/ vegan/ environmentalist normal body haired artist maenad bacchae household and we are all much enamoured of you and Neil.
Assuming you are using the cranberry juice for purposes similar to the nasty antibiotic-needing event, I can tell you from working with pregnant women (where the urethra is effectively shortened and it's easier to get UTIs) that the active ingredient in cranberry that helps with infection is d-mannose, it works by preventing bacteria from adhering to the lining of the bladder. Also in cranberry juice, especially sweetened cranberry juice are sugars that will feed the bacteria and cause them to multiply - so if possible get straight d-mannose minus the cranberry, it's sold in powered form. I'm in Australia and couldn't find it anywhere and so shipped it from New Zealand but I think in the US you can get it from most pharmacies. This is assuming that the UTI is caused by E-Coli; if it's another organism D-Mannose won't be as effective. It's worth looking into anyway.. hope you feel better.
We are in Melbourne and hope that when you come to Melbourne later this year many beach ninja parties will ensue.. we will bring vegan cupcakes. And bodypaint!
Defixiones
· 5 months ago
HOLY. LIVING. FUCK.
It's AFP and Gaiman chilling with a bottle of fucking cranberry juice. Your grin looks cheeky.
Amy
· 5 months ago
I so love you and Neil together, the cuteness factor is waay over the roof! <3
royalmurph
· 5 months ago
Did you know cranberry actually loses it's antibacterial properties as soon as sugar is introduced? Better off with freeze-dried cranberry! I suggest the stuff from Mountain Rose Herbs: http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/learn/cranberr... They are a great company!
Also, d'aaw Neil making midnight cranberry juice trips. :)
derekT
· 5 months ago
Hey Amanda! Ok So I think I have a topic for you. Can you please back me up when I say that saving yourself for your first concert should be special? I mean i know it sounds corny but seriously i'm saving myself for you, cuz i cannot WAIT to finally see a REAL artist who i actually PAY for all of her music instead of just downloading it for free cuz it's hip and in the now. Also on that note my reasons for you to pop my Concert Cherry! :-D lol is because my boyfriend and best friend dont understand your music and your metaphors and i think its all fucking brilliant! But in a way i kinda like being the only one who loves your music...it makes me feel like i have a deeper connection to a musical genius that nobody can share.. lol i sound so dorky. Anyway if there is anyway i can help out you let me know, i would love to help out a talented person whenever it indeed is possible.
:-D
3pike
· 5 months ago
I'll stop reading your blog soon. It makes my life to appear even more lame
3pike
· 5 months ago
I'll stop reading your blog. It makes my life to appear even more lame. Adam. Adam...
Natalierose
· 5 months ago
Amanda Palmer and Adam Savage in the same room?!
My life just go so much better.
lisahillmer
· 5 months ago
From one lady to another: If you always pee after amorous entanglements, you won't need the cranberry juice.
All Comments
I'm sorry, I just finally posted to the latest one, and then this one pops up and YOU'RE KICKING IT WITH ADAM (motherfucking) SAVAGE. OH MY GOD AWESOME. (Though Jamie's my personal favorite. I love the curmudgeons.)
I'm a fucking DORK for that show. I've totally always seen that sign in the background on some episodes, and agreed wholeheartedly while chuckling.
What a whole lotta win.
...
Tonight, man. Tonight.
You kinda make my life. Having the week from hell right now, well at least one of them in a series of a couple hundred. Thanks for the much needed smile :-) You should come back to Cambridge and rock out with us cool massachusetts/rhode island/connecticut (they should really just make the three of us one state -- massanecticut island?).
Keep it Real
~ Shelby, Pawtucket RI
Win.
"fact: musicians nowadays are expected to be accessible. discuss."
long live reality.
http://www.e6townhall.com/showthread.php?t=14337
I'll enjoy it while it lasts... until you get sick of it :-)
x
Just had to share. :P
<33
The mythbusters visit sounds cool too. i'm addicted to that show.
They shoot some of Mythbusters at the Alameda navy base, not far from my apartment. I'm always jealous that they get to hang out on the runways...I'm dying to do a photostroll on those runways! :-)
I'm sure you'll slay at Fire Arts tonight! Have fun!
CRANBERRY JUICE.
I'm wincing and grinning for you, dearest. Yay for love.
Ps. Mythbusters=WIN
Today I went for shopping in town (Liège in Belgium) and in the music store, in row P, just by chance, I found a DVD with the videos of "Who Killed Amanda Palmer". I didn't know this DVD was existing. There was only one. I jumped on it I bought it. Once at home, I played it on tv. And after the last scene, an interview late at night somewhere outside (with the date of December 2009!!!?), I felt - and I still feel - moved to tears I don't know why. What you said about your desire to feel connected with the people, and all the rest, and your music in background, I don't know why all this made me happy, and made me want to cry, and I wanted to kiss everybody and to make love to my boyfriend. Thank you Amanda for giving me this feeling today.... Aline
Also, we don't actually have an official Google Bar (although Microsoft used to have one of their own). We just use the bar called "Sports Page" that is conveniently right off campus and pretty much only filled with Googlers and code name it "Building 50".
Thanks for making my day at work (more) awesome!
Set List for those who care:
Blake Says
Astronaut
Tainted Love
Coin Op' Boy
I Google You (x3)
Also, a little something I thought you might enjoy.
[IMG]http://i25.tinypic.com/205a2x1.jpg[/IMG]
Thankyou for being awesome & inspirational .
Love.
*and total jealousy on my part*
Maybe it's just my growth through music but I think that generally there has been a movement away from stadium rock. There's a push for more genuine, personal music and artists who fake their musicianship are deemed less credible (see: Ashley Simpson lip-syncing mishap). With that more intimate exposure through music I see fans assuming they know the artist personally and want to have access to the person.
I've never met Tori Amos or Ani DiFranco or Trent Reznor and I've never held a conversation with AFP (although I did get a hug that rivals any other in my life) but I appreciate the different levels of accessibility they all seem to give willingly. I don't think I would stop loving the music if these people scaled down their accessibility. Nor would I blame them for doing so.
AFP, don't worry so much about the blogs being too-much/little-this-or-that. You share so much already; anything you want to put out there should fit you, not the audience. <3
>fact: musicians nowadays are expected to be accessible. discuss.
Yes. People expect a lot of things these days. That doesn't mean that they're reasonable. Today people want what they want, they want it now, and they want it free - or as close to free as possible. How do you convince them that you're worth more than "free"?
Music choices have exploded. Today anyone with a computer can record music and offer it to the world. Without big budget promotion, fan communities are essential to the artist. They help sustain people's interest, alert them to upcoming events, and give them a sense of shared experience that goes beyond simply enjoying the music. As part of a community most fans feel a desire to support the artist rather than simply consume their work.
Thriving communities require effort to sustain - a lot of effort from a few people, or a little effort from a lot of people. Keeping a community at critical mass is essential. Artist involvement is one of the most effective ways to establish and sustain a community. So a lot of artists are doing it and more and more fans are coming to expect it.
We seem to have deconstructed the notion of a rock star. With the rising awareness that there's really not much difference between you and me, how will the loss of mystique affect popular music as it evolves? It will be interesting to see, but I'm not sure all the affects are good.
you have such lovely teeth!
love Amy
I think that was a smart move on your part. And I don't think you sat there and calculated out how to do it, you just are that way. You just are into your fans and they are into you and so you want to share as much as you can with us and we can't get enough. Anyone who has an ounce of brain in their head will see what kind of impact you've made and follow what you're doing. You're the 21st century kind of artist, and I even believe you're the first of your kind.
PS: I'm so happy you've discovered the magic of the Boosh. Maybe you could cover some of their songs! ^-^
Seriously. AFP is in the Mythbusters studio! Does this get any cooler? Not much... though it'd be entirely too wicked if you randomly managed to spend time with Ariellah (dark fusion bellydancer... actually, I believe I mentioned her in my comment on your last blog post xD) while you were in SF. Damn I need to move out there, it seems to be the place to be! Must get in to Stanford, must get in to Stanford *goes into trance repeating this mantra*
Anyway, the pie looks delicious, I hope you enjoyed it! (from the looks of it, you did ;) Google sounds... epic. To say the least.
Warmest regards and all sorts of best wishes for the rest of your trip-- can't wait for the next blog! -Greta
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OK
I think with the emergence of the internet allowing everyday folk to peer into others lives, be it musicians and other randomly famous people, that there is a weird, "I know you already" thing going on. So it might not be that people expect you to be accessible, but feel there is a connection - for lack of better word - that makes them more at ease than they would of been 5 years ago to interact in that way...
Orrrrr - Twitter has just made everyone think everyone else will tell them anything they want to know. I am sure its one of those. If it does not make sense, put yourself in a Sunday morning mind frame and it all should be good.
where the hell are dresden's original videos? I searched youtube, but they're missing; where could I find them??
Assuming you are using the cranberry juice for purposes similar to the nasty antibiotic-needing event, I can tell you from working with pregnant women (where the urethra is effectively shortened and it's easier to get UTIs) that the active ingredient in cranberry that helps with infection is d-mannose, it works by preventing bacteria from adhering to the lining of the bladder. Also in cranberry juice, especially sweetened cranberry juice are sugars that will feed the bacteria and cause them to multiply - so if possible get straight d-mannose minus the cranberry, it's sold in powered form. I'm in Australia and couldn't find it anywhere and so shipped it from New Zealand but I think in the US you can get it from most pharmacies. This is assuming that the UTI is caused by E-Coli; if it's another organism D-Mannose won't be as effective. It's worth looking into anyway.. hope you feel better.
We are in Melbourne and hope that when you come to Melbourne later this year many beach ninja parties will ensue.. we will bring vegan cupcakes. And bodypaint!
It's AFP and Gaiman chilling with a bottle of fucking cranberry juice.
Your grin looks cheeky.
They are a great company!
Also, d'aaw Neil making midnight cranberry juice trips. :)
:-D
My life just go so much better.