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hollajack.com — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:58:33 -0000

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monkeypainter — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:40:00 -0000

yes mam you can :) FUCKING AMEN!!!

signed, one of the hidden rabbit artists ^,^

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monkeypainter — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:40:22 -0000

yes mam you can :) FUCKING AMEN!!!

signed, one of the hidden rabbit artists ^,^

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Jason — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:47:00 -0000

Using CAPS to make yr WORDS louder is SILLY Ms. PANTS! I would be honored to rock the stage with one Amanda F Palmer, I would demand a photo as well.... it is in my contract. I would take the hug as well. Look it is one night, it is not like she is taking these people on tour, there is no per diem, they have to do very little! Show up, rock on, and love. If you do not want to be paid in hugs, do not volunteer your time with Amanda. End of story.

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Jennifer — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:59:00 -0000

Does this mean you will be letting the artists that are working for "hugs, beer and merch" put a tip jar out at your concerts? Because the issue is not with YOU making money. It's with you NOT respecting other musicians and asking them to put THEIR art out there with NO compensation.

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Jason — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:47:12 -0000

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Jennifer — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:59:46 -0000

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Jkjk — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:44:00 -0000

No if you bitches want money go out and get it, work for it, make those deals, don't steal it from those that really dont' give a flying fucking about your shitty art!

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Jkjk — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:44:57 -0000

No if you bitches want money go out and get it, work for it, make those deals, don't steal it from those that really dont' give a flying fucking about your shitty art!

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Vnbarnes — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:16:00 -0000

It is funny to see punk rockers try to "out punk" rock each other. This sounds like a kick off for a pissing contest over "whose more hard core". SHUT UP!!

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Vnbarnes — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:16:33 -0000

It is funny to see punk rockers try to "out punk" rock each other. This sounds like a kick off for a pissing contest over "whose more hard core". SHUT UP!!

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SEO Melbourne — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:43:00 -0000

nice post i like it

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sana — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:43:35 -0000

nice post i like it

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Avalonspawn — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:00:00 -0000

AFP has always had the in-your-face attitude you are not fond of, which also comes through her art and makes it what it has become... how dare you tell her to "Lose
the divatude". Why don't you just go ahead and ask the Mona Lisa to
lose her overly cheerful disposition? It's not going to happen dude, and if you don't like her then that's just
fine and dandy... drop YOUR "divatude" and move on. Besides, have you even looked at how much the artists make after all of the cuts? It is sickening.

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Avalonspawn — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:15 -0000

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mattehdeh — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:45:00 -0000

I'm pretty sure you can hear stuff off the internet, and the
radio, and the television for free, and thats how you hear chunks of a cd. The
problem with that model is that the tv's a re usually flooded with mainstream
drollop, the radio's have their own agenda too. And all that corporate system
is controlled by, well, the corporations. If you want to listen to something of
a new artist, or an artist you like who doesnty have airtime, you go online.
And there's heaps of free shit online. That's one reason why everyone kicked up
a stink about SOPA.

I don't see it as bad manners to pass the hat around, and if someone has
already paid for a concert ticket, or bought an album, then they aren't being
told to contriubute a compulsory 10% of their earnings to further their
favourite artists career. This isn't a bloody church for christ's sake. I don't
think its rude to ask, I think it's rude to ask in a rude way.

And it's fine to say "charge me to cover your costs to create the product
I enjoy" but what if the creator is relying on your money to pay rent and
buy food? That's the big debate here. Okay, charge an extra dollar on top of
your production costs. Call it - I dunno, due proceeds to the creative mind behind
the project. Now, if that product reaches ten people. 10 bucks goes to whoever
decided to create the product, after they cover the production costs for that
one product. But what if they made 100 units? That’s still 90% of the
production costs that haven’t been accounted for. Okay, so they don’t make a
unit until they have demand. What if they suddenly get hit with a massive
demand? They end up with a waiting list of six months, and people start asking
for their money back because we live in a culture of “I paid for it, I want it
now”. What if they sell the 100 units? They cover their production costs and
have 100 dollars in their pockets. Woohoo! Oh hang on... Rent, food, (and
distribution costs if they weren’t factored in to the production costs).

This model sounds great if you have another job while you ‘create
art on the side’. But unfortunately it’s just not viable as a business. And
unfortunately in this society, if you want to make art your business, you have
to treat it like a business and sacrifice some of your ‘art for free’ ideas.

I do agree with your last bit, though. Welcome downfall indeed. A new system
needs to be the norm in order for the soul to return to the music, film and art
industries. The middleman fucked everyone over.

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mattehdeh — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:45:05 -0000

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Surviving Sophia Walker — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:50:00 -0000

While I agree with pretty much all that you've said, I must object to your suggestion that we give any more money to Paul McCartney.

He's gotten quite enough money from each and every person on the planet for plenty long enough, and frankly, he sucks.

He's already rich beyond the dreams of avarice, let's agree to stop giving talentless old tossers like him any more of our money.

If we must give it away, find someone else.

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Surviving Sophia Walker — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:50:20 -0000

While I agree with pretty much all that you've said, I must object to your suggestion that we give any more money to Paul McCartney.

He's gotten quite enough money from each and every person on the planet for plenty long enough, and frankly, he sucks.

He's already rich beyond the dreams of avarice, let's agree to stop giving talentless old tossers like him any more of our money.

If we must give it away, find someone else.

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Corey — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:40:00 -0000

reading this only tells me that your music is probably not very good and you havnt been aproached with any lucrative deals. money does buy happiness and everyone can be bought.

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Corey — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:40:05 -0000

reading this only tells me that your music is probably not very good and you havnt been aproached with any lucrative deals. money does buy happiness and everyone can be bought.

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Pete — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:03:00 -0000

I am one of those people who don't sleep, yet I'm sober and drug free. I just don't sleep, most of the time. When I do get some shut-eye, it's not in time with the rest of the universe. Go figure.
Anyway, I was not sleeping and the TV was on a late muzic channel. I was just putting up with muzic, hoping I can get some clues from drummers, cos I am trying to learn to play drums, but I can't practice when I don't sleep, the neihbers lead "normal" lives. I really really want to bash my drum lessons at 3.am.
Anyway, the TV had this smaz looking artists, the name said Amanda Palmer. Even if I tried to sleep, she kept me awake. All I want to say is thanks Amanda, your lyrics reflect things that make me want to google to find out more. When ya can't sleep, eventually there is nothing left to google. The last thing I googled was time travel, so yeah, it gets pretty bad. fancy googling time travel, then all of a sudden ya googling Amanda....Palmer, for fucks sake.
Love
Pete
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Pete — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:03:00 -0000

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AAA — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:31:00 -0000

Absolutely agree, RCP. Very well said.

Here's one part that I truly had a problem with:
"this is the way shit is going to work from now on and it will work best if we all embrace it and don’t fight it."
Excuse me? Who are you to tell us how this is going to work? To be entirely honest, you depend on us. Without us, you can't make your art. Or your living. So, with all dear respect, don't tell me "this is the way shit is going to work". Because, if that's the way you see it, pretty soon your fans are going to tell you how it's actually going to work and not pay you anything.

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TeDiouS — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:21:00 -0000

I really don't get what the issue is. When UkeHead came out for like 80 cents and it explicitly said 30 cents goes to BandCamp and 50 cents goes to Radiohead and whatever else you pay goes directly to Amanda I thought it was revelatory. Back in the day you'd buy a CD for like 16 bucks and MAYbe 50 cents of that would go to the artist whose music brought joy to your life. The rest of the money went to useless leeches who added no value and brought no joy. Now you could still pay that same 16 bucks secure in the knowledge that the vast majority of that money would go straight to the person creating the joy. OR OR OR if you're a poor kid who can't afford the 16 bucks pay EIGHTY FUCKING CENTS and know that you're square; you covered the cost of getting the rights and distributing the music. You can't conceive of a better system than this. Everyone pays what they can afford and the bulk of the money goes to the person who actually created the music. As Charlie would say: WINNING!