Amanda Palmer

Morag

She's playing tomorrow night anyone going?

I know she can be a bit marmite, so do you like or loathe her?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C17yfGyJjM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18l2RrVXfTo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9WZtxRWieM

symbolic

I always loved the first Dresden Dolls album, one of my favourite albums, so have always been a fan of hers. Went to the gig in the Academy and thought it was brilliant. Great music. Great atmosphere. Covering NWA was a bit legendary. Down with the police!

Ambersky

Ive never heard of her but that probably just shows how out of touch I am at the moment.
Looking at the first video I thought WTF is going on here, upbeat pop style song to some pretty awful and controversial events by a woman. Took me a while to figure out what she was saying in both the song and video. Still thinking about it but thats great as far as I am concerned. She seems really interesting. I see she has done a TED talk too and Im going to listen and read more about her.
Thanks for posting this.

Morag

I went to the ninja gig ( the main gig was 18+ so she will do a pop up gig early in the day) which was on liffey street which was lovely in the sunshine and then to the gig that night in the acadmeny. Her music is described as Dark Cabaret she sings about things which most people don't talk about never mind sing about which can be really helpful and powerful.

The patron model is what she works with after been treated crappily by a record company, She connects with people via her blog and twitter and shares what is going on her in life and connects with people.

The gig was the best I have ever been to, I went from laughing, singing dancing to crying and being hugged by friends as she sang about depression and then back laughing singing and dancing. Gavin Friday did a guest appearance and them singing the Alabamaba whisy song was awesome.

daisybelle2008

Thanks for sharing that Morag, really enjoyed it!

WindSock

She had a great response to the Daily Mail recently when all they featured were nip slip pics of her at Glastonbury. I won't link it as I will probably get permanently site banned forever if I do, but YouTube 'Dear Daily Mail', fair tits to her.

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/amanda-palmer-shows-naked-hostility-towards-tabloid-in-an-up-yours-nude-revue-20130716-2q17x.html

Morag

She did an interview on rte while she was here and it's and intro to who she is
http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=9%3A20227350%3A0%3A%3A

Twee.

Huge Amanda fan First saw her way back with the Dresden Dolls in the Temple Bar Music Centre. Had the pleasure to briefly meet her at an Academy gig a few years ago too.

Her blog is worth a read too. All sorts of interesting opinions on being a woman, the music industry, her fans, the Internet http://amandapalmer.net/blog/ She's married to Neil Gaiman. I'd say that's a fun house!

Post about the Daily Mail nip slip fiasco http://amandapalmer.net/blog/20130713/

Planemo

Whatever about her music (not a fan) she seems like an awful wagon.

Exhibit A: kickstarter fiasco (over inflation of costs to justify using the money to pay off old debts)

Exhibit B: paying musicians in hugs and beer when she's minted

Exhibit C: this interview

Had to unfollow Neil Gaiman on twitter cause he never shuts up about her.

Morag

Planemo wrote: »

Whatever about her music (not a fan) she seems like an awful wagon.

Exhibit A: kickstarter fiasco (over inflation of costs to justify using the money to pay off old debts)

Exhibit B: paying musicians in hugs and beer when she's minted

Exhibit C: this interview

Had to unfollow Neil Gaiman on twitter cause he never shuts up about her.

I already said she is marmite.

Everyone on Kick Starter is getting what they backed her for, be it the album and Delux packages or the house parties. She wanted to raise 100,000 she raised more and I don't have an issue with her spending the excess how she wishes.

She used to get people to play with her on stage all the time for beer when she was less well known, it was a way of introducing her fans to their music and get her fans then consider going to those musicians gig, it was a way for them to plug themselves.

As she got bigger she did reconsider this stance and has gone back and paid everyone who chose to play with her on the current tour.

http://pitchfork.com/news/47917-amanda-palmer-starts-paying-musicians/

Planemo

Steve Albini said it best about the kickstarter thing:

If your position is that you aren't able to figure out how to do that, that you are forced by your ignorance into pleading for donations and charity work, you are then publicly admitting you are an idiot, and demonstrably not as good at your profession as Jandek, Moondog, GG Allin, every band ever to go on tour without a slush fund or the kids who play on buckets downtown.

Pretty much everybody on earth has a threshold for how much to indulge an idiot who doesn't know how to conduct herself, and I think Ms Palmer has found her audience's threshold.

She only backtracked on paying the musicians because of the massive backlash.

Also from aforementioned interview:

she's the sort of person who – when the fancy takes her – pulls out her tampon and flings it across the room at a party.

Ugh :rolleyes:

Morag

Well it's clear that Steve Albini isn't a fan.

kylith

I like her music for the most part but I find her personality a bit wearing. Plus she married Neil Gaiman, and Neil's mine, dammit!

timewilltell

THe last time she was in Ireland she stayed in a fan's house!

Obliq

Ha! Watched those vids from last to first - didn't think much of the last two (I have a dislike of generic guitar sounds), but the first!! Oh boy - I am now a fan - that's class. AND she pulled Neil Gaimin? I feel your pain Kylith....

Have a good one at the gig