Amanda Palmer
Machete (Demo)
updated
Host: Simone Flight
Cameraman: Ben Farry
Song composed by Luke Gajdus & Amanda Palmer
This undertaking was supported and funded by over 10,000 gorgeous art-loving patrons at patreon.com/amandapalmer. A portion of the the funds from this project will be given to recently-needed flood relief efforts run by Māori Iwi/locals. If you want to help, wherever you are in the world: please do so here: manaakimatakaoa.com/floodrelief
I tell the whole story of this project (with more photos) here: patreon.com/posts/79051495
Most important: Luke is a full-time piano busker who I met out in the streets of Queenstown, on the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. If you'd like to learn more about Luke's work (and see some more of his beautiful outdoor piano videos), please go to: lukegajdus.com/. Leave him a tip. It'd mean a lot.
A copy of the audio recording was sent to digital-download level patrons, you can follow the link and download the recording here:
patreon.com/posts/79051495
Kia kaha koutou.
Arohanui.
-AFP
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Musicians and writers are empowering themselves to make fertile soil in which to make art. Weird projects like this - how on earth can something like this make a "profit"? - exist by the grace of patronage via patreon.com/amandapalmer. Please consider becoming a patron - for as little as $1 per month - so that we can continue to make soulful art from the heart that has no home in the ordinary commercial marketplace. And to the 10,000+ patrons who funded this undertaking, we all thank you deeply.
You can read an in-depth (public) post about this entire project here: patreon.com/posts/73123715
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CREDITS:
Sound by Dave Chapman.
Piano: Amanda Palmer and Gracie Coates
Violin: Rachel Ruggles
Video and Audio post-production by Holly Miranda.
Support & follow the artists:
sophiestrand.substackcom
gracieandrachel.com
patreo.com/hollymiranda
Sophie's new book. "The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine" will be out November 22nd 2022. Pre-order now at simonandschuster.com or any online bookseller.
This song file will be emailed to patrons and will stream for FREE on all NormCore music platforms, but please be aware: this is basically a non-profit venture. All of the costs for this are covered by my patrons.
To be very clear: the way we are ABLE to create this kind of non-profit work at this level of professionalism is ONLY because of patronage, where thousands of people support one artist (me) to follow her random dreams...like, um, recording a fast and furious Disney cover with a high-end New Zealand string quartet in the fanciest recording studio in town on one week's notice. In no other world is this possible. Patronage makes the dream work.
If you want to support me, and all of the musicians, engineers, artists, and filmmakers that I hope to collaborate with in the future, PLEASE skip the middlemen and support me directly as a patron. In general, if you give your dollar to iTunes or Spotify, only a teeny fraction of that money comes our way. If you give your dollar via patronage, we can work wonders. So, please; give us a dollar a month, and I swear: we will make great art, hire great collaborators all around the world who deserve to be heard and seen, and we will make you seriously proud.
Join us here: patreon.com/amandapalmer
In addition, if you want to see the entire film of the recording day, it's broken into two parts.
You need to be a patron to access these films:
PART 1 - The string quartet rehearsals & recording, followed by the piano rehearsal and recording: crowdcast.io/e/5g4l8eoa
PART 2 - The Entire Vocal Take!: crowdcast.io/e/take-two--cast-link--the
For the foreseeable run of "Ask Amanda", which is being hosted over on Substack, I'll be making these little home-reading videos just for the paid subscribers (it's $5/month).
The next column up is "Ask Amanda #2, Envy and Survival in the time of Covid". I take six questions about how to deal lovingly with the anti-vaxxers in your life, how to deal with the dreaded comparison trap, and how to find balance when it all feels like it's falling apart.
You can subscribe for FREE to the column here, or become a paid subscriber to get this videos in your inbox every time I make them: amandapalmer.substack.com
This project was powered and paid for by patrons (12,000+ of them, all over the globe), who allow us to create this kind of high-end non-commercial content without having to compromise or answer to any corporation, brand, or company. Please support our team and collaborators' ability to make more work like this (and get updates via email, and so much more) here for as little as $1/month: patreon.com/amandapalmer
This project was originally inspired by Lizz Winstead (co-creator of the daily show), who reached out and asked Amanda to cover a traditionally sexist song for a fundraiser called DoReMeToo. Amanda had just befriended Reb Fountain, a kiwi indie rock icon, and the two found out they were literally cousins. The collaboration was a healing one. You can read our letter to patrons about this making of this whole project, and see photos from the studio sessions, here: patreon.com/posts/56275346
Many many thanks to all the patrons, without whom this would not have gotten made and to our team:
Sound Engineer: Steve McGough
Director of Photography: Olly Harris
Editor: Hugh Sundae
Studio Assistant/Stills Photographer: Victoria Bell
Team AFP: Jordan Verzar (AUS), Michael MCComiskey (USA), Cat White (USA), Kelly Welles (UK) & Alex Knight (UK)
Amanda's website: amandapalmer.net
Reb's website: rebfountain.co.nz
BELIEVE WOMEN.
Her old college friend, filmmaker Jenessa Joffe, captured the stories on film and wove them into this 5-episode series: The Couch of Truth. The film was funded by Amanda's patron community, and you can read all about the genesis of the project, read updates about these folks, and see behind-the-scenes photos HERE: patreon.com/posts/55387040
You can see the playlist featuring the full series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Thank you to the patrons whose funding made this project possible, and huge, heartfelt thanks to Lisa and Hope for being so open, vulnerable and brave. If this video moved you, and if you want this kind of work to exist in the world, ad-free and without corporate sponsorship, please consider joining the Patreon. It would mean the world to us. www.patreon.com/amandapalmer
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CREDITS
Cast:
Amanda Palmer
Lisa
Hope
Director / Producer:
Jenessa Joffe
Field Producer:
Lora Campbell
Director of Photography:
Nyssa Gluck
Camera Operators:
Chantal Garcia
Danielle Thorn
Location Sound:
Bridget Tang
Hair / Make-Up Artist:
Sahar Junejo
Production Assistants:
Lindsay Duncan
Sarah JM Kolberg
Editors:
Cindy Long
Caddie Hastings
Matt Marhefka
Penda Diakité
Re-Recording Mixer:
Greg Townley
Still Photography:
Allan Amato
Kyle Cassidy
Lindsay Duncan
Kahn & Selesnick
Stephanie Zakas
CONCERT FOOTAGE
Director: Jesse DeFlorio
Director of Photography: Seth Iliff
Production & Lighting Designer: Lauren Sego
Special Thanks:
Jordan Verzar
Hayley Rosenblum
Michael McComiskey
Alex Knight
Her old college friend, filmmaker Jenessa Joffe, captured the stories on film and wove them into this 5-episode series: The Couch of Truth. The film was funded by Amanda's patron community, and you can read all about the genesis of the project, read updates about these folks, and see behind-the-scenes photos HERE: patreon.com/posts/55097976
You can see the playlist featuring the full series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Thank you to the patrons whose funding made this project possible, and huge, heartfelt thanks to Lish, Nicole, and Lindsay for being so open, vulnerable and brave. If this video moved you, and if you want this kind of work to exist in the world, ad-free and without corporate sponsorship, please consider joining the patreon. It would mean the world to us.
For a patron-only discussion about abortion, you can go to the shadowbox, our non-facebook community discussion forum, here: forum.theshadowbox.net/t/abortion-thread-for-stories-for-sharing-for-heart-healing/7996/3
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CREDITS
Cast:
Amanda Palmer
Lish
Nicole
Lindsay
Director / Producer:
Jenessa Joffe
Field Producer:
Lora Campbell
Director of Photography:
Nyssa Gluck
Camera Operators:
Chantal Garcia
Danielle Thorn
Location Sound:
Bridget Tang
Hair / Make-Up Artist:
Sahar Junejo
Production Assistants:
Lindsay Duncan
Sarah JM Kolberg
Editors:
Cindy Long
Caddie Hastings
Matt Marhefka
Penda Diakité
Re-Recording Mixer:
Greg Townley
Still Photography:
Allan Amato
Kyle Cassidy
Lindsay Duncan
Kahn & Selesnick
Stephanie Zakas
“VOICEMAIL FOR JILL” MUSIC VIDEO
Concept: Amanda Palmer
Director: Amber Sealey
Featuring: Kate Adams in the role of Jill
CONCERT FOOTAGE
Director: Jesse DeFlorio
Director of Photography: Seth Iliff
Production & Lighting Designer: Lauren Sego
Special Thanks:
Jordan Verzar
Hayley Rosenblum
Michael McComiskey
Alex Knight
Her old college friend, filmmaker Jenessa Joffe, captured the stories on film and wove them into this 5-episode series: The Couch of Truth. The film was funded by Amanda's patron community, and you can read all about the genesis of the project, read updates about these folks, and see behind-the-scenes photos HERE: patreon.com/posts/54801129
You can see the playlist featuring the full series here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdCjn28n1Ao-MiVAJ6Dj_no69UtX0peIm
Thank you to the patrons whose funding made this project possible, and huge, heartfelt thanks to Gabriel, Amanda, and Nicki for being so open, vulnerable and brave. If this video moved you, and if you want this kind of work to exist in the world, ad-free and without corporate sponsorship, please consider joining the patreon. It would mean the world to us.
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CREDITS
Cast:
Amanda Palmer
Gabriel
Amanda
Nicki
Director / Producer:
Jenessa Joffe
Field Producer:
Lora Campbell
Director of Photography:
Nyssa Gluck
Camera Operators:
Chantal Garcia
Danielle Thorn
Location Sound:
Bridget Tang
Hair / Make-Up Artist:
Sahar Junejo
Production Assistants:
Lindsay Duncan
Sarah JM Kolberg
Editors:
Cindy Long
Caddie Hastings
Matt Marhefka
Penda Diakité
Re-Recording Mixer:
Greg Townley
Still Photography:
Allan Amato
Kyle Cassidy
Lindsay Duncan
Kahn & Selesnick
Stephanie Zakas
CONCERT FOOTAGE
Director: Jesse DeFlorio
Director of Photography: Seth Iliff
Production & Lighting Designer: Lauren Sego
Special Thanks:
Jordan Verzar
Hayley Rosenblum
Michael McComiskey
Alex Knight
Her old college friend, filmmaker Jenessa Joffe, captured the stories on film and wove them into this 5-episode series: The Couch of Truth. The film was funded by Amanda's patron community, and you can read all about the genesis of the project and read updates about these folks here on patreon: patreon.com/posts/54590626
You can see the playlist featuring the full series here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdCjn28n1Ao-MiVAJ6Dj_no69UtX0peIm
Thank you to the patrons whose funding made this project possible, and huge, heartfelt thanks to Stash and Tara for being so open, vulnerable and brave. If this video moved you, and if you want this kind of work to exist in the world, ad-free and without corporate sponsorship, please consider joining the patreon. It would mean the world to us.
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CREDITS
Cast:
Amanda Palmer
Stash
Tara
Director / Producer:
Jenessa Joffe
Field Producer:
Lora Campbell
Director of Photography:
Nyssa Gluck
Camera Operators:
Chantal Garcia
Danielle Thorn
Location Sound:
Bridget Tang
Hair / Make-Up Artist:
Sahar Junejo
Production Assistants:
Lindsay Duncan
Sarah JM Kolberg
Editors:
Cindy Long
Caddie Hastings
Matt Marhefka
Penda Diakité
Re-Recording Mixer:
Greg Townley
Still Photography:
Allan Amato
Kyle Cassidy
Lindsay Duncan
Kahn & Selesnick
Stephanie Zakas
Special Thanks:
Jordan Verzar
Hayley Rosenblum
Michael McComiskey
Alex Knight
Her old college friend, filmmaker Jenessa Joffe, captured the stories on film and wove them into this 5-episode series: The Couch of Truth. The film was funded by Amanda's patron community, and you can read all about the genesis of the project, read updates about these folks, and see behind-the-scenes photos HERE: patreon.com/posts/54178798
You can see the playlist featuring the full series here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdCjn28n1Ao-MiVAJ6Dj_no69UtX0peIm
Thank you to the patrons whose funding made this project possible, and huge, heartfelt thanks to Adam, Zac and Martine for being so open, vulnerable and brave. If this video moved you, and if you want this kind of work to exist in the world, ad-free and without corporate sponsorship, please consider joining the patreon. It would mean the world to us.
And since it seems appropriate for this video.... if you are struggling, there are so many places you can reach out to talk. Wikipedia (of all places) actually has a really great resource list, with a whole bunch of general and specialist crisis lines from around the world:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines
You are not alone.
We love you.
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CREDITS
Cast:
Amanda Palmer
Adam
Martine
Zac
Director / Producer:
Jenessa Joffe
Field Producer:
Lora Campbell
Director of Photography:
Nyssa Gluck
Camera Operators:
Chantal Garcia
Danielle Thorn
Location Sound:
Bridget Tang
Hair / Make-Up Artist:
Sahar Junejo
Production Assistants:
Lindsay Duncan
Sarah JM Kolberg
Editors:
Cindy Long
Caddie Hastings
Matt Marhefka
Penda Diakité
Re-Recording Mixer:
Greg Townley
Still Photography:
Allan Amato
Kyle Cassidy
Lindsay Duncan
Kahn & Selesnick
Stephanie Zakas
Special Thanks:
Jordan Verzar
Hayley Rosenblum
Michael McComiskey
Alex Knight
Filmed live at the Aotea Center, Auckland, May 16th, 2021 during the Auckland Writers Festival. This project was funded by over 13,000 patrons. THANK YOU ALL for chipping in to make it possible.
You can read more about this project - and see behind-the-scenes/backstage photos - at patreon.com/posts/51987683.
CREDITS:
Film Cameras:
Olly Harris
Jono Drew
Audio:
Ricky Huntington
Produced & Edited by Sundae Pictures.
Make-up: Stefan Knight
Still Photography: Paul Taylor, Marcel Tromploeil
Special thanks to Hugh Sundae, Xan Hamilton for all the hard work backstage, and many thanks to all of Team AFP around the globe - Jordan, Michael, Hayley, Alex and Cat - for helping to put this one together.
Last but not least, much gratitude to the Auckland Writers Festival for having us.
You can read more about this project - and see behind-the-scenes/backstage photos - at patreon.com/posts/51651525.
This project was funded by over 13,000 patrons. THANK YOU ALL for chipping in to make it possible.
CREDITS:
Film Cameras:
Olly Harris
Jono Drew
Audio:
Ricky Huntington
Produced & Edited by Sundae Pictures.
Make-up: Stefan Knight
Still Photography: Paul Taylor, Marcel Tromploeil
Special thanks to Hugh Sundae, Xan Hamilton for all the hard work backstage, and many thanks to all of Team AFP around the globe - Jordan, Michael, Hayley and Alex - for helping to put this one together.
Last but not least, much gratitude to the Auckland Writers Festival for having us.
This podcast also exists wherever you download podcasts (apple, spotify, etc!)
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ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE! After talking to over 20 guests around the world, Team AFP decided to put together a community-sourced overview of the very best - so far - of "The Art of Asking Everything" Podcast.
Feast your eyes on the first few minutes, which is peppered with visual delights, and then lie back and listen. You can find THIS EPISODE anywhere you get your podcasts, along with all of the epiosdes mentioned here. Here's a handy linktree with all the various direct links to spotify, apple podcasts, and more: https://linktr.ee/amandapalmer
This podcast - incliding this episodes -is ADVERTISMENT FREE and funded entirely through patron power. Over 15,000 people supported this podcast (and my other artistic stuff) for as little as $1 a month to make sure we can keep the lights on and make unapologetic, commercial-free content. PLEASE JOIN THE PATREON! It's super fun & cosy, and your support would mean the world to me. Thank you.
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Huge thanks and hugs to all the patrons to helped us out with this and contributed voicemails and feedback. Thanks to everyone on Team AFP, especially Fannie Cohen (podcast producer), Kelly Welles (editing and script), and Cat White (video editor). Extra special thanks to Alex Knight for transcribing this whole episode, and to Michael, Jordan and Hayley for helping with everything always!!!!
LYRICS:
My family's mean, religious, and grumpy
Yours are all in a different country
We won't have to deal with them at all
Meet me in a couple of hours
Bring a ring, I'll grab some flowers
Let's get hitched today at City Hall
The guards are all suspiciously pleasant
Half the people in here are pregnant
I’ll put on my tux in the bathroom stall
I'm not joking, let's just do it
Skip the hassle, I say screw it
Let's get hitched today at City Hall
I'm on acid, you've been drinking
The room is melting, time is shrinking
And the judge is a pulsing, glowing
kindly, sage-like, warm, all-knowing
kaleidoscopic infinite disco ball
I say I do, you say you too
It's an easy thing to do to -
Put on pants and grab an Uber
Line up at the metal detector
Sign the form, do the kiss
Start our life of wedded bliss
It took six minutes, holy shit,
We just got fucking hitched at City Hall
CREDITS:
“City Hall” by Jason Webley and Amanda Palmer
(C)2020 Music That Tears Itself Apart (SESAC) and Eight Foot Music (ASCAP)
Amanda - Vocals
Jason - Vocals, ukulele, accordion, bass, percussion
Oh-oh-ohs: Rebecca Brunelle, Ellie Fog, Caleb Hirsch, Skip Rose Kirk, Eric Kosarot, Karen Kunkle, Drea Lusion, Future T. Man, Saoirse Napier-Ramey, Metia Napier-Ramey, Richard Porter, Christa Porter, David Roberts, Nancy Sosnove, Justin Therrien, Vanessa Vortex
Video concept by Amanda. Editing by Jason.
Thank you to everyone who sent in so many amazing photos!
For a list of all the people who graciously donated photos to this video, go to patreon.com/posts/44897500
this is an archived recording of the live stream, where i played old favorites, a brand-new song written in lockdown, and some surprises. my recent shows in NZ - since we are so lucky to be able to gather in theaters - have been extra-emotional.
this stream is 100% FREE TO THE WORLD with NO ADVERTISEMENTS or SPONSORS, thanks to the funds from my patrons. join the community at http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
this event was held the day after my official show in dunedin...all the people you see are my patrons from the area around dunedin. i've really enjoyed throwing these smaller gatherings with patrons, where we get together, meet, eat, drink, sing...play....and we are so lucky to be here in this country with no masks and no social distancing. may everybody out there be healthy, and we are all sending out love and thanks for a BIDEN VICTORY!!!
thanks to alex for helping edit and upload this video, and to meghan, the keeper of quarantine island where this was filmed and to ALL MY KIWI PATRONS!
I would really love for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris to win the election so that things can get under control and me and my kid can move back to our home country. Thanks for voting, everyone. for more voting info head to http://iwillvote.org
#teamjoesings #bidenharris2020 #vote #voteearly
join my patreon community:
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you can subscribe anywhere you get your podcasts. it's all ad-free, because it's supported by about 15,000 patrons. ALL patrons will be able to access a live follow-up chat with almost every guest, and we are also starting a patron-only BOOK CLUB (yay!) since almost all of my guests are published authors.
subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, I CANNOT WAIT THIS IS GOING TO BE SO AMAZING. please join over there: http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
or just listen to and subscribe to the podcast: https://linktr.ee/AskingEverything
more at: http://amandapalmer.net/podcast
this animation was lovingly created by andrew nelson (design) and dana schechter (animation). the song is "bottomfeeder", from my 2012 crowdfunded album "theatre is evil".
clare bowditch - vocals
amanda palmer - piano & vocals
jherek bischoff - upright bass
this whole album was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them.
all profits from this album go to Firesticks Alliance; an Indigenous led network re-invigorating and teaching cultural land burning and management.
LYRICS:
I'll be sleeping under stars tonight
Not sure exactly where I'll be
Maybe underneath the pale moonlight
Or maybe underneath that tree
Black smoke
Writing in the sky tonight
Everything will be alright
If you let go
Humans
All gathered in the place tonight
Everything will be alright
If you let go
Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh
I'll be sleeping under stars tonight
Not sure exactly where I'll be
Maybe underneath the pale moonlight
Or maybe underneath that tree
Black smoke
Writing in the sky tonight
Everything will be alright
If you let go
Humans
All gathered in the place tonight
Everything will be alright
If you let go
Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh
Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh
Black smoke
Writing in the sky tonight
Everything will be alright
If you let go
Humans
All gathered in the place tonight
Everything will be alright
If you let go
Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh
Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh
Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh
additional lyrics written by amanda palmer
amanda palmer - piano & vocal
this whole album was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them.
all profits from this album go to Firesticks Alliance; an Indigenous led network re-invigorating and teaching cultural land burning and management.
featuring BRIAN VIGLIONE of THE DRESDEN DOLLS on drums
and JHEREK BISCHOFF on bass & guitar
LYRICS:
Raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells
And schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things
Boys in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver-white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things
When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad
Rain never falling and whisked-away kittens
Evacuations and cats people live in
Kangaroos burning and birds with no wings
These are a few of my favorite things.
Beautiful sunsets ironically colored
Homes with no power and kids with no mothers
Smug politicians with necks we could wring
These are a few of my favorite things.
Boris and megxit and scotty and isis
and bushfires and wildfires and climates in crisis
Silver white icebergs that melt into springs
these are a few of my favorite things
when the dogs die
when the bees die
when i’m feeling blue
i’ll simply remember my favorite things
OH NO I’LL BE DEAD LIKE YOU.
amanda palmer - piano & vocals
brian vilglione - drums & tambourine
jherek bischoff - electric bass & guitar
this whole album was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them.
all profits from this album go to Firesticks Alliance; an Indigenous led network re-invigorating and teaching cultural land burning and management.
LYRICS:
Noisy Miners
Bully the suburbs
Out beyond the haze
Seaside holiday houses
Lay quiet as a grave
Tombs of dreams past
Wealth gone to waste
The Australian dream is fading
Stolen anyway
I’m never gonna lose my head
To a setting sun
I’m never gonna dream of things
That just can’t be done
Pavement’s too hot to walk on barefoot
So you hop and skip
Prawns in wheelie bins marinate
A cocktail of stink
Bat swaying on
The power line
Wings open in surrender
This is how you die
I’m never gonna lose my head
To a setting sun
I’m never gonna dream of things
That just can’t be done
I’m never gonna say, never gonna do, never gonna be
Anything more than what’s expected of me
fred leone - didjeridoo
amanda palmer - piano & vocals
brian viglione - drums
jherek bischoff - upright bass
this whole album was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them.
all profits from this album go to Firesticks Alliance; an Indigenous led network re-invigorating and teaching cultural land burning and management.
LYRICS:
Out here nothin' changes
Not in a hurry anyway
You can feel the endlessness
With the comin' of the light o' day
You're talkin' 'bout a chosen place
You wanna sell it in a marketplace
Well
Well just a minute now
You're standin' on solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Are blowin' down the line
Right down the line
Well round about the dawn of time
The Dreaming all began
A crowd of people came
Well they were lookin' for their promised land
We're runnin' from the heart of darkness
Searchin' for the heart of light
It was their paradise
Well they were standin' on solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Were blowin' cold that night
Well they were standin' on the shore one day
Saw the white sails in the sun
Wasn't long before they felt the sting
White man, white law, white gun
Don't tell me that it's justified
Cause somewhere someone lied
Yeah, well someone lied
Someone lied
Genocide
Well someone lied oh
And now you're standin' on solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Are blowin' down the line
Solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Are blowin' down the line
Solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Are blowin' down the line
No, oh! Oh no!
amanda palmer - piano & vocals
this whole album was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them.
all profits from this album go to Firesticks Alliance; an Indigenous led network re-invigorating and teaching cultural land burning and management.
featuring BRIAN VIGLIONE of THE DRESDEN DOLLS on drums
and JHEREK BISCHOFF on bass & guitar
LYRICS:
walking through the woods i saw a sign nailed to a tree
i knew the sign was meant for girls like me who couldn’t read
a man with a girl by the throat
a bottle of dettol
a bottle of rum
and a painting of smoke
coming off of a settler’s roof
it looked just like a house i knew
walking down the street i saw a sign nailed to a tree
i knew the sign was made for girls like me who couldn’t read
the rain came down i shut my eyes
i opened them again
i tried real hard to make some sense of what the pictures meant
a man hanging down from a tree
a man that look something like me
a bottle of dettol
a bottle of pills
and a painting of smoke
coming out of a house on fire
it looked just like my neighbors house
C is for civilized now we will make you
and B is for baptism now we will name you
and P its for petticoat pretty and fitting
now here is the paper that said you were willing
old prescriptions left in bottles
you don’t give that to a child
human chains that stretch for miles
you don’t give that to a child
time is up
suck it up
buttercup
walking to the bar i saw a sign nailed to a tree
i knew the sign was meant for girls like me who couldn’t read
i tried my best to understand but still i feel i’ve failed
i even tried to cut myself i even did my nails
a woman tied up in the back of a truck
a man in a uniform
a man with his pants down
and a man with a gun
a bottle of dettol
and painting of smoke
coming off of the tasman strait
it looked just the maps from school
D is for devil and also for daughter
and T is for truth
and S is for slaughter
and R is for Rapist
and F is for Father
its time for the test
here’s your pencil and paper
and B is for Brother who hid in the bedroom
and F is for friend who stood by and did nothing
and Q is for quarrelsome crass little girl
and E’s for the end of the W world
old prescriptions left in bottles
you don’t give that to a child
human chains that stretch for miles
you don’t give that to a child
time is up
suck it up
buttercup
walking through the woods i saw a sign nailed to a tree
i saw the picture of the girl
i knew the girl was me
i’m sorry that you had to waste your paint on everyone
i’m sorry that i’m still alive
i’m sorry i’m so dumb
A is for i’m
then i saw the sign catch on fire
the tree catch on fire
the woods catch on fire
the world catch on fire
and then i saw my mother
walking out of the embers
she said
no more trees means no more hangings
no more words and no more learning
no more fighting no more fire
go to sleep now mama’s tired
no more trees and no more hangings
no more words and no more learning
no more fighting no more fire
go to sleep now mama’s tired
go to sleep now mama’s tired
go to sleep now mama’s tired
amanda palmer - piano, vocals & drums
this whole album was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them.
all profits from this album go to Firesticks Alliance; an Indigenous led network re-invigorating and teaching cultural land burning and management.
LYRICS:
They couldn't understand why the drover cried
As they buried the drover's boy
The Drover had always seemed so hard, to the men in his employ
A bolting horse, the stirrup lost
And the drover's boy was dead
The shovelled dirt, a mumbled word
And it's back to the road ahead;
And forget about the drover's boy;
Forget about the drover's boy
And they couldn't understand why the drover cut
The lock of the dead boy's hair
And put it in the band of his battered old hat
As they watched him standing there
And he told them to take the cattle on
I'll sit with the boy a while
A silent thought, a pipe to smoke
And it's ride another mile
And forget about the drover's boy
Forget about the drover's boy
And they couldn't make out why the drover and the boy
Always camped so far away
For the tall white man and the slim black boy
Never had much to say
And the boy would be gone at the break of dawn
Tail the horses, carry on
While the drover roused the sleeping men
Daylight – hit the road again
And follow the drover's boy, and follow the drover's boy
In the Camooweal Pub they talked about
The death of the drover's boy
They drank their rum with the stranger who'd come
From the Kimberley run, Fitzroy
And he told of the massacre in the west
Barest details – guess the rest
Shoot the bucks, grab a gin
Cut her hair, break her in
And call her a boy – the drover's boy
And call her a boy – the drover's boy
So when they build that stockman's hall of fame
And they talk about the droving game
Remember the girl who was bedmate and guide
Rode with the drover side by side
Watched the bullocks, flayed the hide
Faithful wife but never bride
Bred his sons for the cattle run
But don't weep for the drover's boy
Don't mourn for the drover's boy
But don't forget the drover's boy
montaigne - vocals
amanda palmer - piano & vocals
brian viglione - drums
jherek bischoff - electric & upright bass
this whole album was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them.
all profits from this album go to Firesticks Alliance; an Indigenous led network re-invigorating and teaching cultural land burning and management.
LYRICS:
There's a road train going nowhere
Roads are cut, lines are down
We'll be staying at the Roma bar
Till that monsoon passes on
The backbone of this country's broken
The land is cracked and the land is sore
Farmers are hanging on by their fingertips
We cursed and stumbled across that shore
What for?
I hear much support for the monarchy
I hear the Union Jack's to remain
I see Namatjira in custody
I see Truganini's in chains
And the world won't stand still
Blue collar work it don't get you nowhere
You just go round and round in debt
Somebody's got you on that treadmill, mate
And I hope you're not beaten yet
I hear much support for the monarchy
I hear the Union Jack's to remain
I see Namatjira in custody
I see Truganini's in chains
I hear much support for the monarchy
I see the Union Jack in flames, let it burn
I see Namatjira with dignity
I see Truganini's in chains
And the world won't stand still
And the world won't stand still
Chains...
And the world won't stand still
And the world won't stand still
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amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/track/beds-are-burning-with-missy-higgins
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LYRICS:
Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty-five degrees
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent now, to pay our share
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore, east to Yuendemu
The Western Desert lives and breathes
In forty-five degrees
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent now, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, we're gonna give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
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to hear the entire song used in this film (it's really long), join patreon and go here, it's unreleased: patreon.com/posts/haters-hugs-and-31851747
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show presented by Theatro Circo
theatrocirco.com/en
WE ARE THE MEDIA.
this song & video came out as an official "thing" on patreon in december 2019, and $10k from the project was donated to the charity Family of Woodstock.
you can download the track on bandcamp here: amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/track/star-of-wonder
singers: corey chun, storey littleton, cally mansfield, amanda palmer
engineering, in woodstock: pete hanlon
engineering, in london, mixing and mastering: jason webley
photo team: gabrielle motola, allison siko
video direction & editing: dan allen
original song by the roches
WE. ARE. THE. MEDIA.
the brilliant team at creative connection in the UK hand-drew this animated video to accompany the poem, and the music was composed and recorded by jherek bischoff. read about the making of this whole film on patreon: patreon.com/posts/31517040
we are the media!
this beautiful project was independently funded by over 15,000 patrons, because this kind of spontaneous art makes absolutely no commercial profit. please join my patreon for as little as $1/month to help us make more at http://patreon.com/amandapalmer. it's also a damn fine community.
CREDITS:
The Mushroom Hunters
Original poem by Neil Gaiman
Read by Amanda Palmer
Bass, Percussion, Vibraphone, Piano and Original Score by Jherek Bischoff
Cello: Aniela Marie Perry
Violin: Paris Hurley
Viola: Marta Sofia Honer
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Jherek Bischoff at Sweethaven
A RoseWillow production for
Creative Connection Animation Studio
http://ccanimationstudio.com
Caroline Rudge: Artwork, Animation, Direction and Storyboard
Alexandra Casswell Becker: Production, Storyboard and Additional Mushrooms
Dann Casswell: Editing and Special Effects
Tom Barter: Additional Editorial Support
this song is available for download at amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/track/the-french-brexit-song with all proceeds going to support Open Piano For Refugees (openpianoforrefugees.com), an austrian non-profit that provides access to music lessons and instruments to local refugees.
the origin of the video has a really fun backstory, read all about it HERE: patreon.com/posts/31010321
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Song Written by Sarah-Louise Young and Maxim Melton
Video Concept by Amanda Palmer, scripted by Maxim Melton
Starring La Poule Plombeé, Amanda Palmer, Maxim Melton, and Matt Skully
Producer: Maxim Melton
Music recorded at Buffalo Studio, London by JB Pilon
Mastered by Jherek Bischoff
Filmed at the Normansfield Theatre, with thanks to the Langdon Down Centre
Directed and edited by Dan Allen
Director of photography: Sal Redpath
Production manager: Lily Cotelo
1st AC: Eliott Poyzer
Gaffer: Brandon Quan
Spark: Ryan Anderson
Hair and makeup: James Carver-Grenside
Props: Matt Skully
Still photography: Gabrielle Motola
Runner: Jacob Aria
With massive thanks to Jordan Verzar, Hayley Rosenblum, Michael McComiskey, and every Patron who made this possible.
LYRICS:
The French Brexit song
Oh England, you broke our heart
When you first voted to depart
But before you off and pack, one thing
We want our language back
Oh England, you went your way
But for this exit you will pay
Without French letters you’ll be lost
It’s time for you to count la cost
No you can’t have joie de vivre without le français
You’ll lose yourself without our cul-de-sac
There is no fizz without champagne
Though you can gladly keep your rain
We’re taking all our French words back
No, you cannot drive a car without a chauffeur
There’s no déjà-vu without déjà vu
What’s sex without its lingerie?
Piers Morgan without his toupée
We really feel miserable for you
Oh England, you’re such a fool
Did they teach you nothing at school
With politics you’ve been risqué
For Brexit is just an entrée
Yes England, this is the start
Of picking allies à la carte
Soon the whole world will turn on you
It isn’t nice, but it is true
Cause you cannot rendez-vous without le francais
So many things that you will sorely miss
Like etiquette and ambulance
Without us you don’t stand a chance
You’ll die without our life saving French kiss
Key change!
No you can’t have marriage without fiancé
Without us your soufflé will never rise
Don’t bother to RSVP
We’ve buggered off for après ski
You didn’t get an invite, quelle surprise
Your cheeseboard will be blue without
Roquefort and camembert
When you can’t find the menu
You won't, because it isn’t there
When you smell of faint regret
Instead of fine eau de cologne
You only have yourselves to blame
For dining all alone
No you can’t eat à la mode without le francais
You’ll have to scoff it all off one big plate
Alas there will be no encore
Now that you’ve bolted your back door
For a referendum you will have to wait
And if you want our bel esprit
I’m sorry darling, c’est la vie
You should have voted stay, it is too late
Yes, you should have voted stay it is too late
this footage was taken by emilie tondeur on september 27, 2019 at the united for climate justice rally. thanks to youth for climate luxembourg (http://youthforclimate.lu) for inviting me to speak and play. ALL TOGETHER NOW!
this is a global movement. please keep marching and protesting. find a movement and a march near you: globalclimatestrike.net/next
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Produced by The Media Darlings
Directed, Photographed and Edited by James Holland
Additional Photography by Hayley Rosenblum
here are the tour dates!
all tickets are here: http://amandapalmer.net/shows
Wed Sep 4 – Netherlands – Amsterdam – Meervaart (SOLD OUT)
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Wed Sep 11 – Germany – Munich – Kongressaal
Fri Sep 13 – Germany – Offenbach – Capitol
Sat Sep 14 – Austria – Vienna – Konzerthaus (SOLD OUT)
Sun Sep 15 – Austria – Graz – Stefaniensaal
Wed Sep 18 – Germany – Stuttgart – Theaterhaus
Thu Sep 19 – Germany – Essen – Colosseum
Fri Sep 20 – Belgium – Antwerp – De Roma
Tue Sep 24 – Germany – Hamburg – Laeiszhalle
We Sep 25 – Germany – Leipzig – Haus Auensee
Thu Sep 26 – Czech Republic – Prague – Hybernia
Fri Sep 27 – Luxembourg – Luxembourg – Conservatoire
Sat Sep 28 – France – Paris – Bataclan
Fri Oct 11 – Denmark – Copenhagen – Bremen Teater
Sat Oct 12 – Sweden – Stockholm – Södra Teatern (SOLD OUT)
Wed Oct 16 – UK – Bexhill – De La Warr Pavilion
Sat Oct 19 – UK – Cardiff – St David's Hall
Sun Oct 20 – UK – Cambridge – Corn Exchange
Wed Oct 23 – Ireland – Cork – Opera House
Thu Oct 24 – Ireland – Dublin – National Concert Hall
Sat Oct 26 – Ireland – Belfast – Ulster Hall
Sun Oct 27 – Ireland – Limerick – Univeristy Hall
Frin Nov 1 – UK – Dunfermline – Carnegie Hall
Sat Nov 2 – UK – Glasgow – City Halls
Sun Nov 3 – UK – Manchester – Albert Hall
Mon Nov 4 – UK – York – Opera House
Thu Nov 7 – UK – Newcastle – Tyne Theatre
Sun Nov 24 – Portugal – Braga – Theatro Circo
Thu Dec 5 – UK – London – Union Chapel (SOLD OUT)
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Fri Dec 13th - UK - London - Union Chapel (SOLD OUT)
Sat Dec 14th - UK - London - Union Chapel (JUST ADDED)
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too many senseless deaths, people. i'm not a politician, or a cop, or a survivor, but i am an american, and a mom, and an artist. this is what i can do.
a full studio recording (with sing-along singers from beautiful upstate, NY) is available up on amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/track/everybody-knows-somebody.
100% of the profits from those downloads (it's a $1 or pay-what-you-want)will go to CHANGETHEREF.ORG, a non-profit started by manuel and patricia oliver after their son, joaquin oliver, was murdered during the marjorie stoneman douglas high school shooting in parkland, florida. changetheref.org is under the umbrella of the non-profit March For Our Lives, and is trying to empower younger kids to get into politics and make REAL CHANGE around gun safety.
manuel is also an art-activist, and he created the cover artwork for "everybody knows somebody" in less than two days after he found out what we were doing. i have never felt more honored and emotional collaborating with another artist. i can sing about this and feel all the feelings: but manuel lost his son. i cannot start to imagine how that feels.
making art isn't as direct as voting or calling your congresspeople. but art can get directly into the emotional heart of the matter.
this song was written in response to the insanity going on in our country. gun violence and the deaths of ordinary people all over america is becoming NORMAL.
IT ISN'T NORMAL.
let's call it what it is: a public health crisis. too many senseless deaths. too much pointless tragedy that could be avoided with better, safer, smarter gun laws.
i was able to write and record this song FAST because i knew i could release it immediately using funds from my 15,000+ patrons to cover all the studio costs, the cost of my production team, to pay manuel for his artwork, etc.
to my 15,000 patrons: thank you, thank you, thank you for supporting my work.
to everybody else: if you want to support me & my collaborators in making more art like this, join us here, it's a fantastic community of beautiful people:
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LYRICS:
they say
this land gets more and more divided
if i may
i think that’s not the only side why
just today
i saw the late edition paper
and no way
i saw the north and south united
like the blood
that flows every color body
it’s enough
we’ve finally all at the same party
looking down
it may not be the thing we wanted
but there’s finally enough to go around
from new york
to california
from detroit
down to the border
we all have more in common now than we do not
now
everybody knows someday
(everybody knows someday)
everybody knows somebody
(everybody knows someday)
everybody knows somebody
who got shot.
they say
there’s trouble brewing in the union
hip hooray
look human beings being human
laying blame
wherever there is room to lay it’s
all the same
you want the red pill or the blue one
but it’s all
about to change there’s something
getting us aboard the SS progress
one big funeral for all the people
that we used to call before they
risked their lives to head out to the
mosque or to the mall
from new york to california
from detroit
down to the border
we all have more in common now than we do not
now everybody knows someday
(everybody knows someday)
everybody knows somebody
(everybody knows someday)
everybody knows somebody who got shot.
from the mountain rivers to the public squares
everybody’s getting really good at sending thoughts and prayers
from the heart of dixie up to oregon
we can can all rest assured there’ll be a slaughter somewhere by the dawn
and in the nightclubs all the dancers in the dark
they will twist the night away with extra fear inside their hearts
and from new england to alaska every child
will know exactly what to do now when a shooter opens fire
from new york
to california
from detroit
down to the border
we all have more in common now than we do not
now
everybody knows someday
(everybody knows someday)
everybody knows someday
(everybody knows someday)
everybody knows somebody
this land is your land
this land is my land
this land is our land
until it’s not
everybody knows somebody
(everybody knows somebody)
everybody knows somebody
(everybody knows somebody)
until everybody’s gone.
CREDITS:
recorded, mixed, and mastered by Christopher Bittner at Applehead Studios
the EVERYBODY chorus:
Aileen Morgan
Amber Rodriguez
Betsi Krisniski
Brian Duffy
Chris Wells
Christopher Schiller
Daniella DaCaro
Drue Pennella
Elizabeth Lesser
Glen Brandow
Gregg Goodbrod
John Sturman
Laura Becker
Lauren S.
Liam McComiskey
Linda Winnick
Lukas Bittner
Megan Badger
Mike McGary
Nancy Geaney
Nikki Stein
Stephanie Carlin
Sydney Dean
Vince Berzal
i am going to be TOURING sept-december 2019 in the U.K., Ireland & Europe. http://amandapalmer.net/shows
“drowning in the sound” is from my second solo album There Will Be No Intermission, which came out march 2019. produced by john congelto, feat. musicians jherek bischoff, max henry & joey waronker.
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VIDEO CREDITS
Director: Michael Pope
Choreographer: Coco Karol
Conceived & Written By Amanda Palmer, Coco Karol, and Michael Pope
Performers: Amanda Palmer, Coco Karol, Yeman Brown, Alexi Transparent, Effy Grey, Miguel Angel Guzman
Makeup Artist: Regina Harris
Hair Stylist: Gerald Decock
Costume Designer: Andrea Lauer
Editors: James Holland, Michael Pope
Cinematographer: Benjamin Knight
Asst Camera: Dan Mason
Gaffer: Daniel Hourihan
Key Grip: Dan Peck
Grip: Matt Kehoe
Producer: Allen Smithy
Executive Producer: Amanda Palmer
Asst Producer, UPM: Christina Bryant
Assistant Director: Eddie Hollenbeck
Production Consultant: BriAnna Olson
Key Production Asst, Driver: Bimini Wright
Production Assistant: Stephanie Bryant
Props Master: Christina Bryant
Head Carpenter: Mike Cooter
Assistant Carpenter: Ngo'e Crossan
Hair and Makeup Asst: Harumi Yonemoto
Costume Asst: Anna Metelina
Documentarian: James Holland
Stills Photographer: Krys Fox
Asst to Amanda: Michael McComiskey, Hayley Rosenblum
Manager: Jordan Verzar
Lighting & Grip Equipment: FastLights
Craft Services: Provisions Woodstock
Piano Movement: Loren Rose
Lifeguard: Sam Burt
Special Thanks: Augusta Ogden, Kim Ross, Janette Johnston, Assa Sacko Zarcone and Utopia Soundstage, Bill Young & 100 Grand Dance, Allways Moving
lyrics:
You worship the sun and you're aching for change
But you keep starving your heart
You used to have sisters
You don't anymore
You worship the sun
But you keep feeding the dark
And I'm out in the yard
With my son and my daughter
And the sky is all black and I think we should start running...
Running from the water
And everybody's yelling
Yelling that they're coming
But I don't see a single soul
They're all so busy yelling
Not one of them is hearing
The hissing from the bottom of the boat
I got some feelings up my sleeve
I got a compass in my arm
I got a needle in my heart
It's gonna tell us where we are
SXSW
Two miles from town
I can't get out
I can't look down
If you can hear
If you're around
I'm over here
I'm over here
I'm watching everyone I love
Drowning in the sound
You worship the sun
But the moon's in the way
So get your armaments out
She's always looking for trouble
She's gonna get what's been coming to her
She's switching the tides and we can't have that shit around
The television they're blaring out a warning:
That our natural state is drowning
That our natural state is burning
And you're trying to help
And you're clicking for change
And you're calling it out
And you're adding your name
And you're marching for peace
But you're lynching the bitch
That got up in your face
How else they gonna to take you seriously?
SXSW
Two miles from town
I can't get out
I can't look down
If you can hear
If you're around
I'm over here
I'm over here
I'm watching
Everyone I love
Drowning in the sound
And your body is a temple
And the temple is a prison
And the prison's overcrowded
And the inmates know it's flooding
And the body politic is getting sicker by the minute
And the media's not fake
It's just very
Inconvenient
Do you ever feel like this should be officially the end?
And that you should be the one to do the ending but you can't?
And do you ever feel that everyone is slowly letting go
Do you ever feel that... that incredibly alone?
And they're saying not to panic
And it's like a broken record
As if anybody knows what that is
And they're saying that we'll manage
It's the hottest one on record
And they're saying that that's just the way it is
Now I can taste it coming
I can taste it with my tongue
And my children are so heavy
But I pick them up & run
And I know I'll have to swim soon
When the water gets too high
I'll keep on holding them above me
I'll keep on holding them & crying
SXSW
Two miles from town
I can't get out
I can't look down
If you can hear
If you're around
I'm over here
I'm over here
I'm watching
Everyone I love....
Drowning in the sound.
podcast interview with kristin hayter, aka Lingua Ignota recored in march 2019 in austin, tx during SXSW.
read more about the creation of this podcast and my conversation with kristin here: patreon.com/posts/28567131
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CREDITS:
recorded by jessica gardner in austin, tx additional recording by alistair george at canon gate studios produced by FannieCo. cover photograph by hayley rosenblum cover art design by andrew nelson FEATURED SONGS (in order of their appearance):
"Faithful Servant Friend of Christ” by Lingua Ignota
"Bottomfeeder" by Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
Excerpts from “Woe To All (On The Day Of My Wrath)” by Lingua Ignota
for more on lingua ignota: http://linguaignota.net
for more on amanda palmer: http://amandapalmer.net
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TIME CODED SHOW NOTES + QUOTES
00:20 - “Faithful Servant Friend of Christ” by Lingua Ignota
05:21 - AFP on how she first discovered Lingua’s music through her friend and musician Cormac Bride
07:00 - Excerpts from “Woe To All (On The Day Of My Wrath) ” by Lingua Ignota
09:55 - AFP describes Lingua Ignota as a cross between Merzbow and Diamanda Galas
16:00 - At Brown University, Kristin’s Masters thesis on Digital Language Arts is titled “Burn Everything, Trust No One, Kill Yourself” which was algorithmically assisted using a Markov chain.
16:55 - To build the source material for her thesis, “I started culling together all of this language from the internet, and from liner notes, and from lyrics, from genres of extreme music that kind of mythologized misogyny.” - Kristin
18:30 - Kristin on her thesis: “I don’t want this to be something that has to be archived, I want this to be something that people have to deal with.”
19:00 - Some of Kristin’s inspiration that comes from Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”
22:45 - “In my other way, in my genre, I’ve picked something kind of extreme. Like, my stuff is definitely not for everyone and if you find confessional stuff confrontational, you’re going to find this really confrontational.” - AFP
24:20 - “There is only so much you can do with interpretation, there is only so much of yourself you can put into interpreting someone else’s music. And I eventually fell out of that and went to art school.” - Kristin
24:30 - “Coming to this work, I wanted it to be confrontational and to explore the ideas of gender-based violence in a way that wasn’t traditionally feminist. The work is not informed by any kind of Feminist school of thought, feminist theory, or—and I don’t really think about feminism at all when I make the work. I think about misogyny and hatred of women. And the attitudes espoused there. And about re-contextualizing and flipping the attitude instead.” - Kristin
29:30 - “My philosophy about art and this kind of stuff is that it’s all got to be allowed. Whether or not you serve it up with a giant context condiment buffet that isn’t what art ever has been and isn’t what art should turn into.” - AFP
28:45 - AFP on rethinking female artists like Tori Amos and Ani DiFranco. Her feelings around being compared to them and competing with them. And the framing around female-lead musicians as not as cool as the guys.
32:33 - “I wanted to be the kind of artist that my older boyfriend might actually one day stand up and say this is the thing. She can be up there with Current 93 and Swans and Coil like she belongs to the canon.” - AFP
35:00 - A discussion about having literal lyrics and if that makes you uncool.
45:47 - “I tend to specifically choose environments that maybe have more hostility in them to sing my most soul-baring songs.” - Kristin
47:10 - “I do think it’s really important to create that space and to make it okay for women to ask for things that facilitate making raw and important work. A lot of us are scared to do it and there is no environment in which to do it that feels okay. I mean,
it’s literally like you do it in a place that feels fucking terrible all the time.” - Kristin
50:56 - “I feel it’s my goal to instill fear in people who have done harm in the room… and to make people understand who don’t, or who don’t care. And then to honor people who have shared my experiences. So I want to do all that at once. And I feel like if I don’t do that, I fail.” - Kristin
52:10 - “One of my favorite things is when the sound guy comes back and is like, ‘that was fucking gnarly, that was the scariest thing I’ve ever seen!’ It’s happened a few times and I’m always looking for that response.” - Kristin
55:00 - On the environment in which you create, how to control it.
1:03:35 - “No one told me just play a blues jam, you’ll get the same levels, you don’t have to sing about your rape at sound check.” - AFP
this documentary is produced by the media darlings and directed by james holland.
song and music video concept by amanda palmer.
music video directed by amber sealey.
featuring kate adams in the role of jill.
this documentary - and the original video - was independently funded by over 15,000 patrons at http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
the song itself is the second single from my new solo album THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION...out everywhere now.
to learn more about this song and the making of this video, go here: patreon.com/posts/26862095
and go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net NOW to learn everything about the ALBUM, the ARTBOOK and the global song & storytelling tour.
this video, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last four years was funded by my patrons on patreon. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month.
go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net on tuesday december 11 to learn everything about ALBUM, the ARTBOOK and the global TOUR. pre-orders with special Vinyl & CD merch bundles await you.
this song was written as a two-day songwriting exercise on august 29th and 30th, 2017, using input/inspiration/comments from hundreds of my patrons. it was a response to the insanity of internet politics melded with the total eclipse and the devastation of hurricane harvey….and...other things.
this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 12,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month: http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
the original demo of this song was first released in august 2017, with download proceeds going to support the Texas Diaper Bank to help victims of Hurricane Harvey across Texas.
you can read all about it here: http://amandapalmer.net/drowninginthesound
LYRICS:
you worship the sun
and you’re aching for change
but you keep starving your heart
and you used to have sisters
you don’t anymore
you worship the sun
but you keep feeding the dark
and i’m out in the yard with my son and daughter
and the sky is all black and i think we should start running
running from the water
and everybody’s yelling
yelling that they’re coming
but i don’t see a single soul
they’re all so busy yelling
not one of them is hearing
the hissing from the bottom of the boat
i got some feelings up my sleeve
i got a compass in my arm
i got a needle in my heart
it’s gonna tell us where we are
south by southwest
two miles from town
i can’t get out
i can’t look down
if you can hear
if you’re around
i’m over here
i’m over here
i’m watching everyone i love
drowning in the sound
you worship the sun
but the moon’s in the way
so get your armaments out
she’s always looking for trouble
she’s gonna get what’s been coming to her
she’s switching the tides
and we can’t have that shit around
the television
they’re blaring out a warning
that our natural state is drowning
that our natural state is burning
and you’re trying to help
and you’re clicking for change
and you’re calling it out
and you’re adding your name
and you’re marching for peace
but you’re lynching the bitch
that got up in your face
how else they gonna take you seriously
south by southwest
two miles from town
i can’t get out
i can’t look down
if you can hear
if you’re around
i’m over here
i’m over here
i’m watching everyone i love
drowning in the sound
your body is a temple
and the temple is a prison
and the prison’s overcrowded
and the inmates know it’s flooding
and the body politic is getting sicker by the minute
and the media’s not fake
it’s just very inconvenient
do you ever feel like this should be officially the end
and that you should be the one to do the ending
but you can’t
do you ever feel like everyone is slowly letting go
do you ever feel that
that incredibly alone
and they’re saying not to panic
and it’s like a broken record
(as if anybody knows what that is)
and they’re saying that we’ll manage
it’s the hottest one on record
and they’re saying that
that’s just the way it is
now i can taste it coming
i can taste it with my tongue
and my children are so heavy
but i pick them up and run
and i know i’ll have to swim soon
when the water gets too high
i’ll keep holding them above me
i’ll keep holding them and crying
south by southwest
two miles from town
i can’t get out
i can’t look down
if you can hear
if you’re around
i’m over here
i’m over here
i’m watching everyone i love
everyone i love
everyone i love
drowning in the sound
you worship the sun
and you’re aching for change
but you keep starving your heart
you used to have sisters
you don’t anymore
you worship the sun
but you keep feeding the dark
this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month:
http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month:
http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month:
http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month:
http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
this video was independently funded by over 14,000 patrons at http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
the song itself is the second single from my new solo album THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION...offically out everywhere (and available on CD and double-vinyl) on march 8, 2019. international women's day, mofos.
to learn more about this song and video, go here: patreon.com/posts/voicemail-for-by-25185120 and go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net NOW to learn everything about the ALBUM, the ARTBOOK and the global song & storytelling tour.
this video, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last four years was funded by my patrons on patreon. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month.
VIDEO CREDITS
Director - Amber Sealey
Cinematographer - Matt Crum
Producer - Stefanie Sparks
Producer - Jesse Epstein
Editor - Patrick Nelson Barnes
Colorist - Matt Crum
Jill - Kate Adams
The Man - Aaron Cantor
Office Workers:
Johnny Blazes
Nadya Volicer
Shardae Jobson
Mali Sastri
Steven Panzek
Jack Abramowitz
Mom in Elevator - Dalilah Rain
Child 1 - Nera Gray
Child 2 - Tova Pearl
Child 3 - Kieran Cole
Childcare Help - Amrita Kaur
Amanda Palmer as herself
Party Attendees:
Mae Cutrona
Nivi Nagiel
Zia Revere
Cayla Horsey
Jacquelyn Gianetti
Aimsel Ponti
Dianna Leigh
Jim Kernohan
Abby Wilson
Bailey Hein
Boston Citizens:
Katherine Bergeron
E. Stephen
Cricket Barretti-Sigal
Michael McComiskey
Valerie Stephens
Mr. Ed
Ocean Farinella
Marissa Monteiro
Rosalba Solis
Inès de la Cruz
Julianna Quiroz
Elizabeth Bebyn
Linda May Ellis
Ted Thomas
Danielle Pollock
Richard Sealey
Jesse Epstein
Rachel Jayson
Clare Collar
Asa Collar
Eileen Ryan
Robin Grammer
Kim Dawson & Child
Hayley Rosenblum
1st AC and DIT - Richard Hawke
2nd AD - Jen Padget
Set PA - Miriam Olken
PA Driver - Matt Melia
PA Driver - Anthony Flores
Still Photography - Hayley Rosenblum
Behind The Scenes Doc - James Holland
Gaffer - Chris Brown
Grip - Mitch Fortier
Catering - Cuisine En Locale
Office Location - Business District
Party Location - The Cloud Club
Amanda's Assistants:
Michael McComiskey
Hayley Rosenblum
this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month:
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this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month:
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this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month:
http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month:
http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month:
http://patreon.com/amandapalmer
this song, my album, and all of the art i've been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month:
http://patreon.com/amandapalmer