(C) 2010 by Evelyn EvelynAmanda Palmer Live StreamAmanda Palmer2023-05-30 | ...AMANDA PALMER & LUKE GAJDUS - Neither Here Nor ThereAmanda Palmer2023-02-27 | Filmed live on January 25th, 2022 at Bob's Cove, Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa New Zealand. 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
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.
-AFPI WILL NOT BE PURIFIED - Sophie Strand + Amanda Palmer + Gracie and RachelAmanda Palmer2022-10-18 | Written and read by Sophie Strand live at at Amanda Palmer's O+ Festival Benefit at The Old Dutch Church in Kingston, NY, August 13, 2022. Accompanying live music by Amanda Palmer & Gracie and Rachel.
O+ is an organization that empowers communities to take control of their collective wellbeing through the exchange of art, music, and wellness. During the festival, underinsured artists and musicians create and perform in exchange for a variety of services donated by doctors, dentists and complementary care providers. Find out more, and support, at https://opositivefestival.org.
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.
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.SURFACE PRESSURE - AMANDA PALMER (w JHEREK BISCHOFF & THE BLACK QUARTET)Amanda Palmer2022-03-17 | This recording started as a jokey suggestion on one of my patron-only webcasts and then evolved into a DARE. I took the dare. My son, Ash, who is six, is OBSESSED with Encanto and I'd already heard the soundtrack 357 times. The first time I saw Luisa sing this in the film, I cracked inside. I FELT VERY VALIDATED, especially after being a solo parent for a year in a foreign country because of Covid. The recording was made over the course of one VERY LONG day (Feb 22nd, 2022, at Roundhead Studios in Aoteraoa New Zealand), and every second of the process was streamed live to my 12,000 patrons who acted as virtual sounding boards and cheerleaders for me, the studio crew, the Black Quartet, and the arranger/conductor Jherek Bischoff who beamed in from Los Angeles for the whole thing (in a Tuxedo, with a candelabra, in the living room).
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.
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--theASK AMANDA #1: I’m 39 & Dying of Cancer. How Do I Help the Love of My Life?Amanda Palmer2022-02-11 | Hello my loves. This is a home-made video of me live-reading (and live-weeping) my new advice column: "Ask Amanda #1: I’m 39 and Dying of Cancer. How Do I Help the Love of My Life?" The original column, with beautiful artwork by Sarah Beetson, is here: amandapalmer.substack.com/p/ask-amanda-1-im-39-and-dying-of-cancer
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.comBLURRED LINES + RAPE ME MASHUP - AMANDA PALMER & REB FOUNTAINAmanda Palmer2021-10-05 | Powered by patronage. Recorded live on August 13th 2021 at Stebbing Studios in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Please share it; the only promotion for this video is word of mouth.
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)
BELIEVE WOMEN.THE COUCH OF TRUTH with AFP: HAVING A KID... OR NOT: TWO STORIES ABOUT BEING OKAYAmanda Palmer2021-08-27 | This is the fifth and final episode in a five-part series. On March 22, 2019, the afternoon of her "There Will Be No Intermission" solo piano show in Toronto, musician Amanda Palmer invited members of the community to descend into to the basement dressing room of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, sit on a cozy couch, and share anything they felt like sharing. A story, a heartbreak, a confession....anything.
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 KnightTHE COUCH OF TRUTH with AFP - ABORTION: THREE STORIESAmanda Palmer2021-08-22 | This is the fourth episode in a five-part series. On March 22, 2019, the afternoon of her "There Will Be No Intermission" solo piano show in Toronto, musician Amanda Palmer invited members of the community to descend into to the basement dressing room of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, sit on a cozy couch, and share anything they felt like sharing. A story, a heartbreak, a confession....anything.
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.
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 KnightTHE COUCH OF TRUTH with AFP - GRIEF: AND ITS GOING TO HURTAmanda Palmer2021-08-13 | This is the third episode in a five-part series. On March 22, 2019, the afternoon of her "There Will Be No Intermission" solo piano show in Toronto, musician Amanda Palmer invited members of the community to descend into to the basement dressing room of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, sit on a cozy couch, and share anything they felt like sharing. A story, a heartbreak, a confession....anything.
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
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 KnightTHE COUCH OF TRUTH with AFP - MISCARRIAGE: WHERE IS THE HALLMARK CARD?Amanda Palmer2021-08-06 | This is the second episode of a five-part series. On March 22, 2019, the afternoon of her "There Will Be No Intermission" solo piano show in Toronto, musician Amanda Palmer invited members of the community to descend into to the basement dressing room of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, sit on a cozy couch, and share anything they felt like sharing. A story, a heartbreak, a confession....anything.
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
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 KnightTHE COUCH OF TRUTH with AFP - SUICIDE & MENTAL HEALTH: THREE STORIESAmanda Palmer2021-07-28 | This is the first episode in a five-part series. On March 22, 2019, the afternoon of her "There Will Be No Intermission" solo piano show in Toronto, musician Amanda Palmer invited members of the community to descend into to the basement dressing room of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, sit on a cozy couch, and share anything they felt like sharing. A story, a heartbreak, a confession....anything.
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
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:
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 KnightAMANDA PALMER talks with best-selling novelist CATHERINE ROBERTSON @ the AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVALAmanda Palmer2021-06-15 | Amanda Palmer discusses art, process, independence, patronage, feminism and what she's learned as a foreigner in Aotearoa New Zealand with award-winning Kiwi novelist Catherine Robertson.
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.LUCY LAWLESS interviews NEIL GAIMAN & AMANDA PALMERAmanda Palmer2021-05-28 | May 15th, 2021 at the Auckland Writers Festival. Filmed live at the Aotea Center, Auckland.
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.AMANDA PALMER & FRIENDS - THE ART OF ASKING EVERYTHING PODCAST: BEST OF SEASON ONEAmanda Palmer2021-04-22 | You can read about this whole project & its creation HERE on patreon: patreon.com/posts/50218428
This podcast also exists wherever you download podcasts (apple, spotify, etc!) ......
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!!!!CITY HALL - a joyful song & crowd-sourced video by JASON WEBLEY & AMANDA PALMERAmanda Palmer2020-12-18 | THERE IS STILL JOY IN THE WORLD! This little song was written at City Hall in New York City in just a few minutes - with lyrics almost entirely by Jason, ukulele by Amanda - while we were waiting in line for our good friends Lance and Kurt to get married. All the photos were crowdsourced from Amanda's patrons, and you can see everybody's names, the song credits & learn more about how it all happened HERE at this post: patreon.com/posts/44897500
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/44897500Amanda Palmer Live in Hawkes Bay, Aotearoa NZ - November 14, 2020Amanda Palmer2020-11-14 | Thanks to my patrons who are footing the bill, I was able to STREAM AN ENTIRE SOLO PIANO SHOW FOR FREE with eight cameras and amazing sound - broadcasting live from the historic Hastings Opera House.
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/amandapalmerHIT THE ROAD, TRUMP! - amanda palmer & a bunch of kiwisAmanda Palmer2020-11-10 | HOORAY! THE ORANGE MAN IS LEAVING OFFICE! this is the way we celebrated when we found out here in Aotearoa New Zealand...a spontaneous version of "hit the road, jack", originally performed for a friend's CELEBRATION zoom call (that's my friend kya holding the camera).....with matt volunteering to play guitar, me sitting down for five minutes (literally) and scribbling out some lyrics, and everybody singin' along!
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!Amanda Palmer - “In My Mind” live from Aotearoa New Zealand for Team Joe SingsAmanda Palmer2020-10-23 | This song, which I wrote back in 2007, was recorded in my kid's bedroom in our air bnb in Aotearoa New Zealand. On my iPhone. 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: http://patreon.com/amandapalmerAMANDA PALMERS NEW PODCAST: THE ART OF ASKING EVERYTHING - trailerAmanda Palmer2020-09-22 | it's podcast time, at last. after years of traveling around and interviewing some of the most interesting people on earth, it's here: "the art of asking everything". deep, beautifully-produced conversations with some of the kindest, smartest, insightful, and funniest people i could find, including elizabeth lesser, bj miller, laura jane grace, lenny henry, eli pariser, tim minchin, nadya tolokonnikova, kt tunstall, jamil zaki, storm large, leslie salmon jones and more.
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
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".Amanda Palmer & Friends - Black Smoke (with CLARE BOWDITCH)Amanda Palmer2020-02-20 | originally by EMILY WURRAMARA 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, oooohAmanda Palmer & Friends - My Favorite Things (BUSHFIRE EDITION)Amanda Palmer2020-02-20 | originally by RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN II 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 & Friends - Regional EchoAmanda Palmer2020-02-20 | originally by JEN CLOHER 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 meAmanda Palmer & Friends - Solid Rock (with FRED LEONE)Amanda Palmer2020-02-20 | originally by GOANNA 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 & Friends - Suck It Up, ButtercupAmanda Palmer2020-02-20 | a new song by amanda, for launceston 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 tiredAmanda Palmer & Friends - The Drovers BoyAmanda Palmer2020-02-20 | originally by TED EGAN amanda palmer - piano, vocals & drums
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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 boyAmanda Palmer & Friends - Truganini (with MONTAIGNE)Amanda Palmer2020-02-20 | originally by MIDNIGHT OIL montaigne - vocals amanda palmer - piano & vocals brian viglione - drums jherek bischoff - electric & upright bass
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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 stillAmanda Palmer & Friends - Beds Are Burning (with MISSY HIGGINS)Amanda Palmer2020-02-17 | the classic by midnight oil, still yet to be heeded. featuring missy higgins, amanda palmer on vocals and piano, brian viglione (the dresden dolls) on drums and jherek bischoff on bass & guitar - is one of a collection of songs from “forty-five degrees: a bushfire charity flash record” coming out on friday, february 21st.
this flash-recording project was independently funded by over 15,000 patrons, and the songs were chosen in part by the patrons. 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.
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?an entire theater gives an artist a hugAmanda Palmer2020-01-31 | a short film by Neva Films www.nevafilms.com
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WE ARE THE MEDIA.Amanda Palmer & Friends - Star Of WonderAmanda Palmer2019-12-24 | happy holidays 2019!! this is just a small selection of over 300 photos sent in from patrons around the world! read more about the project, and how it came about (and a link to hundreds more photos!) here: patreon.com/posts/32332712
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.
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 Mushroom Hunters by Neil Gaiman - read by Amanda Palmer with music by Jherek BischoffAmanda Palmer2019-11-26 | this poem was written by neil gaiman and read by amanda palmer for maria popova's “The Universe In Verse” event in 2017 (you can read about that here: brainpickings.org/2017/04/26/the-mushroom-hunters-neil-gaiman).
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!
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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
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 SupportTHE FRENCH BREXIT SONG - Amanda Palmer, Sarah-Louise Young & Maxim MeltonAmanda Palmer2019-10-30 | SACREBLEU!!! the french called. they want their words back.
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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 lateWE ARE THE MEDIA! amanda palmer speaks @ luxembourg climate rallyAmanda Palmer2019-09-30 | BE THE MEDIA! CHANGE THE SYSTEM, NOT THE CLIMATE! 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/nextAMANDA PALMER - the DROWNING IN THE SOUND music video documentaryAmanda Palmer2019-09-12 | hola comrades! this is a documentary shot & edited by james holland that takes us behind the scenes of the most ambitious video michael pope, my long time film-maker brother, and i have ever attempted, alongside choreographer coco karol. if you want to read about the documentary, go here: patreon.com/posts/29532688 if you want to see the original video, there's a link to it HERE on this patron post about the whole process: patreon.com/posts/28477634 or just go straight to the original video on youtube, here: youtube.com/watch?v=70ApTTyKpdg
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Produced by The Media Darlings Directed, Photographed and Edited by James Holland Additional Photography by Hayley RosenblumLASS JETZT LOS!!! im about to tour deutschland & osterreich! and more!Amanda Palmer2019-08-29 | hallo loves. it's august, 2019, and here is a little clip of me speaking AUF DEUTSCH to get you all excited about the fact that i'm about to mangle the language all OVER the continent, LIVE. in all seriousness, i'm really excited to kick THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION into high gear all over europe...it's going to be epic. please come, and please spread the word. i'll never do this tour again.
Wed Sep 4 – Netherlands – Amsterdam – Meervaart (SOLD OUT) Fri Sep 6 – Germany – Berlin – Admiralspalast (SOLD OUT) 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) Fri Dec 6 – UK – London – Union Chapel (SOLD OUT) Fri Dec 13th - UK - London - Union Chapel (SOLD OUT) Sat Dec 14th - UK - London - Union Chapel (JUST ADDED)
nointermission.amandapalmer.netAmanda Palmer - Everybody Knows Somebody (a sing-along)Amanda Palmer2019-08-15 | SING ALONG. SING IT LOUD. SING IT ON EVERY STREET CORNER IN AMERICA. 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.
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:
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 BerzalAMANDA PALMER - DROWNING IN THE SOUND (OFFICIAL VIDEO)Amanda Palmer2019-08-08 | hi, i love you. this is the official patron-funded video for "drowning in the sound", directed by long-time art-brother michael pope & choreographed by coco karol. dancers: effy grey, alexi transparent, yeman brown, miguel angel guzman. to read more about the backstory & creation of this video, go here: patreon.com/posts/28477634
“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.AFP Talks to Lingua IgnotaAmanda Palmer2019-07-29 | WOE TO ALL WHO DO NOT LISTEN TO LINGUA IGNOTA
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
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.” - AFPThe Abortion Shower I Never Got: Making Voicemail For Jill - Amanda PalmerAmanda Palmer2019-05-15 | the behind-the-scenes documentary of the “Voicemail For Jill“ music video - which was a co-creation between director amber sealey and musician amanda palmer.
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.
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.Amanda Palmer - Drowning In The SoundAmanda Palmer2019-03-08 | "Drowning In The Sound" - produced by John Congleton - is the first single from my new solo album THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION. it's out on march 8, 2019 (international women's day, mofos).
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 darkAmanda Palmer - Congratulations (Official Audio)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net to find ALL the things.
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/amandapalmerAmanda Palmer - Judy Blume (Official Audio)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net to find ALL the things.
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/amandapalmerAmanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission (Official Audio)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net to find ALL the things.
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/amandapalmerAmanda Palmer - Bigger On The Inside (Official Audio)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net to find ALL the things.
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/amandapalmerAmanda Palmer - Voicemail For Jill (Official Music Video)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | this is the “Voicemail For Jill“ official music video. song and video concept by amanda palmer. directed by amber sealey. featuring kate adams in the role of jill.
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 RosenblumAmanda Palmer - Theyre Saying Not To Panic (Official Audio)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net to find ALL the things.
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/amandapalmerAmanda Palmer - Look Mummy, No Hands (Official Audio)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net to find ALL the things.
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/amandapalmerAmanda Palmer - Feeding The Dark (Official Audio)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net to find ALL the things.
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/amandapalmerAmanda Palmer - Death Thing (Official Audio)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net to find ALL the things.
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/amandapalmerAmanda Palmer - Lifes Such A Bitch, Isnt It (Official Audio)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net to find ALL the things.
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/amandapalmerAmanda Palmer - Hold On Tight, Darling (Official Audio)Amanda Palmer2019-03-08 | my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. go to http://www.AMANDAPALMER.net to find ALL the things.
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