Amanda Fucking Palmer

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Pomplamoose got bottled for panhandling on kickstarter.

Probably why Nataly Dawn was one of her strongest supporters in this:

If I hear ONE MORE PERSON boycott Amanda Palmer…

Worth reading if it's unclear how raising many times your Kickstarter goal doesn't automatically make you rich.

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Fed up of her self promotion or not.

There's not many artists that are so in touch with their fans that after a gig would come out, sit on a wall, and sing three songs solo with zero band support. While bemused passers by wonder what the fuck's going on.

Sorry, shit footage I know.

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Millionaire.. and still busking....

Tsk Tsk...

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Millionaire.. and still busking....

Did you not read any of the comments or links already posted? This all died down a month ago but as you've clearly been sleeping under a log and missed it all here's the last three paragraphs of that Nataly Dawn post, which explains how raising a million dollars through Kickstarter does not make you a millionaire.

So, to all of the people who are saying that it’s “not fair” that Amanda Palmer isn’t riding through the streets in her million-dollar carriage throwing gold coins to all the “less privileged” musicians, or that it’s “not fair” that I made an album with Kickstarter funds and then signed to a label, please let me reassure you: in the end, there will be nothing left from the monies raised. If we wanted to be rich, we wouldn’t be investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in art. Hell, if we wanted to be rich, we wouldn’t be musicians.

I will admit that the phrasing of Amanda’s advertisement could have been softer. But Amanda hasn’t gotten to where she is today by sugar-coating. She’s Amanda Fucking Palmer in case you hadn’t noticed. And I’m sure that she’ll do a far better job investing her funds than I did, primarily because no one expects her to be Amanda Generous Palmer or Amanda Sorry-To-Have-Offended-You Palmer. Jack pointed out to me that if she had made a category in Kickstarter where people could GIVE $400 to be a part of the show, everyone would have considered that incredibly generous of her. He is completely right: it’s all about presentation.

So in conclusion, whether or not you agree with Amanda’s tactics, you are not shareholders in her Kickstarter project. When you gave her your money, you decided to trust her to invest it wisely. So keep trusting her and keep helping her. She has a plan. A completely insane plan to spend one million dollars on her art. If that’s not generous, I don’t know what is.

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Sorry, shit footage I know.

Wonderful! Gotta love her inherent DIY nature.
(and the footage is great, steady hand there)

I saw her in concert last month, totally magical.

Between her tour and the incredible Kickstarter loot (seriously high quality, and the content is great) it's a good time to be an AFP fan.

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New video of song from new album. Very NSFW but a lot of fun.

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I would click on it but I'm worried it'd charge me to watch it or something

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Er, no, it's on YouTube. Her album's free too: pay what you want, down to $0. You have to pay to get into one of her shows, though you can watch the whole of one in HD again on YouTube, for free. See the link/embed earlier in this thread.

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Sorry, I was making a joke about her money grabbing ways

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Er, no, it's on YouTube. Her album's free too: pay what you want, down to $0. You have to pay to get into one of her shows, though you can watch the whole of one in HD again on YouTube, for free. See the link/embed earlier in this thread.

It's not really free, though, is it. I presume those youtube vids are monetized ? Even if they're not, adding "hits" to her viddys ultimately adds $ to her bank account.

Her she does an " ironic " cover of M.I.A.'s "Paper Plane"



"All I want to do is... ching ching.. take your money!"

Here's a screengrab from her latest viddy.



I'm not paying towards that !

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I don't think the M.I.A. cover is ironic. It's AFP covering a great song. A bit experimental even for her and I prefer the original. The song is about the refugee/immigrant experience, i.e. people away from home trying to make a living. It was a bit controversial at the time as the gunshots in the chorus were interpreted as "give me your money or I'll shoot!", but that's not the intent.

These are fun. From http://daemonwildcat.tumblr.com (NSFW) GIFs made from the Do It With A Rockstar video. Very good quality and made very rapidly over the last few days. Show some of the highlights of the video which are easy to miss.

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Her TED talk:

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Interesting speech.

Here armpits "pop up" so often, you've got to consider the possibility she's using them as a subliminal branding tool..

Is she really overheating here.. or has she in fact sprayed something there..

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Livestreaming from the Newport Folk Festival.

http://www.npr.org/event/music/15583909 ... k-festival

She's on at 6:00, so 11:00 our time by my reckoning, two hours from now. Only for half an hour but there's a lot to like in the rest of the schedule.