Amanda Fucking Palmer

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Didn't happen: some technical problem with the feed to the stage while she was on. Still what they showed instead (and what I saw before) was pretty good.

Here's a nice interview for Newsnight from a couple of days ago. Tells you everything you need to know about the recent Daily Mail brouhaha, but more generally just a good interview.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23420810

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

Hey cheers thread!

I'd never heard the original. Or Amanda Fucking Palmer's version. They're both good.

Though I do know the song. I did a massive blitz a while back downloading DFA remixes and Paper Plane is one of them:



I still like this very Talking Headsy version best but it's inextricably linked with running / gym work out for me. I think the mental link with endorphin rush is going to cause a bunch of bias.

AS YOU WERE

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Didn't happen: some technical problem with the feed to the stage while she was on. Still what they showed instead (and what I saw before) was pretty good.

Here's a nice interview for Newsnight from a couple of days ago. Tells you everything you need to know about the recent Daily Mail brouhaha, but more generally just a good interview.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23420810

Never mind her tits, what's her eyebrows all about?

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She paints them on with a sharpie, has been doing so for years. A good excuse to post this (skip to 1:50):

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Busking again??

Tsk tsk !!

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not sure if this is already on the thread but 3 free tracks can be found at

http://listen.violitionist.com/album/am ... eil-gaiman

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AP turned up as a surprise guest (as did Lenny Henry) to Neil Gaiman's London book launch of Fortunately, The Milk:


P1030459 by PVBuk, on Flickr


P1030463 by PVBuk, on Flickr

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Bit of a rare treat to see Lenny Henry.... !!

This is quite catchy. The nest and egg image... oh dear..

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I posted that earlier in the thread but it seems to have been removed. Can't be it's too saucy for Youtube or why is it back now?

Yes, highly recommended; catchy, smutty, funny, probably not for viewing if you're easily offended or while children are around but otherwise a great introduction to AFP.

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Lost by AFP and the GTO, from their album Theatre is Evil, played on a child's toy, pots and pans and megaphone.

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Mr and Mrs AFP @ Google

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This is fun. It's a straightforward performance of her Ukelele Anthem (except she's added some more lyrics) but you spend most of the video thinking "WTF is she wearing/wrapped in?"

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Things have been quiet recently at least in part as she's been writing a book, inspired by her TED talk. Here's the cover