Hola Comrades!!! Here's be the newses!

AMANDA PALMER WITH THE BOSTON POPS
Yes, the Boston Pops.
Tell your parents! They'll be wicked impressed!

June 19 & 20, 2008 at Symphony Hall, Boston, MA

Before embarking on some serious touring all year (more on that soon to come!) in support of "Who Killed Amanda Palmer", I'll be playing these two epic shows featuring songs from the record, some arrangements of Dolls songs, and some surprises. There will be live filmy goodness care of Michael Pope and extra-curricular theatrics care of Steven Mitchell Wright/The Danger Ensemble from Brisbane, Australia. After the performance there will be a party in the reception room with a performance by Luminescent Orchestrii featuring Sxip Shirey.

They probably won't invite me back until I'm in my late 60s, so don't miss it.

love, A

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"They're fine. If you like that sort of thing. Which I don't."

"Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters."

My Grandpa would have loved this, but he has sadly passed away. In 1985, I think. I vaguely recall news of his death, and a subsequent trip to the funeral director's, interrupted a special performance of Fire and Ice by Torvill and Dean. He did love the Boston Pops though.

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"She blackens my name in the press and makes me think abortion is an excellent idea"

Time is the distance that you can't return by miles.

"I escaped somehow. Let's go"

actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter

Hola Comrades!!!

I send you greetings&salutations from the land of silence.
After undergoing very successful vocal cord surgery, I've been mute for two solid weeks now and my apartment is very very clean.

If you want to read up about these exciting adventures, I've been a blogging fiend lately, check it at http://dresdendollsdiary.blogspot.com or www.myspace.com/whokilledamandapalmer.

I am blown away by the growing number of intelligent people discussing the nature of the universe (and the evil of UGG boots) with me. come join us.

Brian and I have been cranking WICKED hardcore to ready a collection of photos for THE NEW SONGBOOK, which will hopefully be released at the same time as our forthcoming record, "No, Virginia". The book will include piano/vocal/guitar notation for ALL of "Yes, Virginia" and "No, Virginia", plus the requisite treasure trove of weird shit, stories, alternate lyrics, photos, and more flotsam and jetsam than you can shake a stick at.

love, amanda

PARTY IN THE WOODS WITH POST-WAR TRADE
Post-War Trade, the democratic future of band merchandizing wants YOU (insert creepy Amanda-as-Uncle-Sam graphic here) to join our team for the Rothbury Music Festival!

PWT will have a bizzaro-crafts table at the festival promoting our venture and we need smart, crafty, outgoing people to staff it. You need to be ready to sew, cut, paste and glue-gun. In exchange for your help, you'll get into rothbury as the Dolls' guest and you'll have a behind-the-scenes style experience. What that will entail, we're not sure yet, but you can bet it will be fucking SWEET. Free fest tix + art in the woods with the freaks, who could ask for more?

Here's what we're looking for in volunteerz:
Responsible, reliable, freaky fan folks super crafty & good with their hands, knowing how to SEW a huge plus... Outgoing and charming peeps eager to convert the unwashed, possibly tripping masses to the joy of PWT and PUNK CABARET. If that's YOU (and we hope it's you) email PWT's mistress of artist outreach, Beth, at beth@dresdendolls.com why you and your awesomeresponsiblecraftycharming self would rock our world at Rothbury.
For more info on PWT, go to www.myspace.com/postwartrade

AMANDA PLAMER SOLO SHOWS ADDED

Friday, May 9
Providence Piers / Providence, RI
with Death Cab For Cutie
Doors 5pm / show 6pm / all ages $20 -
on sale Thurs, March 20 at noon / www.etix.com for tickets!

Saturday, May 10
WFNX Best Music Poll at Bank of America Pavilion Boston, MA
with Death Cab For Cutie, The Presidents of the United States of America, and Bob Mould
Doors 4pm / Show 5pm / all ages $38 -
on sale March 22 at 10am / click here for tickets

Stay tuned for more shows to come!

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"They're fine. If you like that sort of thing. Which I don't."

"Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters."

amanda, i saw you twice in new zealand... please come back!

Amanda's been teasing out her solo debut for a long time now. The bits and pieces we've gleaned include the sessions' location (Nashville), producer (Ben Folds), and prospects for having at least one great song (very high, thanks to hearing at least one great song). The studio version of "Astronaut" brings strings and a subtle dance beat through the second verse and just as much DRAMA, which the video illustrates with exploding spaceships and Amanda's crazy eyebrows.

Who Killed Amanda Palmer is out 9/16 via Roadrunner. You can keep track of all that's going on at myspace.com/whokilledamandapalmer, where you can download a bunch of live tunes.

Hmm. Amanda's father on Melrose Place was named Palmer.

Also, a shitty band from Europe took the band named Amanda Woodward.

A bunch of fucking screamo frogs who will never get further than Myspace get to be called Amanda Woodward. What a waste.

Amanada Palmer is such a nightmare. She should tattoo PRETENTIOUS RICH KID on her forehead. And her fans are so lol.

^ Just wondering if you've ever had a conversation with her?

Granted I sat in a reserved area, but I had a great time when I last saw them. It was years ago, but the fans were all nice and no one stage dived or acted like a drunk date rapist. Now do I hang out with fans of them? No. The only friend of mine who likes them heard them first when I took her to their concert. But I'm sure everyone has some good fans - probably even Nickelback.

She's playing some big festival of arts and music in NYC, but I deleted the press release.

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"They're fine. If you like that sort of thing. Which I don't."

"Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters."

never really been to one of her performances and don't have a general idea how her fans are supposed to be. and i don't know what kind of family she's from or whatever. but her music is really terrific. that's all i care about. cannot wait for her solo album.

The Dresden Dolls fans I have met are so varied it seems difficult to really generalize, at least that's been my observation.

Jesus god though, the Dresden Dolls AND Luminescent Orchestrii in the same night? Jealous as eff that I can't go.

that song is a bore.

The Dresden Dolls gig I went to in 2006 was one of the best shows I've ever been to. I don't even love the Dolls (I do like them), but they put on a phenomenal show. The show was released on DVD too which is pretty cool, you can totally see the back of my head in one of the crowd shots

I just bought tickets to see Amanda solo with just her and the piano in October, I'm intrigued as it'll be so very different to the spectacular they put on as a band.

after hearing this song, i am pretty excited about her solo project. also, No Virginia is a really good album especially for bsides. most of the songs on it are much better than half the songs off Yes, Virginia.

^ It's a very good collection of b-sides, but I don't consider it an "album" in that it just isn't cohesive. It doesn't even flow as well as a proper mix should, but the new songs and b-sides (even though only one was in the literal sense a b-side) are good quality. I think it is a fans album and not one for beginners. I haven't listened to it since the first week I got it.

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"They're fine. If you like that sort of thing. Which I don't."

"Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters."