Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer's Kickstarter Campaign Reaches $1M

Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: One Million Dollars, Video, Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer Kickstarter, Slideexpand, Kickstarter, Dresden Dolls, Ridiculous Amounts of Money, Amanda Palmer, Amanda Palmer Naked, Arts News

Amanda Palmer just reached 21,134 backers for her Kickstarter project, which is an incredible milestone for the female performer. However, the real ki...

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Karmin Holds the Music Business Hostage

Jason Schmitt | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Fader Media, Rob Stone, Nils Gums, Roadrunner Records, Berklee College of Music, Rubber Tracks Studio, Karmin Music, Kimbra, Bob Lefsetz, Rethink Music Conference, Mark Foster, Roger Brown, Geoff Cottrill, Kickstarter, Seth Godin, Music Industry, Amanda Palmer, Karmin, Foster the People, Entertainment News
Jason Schmitt

The ability for bands like Karmin to create, promote, and reap the awards of good artistry prior to a major label contract helps to illuminate just how far and fast the music business game has changed.

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Amanda Palmer's Kickstarter Campaign Raises $100K in First 7 Hours; Proves Beyond a Doubt We Are The Media

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Grand Theft Orchestra, Kickstarter, Loanspark Collective, Amanda Palmer, Amanda Palmer Kickstarter, Amanda Palmer Art, Amanda Palmer Tour, Amanda Palmer New Album, Culture News
Holly Cara Price

Palmer, who eschewed her label Roadrunner Records a few years ago and went gloriously indie, is now her own brand, living and breathing the new paradigm of the music industry.

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Doha Tribeca Film Fest 2011: Nadine Labaki's Latest, Antonio Banderas, and the Wonder of Black Gold

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Nadine Labaki, Antonio Banderas, Doha, Freida Pinto, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Black Gold, Doha Film Institute, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Jean Jacques Annaud, Where Do We Go Now?, Amanda Palmer, Qatar, Mira Nair, Culture News
E. Nina Rothe

The Doha Tribeca Film Festival is the kind of event that can make all other film festivals seem unexciting.

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Amanda Palmer: Al Jazeera Host, DFI Director, World Cinema Ambassador

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Tribeca Film Festival, Al Jazeera English, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Cannes, Black Gold, Doha Film Institute, The Fabulous Picture Show, Amanda Palmer, Robert De Niro, Culture News
E. Nina Rothe

The Fabulous Picture Show is hosted and produced by Amanda Palmer. With her grace and professional strength, she could cinematically unite the Arab and Western worlds.

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Huffington Post Exclusive Music World Premiere: On The Twentieth Anniversary Of Nevermind, SPIN Curates A Tribute Album (Audio)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Tori Amos, Ema, Bitch Vig, Nirvana, Titus Andronicus, Nevermind. Dave Grohl, Lounge Act, Geffen, Territorial Pissings, The Vaselines, Courtney Love, Stay Away, Drain You, Surfer Blood, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Muse, Midnight Juggernauts, Lithium, Curt Cobain, Nameless" Sub Pop, Endless, Olympia, Patti Smith, Michael Vazquez, On a Plain" "Something in the Way, Kris Vovoselic, Charles Bradley and the Menahan Street Band, Jeff the Brotherhood, Meat Puppets, Michael Azzerad, Steve Albini, Chad Channing, Polly, Telekinesis, Amanda Palmer, AJ Schnack, Foxy Shazam, Smells Like Teen Spirit", Come as You Are" "Breed, "In Bloom, Entertainment News
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Amanda Palmer Discusses the Launch of David Lynch Foundation Music

Brandon Deroche | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Peter Gabriel, Dlf Music, Maroon 5, Iggy Pop, Alanis Morissette, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Tom Waits, Veterans, Download for Good, Neil Gaiman, Moby, Slightly Stoopid, Dresden Dolls, David Lynch, Adhd, Ben Folds, Transcendental Meditation, Amanda Palmer, The David Lynch Foundation, Impact News
Brandon Deroche

Playing music coincides directly with the essence of meditation, and therefore it's no surprise that the two are again linked with today's launch of the David Lynch Foundation's newest venture -- DLF Music's "Download for Good."

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Chatting with Ben Folds; Plus His Video Premiere of "A Working Day"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Damien Kulash, Ben Folds Five, Neil Gaiman, High Fidelity, Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston, OK Go, Ben Folds, Nick Hornby, The Sing-Off, American Idol, Amanda Palmer, About a Boy, Sarah Palin, Ben Folds Working Day Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Co-written with novelist Nick Hornby, "A Working Day" is Ben Folds' commentary on popularity and hipness that skewers its topic while calling out the internet, blogs, and other social media in the process.

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13 Funny Musicians You Should Be Following On Twitter

The Huffington Post | Carol Hartsell | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Mike Doughty, Neko Case, Kanye West, Funny Tweeters, Funny Musicians Twitter, Kristin Hersh, Ted Leo, Jon Wurster, 13 Funny Musicians on Twitter, Questlove, Funny Twitter Feeds, Slidepollajax, Rosanne Cash, Funny Twitter, Colin Meloy, Aimee Mann, Ben Gibbard, Amanda Palmer, John Roderick, 13 Funny Musicians You Should Be Following on Twitter, Who Should I Follow on Twitter, Twitter Musicians Huffington Post, Comedy News

We realized we're always telling you which comedians to follow on Twitter, but we never give any love to the non-professional funny people who have tr...

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The Doha-Tribeca Film Festival: Robert DeNiro, Kevin Spacey and Directors in Burkas

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf States, Palestinian Films, Grandma of a Thousand Faces, Doha, Maggie Kim, Ben Kingsley, Noor Ahmad Yaqub, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Ken Spacey, Film Festivals, Man Without a Cell Phone, Sheika Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Marian Lacombe, Amanda Palmer, Qatar, Robert De Niro, Dfi, World News
Karin Badt

Qatar, once a country of fishermen and pearl-divers and today boasting one of the highest per capita GDPs, is an unusual place for a film festival. But yes, it recently hosted one.

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Amanda Palmer on Life, Art, Music, and Smashing Paradigms: So Much is Possible, and I Want to Do it All!

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music News, Dark Cabaret, Music Industry Restructuring, Steven Bogart, Crowd Funding, Zoe Boekbinder, Jason Webley, Brian Viglione, Dresden Dolls, Bitter Ruin, Cabaret, Lance Horne, Yoga, American Repertory Theater, Evelyn Evelyn, Natti Vogel, Roadrunner Records, Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under, Kristin Hersh, Twitter, Radiohead, Patronage-Based System, Tristan Allen, Cynthia Von Buhler, Entertainment News, Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on Her Magical Ukelele, Meow Meow, Kickstarter, Meditation, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, In Rainbows, Amanda Palmer, Sxip Shirey, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

The fact is, talking to Amanda Palmer can very well cause one to feel like a complete slacker, no matter how much of a workaholic you happen to be. Be...

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Richard Branson, Imogen Heap Team Up For Online Pakistan Relief Fundraiser

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Live 4 Pakistan, Kate Havnevik, Kaki King, Imogen Heap, Richard Branson, Pakistan-Flood-Relief-Efforts, Pakistan Floods, Sir Richard Branson, Ben Folds, Pakistan Relief Concert, KT Tunstall, Josh Groban, Zoe Keating, Amanda Palmer, Impact News

Sir Richard Branson and singer Imogen Heap have joined forces to host an online benefit to help the millions of Pakistanis affected by the devastating...

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Sxip Shirey and Sonic New York

Jesse Larner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gowanus Canal, Rhiannon Giddens, Coney Island, Tone Poem, Music, Toy Instruments, Aimee Curl, Brian Viglione, Brooklyn Bridge, Dresden Dolls, Sxip Shirey, Chinatown, Sonic New York, Tompkins Square Park, Hrachelle Garniez, Amanda Palmer, Performance, Arts News
Jesse Larner

I first saw Sxip ("Skip") Shirey when his band Luminescent Orchestrii opened for Dresden Dolls on the night that brought in 2008. It was an odd but oddly perfect pairing.

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Amanda Palmer, Radiohead & Ukuleles

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter, Neil Gaiman, Vinyl, Vinyl Is Back, Vinyl Records, Sarah Palin, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, Amanda Palmer, Radiohead, Entertainment News
Lee Stranahan

The next logical step for Amanda Palmer was to release an album of Radiohead covers performed on the ukulele and sell it online through a donation-based model. Plus a vinyl version.

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Sxip Shirey's Magic Journey: Sonic New York

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dead Kennedys, Appalachian Music, Dreamland, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Aimee Curl, Evan Rosen, Balinese Monkey Chant, Rhiannen Giddens, Beatles, Neil Gaiman, Jason Webley, Sammy Rubin, Sonic New York, Rachelle Garniez, Luminescent Orchestrii, Bill Nighy, Sxip's Hour of Charm, Statuesque, Evelyn Evelyn, Experimental Music, Adam Matta, Devo, Musique Concrete, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, New Music, Sky TV, Daredevil Opera Company, Moog, Sxip Shirey, Kickstarter, Don Godwin, Anti-Gravity?S Crash Test Dummies, City Winery, Amanda Palmer, Joe's Pub, Polynesian Music, Joe ?€˜Bass? DeJarnette, Wiyos, Nonesuch, Gamelan, New York News
Holly Cara Price

Sxip Shirey looks like a magician, with his wiry gray exploding hair and mischief eyes, and he has an uncanny ability to cast a musical spell over a r...

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NYC, DC, Philly and Boston: Amanda Palmer is coming to your city soon, if you believe in Art, Love, and Creativity, GO!

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston House of Blues, Lucille Lortel Theatre, With the Needle That Sings in Her Heart, American Repertory Theater, Evelyn Evelyn, Theatre of the Living Arts, Roadrunner Records, Steven Bogart, Lexington High School, Neutral Milk Hotel, Danger Ensemble, Jason Webley, Kander and Ebbs, Afp, Sxip Shirey, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, 9:30 Club, Cabaret, Anne Frank, Amanda Palmer, Rebellyon, Ninjaview, Oberon, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

In November of 2008 a friend convinced me I should not miss seeing Amanda Palmer, who was at the time touring behind her first solo album Who Killed A...

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Amanda Palmer: Naked & Dead At The Golden Globes (AUDIO)

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Golden Globes 2010, Twittering, Twitter, Neil Gaiman, Golden Globes, Dresden Dolls, Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Entertainment News
Lee Stranahan

Less then three weeks in and musician Amanda Palmer has had a pretty smashing 2010. On New Year's Eve, she performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra si...

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On Abortion, Rape, and Humor (Video)

Amanda Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Oasis, Rape, Banned Songs, Date Rape, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, Music, Amanda Palmer, Video, Entertainment News
Amanda Palmer

Ben Folds and I recorded a tongue-in-cheek, ironic, up-tempo pop song about a girl who got drunk, date raped, and had an abortion, and now no one will play the video.

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A Dresden Doll: Amanda Palmer At Metro

Chicago Reader | Monica Kendrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: East Bay Ray, Amanda Palmer Metro, Metro Chicago, Chicago Concerts, Dresden Dolls, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, Chicago Music, Amanda Palmer, Amanda Palmer Chicago, Chicago News

You might wonder why Dresden Dolls front woman Amanda Palmer would need to make a solo record, since the Dolls already provide such fertile ground for...

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