he's here...

September 21, 2015 16:07:52

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he's here...

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after 24 hours of labor at home (well, someone's home, at least) with three magical midwives and our doula and loving friend, whitney, we're finally all safely landed on the other side of childbirth...me, neil and little anthony.

someday i'll tell you the whole story. it was a crazy, beautiful trip.

meanwhile

please forgive my total lack of online presence for a while...i'm so happy to be spending the time away from the the phone and the computer and doing the only thing i want to do right now...at home, in the quiet woods, all three of us falling in love with each other after our long long journey together. we're exhausted.

so much love

afp

Amanda Palmer

September 21, 2015 16:07:52

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c white Absolute joy

September 30, 2015 01:42:59 · Reply

Katherine C. H. E. It is the BEST. And, the best advice I got when I had my son was "don't be too busy." Enjoy every moment. <3 Congratulations, y'all! <3

September 30, 2015 23:42:17 · Reply

Lenoreschores So cool .congrats!!

October 2, 2015 16:11:49 · Reply

TUESDAY webcast! 5:30 est- weather permitting

September 12, 2015 20:47:52

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September 12, 2015 20:47:52

i am a pregnant disco ball! - (don't share!)

September 12, 2015 18:43:20

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September 12, 2015 18:43:20

something my dad wrote (warning: heavy.)

September 4, 2015 18:17:19

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September 4, 2015 18:17:19

surprise NEW YORK THING this thursday!

August 17, 2015 18:12:45

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surprise NEW YORK THING this thursday!

so the dad recording is WRAPPED. we're in the mixin' phase, and i thank you all so so so much for making it all possible. i hope you love it. it sounds BEAUTIFUL.

NEXT THING UP....IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE In or near NYC:

i'm doing a kind of goodbye Thing before going off to birth this baby.

i just sent this to the email list as well but there's more patreon-specific info

this is a slightly weird one, but bear with me….it’ll be worth it, i swear.

without ruining the surprise: i’m going to do a quick PUBLIC PERFORMANCE & CHILDREN’S BOOK DRIVE, 8-month fetus and all,

THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 20th

in co-operation with the

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (5th Ave @ 42nd Street)

at 6 pm SHARP!

ADMISSION IS FREE (it’s outside!)

but

PLEASE bring a children’s book (or more than one!) to donate to the NYPL’s early literacy program. the performance is in part a book-drive to get books to kids (and their parents) who don’t have access. please make sure the books are new (they can’t accept used books due to mold, etc).

***FOLLOW THE TWITTER & FACEBOOK FEEDS if IT RAINS! we will need to come up with some alternative space***

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A study of 3- to 5-year-olds who had been read to at least three times per week found the children were:

• Two times more likely to recognize all letters.

• Two times more likely to have word-sight recognitions

• Two times more likely to understand words in context.

(from United for Libraries: http://www.ala.org/united/products_services/booksforbabies/earlyliteracy)

and....

read more about the NYPL’s early literacy program here: http://nypl.org/abc

also thank you to bryant park for their help with this!

LETS GET THE KIDS SOME FECKING BOOKS!!!

important!!!! at 6 pm, HOLD ONTO YOUR BOOK(S) and await instructions…!! once the Thing starts, it’ll be obvious what to do and what’s happening.

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this whole project/thing has been built in secret for the past two months and will be filmed by a small camera crew (yay michael pope!) and turned into a FILM CLIP which will, indeed, be released as a PATREON THING to fund the entire project and pay all the artists & artisans who were involved in its creation.

it's my first real risk with the patreon. you guys are gong to be funding something truly odd. we'll see how you feel about it. i'm listening.

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PLEASE NOTE THE LIBRARY ITSELF CLOSES AT 6 pm so if you were planning on gettin’ out a book, come early!

more info on the location of the NYPL, directions, etc: http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman

RE: the books! all these books will be hauled to different locations to give to parents who can’t afford books to read to their kids, etc. BRING BOOKS YOU LOVE and would LOVE A CHILD TO READ/HAVE READ TO THEM!!!! the focus is on ages 0-5, but anything K-12 works.

the performance itself is going to be *very* short - like, blink and you’ll miss it! i’d suggest arriving around 5:30 if possible and hanging out on the steps and making friends with fellow freaks. bring things to do....and feel free to use this patreon thread as a way to find each other!!!

i'm in the middle of searching for a good place for an AFTER-PARTY just for patreon folks....i can't imagine there will be more than a few hundred of you/us so i'm seeking a righteous bar we can invade. (i'll post the info here in a patron-only post...if anybody has a good idea for something near the NYPL, hit me.)

love love love,

afp + fetus

Amanda Palmer

August 17, 2015 18:12:45

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Mel Legget Proud Patron, Congratulations, Amanda ~ So beautiful, strong, visible, spoken!

August 21, 2015 15:26:06 · Reply

Veronika Sills Being stuck in Minnesota, I was unable to witness the brilliance, but by all accounts it was just that: brilliant. I'm super happy to fund something like this and I can't wait to see the video!

August 22, 2015 04:09:39 · Reply

Betsy G. YAY books!

August 22, 2015 05:09:00 · Reply

The Dresden Dolls - first band interview in yeeears

April 29, 2015 15:26:23

LTrain interviews The Dresden Dolls at Funkadelic Studios!

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The Dresden Dolls prepares for their first performance together in 5 years at Funkadelic Studios! They took the time out from their rehearsal to talk to us about their performance later that day fo...

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LTrain interviews The Dresden Dolls at Funkadelic Studios!

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The Dresden Dolls prepares for their first performance together in 5 years at Funkadelic Studios! They took the time out from their rehearsal to talk to us about their performance later that day fo...

The Dresden Dolls - first band interview in yeeears

and SURPRISE...the first interview with The Dresden Dolls in years. it happened randomly, and why not. in our rehearsal space in Manhattan on the morning of Record Store Day, brian and I talk for about 15 minutes record stores, performance and authenticity, how we feel about cell phone cameras at shows, at what new artists we are currently freaking out about. DIG IT. more soon, and thank you for all the replies to the blog about hate/love yesterday. you guys are amazing. xxx afp https://youtu.be/gtEqLEpxLts

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April 29, 2015 15:26:23

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Kate C The Virginia Monologues & Record Store Day So for anyone who cuts to the chase & doesn't read the rest of posts I have two copies of The Virginia Monologues that I want to make available to anyone who doesn't have access to a record store or wasn't able to get a copy. So my Record Store Day experience: First the local, local, record store just opened back up so I didn't go into Berkeley or San Francisco (it's not a big trip, but I had stuff to do). 1, I walked in, told them I was there for Record Store Day and looking for Dresden Dolls Virginia Monologues. First they just kept telling me to look in Rock (?) but I made them look it up, and they were like "Sorry, we have one, but it's only in vinyl, not CD." Uh, yeah. I came in for record store day. So some chick walks me over to the rock section in vinyl. No dice. Then she tells me, "You might want to check in the Record Store Day bins and see if it's there." Grrr.... So I did what any jonesing music addict would do: I searched the internet and found for a fairly reasonable price. But sad because ...you know, takes the fun out of Record Store Day. But had to have the album. *shrug* So today... I go into browse. And I'm flipping through, starting at the very beginning of the "A"'s today, 'cause I was in that sort of try to have order in my life type of mood. And then I get to "D." And there are two beautiful copies of The Virginia Monologues. And the numbered stamps are ordered with one missing in between, which means there were at least three available. Again, grrr.... So I debated. Should I leave them there as gems for other people to find and treasure? Or should I buy them (still supporting my local record store) and make them available to this community who I know will have people who would love not just to have them as a collector's item, but because they truly love the albums, the Dresden Dolls, and Amanda and Brian, and everyone has been so excited by the stream of the concert, too. I decided to buy them. But after a debate with another guy looking for Record Store Day albums, that he hoped were together--no, crammed together randomly with other stuff. So he was annoyed with our record store too, but all for buying them and still supporting the store and trying to get the records to the community who will love them. I will not put them on eBay, even if no one responds and I have multiple copies. I'm not auctioning them. I'm offering them at cost to me (what I paid total, divided by the three albums, then I rounded down), and whatever shipping we agree on. Message me. I'm hoping this makes this makes somebody's day as much as it made mine to see these beautiful pieces of art. --kate

May 1, 2015 17:31:44 · Reply

Mary Kimball I don't think I've ever heard Brian speak. He is so articulate! It's such a fantastic contrast to his passionate performing style.

May 1, 2015 18:26:26 · Reply

Amy Brewer Thank you for sharing this interview. It's so great to see you two interact again. My first record I bought with my own money was Blondie, Autoamerican. It was a proud day. It was a few years before Mtv when all of our music introductions were via Casey Kasem on Saturday mornings. :)

May 6, 2015 18:41:46 · Reply

hate, blogging, and other realizations of the day.

April 27, 2015 20:04:50

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