FAV BOOKS:
The Hotel New Hampshire (John Irving), A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson), Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse), Immortality/The Unbearable Lightness of Being (that one's a tie - Milan Kundera), Dropping Ashes on the Buddha (Seung Sahn), Night (Elie Wiesel), The Clown (Heinrich Boll), The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)...
FAV FILMS:
Santa Sangre, King of Hearts, Wings of Desire, Amadeus, The Breakfast Club, Harold and Maude, The Celebration...
CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED:
FILMS
La Vie en Rose, 2007, directed by Olivier Dahan
Alice, 1988, directed by Jan Svankmajer
brian just turned me onto this one on tour. holy shit.
biopic of the life of edith piaf and it doesn't get more tragic. the film captures every side: it's a brutal portrayal, unrelenting.
she was hit again and again and again with one bitch turn-of-events after another and she went down mean and early.
you might cry. we did..
this was one of my favorites in high school and i still love it.
totally surreal and uncomfortable take on "alice in wonderland" by genius czech animator jan svankmeyer. mostly stop-animation with one young actress playing alice. this is some dark shit, be prepared to be disturbed.
his other films are also incredible - check him out if you don't know him.
BOOKS
The Mother Tongue
by Bill Bryson
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers
english and how it got that way.
i love bill. i love bill a lot. ever since i read "a short history of nearly everything" i have been obsessed.
this one is a beautifully written (and hilarious, as usual) history of the windy path of the english language.
rad rad rad. bill rocks.
ok. a few years ago all of my friends read this book and it was a strict love/hate divide. i loved.
this is a memoir of 20-something dave eggers stuffed with the angst of our generation without being too angsty.
it is purposely self-referential in a way that stays vulnerable. real honest and true and worth the longness.
ALBUMS
Safe Inside The Day
Baby Dee
some of you may recognize dee from our Roundhouse DVD, where she guested with us.
i was first introduced to her wonderful music by sxip shirey and i was an instant fan. to describe her music is to ruin it:
it is heart-wrenching and hilarious and hymnal and maddening. somewhere near planet antony. you MUST see her LIVE. GO!
she's on tour for the next few months: dates are up at her website babydee.org.
It is important in becoming artists to make sure that we do not pollute this world; moreover, as artists we can actually beautify this world. Inspired in this way with our contact with dharma art, there is less room for neurosis. That is the actual project of dharma art, which is both necessary and important. Inch by inch, step by step, our efforts should wake people up through the world of art, rather than please everyone and go along with the current. The dharma artist is not a self-styled artist painting a picture out of his own shit and piss and selling it for a million dollars, but an upright person, a good, gentle, and well-meaning person who is wiling to cut through his or her subconscious gossip completely so that a straightforward, brilliant, precise, clear mind takes place....What makes you artistic? What convinces you, if you are uncertain, that a work of art is a real expression of yourself? Or is a work of art something to make sure that the rest of the world is convinced about you, so that in turn you yourself find ground to exist? --- Chogyam Trungpa
"Astronaut"
November 27th, 2006 Boston, MA
Amanda performs Radiohead's "Creep" on ukulele May 27th, 2007 at Middle East in Boston, MA
"Marry Me" (St. Vincent cover) September 15th, 2007 at Zero Arrow Theatre in Boston, MA
Amanda & Estradasphere perform "I Know It" by Madonna
is there any way you can make the lyrics for LIVE up? I was hoping, it is something for school, in drama we had to pick a song or monologue that meant something to us. And well i chose this song, for many reasons:] so i was hoping to use the lyrics. pleaseeeeeee......
I have made this collage of Evelyn Evelyn The process was long but soooo fun to do, I..ve seen videos of your shows and everytime I think of you eating that candy, it puts a big smile on my face. You are both so talented, inteligent and fun! I posted it also on my personal site & on my DA account
Amanda Palmer might never even see this comment, but.....
Amanda! I was browsing on youtube and I found this amazing video based on alice in wonderland! I saw it and immediately thought of you, because it was beautiful..like you. So here it is.
If you're in or near Pittsburgh, PA come check out my set this Friday @ the Rock Room. It's gonna be like the Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village circa 1958, but even better because in Pittsburgh circa now, I promise.
You and Brian were in my dream last night. I'd tell you what it was, but it's relatively boring. The only exciting part was you guys as the main characters. haha
