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Showing posts with label Amanda Palmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amanda Palmer. Show all posts

Reddit Deleted My Post About Amanda Palmer's Eyebrows But I Don't Need Reddit When I Have This Blog

Reddit Deleted My Post About Amanda Palmer's Eyebrows But I Don't Need Reddit When I Have This Blog I posted in the /whybrows subreddit the other day, which is a hilarious collection of truly astonishing eyebrow decisions from around the web. I tried to read the rules for the subreddit first, but there was nothing written under Rules. My post sparked a lively discussion about Amanda and the current state of affairs on that topic, and got 50 upvotes before they took it down. Obviously we were enjoying it. And it imparted some new info for peopl…

Amanda Fucking Palmer

Amanda Fucking Palmer Right now on the Internet there is an Amanda Palmer hatefest. Another one, and it's a doozy. As a onetime music writer and promoter, I don’t know what to make of the truculent, sneering Amanda, or her weird, brill fame. This latest wave of #AmandaPalmerIsACunt started I guess with a muckety muck at The Guardian having an odd sort of go at Amanda on Twitter, and once there's a splash of Palmer blood in the social network seas, forget abo…

#Throwback Thursday: 2008

#Throwback Thursday: 2008 Ten years ago this week! Seems like only a hundred years ago this week. (I'm so tired).

Asking

Asking Ya know, if I had like, $7000, my whole entire life would be different. I wonder what it was like centuries ago when there were patrons supporting artists. Should I finish  The Art of Asking  by Amanda Palmer? I keep thinking magical thoughts. Like, "Maybe seven thousand people will give me a dollar." That's how it works, right, Amanda? I only read the first part. Okay, I only read the cover. At the bookstore and I didn't buy the…