History Music / AmandaPalmer

Amanda [=MacKinnon=] [[Creator/NeilGaiman Gaiman]] Palmer (also known as Amanda [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName Fucking]] Palmer, born April 30, 1976) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, writer and ukulele player.

--> ''New Zealand, New Zealand, my song is coming to an end''
--> ''I hope you have enjoyed it and I hope I get my period''
--> ''I also hope I haven't grossed you out''
--> ''But that's what you get when you ask me to write a song about your country in twenty minutes''

-->That's the way Aristophanes and Homer
-->Wrote ''The Iliad'' and ''Lysistrata''
-->''(not in that order)''

--> I'd love to have you up to see the place... I'd like to do more than survive, I'd like to rub it in your face!"

--> I see a red jeep and I want to [[Music/TheRollingStones paint it black!]]"

--> [[Theatre/{{Cabaret}} Life is no cabaret!]]"

--> I walk New Orleans with a knife / like Mackie hidden out of sight...

--> Do you wanna [[Music/BritneySpears hit me, baby, one more time?]]

--> It's a hit!

--> I'm not right now at all.

--> You'll never hear the little pitter patter pitter patter of this little feat of engineering...
--> It leaves you feeling pretty hollow...

--> You'll learn to hear the difference
--> Between the halves and the half-nots.

--> She lost her legs in a car crash three years ago,
--> [[DarkHumor She doesn't get around much.]]

** And she once played the Emcee in a production of ''{{Cabaret}}''.

Amanda [=MacKinnon=] [[Creator/NeilGaiman Gaiman]] Palmer (also known as "Amanda [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName Fucking]] Palmer", born April 30, 1976) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, former LivingStatue, and ukulele player.

Before her music career, Palmer worked for years as a living statue called the Eight Foot Bride. She then cofounded the "[[Creator/BertoltBrecht Brechtian]] punk cabaret" band (a term coined by her friends Music/TheTigerLillies) the Dresden Dolls, along with drummer Brian Viglione. They released three studio albums: their self-titled debut album was followed by the releases ''Yes, Virginia'' in 2006 and ''No, Virginia'' in 2008. The band went on hiatus in 2008, the same year Amanda released her solo album ''Who Killed Amanda Palmer''. Although they've done shows together since then, the band has officially broken up.

She married Creator/NeilGaiman in January 2011. Also in 2011, she released her second solo album, ''Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under'' later in the same month. The album's first single, "Map of Tasmania", gained much controversy. (It's a happy little song about pubes.) The album charted at number 88 on the Billboard top 100 album list.

In 2012, she released an album with her newest band Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra called ''Theatre is Evil''. Palmer used the website Website/{{Kickstarter}} to raise funds to produce this album, and raised more money than any other musical Kickstarter up until that time. [[http://www.amandapalmer.net/shop/pay-what-you-want/ She released the album for free through her website,]] and then debuted on the Billboard top 100 Album list at number 10 due to the immense number of Kickstarter pre-orders.

Along with Music/JasonWebley and Sxip Shirey, she is one third of the EvelynEvelyn project.

* WardrobeMalfunction: When the ''[[BritishNewspapers Daily Mail]]'' reported on a nipple slip and neglected to discuss anything else about her concert, she responded epically by writing them a song that devastatingly {{deconstructed}} the trope's misogynist undertones. During which she proceeded to outright [[{{Defied}} defy]] the trope by [[RefugeInAudacity stripping completely naked onstage]]. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY8qkJSQJ8M Link NSFW]].)

In 2014 Amanda released ''[[Literature/TheArtOfAsking The Art of Asking]]'', a book which is part-memoir, part philosophy, and an expansion of her TED talk. On September 15, 2015, she gave birth to her and Neil's first child, a son they named Anthony, nicknamed Ash.

In 2014 Amanda released ''[[Literature/TheArtOfAsking The Art of Asking]]'', a book which is part-memoir, part philosophy, and an expansion of her TED talk.

'''Amanda [=MacKinnon=] [[Creator/NeilGaiman Gaiman]] Palmer''' (also known as "Amanda [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName Fucking]] Palmer", born April 30, 1976) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, former LivingStatue, and ukulele player.

'''Amanda [=MacKinnon=] [[Creator/NeilGaiman Gaiman]] Palmer''' (also known as "Amanda [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName Fucking]] Palmer", born April 30, 1976) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, former LivingStatue, and ukulele player. Before her music career, Palmer worked for years as a living statue called the Eight Foot Bride. She then cofounded the "[[Creator/BertoltBrecht Brechtian]] punk cabaret" band (a term originally coined by her friends Music/TheTigerLillies) the Dresden Dolls, along with drummer Brian Viglione. They released three studio albums: their self-titled debut album was followed by the releases ''Yes, Virginia'' in 2006 and ''No, Virginia'' in 2008. The band went on hiatus in 2008, the same year Amanda released her solo album ''Who Killed Amanda Palmer''. Although they've done shows together since then, the band has officially broken up.

She married Creator/NeilGaiman in January 2011, and released her second solo album, ''Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under'' later in the same month. The first single, "Map of Tasmania", gaining much controversy. (It's a happy little song about pubes.) The album charted at number 88 on the Billboard top 100 album list.

Most recently, she released an album with her newest band Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra called ''Theatre is Evil''. Palmer used the website Website/{{Kickstarter}} to raise funds to produce this album, and raised more money than any other musical Kickstarter up until that time. [[http://www.amandapalmer.net/shop/pay-what-you-want/ She released the album for free through her website,]] and then debuted on the Billboard top 100 Album list at number 10 due to the immense number of Kickstarter pre-orders.

Her songs vary wildly in style and topics, with many featuring some DarkHumor and subject material. Most of them are chock full of nice puns, and there's a strong running theme of children's songs in a new grownup context. Amanda's also known for performing covers of whatever she feels like ranging from Music/{{Radiohead}}, to classic musicals, to Music/BlackSabbath, to Music/BritneySpears. She made a parodic cover version of Music/RebeccaBlack's song "Friday" from the perspective of a truck-stop prostitute.

Along with Music/JasonWebley and Sxip Shirey, she spent much of 2010 on tour with the EvelynEvelyn project.

Amanda and her new band the Grand Theft Orchestra are [[http://tickets.amandapalmer.net/ going on tour]]!

In 2014 Amanda released ''[[Literature/TheArtOfAsking The Art of Asking]]'', a book which is part-memoir, part philosophy, and an expansion of her TED talk. In late February 2015 she teased a "big announcement" on Twitter, which many fans thought would be saying she was pregnant, but turned out to be a new crowdfunding project on Patreon. Then on March 18 2015, she revealed that she actually ''was'' pregnant and had a due date in September. In July, she and Neil revealed that the baby was a boy, and on September 16, she gave birth to their son, Anthony(named after her recently deceased best friend and mentor Anthony Martignetti).

** "Night Reconisannce" has one where the song starts off with the narrator being yelled at as a satanist worshiper, among other labels, and by the end of the song they've started calling themselves such with pride.

In 2014 Amanda released ''[[Literature/TheArtOfAsking ''The Art of Asking]]'', a book which is part-memoir, part philosophy, and an expansion of her TED talk. In late February 2015 she teased a "big announcement" on Twitter, which many fans thought would be saying she was pregnant, but turned out to be a new crowdfunding project on Patreon. Then on March 18 2015, she revealed that she actually ''was'' pregnant and had a due date in September. In July, she and Neil revealed that the baby was a boy, and on September 16, she gave birth to their son, Anthony(named after her recently deceased best friend and mentor Anthony Martignetti).

In 2014 Amanda released '[[Literature/TheArtOfAsking ''The Art of Asking]]'', a book which is part-memoir, part philosophy, and an expansion of her TED talk. In late February 2015 she teased a "big announcement" on Twitter, which many fans thought would be saying she was pregnant, but turned out to be a new crowdfunding project on Patreon. Then on March 18 2015, she revealed that she actually ''was'' pregnant and had a due date in September. In July, she and Neil revealed that the baby was a boy, and on September 16, she gave birth to their son, Anthony(named after her recently deceased best friend and mentor Anthony Martignetti).

In 2014 Amanda released a book called [[Literature/TheArtOfAsking ''The Art of Asking'']], which is part-memoir, part philosophy, and an expansion of her TED talk. In late February 2015 she teased a "big announcement" on Twitter, which many fans thought would be saying she was pregnant, but turned out to be a new crowdfunding project on Patreon. Then on March 18 2015, she revealed that she actually ''was'' pregnant and had a due date in September. In July, she and Neil revealed that the baby was a boy, and on September 16, she gave birth to their son, Anthony(named after her recently deceased best friend and mentor Anthony Martignetti).

'''Amanda [=MacKinnon=] [[Creator/NeilGaiman Gaiman]] Palmer''' (also known as "Amanda [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName Fucking]] Palmer", born April 30, 1976) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, former LivingStatue, and ukulele player. Before her music career, Palmer worked for years as a living statue called "The Eight Foot Bride". She then co-founded the "[[Creator/BertoltBrecht Brechtian]] punk cabaret" band (a term originally coined by her friends Music/TheTigerLillies) The Dresden Dolls, along with drummer Brian Viglione. They released three studio albums: their self-titled debut album was followed by the releases ''Yes, Virginia'' in 2006 and ''No, Virginia'' in 2008. The band went on hiatus in 2008, the same year Amanda released her solo album ''Who Killed Amanda Palmer''. Although they've done shows together since then, the band stays officially broken up.

She married Creator/NeilGaiman in January 2011, and released her second solo album, ''Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under'' later in the same month, with the first single, "Map of Tasmania", gaining much controversy. (It's a happy little song about pubes.) The album eventually charted at number 88 on the Billboard top 100 album list.

Her songs vary wildly in style and topics, with many featuring some DarkHumor and subject material. Most of them are chock full of nice puns, and there's a strong running theme of children's songs in a new grownup context. Amanda's also known for performing covers of whatever she feels like -- ranging from Music/{{Radiohead}}, to classic musicals, to Music/BlackSabbath, to Music/BritneySpears. She also once did a parody of Music/RebeccaBlack's song Friday from the perspective of a truck-stop prostitute.

Amanda and her new band The Grand Theft Orchestra are [[http://tickets.amandapalmer.net/ going on tour]]!

In 2014 Amanda released a book called [[Literature/TheArtOfAsking ''The Art of Asking'']], which is part-memoir, part philosophy, and an expansion of her TED talk. In late February 2015 she teased a "big announcement" on Twitter, which many fans thought would be saying she was pregnant, but turned out to be a new crowdfunding project on Patreon. Then on March 18 2015, she revealed that she actually ''was'' pregnant, with a due date in September. In July, she and Neil revealed that the baby was a boy, and on September 16, she gave birth to their son, Anthony(named after her recently deceased best friend and mentor Anthony Martignetti).

* LyricalShoehorn: In "Shores Of California", the lyrics reference ''{{Theatre/Lysistrata}}'' and ''Literature/TheIliad'', but cite their authors in the wrong order: It's [[LeastRhymableWord probably almost impossible]] to rhyme "Aristophanes" with anything, while "Homer" at least comes somewhat close to rhyming with "Lysistrata". The liner notes to ''Yes, Virginia...'' do some parenthetical LampshadeHanging:

*** And she co-created a musical based on the NeutralMilkHotel albuml "In the Aeroplane over the Sea" called ''With the Needle That Sings in Her Heart''.

'''Amanda [=MacKinnon=] [[Creator/NeilGaiman Gaiman]] Palmer''' (also known as "Amanda [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName Fucking]] Palmer", born April 30, 1976) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, former LivingStatue, and ukulele player. Before her music career, Palmer worked for years as a living statue called "The Eight Foot Bride". She then co-founded the "[[Creator/BertoltBrecht Brechtian]] punk cabaret" band (a term originally coined by her friends TheTigerLillies) The Dresden Dolls, along with drummer Brian Viglione. They released three studio albums: their self-titled debut album was followed by the releases ''Yes, Virginia'' in 2006 and ''No, Virginia'' in 2008. The band went on hiatus in 2008, the same year Amanda released her solo album ''Who Killed Amanda Palmer''. Although they've done shows together since then, the band stays officially broken up.

'''Amanda [=MacKinnon=] [[Creator/NeilGaiman Gaiman]] Palmer''' (also known as "Amanda [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName Fucking]] Palmer", born April 30, 1976) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, former LivingStatue, and ukulele player. Before her music career, Palmer worked for years as a living statue called "The Eight Foot Bride". She then co-founded the "[[Creator/BertoltBrecht Brechtian]] punk cabaret" band (a term originally coined by her friends TheTigerLillies) The DresdenDolls, along with drummer Brian Viglione. They released three studio albums: their self-titled debut album was followed by the releases ''Yes, Virginia'' in 2006 and ''No, Virginia'' in 2008. The band went on hiatus in 2008, the same year Amanda released her solo album ''Who Killed Amanda Palmer''. Although they've done shows together since then, the band stays officially broken up.

In 2014 Amanda released a book called [[Literature/TheArtOfAsking ''The Art of Asking'']], which is part-memoir, part philosophy, and an expansion of her TED talk. In late February 2015 she teased a "big announcement" on Twitter, which many fans thought would be saying she was pregnant, but turned out to be a new crowdfunding project on Patreon. Then on March 18 2015, she revealed that she actually ''is'' pregnant, with a due date in September. In July, she and Neil revealed that the baby is a boy. On September 16, she gave birth to their son, Anthony(named after her recently deceased best friend).

In 2014 Amanda released a book called [[Literature/TheArtOfAsking ''The Art of Asking'']], which is part-memoir, part philosophy, and an expansion of her TED talk. In late February 2015 she teased a "big announcement" on Twitter, which many fans thought would be saying she was pregnant, but turned out to be a new crowdfunding project on Patreon. Then on March 18 2015, she revealed that she actually ''is'' pregnant, with a due date in September. In July, she and Neil revealed that the baby is a boy.

* MsFanservice: Amanda has ''no'' problem with this; she'll strip naked onstage, do nude photo shoots, even shoot a [[https://vimeo.com/51732600 lesbian sex scene for a music video]](NSFW). Taken to the logical extreme when she guested on TheFlamingLips cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", most of which is her [[https://vimeo.com/48139630 completely naked in a bathtub and ends with her faking an orgasm]].('''VERY''' NSFW)