hola dear comrades….. the grand theft orchestra has been officially born. i’m…..feeling awkward and record-terrified. nothing unexpected. i’ve been spending my days working and thinking of nothing but my songs, the shows, the thing ahead. i’ve become obsessed like you have to. it makes me a bad friend, a bad wife, a bad blogger, a… Read more »

hola hola. in quick melbourne show news: about 500 of you in Melbourne got an email yesterday from The Wheeler Centre telling you that this friday’s talk with meow meow (“FRANK”) was cancelled & that you’d be refunded. lots of people tweeted asking what was up…there was confusion, and i’m sorry you didn’t hear it straight… Read more »

hola comrades! first of all….thank you all SO so very much for all the positive response to the “polly” video . holy shit. it had more impact than i’d imagined, for real. thank you all, deeply, for sharing the link and tweeting it around and generally helping us spread it far and wide….it’s getting tons of views and… Read more »

hola dear comrades…… greetings from sunny melbourne, I’ve decamped here for the next few months and have some incredible news forthcoming about my new record, stay tuned…will be letting the magic shit hit the fan in the next week or so.  better yet, get the blog emailed straight to your inbox: HERE . SO… i already… Read more »

hola comrades! i’m gong to embed some songs for you to listen to while you read this one. try it. …………….. newses & shows first……..skip this if you’re not in melbourne/australia. it’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you, you citizens of melbourne: i semi-apologize, but you’re about to get REALLY SICK OF ME. i’m… Read more »

….or….. “amanda palmer looks back on her press clippings from age 73” scene: the room is dimly lit by faded, fringed lamps with real incandescent bulbs of a past era. the collected clutter, observable when one’s eyes adjust to the Blanche DuBois-level lighting, looks like a cross between the set of “Sunset Boulevard” and “Pee… Read more »

hola comrades….quickie-hot-of-the-presses-info for MELBOURNE: this february (sunday the 19th), i’ll be joining MEOW MEOW, georgia fields, wendy harmer, and virginia trioli for Women of Letters ’ LAST-EVER show at the beautiful Thornbury Theatre before their big move to Northcote’s REGAL BALLROOM!!! it’s an afternoon celebrating female talent whilst simultaneously raising funds for an animal rescue shelter . $15 in advance, $20 at the… Read more »

hola dear comrades!!!!! here’s the best news of the day…..i’m on page three of the main tasmanian newspaper (photo via @newrosehotel ): ( here’s the uncensored original photo…and here’s a mirror in case twitpic pulls it down, since in the past they’ve seemed anti-tits) …dianna graf took the picture in front of city hall. here’s the article, online. i wish the… Read more »

first up, a bit of ninja-gig-newses: AUCKLAND!!! it’s official….DRESDEN DOLLS’ LIBRARY NINJA GIG! 2pm this friday!! ALL AGES…FREE…follow @Auckland_Libs or visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz for more info… _______________________________________ hola my dear comrades…. writing to you from the depths of still-earthquake-devasted christchurch, new zealand, where i was supposed to play last february 22nd…the day the big quake hit. it feels very good… Read more »

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warning: if the following record album     didn’t change your life, ignore this blog. my enthusiasm will make no sense to you.   everybody else, read on.   we announced this about an hour ago…..hot off the presses. so you know, this is news that has our inner teenagers feeling kind of like THIS:… Read more »