The Cure, quickie shots from the tiny NYC show, and rescheduling Tarrytown & Fairfield
Hallo Loves.
The new Cure single is so good that I literally cried listening to it on my way home from dropping Ash at school today.
Here it is: https://open.spotify.com/track/7zHhP0CHO4cONkImJ0Oau6
Youtube: https://youtu.be/sx9SVAtMkJM?si=bNQSW8_tcsnxDUeZ
So Cure.
A rock?
A cave?
A dark, gray…GREY….cave?
Oh my god. Oh mannnnnnn. And….gone are the days when I had six extra hours to write a 2,000-word piece about how it made me feel and what it tectonically shifted within me, but let me summarize my sketch-list for what I would have written…maybe that’s good enough?
I grew up with this music lodged deep in my heart.
This was my favorite band. For so long, for so many reasons.
And last year, at Riotfest, Robert Smith and I got to cry about some unsayable things together.
And right now, I am waking up to some things about the last long while. I have been taken away – really, nobody’s fault, I did this to myself – from the music I love.
I need to find myself again.
Music is the path out of hell. Music is the currency for healing.
I got lost. I am found. Or: I’m finding.
Music is helping me find myself.
Music is the flashlight. I’m in the cave, but I see a shape, a path, a way out.
Tears….tears….tears….all over the Subaru people.
If you listen, use headphones. Just promise me you won’t listen on your phone, ok?
No no no.
Let’s also just post this again:
Me burying myself in the bosom of Robert Smith backstage at Riotfest.
Photo: Anthony Mulcahy.
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Two quick more quick things tonight, one very happy and one slightly sad.
1)
The tiny show at Life & Trust in New York on Tuesday was FUCKING SUBLIME. Before the month is out I’ll be sending you all a fat package of story and setlist and photos (and for the $5+ folks, hopefully the footage of the show night, it’s looking good, we’re reviewing the sound & footage now)…but for now, here’s a couple shots from Krys Fox. It was a true thing of beauty.
We are working on the footage and recordings….hoping to drop something perfect and small and epic to the general patreon and public, and hopefully the whole show to the $5 folks. Stay tuned…..
it was truly epic and joyous. I said to the socials today (and weirdly, the Facebook post tanked if you wanna go give it a comment or a share? I have no idea why. Too many photos? O, algorithm)…
Pain, beauty, longing, war…late stage capitalism!
The irony of life and trust is everywhere.
Behold the many faces of yours truly and the extraordinary Meow Meow – live in NYC in the hidden vaudeville theater of the new 1929 night-before-the-crash-themed immersive behemoth Life And Trust on Tuesday night with our beautiful friend Lance Horne on accordion. The audience got to wander through the set of the show to find us and this tiny speakeasy-ish room was full of wonder, love, Chappell sing-a-longs, Radiohead offerings, old Weimar tunes, anxiety stories, laughs, life drawing (wait for those posts…it’s so good) and (for real) a moment of borrowed shoes.
More to come but thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who came out to make this intimate evening so very special. And thank you to the creators, staff and crew at Life & Trust for hosting our little NYC art-family.
We filmed. I’m going to release some footage to the wide world and (if all goes well) the entire evening will go to the patrons to foot the bills.
Join the patreon even at the free level and you can always hop up.
I am home. I’m in Boston, and I’m in New York, but it’s more than that. Getting to work with all these people…oh my lord. I am coming back to life and the music is the antidote. I’m back with my theater queers. I’m home.
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Photos: Krys Fox
Hair and make-up: Regina Harris
Assistant: Michael McComiskey
Extra hands (and feet): EJ
2) This one is the sadder.
I’ve practically never rescheduled a gig in my 20+ years of being a touring stage artist. But the moment is calling and due to a variety of factors, I’m rescheduling the October solo shows in Fairfield, CT and Tarrytown, NY.
I am so sorry if this puts anybody out, especially if you’ve been planning ahead. I ran into some folks on Tuesday in New York who were really excited for these shows and well…I’m so sorry. This is hard.
But upside, they’re not canceled. They’re just moved.
The new dates will be Friday, Feb 7 (Fairfield, CT) and Saturday, Feb 8 (Tarrytown, NY). IF YOU ARE HOLDING A TICKET ALREADY, you will get an email from the venue tomorrow morning at 10am and you can either use your existing ticket for the new night or get a full refund. If you have any issues, questions, or need help, talk to us here in comments (we are reading).
Please don’t contact management or my website about tickets. The venues will contact you tomorrow, promise, and if you don’t hear from them, know that your ticket will be valid and they are also there tomorrow to answer any questions.
Thank you so so so much for understanding.
I love you all so much.
Send hugs. I send them back.
I’m right here.
xxxx
Amanda