Amanda Palmer

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- Who Killed Amanda Palmer
- Released 2008

- Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Bonus Tracks)
- Released 2008

biography

Before she was the lead singer, pianist, lyricist, and composer for the "Brechtian punk cabaret" duo the Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer was a Wesleyan University graduate who had been involved in theater for a number of years. After college, she founded the Shadowbox Collective, a group that performed plays as well as street theater. (Palmer herself was a busker who performed as a living statue.) In 2000 she met drummer Brian Viglione; though Palmer could not read music, she formed the Dresden Dolls a year later and became the main musical force behind the group. She also continued to explore other creative avenues, and in 2006 released The Dresden Dolls Companion, a book that featured original art, a history of the band and its first album, and a partial autobiography by Palmer. At the end of that year, the Dresden Dolls performed the Palmer-penned musical The Onion Cellar with the American Repertory Theatre. In 2008 she released the solo album Who Killed Amanda Palmer, which featured Ben Folds as both a producer and a performer. ~ Katherine Fulton, All Music Guide

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- - amandapalmer: good. night. http://twitgoo.com/58sib
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  - amandapalmer: good. night. http://twitgoo.com/58sib

- - amandapalmer: "Ah was a musician. And ah thought that's what I was gonna do fer the rest of ma life. But we still play. In the living room."-my cab driver
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  - amandapalmer: "Ah was a musician. And ah thought that's what I was gonna do fer the rest of ma life. But we still play. In the living room."-my cab d…

- - amandapalmer: we're done http://twitgoo.com/58sc8
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- - amandapalmer: we've moved to beer. the session is going insanely fucking well. http://twitgoo.com/58rvd
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  - amandapalmer: we've moved to beer. the session is going insanely fucking well. http://twitgoo.com/58rvd

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- - She is the Reason I Love Music
  - - By Ashley Solley
    - 4/2/2009 03:02:48
  - Amanda Palmer is one of the reasons I love music so much. She is able to say so many things all at once with even her shortest songs. Although her studio album (and studio albums with the Dresden Dolls) are great, they do not do Amanda Palmer justice. If you are a fan, you have to see her perform live. It is a completely different level.
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- - I love this women
  - - By Zachaccentric
    - 12/22/2008 00:39:07
  - I grew up in and around Boston, so I've been a fan of hers since the Dresden Dolls in 2000. Amanda and Brain where my favorite musical force, and her solo album up there with the rest of her works. I love Amanda Palmer!!!
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- - Amazing
  - - By Unwrittenlawnfg
    - 11/20/2008 06:08:10
  - Amanda Palmer has to be THE most amazing woman to step on this earth. Her songs are witty and I just love her! Her new solo stuff is amazing!!!
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- - lulu321
  - - By lulu321
    - 9/18/2008 04:23:10
  - unbelievable live and unbelievable artist ---long live this amazing woman!
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