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Today marks the start of Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra’s 2012 summer promo tour for the forthcoming album, “Theatre Is Evil.” The band will weave their way through six cities – Berlin, London, New York, San Francisco, Los...

hola comrades!!!! ONWARDS WE PLOUGH sleep is in low supply. i’m going to cross-post this one as a backer-update and a blog. i’ll be reading comments in both spots. if you guys are at all annoyed by this, let me...

PLEASE NOTE: This blog is a nearly-identical crosspost of the backer-only update that we sent out on Kickstarter, last night. If you’re a Kickstarter backer, go read it THERE instead as we’ve omitted the download for “Want It Back” below. Obviously you’ll want...

PLEASE NOTE: this blog is ALMOST identical to the kickstarter-backer update that went out tonight which included a free download of “trout heart replica” from the new album. if you want the song, all you need to do to get...

neil-gaiman: We’ve reached the last four days of Amanda’s Kickstarter. Over the last almost-a-month of the Kickstarter she’s got a huge amount of support, set records, made the news,  and is now planning a giant webcast block party in Brooklyn...

hola my dear comrades. oi vey. oi. at the moment i’m posting this blog, the kickstarter totals: 17,572 BACKERS $834,377 PLEDGED 8 DAYS TO GO it’s gone pretty well, i’d say. eh? the weirdest thing right now is that everybody...

my dear comrades, this is a long blog, but i have something important i’d love for you to read first. save it for later if you have to, but READ IT. (a lot of you, especially the music-biz types, probably...

Amanda Palmer has shattered records for crowd-funding musicians on Kickstarter. After reaching her initial goal of $100,000 in only seven hours, the presale has climbed to over $730,000! Last night, as a special treat to her backers, Amanda released an...

HOLA dear comrades, a note about the blog for the next few weeks: i’m putting up production updates about the record, the tour, and the album on the kickstarter page, some for backers only. i’m not going to drive everybody...

The brand new album from Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra is on the way!  AFP’s new labor of love has been gestating over the last four years and now it needs a little help from YOU (the fans)...