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IT’S MY BIRTHDAY AND HERE’S WHAT I WOULD LOVE
good MORNING my dear comrades guess fucking what? it’s my birthday!!!!! i’m 36. happy birthday me. la la la la la. guess what else? while many of you slept soundly, SHIT WAS AFOOT. my team slaved over the weekend. packages...
AFP Set To “Occupy This Album” With Live “Ukulele Anthem”
On May 15th, Music For Occupy will release a 100-track digital compilation – featuring AFP, Mogwai, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Yo La Tengo, Ladytron, and literally dozens of others – entitled “Occupy This Album.” While the 4-CD (78 track) version...
VOTE NOW: Evelyn Evelyn Nominated for the 16th Annual Webby Awards!
We’re pleased to announce that the video for Evelyn Evelyn‘s “Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn?” has been nominated for the 16th Annual Webby Awards in the Music category. This gives the brainchild of Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley a...
on recording, marriage, and the problem with first world problems
i’m in dallas, mixing the record at john’s. (i may NINJA somewhere outside next week. follow the twitter.) my head is still spinning from five weeks straight of rehearsing-and-recording all day every day….then shooting a video (more on that soon)....
Limited Edition Record Store Day “Polly” Vinyl
In February, Amanda and The Grand Theft Orchestra released a remastered digital single and music video for “Polly” (a haunting cover of the Nirvana classic).We never expected that the song would find its way outside of the digital realm, but...
New AFP Shirt-Series + Spring Merch Sale
With March drawing to a close, it’s about time to do some good old fashioned Spring cleaning and welcome new things into the world…AFP-style. For a very short time, we are offering the first in a new series of limited...
What I Do The Day Before Recording & The Shit I Am Currently Digging.
hola comrades! TOMORROW, we record. today? today. • miles biked: approx 6 • people hugged/visited: approx 7 • visits to LUSH to obtain soap gift for producer: 1 • meetings with said producer: 1 • massages gotten from tom’s mum robyn: 1 • texts received: approx...
dispatch from an international low-maintenance diva
hola comrads! i send you love from the bathroom of the northcote social club, where me & the band share mirrors and toilets with the peoples….as we ready ourselves for the Task Of Rock. in melbourne, it is turning fall....
Seducing A Writer (Neil Cross-Post)
Copied from Neil’s Tumblr: birdartpoetry asked: Mister Gaiman, you’re kickass. I was just wondering, what do you think is the best way to seduce a writer? I figured your answer would be pretty spectacular. In my experience, writers tend to be really...
pictures of the new band, and i warn you, they are hot.
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...
