Amanda Fucking Palmer & Bitter Ruin

[arabwel]

So, last night I went to see Amanda Fucking Palmer play The Academy, supported by Bitter Ruin, form Brighton. This was SUPPOSED to be Evelyn EWvelyn show, biut as Iceland has ran out of virgins and we're being surrounded by an ashen cloud all over the europe, choking on this black veil of misery etc... What do we get?


Evelynb Evelyn: The abridged show.

Complete with: Jason Webley skype'ing in, the entire thing being webast to more than 6000 viewers across the internet, being bombarded with ch0colate and feathers and Oh My.

THIS WAS FUCKING EPIC.

i arrived early with silicon_dragon Who, by the way, took plenty of pics and video, and staked out a decent spot on the floor. Lots of short kids inf ront of us *grin* I was twittering and texting, trying to convine people to show up. (it was sold out. then they removed chairs. i got my tikets form twitter *grin*)

AFP tookt he stage to introfduce Bitter Ruin. And gle eabpout how all this was being fdonew on borrowed equipment - where the laptop, camera, etc had come from: Epic.

Bitter Ruin - www.bitterruin.com - had tweeted her if they could supporther in Glasgow. took a treain they could no0t afford to be there, anbd got stufed into her van as a result to play Dublin.

How to describe bitter ruin? I was a bit hesitant when this waif-.y girl and a guy in a suit with acoustic guitar took thye stage. What to expect?

this.

(for those unwiling to watch the video - it starts all flotywhispyeeerie and then -ä Shriek. Georgia has an amazing vocal range and I can't say it too much - she is BRILIANT. (and Ben's not too bad either but sorry, this woman's voice completely andutterly blew. me. away.)

They performed several songs, severeral of which are on youtube by now - go look! :D

I was not one of the lucky 30 to granb one of their CDs. But I willa cquire one as soon as possible. Because I can't strress it enough, the voices, the deceptively simple melodies, lyical dissonance and hypnotizing athmosphere is So. Worth. it.

There was not that long betwreen this and AFP herself taking the stage. Jeans, t-shirt nad long white gloves - ROCXK AND ROLL! She was too busy to change into her stage costume but did we care? fuck no.

So - how to describe the show? there were dsrawn putppets, audirence volunteers, blood splatters, i got a faceful of twix from her, ther was - undeniable briliance. jason Webley bravely played his part via skype, and thre wqas an amazing chharge int he air.

They performed some of the Evelyn Evelyn songs - including but not limited to Elephant Elephant (which go ta bit strange..)You only want me cause you want my sister, their BEAUTIFUL cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart (must.play.in.Dominion!)... it was gorgeous. And then there was the Evelyn Evelyn 4magical eyes to answer Seirous Existnetial Wuestions. Such aS "Why is she so short?" "Are baboons evil?" and "If I unscrew my bellybutton will my arse fall off?"

Yeaah XD

Eventually the evelyun evelyn part of the show came to an end. *snif anidf* but, AFP still treated us to some beautiful fare. TOgether with Georgia, she sang Delilah. On her own, Astronaut, Oasis and GIrl Anahronism.

For the encore?

THIS:

Amanda fucking palmer & Bitter Ruin: FUCK THE ASHCLOUD.

Beautiful song, with lyric hgetting fucked up, people shrieking and singing along, and a haunting heartfelt sentiment - godammit, she should be with her love, dammit! (who is an award-.winning author and therefore uses the word "Ashen cloud" just so you know) and yes it is me shouting for Ben to depants

All in all, FUCK YEAH. PUNK ROCK CABARET BITCHES.

Comments

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

Yes you should have.,

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

That is always a problem

[leonatos.livejournal.com]

Sounded like a great gig!! Too bad I couldn't have made it but there you go. You get AFP and Punk Rock Cabaret, I get the Cranes and classic Shoegaze.

Wonder if Amanda signed anyone's chest...

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

Yup... like they say back home, the gummi bears will not be equally divided. :P

And I have no idea. georgia signed my tie, and Amanda signed my CD & silicondragon's book.. but I dunno what else was signed.

[pickleboot.livejournal.com]

yeah, we get neil, you get amanda.

we saw him at the grocery store the other day and he said wow, they let another englishman out? to keir. he said, you say that every time we see each other. it's a running joke now. (long story)

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

That is very much awesome :D

[pickleboot.livejournal.com]

yes. it is not an often thing, but it is just one of those odd, funny things that happens while we are out. it's always funny, too, because people are whispering- is that neil gaiman? i think it is! do we say something? no, leave him alone....wait, he just said something to him, oh they KNOW each other...

ok- i should explain. i met him at a con here in town when a friend was visiting and he was moving here. i had reidun and zane with me, and he made a comment that he hoped they were literary names. i said they most certainly are, mr gaiman. i am shocked you recognized that about my daughter(her name is an obscure as fuck literary reference, you might get it, come to think of it- a reidun is a spirited wood nymph in norwegian folklore), but if you can tell me where my son's middle name came from i will be really impressed.(we were in the dealer's room during a break- i was visiting a friend who had a booth) he asked what his middle name is, i told him callahan, how it was spelled, and he said ok, got it. i said ok, tell me, and he said we went with a theme. the only people who have ever gotten it are my best friend and my friend from childhood, so i was impressed. he said, only someone who named their child after zane gray(and i have a migraine so i might have switched and e for and a) would also name their kid after dirty harry. i was shocked. no one gets that. no one. ever. unless we tell them. no one ever remembers dirty harry's last name.

so we chatted a bit and it turns out he knows pat and gary, who own the mystery book story we love, and he mentioned that he is there often. so keir and i managed to stop in a week or so later, and he was shocked that the keir that pat and gary had been talking about was my husband. so that is how keir met him, and despite reading pretty much all of his books, keir had no idea who he was talking to, except for another brit who was still hunting down where to find food from home, and all that. so we kept on running into him. and it's become a running joke when we see him that he says so they let another one into minnesota or out of the mother country or something like that, and he is always nice to the kids, and it is generally hilarious. and keir just is so funny about it, he comes home, oh yeah, neil says hi. and i always say shit- i knew i should i have gone with you.

and that was a rather verbose comment. i am rather drugged up. i forgot to take meds yesterday afternoon, and took them at 6am, and ugh.

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

*grin* that is really awesome. Makes me wonder if I should move to Minnesota too :P also, your kinds are named after some very awesomesauce characters. :D I donöt think i would have gotten neither the nymph nor the dirty harry! :D

Keir not recongnizing him remind mse of silicondragon 's reaction upon realizing AFP knows Neil Gaiman - he had NO clue depsite him being mentioned several times during the shoew - yes, the poor dragon is abit of an idiot/socially clueless, the techy genius that he is XD - but then awas all "wow samll worl d he is a frien dof a friend" ands my "WHAT?!?!?"!" flail freaked the taxi driver the fuck out. XD

[pickleboot.livejournal.com]

yeah, keir is a bit of a design genius- the man can work art pro and in design and make them do things that they aren't supposed to do. even the people who made the programs said um, how did you make that happen?

but for recognizing famous people? yeah, no good. it's funny. i love him for it. except for like kim gordon, and even then it took a bit of time.

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

it is funny how these things work XD My personal pain in the ass of a friend can't remember the names of people i intorduced him five minutes agto to, but can reember the IP address of a sevrer he has not seen or dealt with for 5+ years...

[pickleboot.livejournal.com]

gotta love it.

keir knows the secrets behind lenticular printing, but can't remember how he last wired a light fixture that he has done ten times before. and he thinks he is not good enough at his job. silly man.

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

Men *shakes head*

[pickleboot.livejournal.com]

pretty much.

[twisted-times.livejournal.com]

That gig sounds like it was carved from a block of yummy, purest awesome. :)

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. Dripping with delicious melty sinful goodityness. <3

[twisted-times.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm.... melty sinfulness! ;p

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

Uh huh. did I mention I got a faceful of twix form her, too?

[twisted-times.livejournal.com]

Is that a euphemism I am, as yet, unaware of the meaning of..? ;p

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

Nope. She thre bits of twix at us. XD some hit me sztriaght in the face XD (I was highly surprised to not to find melted chocloate in my cleavage afterwards P )

[twisted-times.livejournal.com]

*refrains from making any comments about chocolatey booytasticness...*

[deliriums-dream.livejournal.com]

Some how I don't have an icon that relates my strong urge to either steal your life, or live vicariously... or teleport to any physical location a friend of mine is.

GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN MADAME I AM GREEN. The show looks awesome! and Umm since I could not teleport there thank you for representing the community of those who scream "get naked" at people on stage.

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

You should have been able to teleport here to watch it iwht me, dammit. We need treleportation NOW.

and you're welcome. I generally suggest sokmeone gets naked at any show I go see *grin*

[deliriums-dream.livejournal.com]

The only draw back to teleportation that I see, is that fact you could never again use "I was stuck in traffic" as an excuse for being late... and well, the possibility of sleep, teleporting Naked...

I Need to come to your shows...

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

Teleportation when naked seems.. hhazardous.

and yes you do. One day... one day!