Live Stream of Amanda Palmer Play Tonight
Over the last two months, Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls) has been rehearsing with her old high school’s drama department and theater director. The production is called With The Needle That Sings In Her Heart and is inspired by the Neutral Milk Hotel masterpiece “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.” It’s not completely certain what Palmer’s role is, but from the information gathered it looks like she will be both playing music for and appearing in the play.
As she does often with her solo gigs, Palmer made several tickets to the show (at Lexington High School in Massachusetts) available to fans who replied to a message on Twitter. Fans in the Boston area may be lucky enough to check out the play, but for those not able to get there or acquire tickets, tonight’s production is being streamed live (see below) at 7:30pm. Palmer tweeted that Michael Pope, who directed all of the videos for Amanda Palmer’s solo record, will be directing a five-camera setup for the live stream.
Here is a short slideshow I put together of Twitpics posted by Palmer recently:
The first official review of the first performance can be read here. If you’re not up for the read, a short video giving some background on the process of creating the production can be watched below:
The live stream of With The Needle That Sings In Her Heart can be viewed tonight at www.partyontheinternet.com at 7:30pm EST.
The Fishpork 20: Favorite Albums of 2008
Remember this era in music. It’s a special one. We’re going to look back and talk about it like we talk about the 60s or 70s. I used to miss all the great bands that came out of the 90s, but my longing for the hay days of grunge and industrial has since dissipated. Go ahead and disagree, but this is a renaissance period for music. This year was no exception. In fact, it served as an endless discovery period of great bands and classic albums. However, our favorite album of 2008 was not a difficult choice at all. Here is our list of favorite albums of 2008:
- Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
- Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
- Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
- TV on the Radio - Dear Science
- Eric Avery - Help Wanted
- Elf Power - In a Cave
- Guns N’ Roses - Chinese Democracy
- Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
- Tapes N’ Tapes - Walk It Off
- Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
- Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
- Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
- Portishead - Third
- Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
- Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power - Dark Developments
- Ladytron - Velocifero
- The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
- First Wave Hello - God Bless, Devil You
- Fuck Buttons - Street Horsssing
- David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Honorable Mentions:
- Dub Trio - Another Sound is Dying
- Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer
- Health - Disco
Most Disappointing Albums:
- Beck - Modern Guilt
- SexTapes - SexTapes
- UNKLE - End Title . . . Stories For Film
Most Overrated Albums:
- Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
- Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
- Cold Play - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Fishpork will post our favorite songs and live shows of the year next week. Check back soon!