{"id":13608,"date":"2012-11-16T10:13:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T18:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=13608"},"modified":"2012-11-16T10:55:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T18:55:33","slug":"watch-the-theatrical-amanda-palmer-perform-for-sleepover-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-11\/watch-the-theatrical-amanda-palmer-perform-for-sleepover-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the Theatrical Amanda Palmer Perform for Sleepover Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amanda Palmer<\/strong> <\/a>is an uber-talented and controversial musical figure.\u00a0 In addition to being a member of The Dresden Dolls, <\/strong>repeatedly outspoken, very theatrical and married to author Neil Gaiman<\/strong>, she recently managed to raise over $1,000,000 in a Kickstarter<\/strong> campaign to support the recording (with the Grand Theft Orchestra<\/strong>) of her most recent album, Theater is Evil<\/strong>, which was released in September, all the while vowing to pay musicians with beer(!).\u00a0 The Kickstarter project was ultimately supported by 24,883 backers for a grand total of $1,192,793<\/strong>,at the time the most funds ever raised for a musical project on Kickstarter.\u00a0 Regardless, Theater is Evil<\/strong> is critically acclaimed and a mind-boggling and winning mix of glam, rock ‘n roll and ballads.\u00a0 But Palmer’s main attribute may be as a live performer.\u00a0 Check out her superb live performances below for Sleepover Shows<\/strong> captured in August and to buy the new album HERE<\/strong> <\/a>(you can pay what you want).\u00a0 In the first video below, Palmer<\/strong> and Grand Theft<\/strong> literally throw the kitchen sink at it, and Palmer limns a little Tom Waits<\/strong> along the way.\u00a0 Girl knows how to put on a show!\u00a0 Brava!<\/p>\n