Amanda Palmer Rocks My Lame Ass
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
You always know that you’ve missed a good party when your friend calls you the next day and starts the conversation with, “dude, you TOTALLY missed it…” Last night, Jen and I went to see Amanda Palmer at Mercy Lounge and, well, you totally missed it.
The opening bands were good, especially the quasi-Vaudevillian Vermillion Lies, but Amanda Palmer’s set blew everybody else out of the water. Rising from her conceptual grave (all of the merch had a Twin Peaksian “Who Killed Amanda Palmer?” theme) draped in ivory lace and flanked by interpretive dancers, Palmer took the stage and proceeded to rock out on her keyboard. Yeah, I know. It’s exceedingly difficult to look cool while playing piano, and even harder to rock out while playing piano. Even Tori’s been known to resort to a sequined jumpsuit. You’ll have to trust me on this one, though. It rocked. A few highlights:
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