The State of All Things: November 2025 (Patreon)

Hello all!!! It’s time for the monthly newsletter, this Thing we call the Althing!

WELCOME to all the new patrons, paid and free, and please know that even if you don’t read this whole mess of news and community yaya, your patronage is going to pay for a gazillion things seen and unseen to keep this artist and her crew and band and this whole community afloat. This is still all a mystery to me, even after ten years, but by god, it’s working. Note for all new users of Patreon: USE THE CHAT FEATURES!! We are all hanging out over there more and more!!!! I just made a new chat called “Notes from Amandalanda” where I’ve been dropping photos and tweet-like tidbits. I still miss Twitter. Instagram still doesn’t feel like a true community…this does.

• TOP HOUSEKEEPING/EVENTS

• THE BIG OL' LIFE N DEATH UPDATE

• PATREON CATCH-UP (what's been happening here on the Patreon this month...)

• LIVE SHOW CATCH-UP FOR THE MONTH

• UPCOMING PATRON RELEASES, SHOWS AND EVENTS

• COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD (notices from the global community and my art-friends)

• ART BEGETTING ART (art from the community, inspired by my/the dolls work)

...

TOP HOUSEKEEPING/IMMINENT EVENTS!!

Massachusetts, it’s your season!!

The upcoming event on Nov 21 in Millis, MA is SOLD OUT. 🥳

The Brattle Theatre author talk (and we will have an afterparty!!) on Thurs, Dec 4th is still patron-only, we are gonna open it up to the public MONDAY, so last call!!!: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/amie-mcnee-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1963603539044?aff=oddtdtcreator

Harvard Book Store has been a great help and will be there vending both of our books before and after, but the event is SHORT!!!

Lastly:

We JUST put the patron holiday show - at our own patron Tori Clay’s venue, The Magic Room - on sale! More on that below, but the ticket link (for Dec 19th!) is here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/magicroom-7/holiday-music-party-with-amanda-palmer-and-friends

...

THE BIG OL' LIFE N DEATH UPDATE

Well, my loves. 

They say that that which does not kill you makes you stronger … it’s been such a challenging month but clarity is ever-coming. And I gotta say: getting these new songs constantly out of my chest is like a musical. medicinal catharsis; working on and talking about the book in smaller circles and around candle-lit tables; touring and seeing so many of you in so many cities and venues and houses and lofts and bars has been a balm….and it’s been critical for heart-mending to spend time with some of my oldest and best friends from all ‘round the world. I went to some of them, some of them came to me. 

I’ve been constantly feeling the hangover relief - it’s been quite a few months now - of the shift of not having to produce 3-5 pieces of content every fecking month and it’s allowed me breathing time, more mom time, more domestic move-into-the-house time, clean up the email inbox time (not enough ever, much to our assistant Michael’s dismay) and most importantly, writing and recording time. 

The team is spending a lot of time on the phone and on zooms trying to pull the next year of AFP, ze book, Dresden Dolls, tour, travel and so forth together. 

Alex, our gorgeous UK merch queen, is getting ready to do holiday blitz, and Laura Vogel has been jumping in on socials and helping with the social posts and tags and all that. Our management in the US, Europe and Australia are all braving the storm of this weirdo season with a sense of humor…they gotta or we would all be toast. :D

The goal posts of when I’m gonna tour where keep shifting around, but we know where we are generally aiming, and all the while, I find myself looking around….in awe, always, grateful constantly that I am such a lucky artist and have this community holding me the way does.  

The story of what’s happened to my life is so insane that I never would have believed it if you’d told me even a year ago. But the more I survive it, the more I appreciate all this goodness….so it’s a constant bittersweet jam. Writing and recording is giving me a lot of glee at the moment. But I’m such an inpatient little writer and working on big, long unannounced projects has always been a pain in my instant-gratification-addicted ass. 

But waiting is sometimes smart, so the team keeps tying me to the mast of the ship, and there I both siren and resist, mostly just trying to enjoy that gorgeous breeze on my face. 

New music by women has been really fuel in my furnace lately, too. Ever since I posted my joy in the Lily Allen record, my muso and producer friends have been sending me all sorts of new music (I have a fifteen year old friend in Lexington who just introduced me to “The Hand” by Annabelle Dinda…) and so I’m drowning in new sounds and so happy to hear all the places the new songwriting voices are going…

As always, I’m so happy to know that all of you are here….

And here are some random pictures of the moment. 

Say hi in the comments. 

I’m readin’. 

X

A

...

PATREON STREAMING CATCH-UP

Before digging into the various livestreams and Patreon activity from the past month, I just wanted to give a heads up to the community about FAUX IMPERSONATOR ACCOUNTS here on Patreon!!

I’m also getting trolled all over the place online so just remember, if you say anyone being horrible/illegal/etc, send what you can to management@amandapalmer.net! We have a nice collection going in a nice little shoebox!

AND HERE:

If you see a comment like this...

... IT ISN'T ME!

This also applies to Facebook impersonator accounts, etc etc etc .

I'll never ask anyone in my community to DM me off-platform, or ask for $$ to be sent via PayPal, etc. I may be ask-y, but I ain’t no bot.

We are working with the tech team at Patreon and blocking and dealing, but please just be aware and let us know if you see it - again, you can email us at management@amandapalmer.net.

You can also hit the "..." menu in the right corner of the comment and select "Report" - this will send a report directly to Patreon's Trust & Safety team.

...

And now, onto the FUN PARTS of the Patreon this month...

While I was in Portland, I did a livestream from the Pink Martini speakeasy loft. There was a little bit of chatting backstage, Rizo chatting to the crowd, and then I performed The Ride.

It was archived and posted for all paid patrons, and you can find that here!

...

October 31st also marks THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRESDEN DOLLS!

Our little band turned 25 this year, and I did a short little livestream here on Patreon to celebrate. You can read the post, and rewatch the livestream here!

...

And last week, to celebrate the new mayor of NYC I did a semi-spontaneous lil web hang for an hour LIVE from New York!!!

There was a little confusion around the access to the webcast, down to the confusion of Patreon's tier names, the switching from legacy tiers to 'current' tiers etc etc. This was intended to be for the WEBCHAT tier patrons (which are the $30-per-month patrons, and the $10-per-thing patrons from yore).

But given the state of confusion, I've CHANGED THE SETTINGS so now patrons at $15/month and above are able to access it!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE REPLAY!

...

LIVE SHOW CATCH-UP FOR THE MONTH

I've had a couple of shows over the past month - first in Minneapolis, and this one was a little different from the shows I've been playing over the past few months.

Generally I've been playing tiny tiny shows in venues where I know most - or all - of the people in the audience; friends, patrons, colleagues, etc. This was the first time I was playing this batch of songs for a few hundred people who I really didn't....know.

It was frightening and also really wonderful.

It's an unbelievable thing to feel your own heart breaking live upon a stage, with an audience to catch the pieces. It's like nothing I've ever felt before.

Here's a couple of shots from Amanda Eckert...

...

And then I hit up Seattle...

... and Portland, in the Pink Martini loft...

Here's a post with alllll the photos, as well as a little video I recorded when I got home, reflecting on the shows.

...

And then just last week I visited Brooklyn and Northampton.

Here we are in NYC - that's me, Lance Horne, and pals Teo and Matta - covering “Pussy Palace” by Lily Allen. Video is incoming, don't you worry.

(photos below by Laura Vogel)

And a couple shots from Heather White...

...

UPCOMING LIVESTREAMS

There are a couple of webchats scheduled in the next few weeks.

First up, the MARATHON BOOK CLUB WEBCHAT is on November 23rd!!!!!

This webcast is for the whole Patreon - we'll be starting off talking about the FOUR BOOKS we've been reading since the last book club:

Lydi Conklin - Songs of No Provenance (FICTION)

Molly Jong-Fast - How To Lose Your Mother (MEMOIR)

Geraldine Brooks - Memorial Days (MEMOIR)

Adrienne Maree Brown - We Will Not Cancel Us (And Other Dreams of TRansformative Justice) (ESSAYS)

We'll use the book discussions as jumping off points, but I'm guessing we'll bounce around and go who knows where. There's a lot to dig into with these, and a lot of places they might take us.

We'll be starting at 3pm EDT on November 23rd, and are scheduled to go for three hours.

You can RSVP to get a reminder by clicking HERE!

...

Following on from this, we'll have a more traditional webchat/catch up/general hang happening on December 9th! That’s just for the Webchat tier -

The link to RSVP for this one is HERE!

...

ALL UPCOMING REAL-LIFE EVENTS

If you want to see me NOT IN YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN, there are a few shows coming up...

November 21st @ Niagara Coffe Haus, Millis MA - SOLD OUT (but there is a waiting list HERE you can join in case people return tickets...)

December 4th @ The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge MA - with Amie McNee, discussing her book WE NEED YOUR ART - TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

December 19 @ Magic Room, Norwood MA - GIANT PATRON HOLIDAY PARTY - TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

MORE on that one: The Magic Room is a land of pure delight and cabaret nightclub awesomeness, owned and operated by a local long-time patron, Tori Clay. I went to visit the space recently and it's AMAZING and I have whole post with words from Tori in the offing ….

...

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

First up this month, a call out from a member of the community:

A low-income queer American photographer in our community was the victim of intellectual property theft on 5+ counts across both the U.S. and U.K. by a high profile individual and many major media outlets, and now seeks a pro bono lawyer for the arts in the U.K., London preferred. The majority of the counts were U.K. based. 

If YOU are a pro bono lawyer for the arts in the U.K. and are able to take an international case, please email blue.parakeet.weddings@protonmail.com

...

And from the mouths of Team AFP - quite literally - our UK-based Merch Queen Alex has STARTED A PODCAST!

From the Queen:

Hi patrons! Alex here just letting you know about my new podcast all about the TV show LOST.

Myself and my co-host Helen are talking about the show, one episode at a time, every 2 weeks. Our chats are spoiler free, so if you've never seen the show - this is the perfect time to start! And if you have seen it, it's always a good day to head back to the island.

We're having a lot of fun, ranking the hot characters, playing Fuck, Marry, Kill?, and also using my aviation-enthusiast/medical-professional partner Connor to fact check the series. My co-host Helen also has a ukulele and has written a whole bunch of jingles throughout the episodes. FUN FUN FUNNNNN.

Find us on all major pod platforms - DHARMA FISH BISCUITS - we have the first 5 episodes up now, episode 6 is out next week!

We also have an Instagram and a TikTok (which I do not understand because I'm old) if you wanna help us fight ye old algorithms.

See you in another life, brothers?

...

My pal Bebe Montoya also has a new record out - and a great Patreon, so go check her out!

She's also playing in Portland THIS WEEKEND, tell her I sent you:

...

And this is Cooklin, who has a substack and a new book coming out called Ace of Hearts. 

The book is a graphic memoir about her asexual identity...

YOU CAN PRE-ORDER THE BOOK NOW HERE!

...

AUSTRALIA...... reviews are in for Meow Meow's latest show, and she is ON FIRE.

Me and Meow Meow go way way way back, and this new show features one of my songs!

You can read a review of the show here, and then for the love of god GET A TICKET.

Merlyn Theatre at Malthouse, Southbank - 19th November to 6th December
www.malthousetheatre.com.au

His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth - 26th February to 1st March 2026
www.blackswantheatre.com.au

...

My pal John Cameron Mitchell is hosting an ONLINE WRITING CLASS next month, here's some info from him:

Join me for my second two-session online writing class (December 13/14 noon-130p EST) entitled “Is this my story to tell?”

I did it last summer and it went extremely well. I talk about how I write in different forms, processes to get started, and habits to sustain your narrative storytelling for a lifetime.

Here's the link to get access!

...

And of course this month... Lily Allen's new album West End Girl. Please listen to it.

I wrote a whole big post here exploring the album, what it means for Lily, what it means for me personally, and what it means for women (especially angry, hurt women) in the world today.

...

Speaking of women making art through their pain, the new FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE record is also incredible.

It's called EVERYBODY SCREAM, and came out on Halloween, which feels apt.

...

ART BEGETTING ART

Here in the Patreon chats, Joni has been sharing progress of her THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION cross stitch!

GORGEOUS. I can't wait to see the outcome.

...

And finally - I just got tagged in a story by artist @kita_dahood on IG with some gorgeous sketchwork:

...

Comment away! Say hi!!!

I love you all madly.

I really do.

Back to work.

Love from under the piano !!!

X

Afp