Lady Gaga in Rolling Stone on The Dresden Dolls’ influence. 🥰 (Patreon)
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Morning loves.
Greetings from Boston, two days to go til leaving for Christmas and tour down under.
This is a nice little tidbit to wake up to…
Lady Gaga talking to Rolling Stone about The Dresden Dolls’ early influence on her music/style. Punk Cabaret Is Freedom, rah rah ah ah ah…
Here’s the whole interview: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-life-in-10-songs-video-1235483426/.
I remember when she was little Gaga and cited the Dolls as an influence on her MySpace page, we were so chuffed. When was that…2008? Around the time I wrote my silly little spontaneous ukulele blog song lit by flashlight defending her god-given right to be a pop star if she wanted to be. People were giving her shit for abandoning her arty-farty roots and going mainstream. I was like; people, shut the fuck up.
I think Gaga has done an incredible job with her career and choices. She’s worked her ass off and dealt with a ton of hatred and blows and still, she persists and charts her own course. Hail.
Enjoy “Gaga Palmer Madonna”:

https://youtu.be/9dxDREaCyjE?si=bJgX7G8-B6wBNYT6
I miss that internet, when things like this felt so fresh and exciting.
Sigh.
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I posted this to socials (feel free to go to me/dolls and share):
Go, Gaga, go! In the long lineage of theater kids who keep the freak flag flying, we salute you. 🫡 Thanks to all the people who sent this link over to us. Nothing happens in a vacuum.
Music is an endless conversation between artistic souls, through space and time. Some of the Dolls early influences: The Doors, The Muppets, The Clash, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Fugazi, Weird Al, Beethoven, Laurie Anderson, Black Flag, Ani Difranco, The Cure, Depeche Mode, SWANS, Current 93, Thelonious Monk, Elvin Jones, Robyn Hitchcock(now on tour!), Nick Cave, The Legendary Pink Dots, PJ Harvey, athe Thompson Twins, Kurt Weill, Nirvana, Madonna, King Missile, Diamanda Galas….and the list goes on. Forever. Love to all on the ride. Music saves.
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The Last Show Of The Year in Norwood, MA @ the Magic Room tomorrow night (Dec 19th) is SOLD OUT but we just released a half dozen guest list tickets if you want to head down there last minute!!
WE ARE FILMING THE SHOW WITH PATREON FUNDS SO DONT WORRY - you’ll get to see most of it!!!
http://ticketleap.events/tickets/magicroom-7/holiday-music-party-with-amanda-palmer-and-friends

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