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hi lovelies.


greetings from the coast of california, where the surfers are out wearing festive gear. for real. sand snowmen. iced coffee with spice. but seriously, can we talk about the fact that it's SEVENTY DEGREES in new york and boston right now? what in hells name is that about? it's 65 here. that's backwards. hey new england. we have festivus surfers. so there. 


SO


this is one that bill (another part of team AFP) found while sorting through his old shiznit...and i'd completely forgotten about this one.


it's the original burned CD-proof of the first dresden dolls album (yes, the ONE, with coin-opertaed boy, missed me, etc).


as you can see, if you know the album, the song order is really different. this CD was being burned and the artwork color-xeroxed and sent to labels (we weren't signed to roadrunner yet) in the few weeks (/days?) between making the record and finally taking it to the mastering studio and the printing press ourselves.


i think we made a wise choice ultimately, putting "half jack" further into the record instead of leading with it. but who knows. things coulda been different.


note #1: that was, indeed, my phone number. it isn't anymore, so if you try calling it to wish me a happy holiday, you'll get some poor other person. but yeah. 461 6689. that was my jam.


note #2: same with the email. but that was my email foreverrrrr.


note #3: note the track time of truce. 834, the lucky number of the legendary pink dots. there was, therefore, a long space of silence at the end.


note #4: 672. don't ask.



patrons....REGARDING THE ATTACHMENT: 

coming up with this image and alternate song-order inspired me to have alex (whose been safely flown back to the UK and is now working from home instead of in the AFP offices) scan and share a few relevent pages from "the dresden dolls companion", the book of sketches, art, stories and lyrics that i put out in the year after the album came out.


you can still find copies of the book itself on ebay and amazon but it's been out of print for a while, and i thought it'd be nice to PDF you guys some ephemeral knowledge....maybe at some point we'll scan and upload the entire book as a downloadable PDF for pay-what-you-want....the stories and the images in it are wonderful.  i thought you'd like that.


see you soon....

and happy festivus, wherever you are and whatever you're doing and whoever you're with.


x

afp


attached to email for all patron levels: dollscompaniongift.PDF








 

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Mary Goza

I can't find the pdf attachment. I looked where I think Wong said it was but still no luck. :-(

Lenoreschores

Awe found it!! Awesome thank u Amanda!!

Anonymous

I didn't find this until this morning, and it's my cooking jam. Thank you Amanda. I have so enjoyed these emails. Since I've been working 15 hour days, it was the one thing that I was able to look forward to every day. At the end of my shift (I work from home), I would log into my email and find my gift from you. I hope that you have time to do this again next year for us!! Merry Christmas Amanda, Neil, baby Anthony and the rest of your family and friends. May it be the most magical one yet! <3

Federico

I'm happy to say that I have all the Companion books of The Dresden Dolls :D what's in there is treasure for a fan

Swan Drsti

In New York and it is so warm. So this is Christmas? Got it. Loving the gifts and thoughts! Thank you!

Anonymous

If you do scan the whole companion, how about also re-releasing the WKAP book? I've wanted it since I found out about it, but it's also been long gone. Pretty please?

Anonymous

Awesome!! Thank you!! xx

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Ty ❤mom

Andrea Glick

I did not get the attachment along with my email... not entirely sure what happened... ? Help?