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the BEHIND-the-SCENES machete mini-docu. (Patreon)

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2016-03-10 22:44:33
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hey lovers-


i'm in post-release-hangover...what a beautiful day yesterday. i'll keep it short...thank you so so much for all your sharing - we did a super real Thing.


someone (missy townsend) just sent me their "machete" tattoo. i mean jesus. 

https://twitter.com/amandapalmer/status/708042990770454532


this is the beautifully shot n cut little video that allan amato & olga nunes made with some of the patreon budget...they came to the studio both days (east west and jaron's home studio, the rattle room), and shot Stuff Happening, so you guys could see a little of what happened. i think they did a beautiful job.


i'm sending this one out to you guys before i blast it out to social media land tomorrow and turn on the youtube notification (but it's shareable, so go ahead)....


tons of love and gratitude,

xx

AFP


p,s. i can't imagine you missed the memo yesterday...but the new song is HERE...go, listen, comment: http://amandapalmer.net/machete/


p.p.s. and welcome (and THANK YOU) to the all the new people who came in yesterday ... there's about a hundred of you. HI! YOU'LL LOVE IT HERE!!

Files

Previews only

MACHETE - behind the scenes w Amanda Palmer, Jherek Bischoff & Ben Folds

part of the patreon budget for "machete" went to filmmakers Allan Amato and Olga Nunes to capture the making of the madness in both studios in LA. listen to the song and read the whole story here: bit.ly/AFPMachete

Comments

Anonymous

Really great video! Beautifully made!

Adrianne Sylvester

Yes!! Wow, I feel all choked up...so grateful for all you do, and for being a small part of what makes this possible. Beautifully complex and moving song! Keep doing what you do, and thank you for your inspiration to (among other things) all of us artistic mamas. If you can do it, so can I. xoxo <3

Anonymous

Sometimes I get a little itchy knowing that a single Thing goes for $36k (I also realize I have no understanding of the expenses that go into each Thing because I'm still a struggling small-time artist/suicide preventionist, which means I'm constantly living under two different professional umbrellas, and my opinion is mostly useless), but here we get a song, personal stories in text and on film, beautiful photos and outtakes and all kinds of other shit that makes it feel so worth it. And this is the Amanda I fell in love with so many years ago when I was so fucked in the head that I tried to kill myself. I needed to know there were other strong women out there who could be vulnerable and who could be people to look up to, who could make me feel less alone, and who could make music that made me want to scream along and slam my fists against a steering wheel and find a way to take what was inside of me and put it outside because that made me feel the tiniest bit better. So: even though I sometimes have a hard time understanding, thank you.

Susanna Parker

I didn't think I could love the song more, and then I watched this.

angela b

again with the awesome. slow down, fast train! ;) mwah! a

Anonymous

love this so much! also reminds me of the time after my baby was born (I had already published two books of poetry) and wanted to stay creative so badly. I went to a cafe to write and after one hour my partner called and said all the milk I left was gone and the baby was crying and I quickly wrote one last poem and rushed home (and cried).... you are so inspirational! love from Vienna!

Anonymous
>>1493547

by the way. he is five now and I have published another book last year, so everything gets back to - sort of - normal after a while. you just learn to work efficiently!

Anonymous

Love <i>Machete</i>-- the song is so dreamlike and epic. It feels like you've fully gotten that being a mommy hasn't stemmed your creativity. Given the intensity of birth, parenting and death it's easy to see how artists fear the loss of the flame. It does happen to some; grief, trauma, or the daily grind of child rearing can bring the spark to ground. But not yours Amanda. &lt;3

Lynn

This video can not be viewed in Germany (as always ... -.- )

Lynn

After viewing it with Proxtube, THANK YOU for this beautiful documentary to an even more beautiful SONG

Josie

This is great! It's so wonderful to see you love you baby so much, yet still love your art so much. And how awesome are Ben &amp; Jherek??! Am just loving it.

Jenneryy

I loved this!! So amazing!

Bas Zwiers

I am late on watching this mini-doc and on listening to the new Thing. But holy-Moses. That Thing you do, you do it so well! I so love the song and this behind the scenes. The love and energy that radiates from it all....Thank you for allowing us to be part of this. Love you!