Prefix — Summing it up better than anyone yet, Amanda Palmer herself has spoken out on her blog about the drama surrounding ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/amanda-palmer-you-have-to-let-artists-make-their-o/69112/ more info

Prefix — Yesterday I snarked hard in Amanda Palmer's direction, commenting on the singer's call for unpaid volunteers ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/cellist-explains-why-shes-happy-to-play-an-amanda-/69107/ more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The singer-performance artist Amanda Palmer is catching some blowback from professional musicians after crowd-sourcing unpaid backup musicians for her upcoming tour. While she does have a small paid touring band on the road full time, she's recruit... more info

Chorus.fm — *Steve Albini* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/steve albini/) has slammed (http://www.electricalaudio.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=60267&p=1545452#p1545452) *Amanda Palmer* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/amanda palmer) for saying... more info

Prefix — Yesterday, the entire online world was in a fury over the revelation that Amanda Palmer is crowdsourcing many ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/steve-albini-calls-amanda-palmer-an-idiot/69080/ more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New Yorker shares an excerpt from Salman Rushdies new book, Joseph Anton: A Memoir. The A.V. Club interviews Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy about the future of the band. Amanda Palmer talks to ArtsBeat about soliciting musicians to play for... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "omfg i do not tweet from concerts but IMPROMPTU CALL ME MAYBE COVER at @amandapalmer #theatreisevil and i just died of awesome #DEAD" - @jennIRL Amanda Palmer at Webster Hall - 9/11/12 (via theculturewhore) Yesterday, we had a ton of... more info

Prefix — Professional musicians: what would it take for you to play on tour with one of your favorite artists? ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/amanda-palmer-cant-afford-to-pay-her-backup-band/69017/ more info

Topix — No matter how many different genres anyone wants to claim there are, when it comes to pop music everything's starting to sound pretty much the same to me. They should come up a new genre called "safe music for radio" and just get it over with. more info

Here Comes The Flood — Watch the new Amanda Palmer video for The Killing Type, from the new album Theatre is Evil with the The Grand Theft Orchestra. The clip was directed by Tim Pope. The September 11 show at Webster Hall in NYC will be webcasted. » amandapalmer.net more info