RTP-area local music and culture

[Luke Riservato <lukers AT gmail.com>]

If you're gonna post a controversial Amanda Palmer video, THIS would be the
one to post:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C17yfGyJjM&feature=channel

Soooo catchy,
Luke

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:20 PM, <ch-scene-request AT lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

>
> Sunday, March 29
> des_ark    (http://www.des-ark.org)
> Amanda Palmer    (http://www.amandapalmer.net)
> ArtsCenter, Carrboro
>
> For reasons unclear to me, Amanda Palmer (as well as her main non-solo
> project, Dresden Dolls) is signed to the mostly-metal label Roadrunner
> (and is thus, the Roadrunner roster being what it is, one of maybe 3
> women out of a total of ~140 people on the label). This point became
> salient late last year, when she blogged about a meeting she had with
> her A&R guy:
>
> "right before the european tour i went to the new york offices of
> roadrunner to say hi and check in. my a&r guy (my main contact at the
> label) sat me down in his office and said he wanted to discuss the
> "leeds united" video. he told me that there were certain shots that they
> wanted to either cut completely or digitally alter to "be more
> flattering". my favorite quote from that meeting: "i?m a guy, amanda. i
> understand what people like.""
>
> This created a nice backlash/protest movement (primarily involving
> photos of peoples' bellies with angry messages to Roadrunner drawn on
> them).
>
> http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/62721071/the-rebellyon-the-deal-with-roadrunner-records
>
> Anyway, Amanda Palmer. Since we're talking about the Leeds United video,
> it's as good a place as any to get the deal on her.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlJ9z_LowBI
>
> Oh, and I've just confirmed that des_ark will be opening, in her solo
> configuration. Arrive on time, folks.
>
>