It was “Jump (For Jeremy Geidt)” with the lines “We are miserable sinners/filthy fuckers.” This was of course glorious and she segued directly into one of my (many) favorite songs. Nor should I.Īmanda moved to the grand piano and played what she referred to as a “church song.” Amanda Palmer at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York. The anguish is palpable and I could hear tears in Amanda’s voice during the lines “He wasn’t the type to give tokens of affection so I stole the ring when he died/And then twenty years on when I lost it in a bar, I thought that’s fine, I don’t want it him my life.” It was like when someone’s speaking at a funeral trying to hold it together and then realizing, fuck this, I don’t need to. One of those songs that hits particularly hard is “The Thing About Things.” Amanda sings about loaning things out and not getting them back which then moves into singing about a complicated grandfather relationship and a stolen ring that gets lost -and then found -in a bar. Every goddamn second of every track, including the musical interludes. When it came time for the “Fuck Yes” line from the song, she let us handle it and we damn well did.Īmanda’s 2019 album “There Will Be No Intermission” kills me in a way that few albums do. “In my mind, in a future five years from now/I’m a hundred and twenty pounds/And I never get hungover, because I will be the picture of discipline/Never minding what state I’m in/And I will be someone I admire.” From 2011’s “Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under” we heard “In My Mind.” Right from the start the words resonate. Still in the pulpit, Amanda picked up her ukulele to play a song near and dear to many hearts. Hearing Amanda sing a song like “Behind the Wall” in a CHURCH was, well shit, it was a near religious experience. Turns out Chapman and Palmer both put in countless hours in different decades busking at the same exact spot in Harvard Square. She sang Tracy Chapman’s “Behind the Wall.” Raise your hand if you still have your original vinyl copy of Chapman’s absolutely brilliant debut album, home to “Fast Car,” Baby Can I Hold You” and the bone-chilling account of domestic violence that is “Behind the Wall.” Amanda Palmer. They’re out there doing AMAZING THINGS.Īfter an enthusiastic introduction from Chris Wells, Amanda stood in the church’s pulpit and sang a song a cappella. but he’s a super cool NYC subway foot drummer and guitar busker who was doing his thing outside the church.Ĭheck out all of these people. I didn’t get to catch more than a few moments of PowLo b-O.M.B. She also wielded a sword when Amanda played “Drowning in the Sound” later in the evening. Her performance resulted in a painting that fetched $750. Svitlana Zavialova is a Ukrainian martial artist, painter and performance artist. Poet, essayist and neo-troubador animist Sophie Strand graced us with her presence and read a stunning piece. I was fortunate to have seem them a few times lately opening for both Tori Amos and Ani DiFranco. Those church walls absorbed a lot that night, that’s for shit sure.Ĭhamber pop piano-violin duo Gracie and Rachel were also there. He also led us all in a massive primal scream session. A poem might surface from him from the notes he took. So yeah, O+ is the bomb and I was happy to support them.Īctor, MC and creater of the non-profit arts organization Chris Wells played host for the evening and rallied the audience to shout out their suggestions to make the world a better place. O+ (pronounced O Positive) calls this exchange the art of medicine for the medicine of art.” “Underinsured artists and musicians create and perform in exchange for a variety of services donated by doctors, dentists and complementary care providers. Their mission is to empower communities to take control of their collective well being through the exchange of art, music and wellness. The performance was a benefit for 0+ based in Kingston. I’m stronger for it and I’m so thankful for that.ĭespite a creepy hotel debacle and despite the fact that my car broke down in Massachusetts on the way back to Maine from New York on Sunday it was worth driving more than 600 miles. It was part one of the healing experience that happened that night. I mean for Christ sake, I even got a chiropractic treatment during the pre-show reception by a gentleman who was entirely kind to me and understood that my body, heart and mind needed help. It was there that I laughed, cried, applauded, cheered and felt each note to my core. I saw her last weekend at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York. Saturday, August 13, 2022, was one of those times.Īmanda Palmer is HIGH on my list of favorite musicians and I hadn’t seen her perform live since April of 2019 (or as many of us like to call it, the before times). Sometimes the universe comes through just when you need it to.
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