That is to say, the next four years are going to give American punk artists the chance to become a Western Pussy RiotI am not a big fan of Amanda Palmer's music. But I'm on her Patreon and every so often she writes stuff like this, which I'm just going to bucket-quote. (ETA: in some views it's not clear what are my words, above, and what are afp's ( Read more... )

Through the miracle of the kid-sitting gods we've managed to make it out to three different events in the space of the past couple weeks. Herewith, thoughts.
( Tribute evening with Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, and many friends )