amanda evelyn
Just received the Evelyn Evelyn disc and assorted goodies straight from Amanda Palmer's website on Saturday. Very awesome stuff, and worth hearing. If you haven't heard (or gotten pissed off about it): Amanda Palmer (of Dresden Dolls) and Jason Webley have created a sort of Blair Witch Project of a musical project, inventing a pair of conjoined twin sisters and claiming to have discovered their recorded music and dedicating themselves to bringing it to the attention of the masses. It's an interesting and adventurous project, and, by my estimation, a successful one.
Apparently, there was a significant amount of controversy regarding this project. Folks who claim to speak for the handicapped were highly offended that two artists who weren't themselves handicapped would have the audacity to pretend to be handicapped. Apparently, these folks believe that a 23 year-old pair of conjoined twins sound like a 30 something year-old female and a 40 something year-old male. But, hey, you know, you can never know. Unless you know. And then, well, thanks for telling all the rest of us what to think.
And please accept my apologies for not thinking like you.
But I let my own ears and experience make my own decisions. And to my ears, this is a damn fine album and an effective project that really does speak to the experience of the outcast. And by my experience, having actually known a pair of conjoined twins (who are now, oddly enough, country music performers!), well, yeah, it works. And it's accurate. And maybe even a little bit (Fowlerianly) ironic.
Apparently, there was a significant amount of controversy regarding this project. Folks who claim to speak for the handicapped were highly offended that two artists who weren't themselves handicapped would have the audacity to pretend to be handicapped. Apparently, these folks believe that a 23 year-old pair of conjoined twins sound like a 30 something year-old female and a 40 something year-old male. But, hey, you know, you can never know. Unless you know. And then, well, thanks for telling all the rest of us what to think.
And please accept my apologies for not thinking like you.
But I let my own ears and experience make my own decisions. And to my ears, this is a damn fine album and an effective project that really does speak to the experience of the outcast. And by my experience, having actually known a pair of conjoined twins (who are now, oddly enough, country music performers!), well, yeah, it works. And it's accurate. And maybe even a little bit (Fowlerianly) ironic.