Anyone on here know (or care) who Amanda Palmer is? (In addition to being Neil Gaiman's wife)?

I have some photos from a small venue performance she did here in PDX last weekend.  

I'll be honest and admit I'm old I didn't know who she was when my friend Rebekah said she had an extra ticket and did I want to go.   I checked out her music online and while it is not my typical genre of music, I found myself intrigued by it.   So I decided to go.

Then Rebekah said she was Neil Gaiman's wife and I went all fan-girly.   Had vague hopes that he would show up.  But alas, no.

Still I had a wonderful time.  It was for a local fund raiser and was a very small venue and a small group of people.   One of the opening acts was a girl group called The Doubleclicks, who wrote and sang fandom filk songs!!!!   Star Trek, other sci-fi shows - it was cool.  

Later in the evening while Amanda was singing/playing piano/ukelele for us, she commented that she wished Neil had come because we were "his people".  :)   She seemed to be having a great time.  Mingling with us and performing and telling stories.   Her piano pieces are wonderful.   

I really found myself enjoying her music.   One in particular really grabbed me both before, during and kept playing in my mind afterwards.   I'll like to a video of it.  But be aware the video is NSFW as it contains nudity.   I love the special effects in this video.
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( video under the cut … NSFW … nudity )

Again, this is not my typical music.  But I really found myself enjoying it.

And I loved taking the photos of the audience and Amanda.   After I posted them on FB, I had all kinds of Amanda "f*cking* Palmer (aka AFP) fans coming out of the woodwork to comment and send me messages.  Was kinda cool.  :)

Here's a link to the Flickr album with all the photos - there are a lot.  

Below and under the cut are some of my favorites along with stories from the evening.

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