#dresdendolls

[amandapalmer]

THE DRESDEN DOLLS ARE ABOUT TO TOUR a whole set of BRAND NEW UNRELEASED SONGS to THE SOUTH and BEYOND. We are still quietly working on a not-so-quiet new record.

Wish us GODSPEED, and come ready to rage and cry and look like whatever you wanna. Everybody is always welcome in the tent of the punk cabaret.

Most shows are sold out or near sold out, get on it.

March 22: Mohawk, Austin TX **LOW TICKET WARNING**

March 23: Mohawk, Austin TX **SOLD OUT**

March 26&27: The Kessler, Dallas TX **LOW TICKET WARNING**

March 29: The Eastern, Atlanta GA **LOW TICKET WARNING**

March 30: Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville TN **LOW TICKET WARNING**

June 7&8: Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA

June 14: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC **SOLD OUT**

All tickets dresdendolls.com

Photo by Sara Small

[nineofmeee]

Responsibility, Arrogance, Tolerance. A Dresden Dolls essay from a black girl.

On July 20th, 2022, I was confronted with the shocking consequence of my actions. That day I left a comment below one of the Dresden Dolls posts. The post was a poster for one of their upcoming return tours and in response, I commented a hilarious and creative comment that showed my excitement for this announcement and the love I had for the duo.

Nineofmee: "Big day for racists!

In a SHOCKING turn of events, I was banned from their Instagram account, and still feel this sting to this day....."Why did I do that?" I thought. "What did I learn from this experience?" I questioned...

"How should I feel about the Dresden Dolls?"

The Dresden Dolls, Pioneers of the dark cabaret/punk-cabaret scene in the early 2000s, were represented by Amanda (fucking) Palmer and Brian Viglione. The two of them performed for many years and released two full-length LPs an EP and live albums galore. The duo frequented hiatus for personal and career purposes causing their activity as the Dresden Dolls to be far and in between, but in 2020 when they officially announced their reunion and are currently playing shows all around. The social climate they left in the 2010s would not be one they'd return to in the 2020s because something shifted when it came to the Dresden Dolls name; something they didn't have an abundance of before that they now have.

A spotlight.

"Plus my only natural talents wasted on my alcoholic friends.."-The Dresden Dolls.

TikTok is a double-edged sword. Through all the corruption and bad media overstimulation that the brains of millions around the world experience, the app allows once unheard-of artists to be readily available and gain some traction, boosting their careers. This is exactly what Amanda and Brian found themselves benefiting from. My Alcoholic Friends spread like wildfire on a specific side of the app and introduced many people to the Dresden Dolls.

Not far after, another Amanda Palmer project gained traction around TikTok to...let's call it "mixed reviews", and from this many people got more interested in the question of who Amanda Palmer was outside of the Dresden Dolls, and up from the depths of the internet came;

WARNING! I WILL BE GOING INTO OLD AND ACKNOWLAGED CONTROVERSIES HERE! GIVE ME A SECOND TO EXPLAIN WHY I BRING THIS UP!

"Fuck the police comin' straight from the underground A Young n**** got it bad 'cause I'm brown And not the other color so police think..."-N.W.A

N.W.A, a hip-hop group from Compton, California sings about police brutality from the perspective of being African-American men in America...and Amanda Palmer also sings along for some fucking reason. It was in 2009 when Amanda Palmer started to perform these ukelele covers and at the time apparently; she was not aware she should probably not say the N-word as a white woman? Amanda Palmer has a long statement on her blog apologizing for her arrogance surrounding the use of this racial slur, but here's where I want to flip this post to be a little less of an essay and more of a personal statement.

As a black woman, I do not forgive her arrogance.

Amanda Palmer has apologized and I'm not asking for anything with this post here, I'm just simply conceptualizing my feelings. Amanda Palmer in a video interview talks about her feelings about being flamed on the internet and her feelings on "Radical Compassion" What is Radical Compassion? Well, it is the idea that "even in the moment when you strongly disagree with someone (ect...) you have to approach every last motherfucker with a massive dose of compassion knowing that they're just as human as you..." Kindly, I think this excuse to deflect full responsibility. Even in her blog she says and "this is to remind you that nothing progresses within a vacuum, that we are in a relationship. we are a unit, you and me.." If this isn't to shame her audience or deflect blame then, why bring up other people in your apology? Also, Amanda Palmer is notorious for not hearing people out in her career, standing on her opinions as strong as a cement pole. I will forever continue to acknowledge their music, their history, their impact on my life, but I don't think it is fair to be asked to not be angry about this. If Amanda Palmer didn't understand it's impact then why did she add it to her song Guitar Hero where she uses it in a derogatory to prove a point about how much the word weighs? If Amanda Palmer didn't understand it's impact why would she change the inflection of the word from an "a" suffix to an "er" suffix? How punk and non-racist are you if you don't think and reflect on that maybe a little bit. Black people aren't here to educate you on what you should and shouldn't be saying, google it. Lear history. Use your privilege. Don't be arrogant.

What does this have to do with The Dresden Dolls?

Amanda Palmer is half of the band, I support the band I support Amanda. I don't want to directly finance her, but i struggle to ignore her importance to me. She was someone really important to me but, i am so sick of being told by people to forgive them for mistakes surrounding my race, my person, she's aware of her actions, she isn't a child. 2015 was the last time she performed this cover and embarrassed herself in front of her fans. It isn't OUR JOB to educate you. That, in a whole is where I stand.

Thanks for reading this and, please comment any comments that pop in to your mind! I love to further conversations and challenge my own opinions! In the words of Amanda Palmer; "I talk, you listen. We're a unit," except I'm not saying slurs I shouldn't say and trying to deflect the blame.

Cited Sorces: “Amanda Palmer on Abortion, Cancel Culture, and Australia’s Bushfires | Junkee.” YouTube, YouTube, 5 Feb. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN9JtncxF5o&t=1s. “On Racism, Words, Art, Time and Progress.” Amanda Palmer Blog, 22 June 2020, blog.amandapalmer.net/racism-words-art-time-progress/.

[jammymayham]

[ID: Fanart of Clay and Bloberta from Moral Orel.

In the first image they are blankly looking forward with Clay holding a drink, the colors are desaturated. There are lyrics from the song My Alcoholic Friends by dresdendolls next to them which say: "I'm trying hard/ Not to be ashamed/ Not to know the name/ Of who is waking up beside me".

The second image is the same as the first one but without the text. End ID]

[ogzieoggleton]

Garmadon playlist with the artist names!

over & over / nothings new / absence - Rio Romeo

Freaks - surf cruise

Be nice to me - the front bottoms

Little lion man - Munford and sons

Bottom - Mccafferty

Blackout days - Phantogram

my alcoholic friends - Dresdendolls

Farewell wanderlust - The Amzing Devil

the moon will sing - Crane Wives

Laplace's angel / Dr sunshine / song with five names - will wood

wrecking ball / body - mother mother

How to be Me - Ren & Chinchilla

Ship In A Bottle - Fin Argus

soft core - the neighbourhood

Animal - sir chloe

Alien blues - Vundabar

hansel / People Eater - Sodikken

CONTROL BABY - Jharaiah

Foundations - Kate Nash

echo - crusher P

Vibrant eyes - Cg5

I don't smoke / class of 2013 - Mistki (audiotree version)

Light - Chonny Jash

Falling inside the black / monster / sick of it - skillet

Secret Garden - EmpathP

Brutus - Buttress

romantic homocide - D4vd

exs and ohs - Elle King

still feel - half alive

You come alive - Rockit Music

November - Sparkbird

Bernadette - IAMX

I bet on losing dogs - Mitski

Alive / Confrontation - Jekyll and Hyde

Gallowdance - Lebanon Hanover

The contortionist - Melanie Martinez

Nothing - Emily Autumn

[overheard-on-base]

Y'all ever heard boss man listening to music?

I mentioned in a post before that I have actually heard him listening to music. What I didn't mention is that we've heard this on several occasions. Here's the list of some of the songs we've heard and my thoughts on why he likes them:

Welcome To My Life by Simple Plan (the one I mentioned before. This one came more obviously after seeing his face for the first time and finding out he's a kid with issues. My guess is he personally relates to the song)

Canary in a Coal Mine by The Cranewives (this is a running theory but we think someone important to him pretended to care for him but just used him for their own gain *cough* Batman *cough cough*)

Funhouse by P!nk (clown trauma, he's quite open about his clown trauma)

My Alcoholic Friends by Dresdendolls (I think he spent part of his childhood around addicts of some kind and it feels weirdly nostalgic to him but it hurts more than regular nostalgia cuz it wasn't a happy time but it was easier than it is now)

Brutus by the Buttress (frankly I think this is his battle theme. He probably listens to this before getting in a fight to hype himself up. We once heard him yelling "BRUTUS BRUTUS BRUTUS BRUTUS" loud enough to get through the really thick walls)

Runs in the Family by Amanda Palmer (batman trauma? He replays the ending bit over and over again. The one that starts with "Mary have mercy now look what I've done but don't blame me because I can't help where I've come from." could be a bit of Gotham trauma? Fun fact he can sing that whole song really easily and I think it's to do with not having lungs)

The Bird Song by Florence and the Machine (killing things trauma. He mentioned once an offhanded comment about having to eat a raw rat in the asylum once so maybe it's about that?)

It's Alright by Mother Mother (he cries while listening to this so I think it's him imagining if things were different?)

Welcome Home, Son by Radical Face (he's a kid, he misses his family, he wants to go home. If we can help even just a little bit by being here, whether the plan goes through or not, then it'll be worth it.)

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

My friend and I did some research and we came up with these conclusions: Misery meat/People eater, Sodikken: alt Thatcher Body, Mother Mother: Alt Jonah I deserve to bleed, Sushi Soucy: Alt Mark Lima Bean Man, Jack Stauber: Seth to Sarah and Cesar White guy, Bo Burnham/Nothing man, Sodikken: Dave Alcoholic friends, dresdendolls: Younger Seth (The name, really-)

YES correct

[theseratio]

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[nojarama]

Happy 20th anniversary to The Dresden Dolls self-titled debut album. Released this week in 2003. #dresdendolls #amandapalmer #brianviglione #girlanachronism #goodday #coinoperatedboy

[psychicstatic]

And now for something completely different. New episode is up now with @martinbisibc ! Legendary producer, engineer of #bcstudio in Brooklyn. Of the many credits Martin can claim, one of them is the @dresdendolls #selftitled #debut which he came on to discuss. Why that album? Well, there were many to choose from but ultimately it’s a great record for many reasons and I wanted to try to have Martin explain a little about that as well as share some personal insights from the sessions. So if you’re a fan of that album, this will be a treat. Let’s not forget, Martin is also a musician and has a new album out, Feral Myths. You can get that anywhere you get music. #vinylrecords #influentialalbums #essentialrecords #feralmyths #martinbisi #thedresdendolls https://www.instagram.com/p/CoZnCszuCfX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[amandapalmer]

Who’s afraid of little old me?

[charmingdisaster]

Thanks to @amandapalmer for the sweet comment! It was an incredible experience getting to be part of the @dresdendolls reunion shows (and join in the big finale!) and this note of recognition from an artist we admire so much means the world to us. 🖤🖤 #sing #dresdendolls https://www.instagram.com/p/ClRJKYIOyC1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[teeniedaeva]

helo ummm

ooo difficult

Girl Anachronism by dresdendolls

2. SMOKE IT OFF by Lumi Athena

3. Daddy Issues by The Neighbourhood

4. I Wanna Be Yours by Arctic Monkeys

5. Superman by Eminem (or Mockingbird)

THAT'S ALL WHEW THAT WAS A HARD PICK also they're not in any order I love all of them equally as my favs fr I think since I listen to them most anddd ye yeyeyeye THANKS FOR DA TAGGGG

I dnt have anyone to tag so I'll js leave it blank lol

when you get this ask you have to answer with 5 of ur fav songs and then send this ask to 10 of ur favourite followers :)

oooh difficult to pick just 5 but I'll do my best

Act My Age - 1D

Big Difference - Nicki Minaj

DLIBYH - Louis Tomlinson

The Show - Niall Horan

Needy - Ariana Grande

OH THAT'S SO FEW HELPPPP AH IM SO SORRY ALL THE SONGS I DIDNT PICK

also im too lazy to actually send this soooo tagging them:

SORRY I ONLY HAD TO PICK 10 I LOVE ALL OF YALL SM!

@surrowndedbylights @niallermybabe @ravenclawdirectioner @mickeywheeler @skeelly @annamiasworld @heartstopperlarrie @tiredflowercrown @enchantedlandcoffee @a-portal-to-nowhere

[karispacek]

DRESDEN DOLLS

[yourassimcomingforit]

Music poll game

Put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most! Then tag Tumblr friends to keep the game going

@calsvoid thank you for tagging me!!

I’m going this using my current favorites playlist but let me know if you want me to do it with my entire playlist.

I’ll tag @incorrect-batfam-quotes-mostly @i-care-bout-things-too @audhd-nightwing @rt-nique @somanyrobins and anyone else who wants to play!!

[psychicstatic]

Coming very soon! A talk with a very special guest who was integral to the creation of this record. @dresdendolls self titled #debut ! #independentmusic #independentartists #punkrockcaberet #brechtianpunkcabaret #amandapalmer #brianviglione https://www.instagram.com/p/CoV8pZAMUEn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[yousayyesmissalice]

Tonight has just been impeccable! No words to describe how amazing @dresdendolls were ❤️ Finally got to see one of my absolute favourite bands with my bubby @threelittlebuhos - 14/15-year-old-us would be so happy to know we finally got to see them 10 years later 💜💜💜 #dresdendolls #troxy #london #thedresdendolls https://www.instagram.com/p/BpnfzuHlPSv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q26qd5t3l7fw