cliiiimb ev'ry mountaaaain (Patreon)

hey loves

just a very quick one, since i only have about ten minutes. i'm still in california, and i officially wrapped the record yesterday morning (well, a record never wraps so neatly...jherek is still in the studio today recording some surprises for the connecting tissue of the record, and we still have to master, but it's goddam close). it felt like a marathon. it was an even deeper emotional marathon considering it happened against the backdrop of the kavanaugh hearings and - weirdly, i don't know why i thought it would be simple and straightforward, am i fucking insane - the weinstein video drop. 

it felt like climbing a mountain.

today i climbed an actual mountain. it was much easier.

i don't have a lot of time to write at length right now, but i want to tell you how deeply you are all embedded in my hearts right now. every single one of all 12,000 with you: you made, and are making, this entire, long, strange trip possible for me, in so many ways. it's so much more than just the funding. it's the belief. it's the reality of your willingness to be in a committed relationship with an artist who is still (and i suspect, always will be) groping her way along in the creative and art business darkness. it's just everything to me. you're up here with me on the mountain. i hope you feel it.

i do.

there's been a TON of press on the weinstein video (if you missed it, HOW, and it's here). i'll send you a full list when i come up for air - and there still may be a few press things to come through...CNN covered it on international television (!) and people magazine (!?) covered it on their website. 

after i bitched (and you all helped!! i saw you there on twitter, o helpful ones, THANK YOU).... Ms. and Bust finally came around. HOORAY.

if i'm going to share one interview/pieces of press with you right now, it's this one below from Ms. i'm so proud of it (and did an exclusive interview) espeically because they took the fucking hint from me and really underlined the importance of the patronage/crowdfunding aspect of this project, which is NOT SMALL. and i know that, and you all know that, but most people DON'T know that.

so go and read it, and be super proud to be patronizing this damn artist, and i'll see you on the flipside after i get a chance to recoup. it's been a real ride. and on top of it, neil and ash and justine and i are about to go on a week-long full-family-entourage trip to visit three sets of relatives. because life is life and you gotta do that to feel whole. i'll be tweeting and insta'ing in the cracks, but pray not too much, so i can merge correctly with my kin in the southwest. and i'll hopefully see a ton of you at the show in tuscon - HANDS UP below if you're coming.

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2018/10/10/60-women-11000-donors-brought-stories-amanda-palmers-metoo-anthem-life/

i love you all a ton

really.

x

AFP

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