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ash has a bad cold. it's more dramatic than i thought it would be, because it means that neil and i have been getting zero sleep at night, because ash isn't sleeping, he's just crying and like a fleshy barnacle who will not release my tit from his poor, snot-covered mouth, and that has this rational knock-on effect that the days, which were supposed to be filled with productiveness and wonder, are kind of blearly unorganized messes.

on my list of things to do today was to post here and ask you guys to ask me questions about parenting and now i'm sitting here laughing at myself. i am covered in baby snot. what more could you ask? it snot love. 

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anyway...FREAL...this sunday i am doing something bizarre and wonderful. missy higgins, who's a wonderful aussie performer and songwriter with whom i've  collaborated before, are doing the sunday sermon for THE SCHOOL OF LIFE (remember when i did it in london? it was rad). 

we're going to play some songs together, make the audience sing, talk about life, and parenthood, take questions from the audience, and generally try to fight the negative vibes of hte universe by talking to each other and to you.

i'm hiring an engineer to professionally record this AND if all goes well, TURN THIS INTO A PODCAST that i thing...so hold onto your seats because hopefully you'll all get to hear it in full audio glory.

that being said...i took questions directly from the audience at the woodford festial the other day and it kind of sucked. some of the questions were wonderful and some of them just trailed off a cliff. so INSTEAD of taking all of our questions from the live audience, i figured i would come over here to the land of nice articulate patrons and ASK you to ASK.

try to forumlate a question we can answer from stage that isn't too too long to read (try to keep it under about 200-250 characters or so, no long rants please) and IF YOU LIKE A QUESTION, HEART IT, that way i can keep track of what seems interesting to you guys. we'll probably select 4-5 of the top questions, depending on time


and....


go.

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xxxx

a

p.s. if you're IN MELBOURNE, FOR GODS SAKE, COME!! here's the linkt o tickets: http://www.theschooloflife.com/melbourne/shop/classroom/special-event/amanda-palmer-missy-higgins-on-motherhood.html 

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Amanda Palmer & Missy Higgins On Motherhood

In her mid­-thirties, singer­-songwriter and New York Times bestselling author Amanda Palmer approached a conflicted baby conundrum. She'd always had a hard time shaking the belief that suffering and isolation were important to making art. If she had kids, would she turn into a boring, irrelevant, ignorable artist?

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Anonymous

Does having a child make you more determined to right the wrongs, in order for the world to be a better place for him, in the future?

Anonymous

How is ash now? May the podcast manifest into a glorious piece of recording because we would love to hear it all. Yummo! X

Anonymous

Yes yes yes, please record and release this as a thing!! I would love to listen :)

Anonymous

This is awesome! I got pregnant not long after you had Ash and you've been my secret baby guide since we also we're constantly on the move around the globe. When in doubt, I often thought "well, if Amanda palmer can travel with baby and put out music, I can travel and make science." So far it's worked and your show in Adelaide will be my fist date night with my husband - we have a babysitter and everything! I do have a question "How do (or do you at all) juggle the feelings between wanting to watch all the baby/family moments but still carve out time for your own thoughts an activities? Not in a time management way, but a brain space way? (Hope this makes sense!) I'm looking forward to this recording! Hope it happens!!!

Anonymous

Can you name an artist from 3 different mediums that you will introduce Ash to first? (when he's old enough to "get it")

Steve Miles

What has been the most amusing moment you have had when traveling with Ash?