Amanda Palmer is Amazing

I have been a long time fan of Amanda Palmer and the Dresden Dolls and she continues to amaze me.  I have seen her live about 5 times now and everytime is a unique and memorable experience (my favourite memory is of her crowd surfing and releasing a giant parachute that was attached to her outfit and spread over the heads of the crowd).  She recently gave an amazing talk at the TED conference about how she has managed to successfully adopt a "pay what you want" model for her music.  As she says in the talk, "her music isn't for everyone", but I find it refreshing and completely unlike anything else out there.

Here's the TED talk video:

Here's one of many great AFP songs:

Amanda Palmer - Want It Back

And here's one of my favourite Dresden Dolls songs:

Dresden Dolls - Backstabber