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*** Made somewhat [[Narm|narmful]] if you know that the sample in the beginning is from [http://www.strindbergandhelium.com/content/iron.html Stringberg and Helium], however.

** The cover of "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?" puts the song in a whole new (and disturbing) perspective.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP00qel_0qs Trout Heart Replica]" a song Amanda wrote while on tour after seeing a dead trout's still beating heart, at several shows when she played this, the entire audience was in tears.

** Named after a [[Captain Beefheart]] song, fyi.

* [http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/3448247232/christchurch-canceled-due-to-massive-earthquake This blog post], written in the aftermath of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. If Mrs. Palmer's tour was on time, she would have been right at ground zero. The tone, the content, the links to the NZ Red Cross, the poem at the end... well, it can really get you sobbing.

* Off of the new collaboration, ''8in8'', we have "Because the Origami," a duet between Ben Folds and her about a runaway son. Grab a box of tissues, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAqudu4l-uo take a listen.]

 

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