tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post4368546979036622511..comments2023-11-02T08:46:55.156-04:00Comments on The Dresden Dolls Diary: the onion cellar: a parableUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-69153900862717654572018-09-22T00:21:21.204-04:002018-09-22T00:21:21.204-04:00Thanks for posting the useful information to my vi...Thanks for posting the useful information to my vision. This is excellent information,.<br /><a href="https://www.zinavo.in/" rel="nofollow"><b> Digital Marketing Companies in Bangalore </b></a> | <a href="https://www.zinavo.in/" rel="nofollow"><b> Internet Marketing Companies in Bangalore </b></a> | <a href="https://www.zinavo.in/" rel="nofollow"><b> Web Development Company in Bangalore </b></a><br />SEO Bangalorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15839221851551850964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-76667351108073578222007-09-07T20:20:00.000-04:002007-09-07T20:20:00.000-04:00you're posts are wonderful. i'd feel very ackward ...you're posts are wonderful. i'd feel very ackward about that too. one time of my friends bet my 50 bucks to go vegan for a week. i did it but it was insanely hard. the choco-zucc cake changes completely. lol. be well,'<BR/>PJUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846159617065806524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-66235260684138820422007-03-19T20:15:00.000-04:002007-03-19T20:15:00.000-04:00I told my friend's mom that she was totally the ki...I told my friend's mom that she was totally the kind of person that makes chocolate zucchini cake, and what a coincidence... she actually does! She even had some in the freezer. My mom tried 2 make some using a recipe for pumpkin cake, replacing the pumpkin w/ zucchini, brown sugar flavoured Splenda instead of sugar and chocolate chips instead of cocoa powder. Well... the outside was crunchy and I had to add more Splenda b/c it wasn't sweet enough, and the chocolate chips didn't disperse evenly. She didn't realize I had a recipe...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-65634894254141569552007-03-01T23:23:00.000-05:002007-03-01T23:23:00.000-05:00Amanda,I went to the Onion Cellar with my two daug...Amanda,<BR/><BR/>I went to the Onion Cellar with my two daughters. My older daughter was going with her theater classmates from college and knew that her 15 yr old sister loved you and Brian and everything you stand for. I was so impressed with your's and Brian's performance and even more so with how kind and gracious you both were after the show, giving autographs, answering questions, and taking pictures. You really made our night, especially Hillary's (the aforementioned 15yr old.) The past couple of years have been rough ones for my children and I but your concert was one of the bright spots. So even though it didn't turn out as you imagined or planned and although it was a hard experience for you, it was appreciated. My daughter learned that at least two of her heroes are definately the nice people she thought they were and you gave a 46 year old woman one more CD for her playlist. Keep on writing your amazing prose lady, you are one outstanding soul.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14360332859161328057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-47335949124149466512007-02-04T23:03:00.000-05:002007-02-04T23:03:00.000-05:00Wow...all I can say is Wow right now. If she was a...Wow...all I can say is Wow right now. If she was a decent host she would have asked you about the cake earlier or let you know that it had to be vegan. And who the hell cares if SHE doesn't like zucchini* (thank you dictionary.com) and I am sure the other guests might love zucchini for all she knows. <br /><br />That was so rude...god I don't even know how you made it through the night without poisoning her. I think you handled the situation pretty well, but I wouldn't be spending anytime with that snotty bitch again. I would have been seriously contemplating putting Ex-Lax in the bitch and sending them all to the shitter. But, that's just me...Confusion Sayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03321341363051326585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-70539884988100506422007-01-23T22:49:00.000-05:002007-01-23T22:49:00.000-05:00Amanda,
I began by listening to your music, and o...Amanda,<br /><br />I began by listening to your music, and one day checked out the website. I came across the blogs and all i can say is... holy shit you got a gift. The way youre able to write the unblemished truth is amazing. <br /><br />I read all your blogs, but after I read this one, i said to myself 'i always wanted to write...' and i just want to thank you now because you truly inspired me to start blogging on my myspace page. Thanks Amanda.. and stay strong.<br /><br />SD<br /><br />if you got a second.. check out my blogs... i poured my heart into them.. something i dont usually do. <br /><br />http://blog.myspace.com/stevoandthegangxSDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141228557777334359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-65762196150456104802007-01-11T00:22:00.000-05:002007-01-11T00:22:00.000-05:00as my wise grandmother told me "art and and baking...as my wise grandmother told me "art and and baking are the same....it's about chemistry, baby"<br /><br />i've seen the show twice. (remember 'nice job' in the lobby? tall chick? well that was me) the show has much more potential in terms of a story line, but has grown during its run. i'd be interested in what you would have wanted, what your vision was and why you didn't have someone in tune enough with you to capture it and grow it.<br /><br />part of my work is to make visions into reality for kids who need to/want to recreate themselves. hard work, intuitive work, joyful and painful...it is living art every day and it is precisely about chemistry-sometimes ya have it, sometimes ya don't<br /><br />you are a compelling personality,amanda- i dare say if i had known you, i would have had a big girl-crush on you in high school. <br /><br />i wish you success in your next endeavor and daily peace,calm and joy- and continue wearing those fabulous coats! :)pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811357045321651184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-49144976817758877842007-01-04T22:23:00.000-05:002007-01-04T22:23:00.000-05:00a
i suspect the ART collaboration was worse then ...a<br /><br />i suspect the ART collaboration was worse then the parable.<br /><br />that you well told that another friend was allergic to wheat, and you have to use rice flour, and that yet another party guest was allergic to nuts, so let's use rice krispies, and then there is the poor girl who is hypogylcemic, so we have to use sugar substitute, ...<br /><br />i hope it wasn't/isn't quite this bad. <br /><br />having seen it you and Brian are by far the best part of it.<br /><br />enjoy -lenLen Tower Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01735800439763215549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-52352768624948498862007-01-02T17:31:00.000-05:002007-01-02T17:31:00.000-05:00I'm sorry you felt disappointed by The Onion Cella...I'm sorry you felt disappointed by The Onion Cellar. But as you put it yourself : "friends are better than cake". <br />That being said - can't wait to taste your TRUE cake. YOUR cake. <br />Best of luck with that.everworld2662https://www.blogger.com/profile/12325111450496803088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-60521722122137394972006-12-31T03:28:00.000-05:002006-12-31T03:28:00.000-05:00It reminds me of a vegan friend I have. She lives ...It reminds me of a vegan friend I have. She lives in a different city and I went to stay at her place during some rock festival. And well, one night at 4am. I was dead hungry and she offered pate...Unfortunaltelly it was made out of spinach. I think the sight of that can filled with that sort of green goo is one of the most dreadful concerning food. <br /><br />Anyway, this is just another story about depending on people and how it always leads to compromises.Lilith (Ioana )https://www.blogger.com/profile/00489853845222987314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-24318303587590881502006-12-28T22:59:00.000-05:002006-12-28T22:59:00.000-05:00This is funny, and articulate, and lays out the em...This is funny, and articulate, and lays out the emotional situation viscerally.<br /><br />But I think there's some difference between centering a birthday party on a proven, generations-old recipe, and using some experiment which combines ingredients which have never before shared a mixing bowl. I'd hope that what you had in mind for the Onion Cellar was daring and unproven—so I'm not sure the parable quite fits. I mean, I get what you're saying there, that the recipe was really good, but that's not the same as proven.<br /><br />The show at the ART turned out pretty well. I have to admit my favorite part was the mini-concert encore, but I've always had a soft spot for Mrs. O (even posted a satire to your forums). But it has a lot of really arresting moments, even if its lack of narrative cohesion, and the regular interruptions of the experience so we can all applaud, keep it from building to some stronger effect. This does not mean, though, that the Amanda Palmer Onion Cellar will never see the light of day. Just that it's not playing on Arrow Street.<br /><br />And I want to see that version, and here's why. As I understand it, the clientèle of Grass' Onion Cellar in The Tin Drum seek it out because their world is so bleak that they have forgotten how to cry. They are driven to it by a desperate need for honesty and catharsis and they pay dearly for their onions at the door. Now I was hoping, when I went to the ART production, that I would be handed an onion (or find one already sliced at my table so I wouldn't fumble with a sharp knife in the dark, while tearing up, even if that made the pieces less intimately mine). But I came to the play on a friend's invitation, and our whole group was there partly because of our (undiminished, by the way) admiration for DD, and partly because it sounded like a cool experience. None of us was driven there like in the novel. Now I'm not saying you'd simply try to recreate Grass' Cellar, because I'm sure you're better than that. But had we found a production which tried to create the effect in the book, to dig that deep into your audience's psyche, or at least deeper than most theater, well, our defenses would still have been up.<br /><br />So for me the question is, how hard can you hit people who walk in expecting an evening's entertainment, instead of having reached some personal brink, some moment of fragility when you might manage to push under their skin? The closest I've come to such an experience was a recent take on King Lear starring Alvin Epstein and within an hour afterward we were back to our joking selves.<br /><br />I'd love to see how far you'd take this, and what it would do to its audience. Back to the parable, I'd like to see what else you'd think to mix with chocolate. If you try again some day, and it's anywhere near Somerville, I'll be first in line.<br /><br />--Mat MacKenzie (since you use your real name)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706075964263769157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-11230149363728714752006-12-27T23:45:00.000-05:002006-12-27T23:45:00.000-05:00I get that it's a parable...but do you really have...I get that it's a parable...but do you really have a recipe for dynamite chocolate zucchini cake?<br /><br />The thing that sucks is I wish I had read about your disappointment with the process before I bought a plane ticket to come see the show. I'm sure y'all are killing it every night, but I hate to hear that your ideas of what you wanted it to be were compromised in the process. Theatre's like that, since it's a collaborative effort, and sometimes it works in your favor and sometimes it's like beating your head against a wall, I guess. I'm still psyched to see the show, but I wish that it had been all kittens and flowers and fluffy bunnies and ponies and rainbows for you. Because carob sucks.steph ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741367874126815542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-43940252823154246922006-12-27T12:45:00.000-05:002006-12-27T12:45:00.000-05:00Yes. True on many levels. So true, in fact, you wo...Yes. True on many levels. So true, in fact, you wonder how people like this get through life with all their teeth. Ha!TongaLHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13966187658179330850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-46681312536720058472006-12-27T12:44:00.000-05:002006-12-27T12:44:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.TongaLHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13966187658179330850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-75071703931605443852006-12-24T15:30:00.000-05:002006-12-24T15:30:00.000-05:00I feel your pain. I had to make a wheat-free, suga...I feel your pain. I had to make a wheat-free, sugarless carrot cake once using my wheat-flour and very sugary recipe (due to guests having wheat and sugar allergies). Needless to say, I didn't end up serving the carrot-honey brick that resulted.Darcy Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13225237286360686952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-90410928396322410822006-12-24T02:06:00.000-05:002006-12-24T02:06:00.000-05:00*hugs* I wish that everything didn't go like that ...*hugs* I wish that everything didn't go like that for you. I know I hate it when people change my dances (yes, it may look better, but shit, its my baby!), so I can relate. I hope that you have a lovely snowless holiday! (it hasn't snown in NY yet, so I'm guessing that it hasn't snown in Boston yet)xxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02087088632584907401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-35684825463957690532006-12-24T00:17:00.000-05:002006-12-24T00:17:00.000-05:00A parable worthy of Jesus. He liked them from wha...A parable worthy of Jesus. He liked them from what I understand. Enjoy the rest of your car ride.<br /><br />Brilliant.FancyHathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10797880264084972976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-3600764861958842582006-12-23T15:33:00.000-05:002006-12-23T15:33:00.000-05:00Baking with others often sucks. Everyone always f...Baking with others often sucks. Everyone always feels like they are being compromised. It just sucks. And then reality and the vision in one's head differ and that sucks. And it sucks when people tell you that it doesn't matter and was still great because you know how truly fucking good it could have been... and that sucks.<br /><br />Sorry things suck. <br /><br />But still.... Happy Holidays from another random internet stranger<br /><br />(In a side note, I got too enrapt in the parable and burnt the real peanut butter banana muffins I was baking, hum...)Alsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16317081131982264928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-73480882118591806732006-12-23T14:19:00.000-05:002006-12-23T14:19:00.000-05:00Bless you.Bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-47887841349747393122006-12-23T12:24:00.000-05:002006-12-23T12:24:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, when you open your art to other peo...Unfortunately, when you open your art to other people and other venues, you give up control of the vision and meaning behind it. <br /><br />When you're in a band, you can easily control all aspects. Even if the venue you play at lacks certain things, you can find ways to improvise on your own terms. Everything is left down to what you and Brian want to make happen. <br /><br />Here you are in a more controlled environment. People are more protective in theatre. When they're acting, financing or working on a show, people all want to put their mark on it so they're more noticable, so with such a large faction of the overall project trying to personalize their performance and distinguish themselves, your vision will be lucky to make it to the stage. <br /><br />You've done the best you could. Outside of opening your own theater, finding your own actors and doing every task down to printing the Playbills, you will not ever make the show you want. Even then, it will never work out to your vision completely. It's a fucked up situation, I know, but theatre is a tough place to relay a message the way you want it. <br /><br />My advice, which is worth less most people's, is to print the script...or post it...and let people play it out in their heads. That will be more true to your vision than this play. <br /><br />If it becomes overwhelming, use this disappointment to fuel writing for a new album. That could always work. <br /><br />Spend the next couple of days with family and friends, forget about it for a while and just enjoy the one time a year that people are mostly kind and loving towards each other. You're almost through the experience, at you learned something.Samuel Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831684396777287377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-78654002368177370622006-12-23T01:26:00.000-05:002006-12-23T01:26:00.000-05:00That's so sad, I cried. I take cake very seriously...That's so sad, I cried. I take cake very seriously.the Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276765475774302817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-37161533212450972182006-12-22T23:59:00.000-05:002006-12-22T23:59:00.000-05:00well, i think you've said it. it's not straight o...well, i think you've said it. it's not straight out but it's a very good parable so it works. off your chest and into the internet world, do you feel better? and who knows, maybe some creative mind going through a similar situation will read this and catch the red flags before it's too late. it's all good, it's all good. there are more parties and cakes to be made. I mean c'mon, it's cake, is there ever enough? i'm throwing my love out to you, hope you catch it.<br /><br />all my love,<br /><br />andreaandreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07913929047899255513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-22043322097528229792006-12-22T12:16:00.000-05:002006-12-22T12:16:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561610419583673044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-38120341844404204082006-12-22T06:57:00.000-05:002006-12-22T06:57:00.000-05:00Beautifully put. I'm not a big fan of vegan cake (...Beautifully put. I'm not a big fan of vegan cake (I agree - It's NOT cake), but I'll eat it to enjoy the company of dear friends. I'll be there on the final night of the party, and I promise to sneak in the eggs and milk if you bring the chocolate and zucchini!Living Composer of the Monthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004546508044454432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-5544662237569380992006-12-22T01:12:00.000-05:002006-12-22T01:12:00.000-05:00I love how much positive energy you put out even i...I love how much positive energy you put out even in the face of carob. I just know that if I had to deal with someone fucking with my "baking", especially with a lovely, creative and delicious zucchini-chocolate cake I would have just left the house. You somehow manage to get through the entire party and enjoy the ride home. <br /><br />Don't worry, we'll always go mad for your baking...<br /><br />Goodbye, and hello, as always.<br />SShannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588214523428135666noreply@blogger.com