tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post6537609794845403492..comments2023-11-02T08:46:55.156-04:00Comments on The Dresden Dolls Diary: news from the crippled frontUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-14746119731065484992007-04-23T09:59:00.000-04:002007-04-23T09:59:00.000-04:00insaneinsaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-80630371372829710362007-02-14T13:18:00.000-05:002007-02-14T13:18:00.000-05:00How can you type an extremely long blog entry with...How can you type an extremely long blog entry with a stick in your mouth?! Amanda, you never cease to amaze me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-67845495176887551012007-01-30T16:51:00.000-05:002007-01-30T16:51:00.000-05:00natalie rose:
isn't it true that the only power o...natalie rose:<br /><br />isn't it true that the only power one's heart can have is over oneself?<br /><br />best -lenLen Tower Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01735800439763215549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-66205601707144552002007-01-30T15:50:00.000-05:002007-01-30T15:50:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Len Tower Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01735800439763215549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-48822684828270157742007-01-30T02:29:00.000-05:002007-01-30T02:29:00.000-05:00Someone explain to me, what's the point if my word...Someone explain to me, what's the point if my words have power, but my heart has none?Natalie Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14999082921314302021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-46261688281114582122007-01-29T21:48:00.000-05:002007-01-29T21:48:00.000-05:00i believe this is the blog entry jessi meant
htt...i believe this is the blog entry jessi meant<br /><br /><a href="http://iamrainbowboi.livejournal.com/2007/01/26/">http://iamrainbowboi.livejournal.com/2007/01/26/</a><br /><br />best -lenLen Tower Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01735800439763215549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-30328090165020547822007-01-29T14:19:00.000-05:002007-01-29T14:19:00.000-05:00http://iamrainbowboi.livejournal.com/
[read the e...http://iamrainbowboi.livejournal.com/<br /><br />[read the entry from january 26th.]<br /><br />that's what your blog inspired me to do.<br /><br />woot.<br /><br />saifduojhk.<br /><br /><br />xxxJessi\Jesse.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03145097552626712415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-33677694461998629912007-01-29T13:15:00.000-05:002007-01-29T13:15:00.000-05:00Feeling lost and alone today I read your blog inst...Feeling lost and alone today I read your blog instead of bashing my head into the computer trying to get things accomplished. <br /><br />I feel the opposite about the creation process. I never want to enjoy the end, only the means, and only when it's private. I write, but if it's shared it loses it's vigor, it's life, it's soul. <br /><br />Staring at the picture of Kerouac I have pinned to the corkboard at my left I think of what life would be like then, as opposed to now. Oh to live the Beat existance. The smoke, the parties, the existance. The hitchhiking!<br /><br />You're right, you know. We are doing nothing when we could be doing everything. At least, that's where I'm at. Then again, I've created life and now must cultivate it. But outside that it's just a void. An empty vessel, with the sounds of a staticy NPR <em>All Things Considered</em> or news update in the background, informing me of things, in a manner, no television news station ever could.ContentWorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03811187989064329395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-82815159810263958942007-01-29T12:39:00.000-05:002007-01-29T12:39:00.000-05:00I envy you so much, I know exactly how that moment...I envy you so much, I know exactly how that moment of wanting everything to work, to have performers, to build a circus, to create according to your own terms and artistic expression...because i am still STUCK in it. it's like being trapped in a cage, and when you're out of that one cage, there's a bigger one, and when you get out of that bigger cage, there's an even bigger one and you start to wonder when suffering would end and where's that line between resistance and obedience. And when everything's too fucked up for you to care, you try to escape to this own world of yours which outcast you from normal beings. Sometimes I wish i could make people understand this world of mine, like how you showed them into your dresden world. Sometimes i wish i could just wake up in another place and time with people of the same artistic freedom. Maybe it's just being 18 with too much brain masturbation.manonificushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393116402070676437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-7162824893832420092007-01-29T12:34:00.000-05:002007-01-29T12:34:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.manonificushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393116402070676437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-25810344233660753482007-01-29T12:33:00.000-05:002007-01-29T12:33:00.000-05:00I envy you so much, I know exactly how that moment...I envy you so much, I know exactly how that moment of wanting everything to work, to have performers, to build a circus, to create according to your own terms and artistic expression...because i am still STUCK in it. it's like being trapped in a cage, and when you're out of that one cage, there's a bigger one, and when you get out of that bigger cage, there's an even bigger one and you start to wonder when suffering would end and where's that line between resistance and obedience. And when everything's too fucked up for you to care, you try to escape to this own world of yours which outcast you from normal beings. Sometimes I wish i could make people understand this world of mine, like how you showed them into your dresden world. Sometimes i wish i could just wake up in another place and time with people of the same artistic freedom. Maybe it's just being 18 with too much brain masterbation.manonificushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393116402070676437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-92065616499588657412007-01-29T11:34:00.000-05:002007-01-29T11:34:00.000-05:00Thank you.
As such i was one of the late comers t...Thank you.<br /><br />As such i was one of the late comers to the "party" having only come across this blog in the last few days...BUT DEAR GOOD WALKING INTO A "ROOM" LIKE THIS NOW?! the effect it has...is somewhat undescribale. <br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />for being so human, as somebody else so rightly has said, it takes the edge off of it for the rest of it, or at least i must speaking for myself. it helps in a million different ways.<br /><br />Thank you. <br /><br />not to amanda, but to everyone who posts comments, they make this whole thing buzz and tick in the various different ways that any party needs to function. from thoose of you standing in corners to the ones dancing on the table. THANK YOU.<br /><br />Thank you. <br />for the thoughts, your daily conundrums,and the inspiration they unknowingly or other wise give.the simple caring...the humour, the sadness. for sharing that feeling of loliness when all you want to do is turn the lights off and watch a dvd (or read a book) by urself, despite everything. when you need to stop the world for a few secound,minute or hours.<br /><br />Thank you. Brian and Amanda. first you gave me a soundtrack that could drown out some of the things i needed to scare away when i couldnt deal with them. and ever since then continued to provide me with my fix or escapism, or of company in solitude.<br /><br />your honesty is amazing. it incourages me to think and develope every aspect of anything i do, to not worry so much about self analysis. to ask why i do it, without being worried about giving myself an answer i dont want....<br /><br />so here i sit as an avid fan of not only the dresden dolls, intently listening to your music to make sure this is all nicely thematically tied together, but beyound that finding somebody to relate with, no finding an entire party of people to relate with.<br /><br />with my ever growing comment becoming more obscure and obsessive as it goes...wishing like a million other people that amanda cud give us a phone call, that we cud be the one...or the half dozen...or...i dont know. sure it would be nice. but then they say you should never meet your heroes...perhaps its why its better to feel more like a party of friends.Dgarlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942877281085880809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-17267502356396249052007-01-29T11:19:00.000-05:002007-01-29T11:19:00.000-05:00Your commentariat never fails to impress...
Good ...Your commentariat never fails to impress...<br /><br />Good luck with the fingers. Ever stop to wonder what you'd do without them? Some oral surgery damaged nerves to my lips and left me unable to play the trumpet anymore; kissing is like fire and ice... Tragic, no?... So I took up bass instead, and life goes on...<br /><br />So, the token Teutonic word for this comment is: Schadenfreude...<br /><br />Not that I'm laughing, mind...<br /><br />LUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595437529831980293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-1289753678103523332007-01-29T04:05:00.000-05:002007-01-29T04:05:00.000-05:00Kate: If you watch the video, 'God Hates Fags,' li...Kate: If you watch the video, 'God Hates Fags,' linked from the front page of that site, it seems pretty clearly some hilarious satire at the expense of the Christian Right. Like all good satire, really.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873006175499457519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-82285102210596707822007-01-28T16:48:00.000-05:002007-01-28T16:48:00.000-05:00I was going to make a joke about not manually mast...I was going to make a joke about not manually masterbating, but neh. Instead, i'll point out that comments seem to have recently doubled.<br /><br />And more blogging, i say!Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640770705948611352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-91086500758392271052007-01-28T15:24:00.000-05:002007-01-28T15:24:00.000-05:00Ohhhhhhhhh, you make me so happy. as dumb and chee...Ohhhhhhhhh, you make me so happy. as dumb and cheesy this sounds you changed the way I look at things, and you inspire me. without you I would never have gotton good music taste. Thank you. Lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots of love from Maire.<br /><br /><br /><br />P.S. i had to change my name from "maire" to "maire?" because I could not remember my password. I am just saying that scince I had published (that I now regret ever publishing at all) a comment before.-------------------------<br />and I also got my hand silk screened 2006 fall tour postor in the mail not too long ago and I love it!Maire?https://www.blogger.com/profile/17223380674386911001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-29327555667519955132007-01-28T01:28:00.000-05:002007-01-28T01:28:00.000-05:00the dresden dolls turned me straight
http://loveg...the dresden dolls turned me straight<br /><br />http://lovegodsway.org/SafeBands<br /><br />thanks dresden dolls!magrestahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778462053199217489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-64031901798717534492007-01-27T17:51:00.000-05:002007-01-27T17:51:00.000-05:00i think about the onion cellar everyday. i wish th...i think about the onion cellar everyday. i wish there were a book of everyone's onion moments that they wrote down. is this a thought? i wish i could have spent all day reading every single one of them on the wall and all those that weren't on the wall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-79922733147689746382007-01-27T00:28:00.000-05:002007-01-27T00:28:00.000-05:00so i'm sure this is a replica of fifty percent of ...so i'm sure this is a replica of fifty percent of your messages, but i couldn't help myself.<br /><br />i'm a fifteen-going-on-sixteen-year old girl, a work in progress. if there's one thing that scares the living daylights out of me, it's growing up, being forgotten, and feeling like my life is worthless.<br />ocassionally, i have moments like yours in the car. metaphors for life. i love how easily you can recognize and describe the life you find in moments like those.<br />i'm from the outside looking in, but you seem to not simply live, but extract the purest emotions from the lives you live and witness.<br />that makes you fucking beautiful.<br />by allowing me to see things from your eyes, you've given me the opportunity to see that they're not as much of a waste of time as i sometimes think.<br />thank you very much.alexaarechigahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17677837796920766296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-32657793260009927952007-01-26T21:46:00.000-05:002007-01-26T21:46:00.000-05:00I hope that you are sticking to the ice and arnica...I hope that you are sticking to the ice and arnica. You're just too young to be arthritic. Thank you for your impressive artistic output. It's so multidimensional and, well, impressive. Been looking at the drawings and photos from Onion Cellar ... way cool. Also wondering if you really did like Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything ... the first three pages were breathtaking indeed! After 2 renewals I finally had to return it to the library, not quite finished. Resolved to buy it, but haven't yet. Did buy Yes, Virginia though. So you're liking that Bryson book makes you a full-blown polymath, don't it? Now please rest up and rejuvenate and heal so that the universe can line more shit up for you. Hopefully some more muses will be biting you before too long.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023829957100118573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-68246108517878656662007-01-26T18:11:00.000-05:002007-01-26T18:11:00.000-05:00Gotta love online blog for the ranting you somehow...Gotta love online blog for the ranting you somehow rack up everytime... tht's why I keep one... just for the ranting whenever I feel like... much more convienent than a diary... sometimes...<br />well music is considered the devils music but that's only because god got jealous when he didnt discover it first :P I suppose it's nice to be able to read peoples comments and know that they care enough to read what you have to say (or least make it to be which is pretty much the same I guess) :D I sing (like a druken cat being steamed by a roadwork roller driven by a butler monkey.. .thank you little brother) and my piano skills are about the same but I don't care.... music is what is really gonig through your mind, what your mood is really... my mother always has music going and if not her than my brother (bashing away on those drum goddamn it! those are going as soon as he moves out!) or failing that my dad or me.. guarenteed youd walk into our house and see quilts and artworks (abandoned grape scraps) and last but not least music blasting from every corner of the house... but it creates he most relaxed, happy atomosphere that I could not live without... god I'm ranting here this is terrible... but anyways, I agree with you in that music does not have to be your passion as such... more you have to love the way it makes you feel inside...Freakingout_thesystemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398891550104041804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-70768120611414288842007-01-26T15:50:00.000-05:002007-01-26T15:50:00.000-05:00amanda, i don't know if you're aware of this, but ...amanda, i don't know if you're aware of this, but dresden dolls is listed as a "safe band" on an anti-gay christian website, lovegodswayDOTorg (or as they put it "CHOPS: changing homosexuals into ordinary people") this website is sick. i felt compelled to write because it is my understanding, or rather, my perception, that you seem to be of an "all accepting" mindset. the fact that this website exists and that you're associated with it is highly disturbing. i respect your music and your viewpoints enough to let you know and i sincerely hope this reaches you. take it for what you will. i will try to cross post this comment on myspace later on tonight. warmest regards, kate.kblack0656https://www.blogger.com/profile/05781619672541731254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-44315898381310317432007-01-26T11:02:00.000-05:002007-01-26T11:02:00.000-05:00Amanda,
I wish I had time right now to read all t...Amanda,<br /><br />I wish I had time right now to read all the comments. I don't know how you do it.<br /><br />Ben Richter & I were stuck in that same MLK Jr. freezing rain on our way from Boston to Maine. January 15 is my birthday & we were trying to get me home on time, to my family two hours north of Portland. Instead, he scraped ice from the totally obscured windshield while we sang Neutral Milk Hotel at the top of our lungs (as always happens on rides with Ben) & later I was serenaded on saw & bass by both Lusitania boys. I stuck a match in a chocolate mousse cupcake & was so fucking happy that the weather was crap & I was trapped in Wyatt's tiny basement apartment with its dirty dishes leftover from their vegan Thanksgiving.<br /><br />There is a letter hidden behind one of the paintings in your stairwell. I don't remember what it says but it is very angsty.<br /><br />Much love.ahna the ladybeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014327370762730956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-64567395974282599242007-01-26T02:53:00.000-05:002007-01-26T02:53:00.000-05:00Life sure is odd, but fuck, it can be beautiful.Life sure is odd, but fuck, it can be beautiful.wuirbqirbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632358833052432195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394978.post-89608774510416784232007-01-25T17:53:00.000-05:002007-01-25T17:53:00.000-05:00Amanda's drawings and photos of The Onion Cellar a...Amanda's drawings and photos of The Onion Cellar are at <br /><A href="http://www.dresdendolls.com/theonioncellar/">http://www.dresdendolls.com/theonioncellar/</A><br />(Amanda included this news at the blog<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dresdendolls"> http://www.myspace.com/dresdendolls </A> <br />in <i>A news update from the trenches (LOTS OF A & B/Dolls news)</i> Sunday, January 21, 2007)<br /><br />the drawings remind me of some of the darker comic book art, with influences from Munch, Schiele, and Beckman. wonder if anyone could convince Lauder to give them a showing at the Neue Galerie in NYC.<br /><br />in the dark little room with the drawings and engravings.<br /><br />if you compare Amanda's work with the A.R.T.'s photos at<br /><a href="http://www.amrep.org/onion/#photos">http://www.amrep.org/onion/#photos</A><br />you might gain more insight into the creative differences between Amanda and the rest of the playwrights.<br /><br />then shift what Amanda visioned in her work much further from the A.R.T. pics.<br /><br />enjoy -len<br /><br />ps: if a picture is worth a thousand words, you could let Amanda off the hook for 70,000 more words on The Onion Cellar ;-} <br /><br />though, imho, a drawing is worth at least 10,000.Len Tower Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01735800439763215549noreply@blogger.com