Amanda Palmer – Middle East Downstairs

here is the info file from Dime

Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra

July 31, 2012

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Middle East Downstairs

(Which just so happens to be on… Massachusetts Avenue!)

CA-14 > Mintbox > Sony M10 > Audacity > FLAC > You

This was one of the sold-out-in-minutes shows that went along with AFP’s kickstarter mini-tour. It was not one of the special backer-only art shows, just the regular concert that went alongside that. They played lots of songs from the new album, and the crowd was exceptionally enthusiastic and fun.

Notes:

Beginning of track 1, I muttered something impolite accidentally towards the mic when I was smacked quite hard in the face by something thrown from the stage.

At the very end, the sound gets a little weird for a few seconds, because she did a bit of stagediving and I was caught up in the mad rush towards the stage.

There’s one song where there are a lot of long pauses with cheering and shouting and at one point someone yells “OH SHIT!” This was because during the pauses, everyone in the band would drop their instrument and they’d all run around and grab another instrument to play. Fun when you’re there, kind of confusing when it’s audio-only.

Setlist

1. Do It With A Rock Star

2. Missed Me

3. Band Intros

4. The Killing Type

5. Lost

6. Astronaut

7. (Talking)

8. Trout Heart Replica

9. (Talking)

10. The Bed Song

11. Bottomfeeder

12. Girl Anachronism

13. Want It Back

14. (Talking)

15. Massachusetts Avenue

16. (Talking)

17. Berlin

18. Olly Olly Oxen Free

19. (Clapping for an encore)

20. Leeds United