Amanda Palmer is Coming to Town

Amanda Palmer is going to be performing at the Magic Bag (Ferndale, MI) on December 2. For those of you who are not familiar with this amazing woman, she is a truly inventive and unique musician. She is part of the dynamic duo that is the Dresden Dolls, but has just released her first solo album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer. She has also revolutionized a movement known as Punk Cabaret. And she keeps a very candid intriguing blog.

If you don’t know her I’m sure you are probably wondering why I’m spending so much time on this one musician. The answer is that she identifies as bisexual. She toured last year with the True Colors tour, and was just recently listed in Out Magazine as one of their Hot 100. Here is a quote from her taken from Wikipedia, “I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about…I've slept with girls; I've slept with guys, so I guess that's what they call it! I'm not anti trying to use language to simplify our lives…I actually tend to like really femmey girls… You can deconstruct this with armchair psychology and really nail me, but I like girls about my body type and about my mix of masculine and feminine."

If you ever get the chance to see her perform live it is an experience worth having.

Here is Amanda Palmer (second from the right) along with Tegan and Sara Quin, and Amy Cook in their photo shoot from Out Magazine.

Here are some more links if you are interested in finding out more:

Her Wikipedia Page

Her Blog

Ticketmaster link to her show

A music video from the Dresden Dolls

A music video from Who Kill Amanda Palmer?

Rally

This is mostly for anyone nearby to Ann Arbor, MI. This is a note about a rally this Saturday (November 15). Please get the word out, and show your support in any way you can.


Dear Community,
Due to the recent proposals passed in Arizona, Arkansas, California, andFlorida that target our community, a coalition of student groups at TheUniversity of Michigan is organizing a rally for equality tomorrow indowntown Ann Arbor. The rally is in conjunction with protests takingplace throughout the country.The gathering is scheduled to start at 3:00 pm at the post office, 200East Liberty Street, with marching to ensue.More information is available on the following webpages:http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/page/Ann+Arbor
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=53233230752
In solidarity,The Spectrum CenterUniversity of Michigan - Division of Student Affairs

Movie Night

Bilateral will be hosting a movie night this Saturday, November 8. It will be held at 6pm (not on college time) in the Spectrum Center (on the U of M campus). The movie we will be showing is Queen of the Damned, in the spirit of Halloween.

While the movie is not specifically queer, the books that this is based on are not straight. Lestat is portrayed in the books as ominsexual, so this is why the move was chosen. Below are some links if you are curious about the movie and characters.

IMDB link

Lestat link (the main vampire)

Hope to see some of you there.

Chelsea