Dr. Rola Hallam is a punk rock doctor. She is the founder of CanDo; a crowdfunding platform that puts resources in the hands of the frontline healthcare workers in war-affected communities. 

In 2011, when war first broke out in her home country Syria, Hallam became involved in the humanitarian response. Working with various Syrian-led NGOs, she played an integral part in building 7 hospitals in Syria including the first ever crowdfunded hospital. 

To address the issues she had found within the aid system, she established CanDo, a not-for-profit social enterprise and crowdfunding platform for local humanitarian organizations. She ran a crowdfunding campaign in 2016 called People's Convoy, which raised money to build a Hope Hospital for children after the last children's hospital in Aleppo was destroyed having been bombed for the 6th time. She and the Convoy drove the entire provision of medical equipment for the hospital from London to the Turkey-Syria border in December 2016. She says, “Hope Hospital was built because thousands of people came together from around the world and said: It is not acceptable to bomb hospitals, it is not ok to bomb children. And we will rebuild.”

March 15, 2021 is the 10-year anniversary of the ongoing war in Syria. Hallam is now fundraising to help protect children who are being targeted in schools. Go to SaveSyriasSchools.org to help purchase early-warning systems for 150 schools. 

DONATE NOW - Save Syria's Schools

SaveSyriasSchools.org 

‘Saving Syria’s Children’ documentary

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TED Talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/rola_hallam_the_doctors_nurses_and_aid_workers_rebuilding_syria/up-next

‘Open letter: let us treat patients in Syria’

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)61938-8/fulltext

The People’s Caravan

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-38528360

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Dr. Rola Hallam: The Fuckery of Philanthropy

Morning loves. Greetings from BED. This is a long one, and it's a good one. It's about Sharing and Not sharing things on the internet. The transcript and post about this voiceramble is HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/48918771

Halfhour Voiceramble for Patrons - March 18 2021

Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self.

Sherry studies psychoanalysis and human-technology interaction. In books such as, “The Second Self,” “Life on the Screen,” and “Alone Together,” Sherry focuses on the psychology of human relationships with technology.

Sherry’s 2012 TED Talk is entitled, “Connected, but alone?”

Her latest book is an autobiography called, "The Empathy Diaries." In it, Sherry reflects on growing up in Brooklyn and Rockaway, New York, navigating academia as a woman in the 1960’s and 70’s, and reconnecting with her estranged father as an adult.

We talked about being difficult women, how Marvin Minsky hates Bambi, defiance in thought, vulnerability in tech, how brilliant ideas launder bad behavior, and radical humility.

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Sherry Turkle: Is Technology Killing Our Hearts?

A crowdsourced episode! You asked, we answered with this episode: A collage of the best moments so far.

From New Zealand to Portland, London to Austin, and Edinburgh to Melbourne; this podcast was recorded all over the world while I toured There Will Be No Intermission. The podcast premiered in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic. What a year it’s been. 

With the help of my Patrons calling in and writing to me, I’ve assembled this episode of your favorite moments and reflections on how we’ve all managed to stay connected throughout a year of isolation. 

We laughed, we cried, we sang songs. And I learned how to podcast. Hear my reflections on the first season, insights from listeners, and what’s coming up later this year. 

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Highlights of The First Season or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Podcast

"I Want You, But I Don't Need You" from An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer.
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I Want You, But I Don't Need You

SEE/HEAR THE WHOLE PROJECT & READ THE WHOLE STORY: https://bit.ly/strungoutinheaven
.....
Written/Composed By: 
David Bowie 

Published by:   
Chrysalis Music Group Inc Digital Only 
Tintoretto Music 
Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc 

Artwork by Felix Marques


Jherek Bischoff - Life On Mars? (Instrumental)

SEE/HEAR THE WHOLE PROJECT & READ THE WHOLE STORY: https://bit.ly/strungoutinheaven
.....
credits
from Strung Out In Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute, releases February 5, 2016 
Written/Composed By:  
David Bowie 
Published by:  Essex Music International 
Anna Calvi - Vocals/Guitar 
Artwork by Sarah Beetson
.....
LYRICS: 
Ground Control to Major Tom 
Ground Control to Major Tom 
Take your protein pills 
and put your helmet on 

Ground Control to Major Tom 
Commencing countdown, 
engines on 
Check ignition 
and may God's love be with you 

This is Ground Control 
to Major Tom 
You've really made the grade 
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear 
Now it's time to leave the capsule 
if you dare 

This is Major Tom to Ground Control 
I'm stepping through the door 
And I'm floating 
in a most peculiar way 
And the stars look very different today 

For here 
Am I sitting in a tin can 
Far above the world 
Planet Earth is blue 
And there's nothing I can do 

Though I'm past 
one hundred thousand miles 
I'm feeling very still 
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go 
Tell my wife I love her very much 
she knows 

Ground Control to Major Tom 
Your circuit's dead, 
there's something wrong 
Can you hear me, Major Tom? 
Can you hear me, Major Tom? 
Can you hear me, Major Tom? 
Can you.... 

Here am I floating 
round my tin can 
Far above the Moon 
Planet Earth is blue 
And there's nothing I can do.


Space Oddity (Featuring Neil Gaiman)

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.....
credits
from Strung Out In Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute, releases February 5, 2016 
Written/Composed By:  
David Bowie 
Published by: RZO Music Inc obo Nipple Music 
Artwork by Cassandra Long
.....
LYRICS:
In the villa of Ormen 
in the villa of Ormen 
Stands a solitary candle 
In the centre of it all 
in the centre of it all 
Your eyes 
​ 
On the day of execution 
on the day of execution 
Only women kneel and smile 
ah-ah 
ah-ah 
At the centre of it all 
at the centre of it all 
Your eyes 
your eyes 


In the villa of Ormen 
in the villa of Ormen 
Stands a solitary candle 
at the centre of it all 
at the centre of it all 
Your eyes 

your eyes 

Something happened on the day he died 
Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside 
Somebody else took his place and bravely cried 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a blackstar 
​ 
How many times does an angel fall? 
How many people lie instead of talking tall? 
He trod on sacred ground, he cried loud-into-the-crowd 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m not a gangster 
​ 
I can’t answer why 
(I’m a blackstar) 
Just go with me 
(I’m not a filmstar) 
I’m-a take you home 
(I’m a blackstar) 
Take your passport and shoes 
(I’m not a popstar) 
And your sedatives, boo 
(I’m a blackstar) 
You’re a flash in the pan 
(I’m not a marvel star) 
I’m the great I am 
(I’m a blackstar) 
​ 
I’m a blackstar, way up, oh-honey-I’ve-got-game 
I see right so white, so open-heart it’s plain 
I want eagles in my daydreams, diamonds in my eyes 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a blackstar 
​ 
Something happened on the day he died 
Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside 
Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a star star 
I’m a blackstar 
​ 
(I)can’t answer why 
(I’m not a gangster) 
But I can tell you how 
(I’m not a flam star) 
We were born upside-down 
(I’m a star star) 
Born the wrong way ‘round 
(I’m not a white star) 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m not a gangster 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a blackstarI’m not a pornstar, I’m not a wandering star 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a blackstar 
​ 

In the villa of Ormen stands a solitary candle 
At the centre of it all 
your eyes 


On the day of execution 
only women kneel and smile

At the centre of it all 
your eyes 

your eyes



Blackstar (Featuring Anna Calvi)

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this song was written in memory of anthony: best friend, cancer victim, weapons enthusiast, life-saver and….it’s a long story. but a good one. 
read it here: bit.ly/AFPMachete

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this recording was able to come into being created because of my incredible patreon community.
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the band:
amanda palmer - piano and vocals
jherek bischoff - electric bass, string arrangement, mixing & mastering engineer, bad-ass
ben folds - drums, spiritual editor
ryan lerman - electric guitar 
aniela marie perry -  cello
lauren elizabeth baba -  viola
crystal brooke alforque -  violin

sound engineers: 
chris kahn at eastwest studio LA (band)
jaron luksa at the rattle room (vocals and strings)

thanks to mayumi heider for cat-herding, and to mayumi, risa luksa, and gracie folds for childcare.


lyrics:
MACHETE. 

i have never liked the box of knives 
you said was a paradox because you’re kind 
but withstood a childhood that robbed you blind 
of love that was safe and so you learned to fight 
x3 

what do i do with this stuff? 
it seems like yesterday i called you up 
i had a terrible case of the past 
i didn’t know how to get it off 
i didn’t know how to get it off 

and you took 
your machete 
and you sliced through the vines that wrapped around me 
and you said 
i don’t know what i’m doing 
so i’ll just keep on cutting 
it’s worth a little blood to get your arms free 

i have never liked the box of knives 
you said was a paradox because you’re kind 
but withstood a childhood that robbed you blind 
of love that was safe and so you learned to fight 
x2 

what do i do with this stuff? 
it seems like yesterday i was in love 
i kept of covering the soft parts up 
i didn’t know how to get them off 
i didn’t know how to get them off 

and you took your machete 
and you hacked through the woods in the surrounding 
and you said 
i don’t know where i’m going 
i just know that i’m heading from 
the dead things piling up behind me 

and you took 
your machete 
and you carved out a path to my chest and you said see 
there’s nothing not worth keeping 
you’ve felt so many beatings 
but 
nothing’s going to work if you believe me 
nothing’s going to work if you believe me 

i have never liked the box of knives 
you said was a paradox because you’re kind 
but withstood a childhood that robbed you blind 
of love that was safe and so you learned to fight 
x2 

i have never liked the box of knives 
i took it to the oceanside the day you died 
i stood out on the dock 
no matter how hard i tried 
i couldn’t drop them in 
and i collapsed and cried: 

what do i do with this stuff? 
it seems like yesterday you were alive 
and it’s as if you never really died 
and it’s as if you never really died. 

and you took 
your machete 
and you said boo guess who 
but seriously, beauty 
you said 
see ? 
you get the drill now don’t you 
it’s not a will or won’t 
you can’t keep making symbols out of nothing 

so i took your machete 
and i sliced off your head and you laughed 
and you said see 
it’s just like anti matter 
it’s dumbo’s magic feather 
you don’t need me here to cut you 
you don’t need me here to cut you 
you don’t need me here to cut you 
you don’t need me here to cut you 

free.

Machete (Demo)

Who Killed Amanda Palmer

Runs in the Family

Ampersand

dearly beloved…amanda palmer & jherek bischoff mourn the passing of a mutual hero, prince, with this string quartet tribute.
recorded in the weeks after prince’s heartbreakingly premature passing in LA & NYC.

read the backstory at http://bit.ly/AFPurpleRainpage

DOWNLOAD THIS TRACK AT BANDCAMP for $1, with proceeds to sheila e's elevate hope foundation: http://bit.ly/AFPurpleRain

(this project was made possible by over 8,000 people supporting the making of true independent art at https://www.patreon.com/amandapalmer. 

please join so that we can make more of the things we love.)

Jherek Bischoff: string arranging, mixing, mastering.
Amanda Palmer: vocals.

the team @ ELBO studios in LA:

the strings:
Serena McKinney - violin
Ben Ullery - viola
Alma Fernandez - viola
Jacob Braun - cello

in the studio:
Chris Fogel - engineer
John Witt Chapman - engineer
Ryan McClure - asst. engineer

the team @ future-past studio in hudson, NY:
Patrick Higgins - head engineer
Rudy Mingaray- assistant engineer

prince artwork: done on commission from the patreon by sarah beetson: http://www.sarahbeetson.com/

more about ELEVATE HOPE (http://www.elevatehope.org/)
The Elevate Hope Foundation (EHF) is dedicated to providing abused and abandoned children an alternative method of therapy through music and the arts, and funding special services and programs that assist the needs of these children using these fundamental methods.

Co-founded in 2001 by entertainer Sheila E. and business manager, Lynn Mabry, EHF supports existing programs of their beneficiaries through monetary funding and in-kind donations e.g. musical instruments, art supplies, and work stations complete with computers, keyboards and applicable instructional software.

Purple Rain

"The Wolf Song" by Amanda Palmer & Jason Webley, off their new project 'Sketches For the Musical JIB'.

*POWERED BY PATRONS*….read the entire story behind this song and download the music (for FREE/PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN) and support the making of more art HERE: http://amandapalmer.net/sketchesforthemusicaljib/

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Credits:
These recordings are demos of songs written for The Windmill Factory and Old Sound Room’s 2016 production of “JIB, or: The Child Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was”. The songs are adapted from original concepts by Michael McQuilken.

All songs written and performed by Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley.

Amanda: vocals, piano, drums, banging on the door
Jason: vocals, guitars, accordion, bass, ukulele, etc

The Wolf Song, The Fear Song and The Star Song recorded by Kevin Salem at The Distortion Tank.
All other tracks recorded in the Viking Hall by Jason Webley.
Mixed and mastered by Jason Webley.

All songs (C) 2016 by Eight Foot Music (ASCAP) and Music That Tears Itself Apart (SESAC).

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Lyrics:

Who’s that? Who’s there?
Who’s that? Who’s there?
What’s that? Who’s there?
Who’s that? Who’s there?
You look nothing like my father
You look nothing like my father
You look nothing like my father
You look nothing like my father

Who’s there? What’s that sound
Who’s there? Hello? Is that you?
Who’s that? You came back!
Who’s there? Who’s outside?
Who’s that? You came back!
Who’s there?
You sound nothing like my father
You sound nothing like my father
You sound nothing like my father
You sound nothing like my father

You said you’d be back in hour
You said you’d be back in hour
You said you’d be back in hour
What’s this?
Those eyes, that mouth, that sound
Who’s that? Who’s outside?
Pounding the door What’s that noise?
You look sort of like my father
You look sort of like my father
You look sort of like my father
You look sort of like my father

You said you’d be back in hour
You said you’d be back in hour
You said you’d be back by tomorrow
You said you’d be back by tomorrow
You said you’d be back by tomorrow

Who’s that? Smashing glass?
Scratching, thrashing, screaming my name
Twitching threatening and shaking the latch
Dad is that you, are you back?
Who’s that? Who’s that?
You look exactly like my father
Exactly like my father
You’re exactly like my father
You’re exactly like my father

You said you’d be back in hour
You said you’d be back in hour
You said you’d be back by tomorrow
You said you’d be back by tomorrow

You said you’d be back by the weekend
You said you’d be back by the weekend
You said you’d be back for my birthday
You said you’d be back for my birthday
You said you’d be back for my birthday
Little girl little girl let me come in
Little girl little girl let me come in
Little girl little girl let me come in.

The Wolf Song

"The Star Song" by Amanda Palmer & Jason Webley, off their new project 'Sketches For the Musical JIB'.

*POWERED BY PATRONS*….read the entire story behind this song and download the music (for FREE/PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN) and support the making of more art HERE: http://amandapalmer.net/sketchesforthemusicaljib/

---

Credits:
These recordings are demos of songs written for The Windmill Factory and Old Sound Room’s 2016 production of “JIB, or: The Child Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was”. The songs are adapted from original concepts by Michael McQuilken.

All songs written and performed by Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley.

Amanda: vocals, piano, drums, banging on the door
Jason: vocals, guitars, accordion, bass, ukulele, etc

The Wolf Song, The Fear Song and The Star Song recorded by Kevin Salem at The Distortion Tank.
All other tracks recorded in the Viking Hall by Jason Webley.
Mixed and mastered by Jason Webley.

All songs (C) 2016 by Eight Foot Music (ASCAP) and Music That Tears Itself Apart (SESAC).

---

Lyrics:

It’s getting cold, I’m underdressed
I’m still not sold on this whole mess
You told me - give it all away
Just trust, it will come back someday
I gave my voice, I gave my time
Was there a choice, and was it mine?
I leant out every stitch I had
I gave you everything you asked
Now nothing left except this faith
This old idea it’s gonna rain

Do you think that the stars
Are going to spend their light on you?
Do you think that the stars
Give a shit what you might do?

Everybody’s naked in the woods
And everybody’s trying to be good
You say you have nothing left to lose
But I know that’s just the story that you use
what you’ve got you’ve got to give it to your mother
what you’ve got you’ve got to give it to your father
what you’ve got you’ve got to give to your sister
what you’ve got you’ve got to give now hand it over

It’s getting dark, I’m lost and scared
I can’t find shelter anywhere
You told me — give it all away
Just trust, it will come back someday
I gave my body and my voice
But do you think I had a choice?
You know what, baby, I’m in hell
Nothing but stories that I tell
Myself - I’ve got to keep the faith
This sad old lie it’s gonna rain

Do you think that the stars
Are going to spend their light on you?
Do you think that the stars
give a shit what you might do?

When there are billions and billions of us all looking for love
With billions of eyes all fixed on something above
And we’re all are waiting for the pyro at the end of the show
But the lights we’re staring up at died out centuries ago

Do you think that the stars
Are going to spend their light on you?
You really think that the stars
give a shit what you might do?

Do you think that the stars
Are going to spend the night with you?
You really think that the stars
Give a shit what you’ve been through?

The Star Song

"Everybody Knows" by the late and great Leonard Cohen, sung and played on piano by Amanda Palmer with additional arrangement for string quartet by Jherek Bischoff. 

This project was funded by 9,408 people on http://patreon.com/amandapalmer

Limited prints of this original artwork by Vladimir Zimakov, with *all proceeds* benefitting PEN america (an organization that defends and protects the rights writers and journalists, sorely needed in the upcoming era of Trump) available here: http://shop.amandapalmer.net/collections/featured/products/limited-edition-cohen-print

Credits:

artwork by vladimir zimakov (http://www.vladimirzimakov.com/)

written by leonard cohen and sharon robinson

amanda palmer - piano and vocals
recorded at akashic studio in boulder, colorado, engineered by prasanna bishop

etienne abelin - violin
ola sendecki - violin
david schnee - viola
lukas raaflaub - cello

recorded by benjamin gut at idee und klang studio in basel, switzerland
arranged, mixed and mastered by jherek bischoff

Amanda Palmer - “Everybody Knows” / “Democracy”  (Leonard Cohen)

Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff - "Everybody Knows" (Leonard Cohen)

this song was made FAST and with a lot of help from my friends: read the full backstory & lyrics here: amandapalmer.net/smallhandssmallheart 

100% of the proceeds from the download of this song until october 28th will support the Hurricane Maria Community Recovery Fund working on immediate relief of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. read more about them here: mariafund.org 

this song was written as a flash songwriting exercise on september 23rd and 24th, 2017, using input/inspiration/comments from over 600 patrons (you can read those here: www.patreon.com/posts/another-song-why-14520156) 


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CREDITS: 

music and lyrics by Amanda Palmer 

amanda palmer: vocals, piano, hammond organ 
sean slade: producer, bass guitar 
engineer: james bridges @ Q division in somerville, MA 
assistant engineers: dan hale (day 1), michael healey (day 2) 

album artwork: 
sculpture by lee barron 
arrangement of objects & photo by amanda palmer 
the chicago defender: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicago_Defender
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Amanda Palmer - Small Hands, Small Heart (Demo)

November, 2017. this video is dedicated to the current administration.

original song by pink floyd. performed by mother amanda palmer. directed by mother jordan rathus. arranged and conducted by honorary mother jherek bischoff. 

for all song download/streaming information, cast, crew credits and backstory, go to: http://amandapalmer.net/mother/

In Harm's Way / Mother

Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff - Mother

read the backstory... this podcast was made possible by 11k+ people on patreon! join the patreon to help create more things like this and stay in the loop when they come out. https://www.patreon.com/amandapalmer

Recorded by Jerry MacDonald  

Editing and post-production by George Hicks with help from Conor Gillies at Open Source 

Recorded live at First Parish Church in Cambridge, MA on November 27, 2017

Produced by Mary McGrath and Ami Bennitt 

Illustration artwork by Susan Coyne

"This is Your Life, Amanda Palmer" with Christopher Lydon Podcast

AMANDA PALMER & CHRISTOPHER LYDON IN CONVERSATION, NOV 27th 2017

i met patty monroe last month in south africa and we hit the studio together in cape town. this is her song "fighter", played live with me on vocals and piano. this song is available here on soundcloud only. if you want to read about the backstory of the making of this song, go here on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/17422681

and please join the patreon so we can make more awesome shit like this.

engineered by murray anderson - milestone studio, cape town

Fighter

Patty Monroe (feat. Amanda Palmer) - Fighter

Pay What You Want

Fake Plastic Trees

High And Dry

No Surprises

Exit Music (For A Film)

Artwork by Shepard Fairey

To read Amanda's blog about this song, visit bit.ly/blog102711

Ukulele Anthem

The first single from Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra's forthcoming album "Theatre Is Evil" (out September 2012)
Sent out as a surprise to Kickstarter backers on May 16th, 2012.
If you haven't read the update about this track, check it out at http://kck.st/update51612

The cover image is a tiny snippet of a piece by Cassandra Long from the forthcoming Grand Theft Orchestra art book.
Visit http://bit.ly/KBpzRz to see more of Casey's work.

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Do It With A Rockstar

The song "Want It Back" from Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra's forthcoming album "Theatre Is Evil" (out September 2012)
Sent out as a surprise exclusively to Kickstarter backers on June 2nd 2012. 

The cover image is a tiny snippet of a piece by David Mack from the forthcoming Grand Theft Orchestra art book.
To see a series of "work in progress" shots of the Amanda-art visit http://on.fb.me/DMafpProcess or visit http://bit.ly/M1anN6 to learn more about David and his work.

Want It Back

this song was co-written by amanda palmer & jason webley insipred by - and in honor of - Meow Wolf's "House of Eternal Return", a "unique art experience featuring a wild new form of non-linear storytelling which unfolds through exploration, discovery and 21st century interactivity", in Santa Fe New Mexico. 

"The House is a 20,000 square foot art exhibit designed by the Meow Wolf collective. There are dozens of rooms, secret passages and interactive light and musical objects with which guests can play for hours or investigate the mystery of the Selig family, who disappeared one night after conducting a forbidden experiment inside their Victorian mansion. Who were the Seligs? Where did they go? and why is their home overrun by figures in white lab coats?"
learn more about the house HERE.
https://meowwolf.com/santa-fe/

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CREDITS
House of Eternal Return
By Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley
(C) 2018 by Eight Foot Music (ASCAP) and Music That Tears Itself Apart (SESAC).

Amanda Palmer: Vocals, Wurlitzer
Jason Webley: Vocals, wine glasses, Rhodes, percussion
Additional vocals and whispers by the Electric-Blanket-Video-Shoot-Wrap-Party Choir

Basic tracks engineered by Chris Bittner at Applehead Studio in Woodstock, NY.
Additional recording and mixing by Jason Webley.
Mixed and mastered by Jherek Bischoff

Special thanks to Ken Bogdanowicz, Chris Poage, Hoku Uchiyama, Matt Miller, and Vanishing Angle Film Studio

Original watercolor painting by Bayla Arietta  
www.baylaart.com

LYRICS
millions of us standing atop
millions of snow covered mountains
planting our flags, thrusting them in
waving our arms to be counted
but who is the woman alone in the kitchen
frozen in front of an easel
she looks like a portrait 
of somebody’s grandmother
still frame image retrieval 
standing there still
house on a hill 
after so many transmissions
telephone wires tangle the roof
but the origin story is missing
the origin story is missing
she hasn’t gone out in twenty-five years
caged under plaster and ivy
her eyes fix on something out on the horizon
a mountain of leaves gathered drying 
to burn to burn to burn

look at this view, look all around 
tied to the deck that our dad made
there’s no room to move and we’re so proud
yes they made ‘em like that in the old days
they made em like that in the old days 
retracing patterns
with new coats of paint
fenced in by albums and journals
and they’re pulling her back
they keep drawing her in
into the house of eternal
return, return, return
house of eternal return
house of eternal return
house of eternal return

retracing patterns
the path to the door
she thinks of the hands of her father
laying down floor joists
framing up walls
one board after the other
one board after the other
there’s nowhere to rest in this cumbersome cavity
crushed under mortalness sadness and gravity
peeling off layers of skin cracked and blistering
scattering seeds, making scratches on history
head shoulders knees and toes, only the prophet knows
why we were planned obsolescent with vertigo
ridden like animals, flailing our tentacles
searching for shelter in derelict ventricles
she crosses the threshold, runs up the stairs
races through bedrooms and hallways
she stops at the canvas, a faithful depiction
the house she’s been entering always 
the house she’s been entering always
circling round heavenward bound,
a hundred and forty four thousand
this flesh isn’t right, the fit is too tight
this can’t be our permanent housing
this can’t be our permanent housing
this can’t be our permanent housing
house of eternal return
house of eternal return
house of eternal return
house of eternal return

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