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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)

Oh my - don't we all just adore these ubiquitous miniscule "Bio's"?! ROFL 🤣 - I think NOT! Lolol 😄!

What to say..... I was born & raised in Gainesville, Florida back when dinosaurs 🦕 roamed freely. I graduated 2yrs early at 16. By 12 I was already 'That peculiar, awkward, brainy kid, who's always got a book shoved in her face!', so obviously I was never in with the popular crowd, ROFL 🤣

Had great family who were very active in the Civil Rights Movement, Women's Rights, LGBTQ Anti-War Movement, etc., brought my sister & I with them to all the marches & rallies. Best of all to concerts filled w/amazing music. Folks worked at Hogtown Food Co-Op & brought free food to music events @ 'The Farm'.

Went to college, & went back again & again & then oh yeah, I went back again! Lolol So far amassing a current tally of: 2 PhD's, 10 Master's Degrees, & 8 Bachelor's! Lolol 😄. I'm officially changing my job title to 'Professional Student' - a title borrowed from one of the characters from Gary Trudeau's long run & epically fabulous comic strip 'Doonesbury'!

My 1st PhD, awarded in '99, is in Geomorphology, specializing in Volcanology & Plate Tectonics; it is my first & foremost love, which I have truly dedicated my life to. Hopefully, I've been able to inspire other young women to get involved in this ever challenging, growing, & fantastic scientific study! 

What the scholarships, grants, & fellowships didn’t cover, I paid for doing music tours starting from rigging & working my way up to lights, lighting design, running the lights during shows & eventually stage management. Loved it & the roadies I had the privilege to work with, we were a family to be sure! Plus, nothing beats awesome live music 🎶, & it paid well 😀 Lolol!

Along the way I dated several & married *(NEVER ANYONE I EVER WORKED WITH)* many complete losers, highly abusive types, before finally getting my demons 😈 exercised once joining the Navy, as an AT.

I got to work on the sensational, sexy, most incredible jet the Navy's ever had, the F-14D Tomcat, with the infamous, & very best squadron ever, VF - 213 The Blacklions. Also got to work at J.A.G.
Navy, best years of my life.

Met a man in Navy, who's response to finding out from the VA I had a terminal disease (ALS), was to wake me up next day & marry me. Pay attention everyone: THESE are the human beings YOU WANT IN YOUR LIFE. The one’s who love, respect,  & take you as you are & ESPECIALLY if you're getting married when that little part about 'for better or worse, in sickness & health' gets said? MEAN IT.

Amazing, I guess you finally kiss enough 'wife beating, hateful, abusive misogynistic, toads', plus one Psychopathic Rapist, & you really do find an amazing REAL MAN!

Retired from Navy, & basically went back to school, hence the many degrees, Lolol 😄! Although several I'd already at least had a Bachelor's degree in & a few of the Master's degrees as well. Hence...

2nd PhD in Abnormal Psychology - Specializing in Psychopathy & Microexpressions, awarded in 2020.

Now, I'm finishing up a book about that, that should be available November 2024‐ish. I may or may not be around when it comes out, but I hope it's not only well received by my fellow colleagues in these fields, but the public 'true crime' interested people who I hope will actually learn from it as well.

A portion of the proceeds will go to help fellow victims & their families as the antithesis for this book was my own experience & luckily release by a high level Psychopath after six days. In many ways writing not only about this particular group of high level Psychopaths allowed me to finally find my voice about not only overcoming the sexual trauma I'd endured but to actually get to confront the man responsible for it. Though I'd removed him from my research study, due to obvious bias, he actually volunteered to participate. Ahh Psychopath's are indeed truly narcissistic in all aspects of their lives, Lolol. 

Jessica M. Kandal, PhD



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