This week’s video is another music video from Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra’s album Theatre Is Evil. When asked how she and the director captured the raw emotion of the song in such an elegantly powerful visual story, Amanda Palmer has this to say, “When I wrote the script for ‘The Bed Song’ video, I knew it could either turn out looking like a heartbreaking piece of filmed theater or a bad soap opera. I think we achieved the former, but only due to the lucky, lucky alchemy of people and resources that collided to make it happen. The director, the designer, the location, the impossibly talented range of actors… all of them came together with the kind of unlikely timing that happens once in a lifetime. If I never make another music video, I’ll die happy knowing I made this one.”

- Jennifer Link

Amanda Palmer showcases her raw expression in her new video with The Grand Theft Orchestra, “Not the Killing Type”. The video’s intensity shows in her face and though it is basic in its fundamental aesthetic, manages to leave a lasting impression. Her angst is tangible as she grits her teeth and thrashes hysterically, literally and figuratively. The video devolves into a visceral, yet cathartic fest of blood, splashed against the all-white wardrobe and set, creating a visually pleasing, albeit morbid, scene for fans to feast upon.

- Jessica Jewell

The August/September 2012 issue is the twenty third issue of Auxiliary, a magazine dedicated to alternative fashion, music, and lifestyle. This issue features an interview with Amanda Palmer, an interview with Yeasayer, an interview with x-Rx, a designer spotlight on Gloomth, an icon feature on Vampira, a brick and mortar feature on Plastik Wrap’s new boutique We Are Radar, and Sophie Nova as our PinUp. The issue also contains a rebellious youth men’s fashion editorial, a fine art inspired women’s fashion editorial, a revisited cybergoth aesthetic beauty editorial, a beauty editorial featuring Rockeresque Beauty Co., and a villainous style article. It features photography by Kim Akrigg, Sequoia Emmanuelle, Derwei Chan, H. James Hoff, Saryn Christina, Ian Gattie, and Bailey Northcott and features fashions by Abigail Greydanus, Adala Latex, Dr. Martens, S&G Clothing, David C Wigley, Norderm Hirst, WES MiSENER, Zoa Chimerum, Beserk, edmdesigns, DylaniumKnits, Fluevog, Jeffrey Campbell, and much much more.

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