Amanda F***ing Palmer is the queen of crowd-sourcing. She raised an impressive $1.2 million over Kickstarter this year to pay for her newest album, "Theatre is Evil," recorded with her band Grand Theft Orchestra. And now, as many of you know, the cabaret darling is jumping back on the social media wagon to recruit musicians for the record's tour.
Palmer posted the request on her website last month, expressing to fans that she's looking for "professional-ish" horn and string players to join the Grand Theft Orchestra on stage during each night of her tour. But there's a catch. The vocalist and her thinly painted brows are not planning on paying the lovely volunteers -- at least not in cash money. No, Palmer is promising a combination of beer, hugs, high-fives, and merch, but not a bit of that $1.2 million from her coffers.
Unsurprisingly, the post has sparked a horde of responses, and very few have praised Palmer for her frugal sensibility and ballsy online attitude. The New York Times ran a blog post that summarized the negative feedback, referencing tweets like the one below that criticize Palmer for her free-labor attitude.
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