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The Needle That Sings in Her Heart: A Heart-Needling Experience

A few weeks ago, we talked to Amanda Palmer about "The Needle That Sings in Her Heart," a play inspired by Neutral Milk Hotel's classic album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Yesterday, we had the good fortune to see the show for ourselves. We hadn't been inside a high school auditorium for some time, but this experience was worth the trouble.

Bostonist caught Amanda Palmer's Neutral Milk Hotel musical "The Needle That Sings in Her Heart" earlier today at Lexington High School. We'll have some notes up tomorrow, but in the meantime, check out a live stream of tonight's performance, starting soon. There may still be walk-up tickets available for the live performance, so if you're a big AFP, NMH, or LHS fan and can get to the school by 8 or so, definitely do it!

Interview with Amanda Palmer about Her Neutral Milk Hotel Play at Lexington High School

We recently had the good fortunate to chat with Amanda Palmer about her role in creating and putting on "The Needle That Sings in Her Heart" (tentative title), a play ("a play that uses music... not a musical," according to Palmer) based on Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Palmer created the show with her former drama teacher Steven Bogart as well as a cast of students at Lexington High School.

Amanda Palmer to Star in High School Musical

Pitchfork reports that Lexington High School is putting on a new play based on Neutral Milk Hotel's seminal (reeeally seminal) 1998 album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Lexington native and Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer will star in the play, slated to run from May 7 to 9. As the album was inspired in part by Anne Frank's diary, the play will be "about music and the Holocaust" according to Palmer, who also told Pitchfork, "My high school theater director, Steven Bogart, is one of my biggest artistic mentors and I've been trying to get back there since I left... I'm not sure what kind of life [the play will] have after the spring. We might try to take it elsewhere." Holland, perhaps? Or back in time? Some sources question whether the NMH album is appropriate material for high schoolers, but we're pretty sure these kids deal with the two-faced all the time, so why not the two-headed? Palmer is currently rehearsing at LHS and may follow up the play with a concept album about her hometown. No word on whether the play will include a version of "April 1st."

The Eight Saturday, December 10, 9:00 pm T.T. the Bear's 10 Brookline Street, Cambridge (T: Central Square) $12 advance / $15 at the door More info Taglit-Birthright Israel and JDub Records is hosting a Hanukkah rock concert that will be held in cities all over the United States. Boston will represent at T.T. The Bear's this Saturday. The Boston celebration will be split between rock and electronica. The Brakes are straight-up pop-rock, and press for...

This weekend both NEMO and the Beantown Jazz festival will be taking place in town. NEMO is a showcase for New England artists, a networking opportunity for the little-known and the big fish. The performances will invade, occupy, and entertain at just about every venue in Boston. It's a great opportunity to see your favorite local band – or discover a favorite you never knew you had. It's a whole lot to take in,...

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