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Q | Season 6 | Dec 21, 2012 | 6:38

Amanda Palmer in Studio Q

Wildly inventive musician and performance artist, Amanda Palmer, returns to Studio Q with The Grand Theft Orchestra in tow, and a great new, crowd-funded record called "Theatre is Evil".

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