A long time ago, Amanda Palmer was half of the breakthrough rock group, the Dresden dolls.

Coin operated boy sitting on the shelf, he is just a toy but I turn him on.

They got the full record label treatment they went into the studio they made an album and that album ended up selling about 20,000 copies.

Then came the difficult meeting with their label.

They were getting kicked off the label because they'd only sold 20,000 copies. And then something really surprising

happened. Hey, it's Seth and this is a Kimbo.

We'll be back in a second to talk about true fans and micropayments.

But first, here's a message from our sponsor.

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