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The Most Connected Puppet In Indie Rock

Internet television station downtownTV.com has a cute show called Puppet Music Hall, in which some fun artists drop by to sing a tune or two with a deep-voiced, red creature of some sort. The Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer hams it up the most with the puppet on "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," and Devendra Banhart's "Over The Rainbow" is the most "bacchanalian," but Jenny Lewis is the fairest of them all, singing "Happy" (accompanied by Johnathan Rice). He even gets Billy Squier to sing "Everybody Wants You"! Hand puppets have all the fun.

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The Power Glove...its so bad.

Posted by: Lucas at 03/02/07 11:02 AM | Reply
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I dunno whats going on here or how that puppet can talk without moving his mouth, but I just saw Jenny Lewis sing!

Posted by: dk at 03/02/07 11:09 AM | Reply
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michael leviton is cool

Posted by: elton at 03/02/07 11:44 AM | Reply
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Jenny must love doing kids shows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXSyztgPQi0

Posted by: Kurt C. at 03/02/07 12:07 PM | Reply
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Yeah, I think Rufus Leaking from Pancake Mountain is the most connected puppet.

Posted by: KC at 03/02/07 12:24 PM | Reply
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yeah, Rufus ftw. he/it is pretty funny.

this puppet though, can't keep in tune. even those Noggin puppets can "s(tr)ing-a-ling-ling-ding-ding". okaaay...i think i watch too much of these indie-rock puppet shows. oops.

Posted by: ave at 03/02/07 1:00 PM | Reply
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The puppet's pretty lame, but Amanda Palmer is fucking awesome, so thanks!

Posted by: Bort at 03/02/07 1:54 PM | Reply
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What, no "Billy Squier" tag?

Kudos Lucas on the Power Glove comment, that made my afternoon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCseAxG0dwQ

Posted by: Brian at 03/02/07 2:51 PM | Reply
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its very 70s kids show. haha.. normally i would have looked right over it.. but amanda palmer and jenny lewis doing a live performance with a puppet how can i pass that up.. they're amazing

Posted by: Dave at 03/02/07 3:32 PM | Reply
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