Amanda Palmer is a talentless, desperate wanna be who performs mock rapes onstage, posts revolting naked pictures of herself half dead and murdered and peddles whatever her current sexuality is as a selling point. Palmer was dropped from her record company because she is devoid of talent.

What does Amanda Palmer do? She calls in favors from her Scientology family (The Mockett's and Palmer's are long-time Scientologists) and marries up. But Palmer can't sing or write music and is a worthless  performer so now the Internet is plastered with cheezy, awful "performances" from this nut-case.

The pussy-addled Gaiman who is clearly having a 10-megaton-midlife crisis and has taken a giant dump on his career by marrying her.

Palmer does not make music, she makes noise. 

Gaiman and Palmer are a revolting pair of nincompoops. Go back to the Sea Org, you tone deaf psychos.

Gaiman and Palmer are self-conscious, talentless idiots!

Why is Moby playing with these loser, garage-band people?

Amanda Palmer stinks! Dear god, this performance was so bad it was absurd.

How embarrassing. Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer are like Gong show contestants, miserably talentless, self-conscious and desperate for attention good or bad.

Why is Amanda Palmer not listed as a musician in her own right and instead as Neil Gaiman's wife?  She's a musician - he isn't (though he is a brilliant writer), and was famous for her own work long before they married.  She is not his 'and wife'.  Neil didn't even really play in this video - Amanda was the real star.  He just stood there for most of it.

For what its worth Rob, I don't think you did anything wrong here.

You're a fucktard Bricken. Her body is none of your business. HOW is it any of your business? Do you want to be judged constantly on your appearance?  You're a fat bastard aren't you? Care to lose some weight and get a decent hairstyle?  Stop reinforcing bullshit sexist shit and grow up.  

Amanda Palmer is a fucking retard.

Amanda Palmer is a clownish,mediocre performer and an ambitious media leech; the rock version of ParisHilton. Palmer has stated herself that she can't play, can't sing. Truer words were never spoken. But of course that won't stop her fromcontriving dopey stunts to get attention. What a sad society we live in that avulgar and marginal performer like Palmer can get press coverage at all. Palmer is predicable and will continue to manufacture mind-numbinglydumb songs to seek attention. Even with her stunts, no one will buy her crappyrecords.

I think everyone kind of missed the point here. I think she did it as a nod to Dr. Frank-N-Furter. And thats probably why she raised her arms up so much, not to mention the see-through dress with the black pantie's, bra, and her super heavy make-up.

I didn't even notice this until Rob started obsessing over it. And I still don't care. Amanda's cute in a forced, overdone, performance-artist kind of way. She's certainly talented. 

I've had girlfriends who didn't shave. I didn't mind. It was no big deal. 

Rob, man: You have some issues with your sexual identity, if you ask me. If you need to rant against a woman with armpit hair, it's probably because it reminds everyone (and yourself) that you are a man, dammit, and that you aren't attracted to anything that might be construed as even slightly masculine... Because then people might think you're gay.

Maybe I have this wrong, but it seems pretty odd to dedicate space on your blog to calling out a woman for her armpit hair. It seems obsessive and petty, too. Amanda Palmer may be a bit of an attention whore* (but she's a performer: We're all attention whores!) but having hair under her arms doesn't detract from her beauty, talent, or value as a woman. 

* Dear militant feminists: The use of the word "whore" in this sense is in no way related to Amanda's gender nor meant to associate her with a prostitute. It's a general term which means "One who seeks much attention, often willing to do outrageous things to gain it." If you can't deal with that, then I'll turn in my feminist card (I have it around here somewhere) and just give up on the English language entirely, I guess.

Thats Fn nasty

i  can't believe the response that one pretty innocuous comment generated.  it's amazing the time people will spend being offended by something that most (boys AND girls) would agree with.  hell, i think my armpit hair is kind of gross and i'm a guy.  heads up people!  if you are a girl and have unshaven pits, yes, MOST will find it unattractive (except those too lazy to shave and those showing that, NO THEY WILL NOT BEND TO SOCIETY'S SUFFOCATING PRESSURE.  way to stick it to the man, ladies).  anyone smell something hairy?

Great just had a conversation with my girlfriend and the intricacy's of black armpit hair to any other race's armpit hair. Not as gross due to the curl factor and the scarecrow syndrome. It is so surreal, thank you Rob thank you for the loss of 3 minutes of my life.

Really, this is what gets geeks fired up? A semi-talented, pseudo-famous attention-whore flashes armpit hair? I can see why the Pabst swilling, suspenders & skinny jeans set would find umbrage with that post. But why would any self-respecting geek give a fuck? If anything, I'd think the debate points would be more along the lines of how this video unwittingly showcases Neil Gaiman's flawed decision making process and the degree to which it's led to the absence of any kind of Death or Sandman film. . .

Honestly, got to agree with Rob here. 

I'm sure someone will hate, but listen first, I'm not a hypocrite, I think it's nasty when women don't shave their pits and wear sleeveless clothes and I think it's just as nasty if not nastier when men wear sleeveless clothes and don't shave.  I'm a guy and I trim my pits, it's just cleaner, and it helps deodorant adhere better.  I think everyone should shave and if you're not going to shave, than either cover it up or don't raise your arms cause you're just asking people to make comments about it.

Hey... did anyone notice how UNSEXY Neil Gaimen looked? I mean seriously, I couldn't get passed how gross his lanky hair looked.

Why do we live in a world where Moby still does stuff? 

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes did a MUCH better rendition of this song. That woman is hideously ugly. And that's not even counting her armpit spiders.

Honestly, yeah, it is kind of unsightly, HOWEVER... I don't think that being natural should be considered nasty. Plus, shaving sucks, a lot. I don't always shave my arms and legs, especially around this time of the year when it starts getting cold. 

Maybe she was just getting a head start on No Shave November, kay?

Do you actually know anything about Amanda Palmer? I seriously doubt she cares much about your opinion of her armpits.

"I know it's our phallo-fascist society that dictates that women must remove their body hair in order to be considered attractive, and I'm sorry about that, but still, yuck. She could have at least tried to keep her arms down."So you're saying you know you've been brainwashed by bullshit, and yet you agree with the bullshit you've been brainwashed with. Congratulations. You've managed to sound ignorant, directly insult and bully a woman (what do you think saying - on the internet, no less - you find someone to be disgusting is?) and offend many more women, all in just a couple of sentences. How would you feel if I simply inverted the paradigm and decided that men who have body hair are disgusting? Wait, I wouldn't just think that. I'd also go on a website and tell the world how disgusting I think you are for having the nerve to walk around with shorts or a tshirt, and then at the same time try to excuse myself by saying "I know I'm wrong, but you really shouldn't be exposing all that arm and leg hair, because don't you have any manners? And you're seriously grossing me out."

So thanks for being ignorant, sexist and mean, while trying to excuse yourself by saying you know you're being just that. You know what? If you don't want to be sexist, don't be! Just don't say sexist things and then make empty excuses for it. It's insulting to all of us who actually remember to use our brains before we say things.

Everyone's allowed to not like stuff. She doesn't have to change, but you definitely don't have to like it. I support you.

I thought the exact same thing. It was unappealing. Coupled with the trudging, plodding, and boring presentation, and I had tonnes of time to look at armpit pubes. Thanks, Late Late Show!

is there a pornstar named Kneel Gayman?

In the name of redundancy...If you like someone, things like hair should be the furthest thing from your mind. If you hate someone, things like hair should be the furthest thing from your mind. As far as pit hairs on women, I swing both ways.

All you pro-hairy armpitters should be tracked down and shot.

Flamers working themselves into a latherholy shit that is funny

I've been reading TR for 2 years, and while their is a discussion to be had about the topic of armpit hair and how it interacts with our gender roles in society, Rob was only stating a personal preference and I think it was some nerd snark that got in the way.

We know your not sexist Rob, and definitely not a misogynist as pointed out by your recent critique of the Catwoman extra included in Batman Year One where she is pretty much portrayed only as a sex object, which as you pointed out, is not the Catwoman character.

Keep up the good work, and maybe their can be a contest about this subject or maybe we just won't talk about women's armpit hair on TR, your call.

Amanda Palmer gives confidence to all girls who are uncomfortable about something so natural as body hair, she is an amazing influence. its sad how people get stuck on the fact that she does not shave. we are taught to be who we want to be but society just knocks them down.

Holy shit that looks like it could possibly be the worst thing on earth. I didn't have the nuts to turn the volume on.

Here's a thought: for those of you voraciously condemning Rob here, I'll take you seriously if you're just as willing to go to the mat to see the term "neckbeard" stricken from the discourse.