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The Dresden Dolls 'Shores of California' music video
The new music video for "Shores of California" from the record "Yes, Virginia..."
Starring: Amanda Palmer, Liam Kyle Sullivan (of "Kelly Likes Shoes"), David J. (Bauhaus), Margaret Cho, Jason Webley, Erin Maxick, the incredible Dresden Dolls Brigade, and more.
Director: Andrew Bennett
Producer: Frank Caridi
Edited with the help of: Alicia Martinez
Just to dispel any rumors, Brian Viglione was unavailable on the whirlwind day of shooting for this video, but The Dresden Dolls are NOT breaking up. You can catch them all summer long on Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour. More info at http://www.truecolorstour.com
This was inspired by David Lee Roth's "California Girls" music video which can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmbhfI8f_Ek
Length: 227
Rating: 4.80 (2833 ratings)
Tags: Dresden Dolls Shores California Amanda Palmer Brian Viglione David Roth Van Halen Erin Maxick Kelly shoes Cho
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"Dresden Bombed to Atoms" Why?
The bombing of Dresden in February 1945 has remained one of the more controversial aspects of World War Two. Dresden, a city unaffected by bombing up to that point in the war, lost many thousands of civilians in the firestorm that was created by the Allies. As the Russians advanced to Berlin from the east and the Allies from the west, why was Dresden bombed when it did appear that the war would be ended in the near future? No-one knows how many people were in Dresden when the city was bombed. Officially, the city's population was 350,000, but with the number of refugees there, it would have been a lot higher than this.
Between February 13th and February 14th 1945, between 35,000 and 135,000 people were killed by Allied bombing in Dresden. Historians still argue over the number of deaths. However, there were so many refugees in the city at the time that the real figure will almost certainly never be known.
So why was Dresden chosen as a target? Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command, had always held the view that any city that had anything to do with the Nazi war effort was a target. A number of theories do exist as to why Dresden was chosen so late in the war.
1) The city was in Nazi Germany and for this reason was a legitimate target for attack as the Allies were at war with Nazi Germany.
2) The city was not simply a cultural centre -- there were factories there producing weapons and equipment for the Nazi war effort. Therefore, the city was a legitimate target. It was also a rail base to send troops to the war front with the Russians.
3) Though the Russians were allies, Churchill and Roosevelt had already decided that Stalin would be a major problem after the end of the war. Therefore, as the Red Army advanced against an army that was effectively defeated, it had no idea as to what an equal and possibly superior military force could do. Therefore, Dresden was bombed to show the Russians the awesome power of the Allies and to act as a warning to them not to stray from the agreements they had made at the war conferences.
An internal RAF memo spreads some light on the reason for the bombing:
"Dresden, the seventh largest city in Germany and not much smaller than Manchester, is also far the largest unbombed built-up the enemy has got. In the midst of winter with refugees pouring westwards and troops to be rested, roofs are at a premium. The intentions of the attack are to hit the enemy where he will feel it most, behind an already partially collapsed front, to prevent the use of the city in the way of further advance, and incidentally to show the Russians when they arrive what Bomber Command can do."
RAF January 1945
The Allied air superiority meant that many of the 1,300 bombers got through to their target. The RAF spearheaded their attack with Lancaster bombers while the USAAF used their B-17 Flying Fortresses.
In all, over three waves of attacks, 3,300 tons of bombs were dropped on the city. Many of the bombs that were dropped were incendiary bombs. These created so much fire that a firestorm developed. The more the city burned, the more oxygen was sucked in -- and the greater the firestorm became. It is thought that the temperature peaked at 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit. The surface of roads melted and fleeing people found that their feet were burned as they ran. Some jumped into reservoirs built in the city centre to assist firefighters. However, these were ten feet deep, smooth-sided and had no ladders - many drowned. Very few of those in the city centre survived -- those that did provided a vivid picture of what it was like to be in a firestorm.
"There were no warning sirens. We were completely surprised and rushed back down to the cellars of the hospital. But these quickly became hopelessly overcrowded with people who could no longer find shelter in their own burning buildings. The crush was unbearable, we were so tight you could not fall over."
"Apart from the fire risk, it was becoming increasingly impossible to breath in the cellar because the air was being pulled out by the increasing strength of the blaze."
"We could not stand up, we were on all fours, crawling. the wind was full of sparks and carrying bits of blazing furniture, debris and burning bits of bodies."
"There were charred bodies everywhere."
"The experience of the bombing was far worse than being on the Russian front, where I was a front-line machine gunner."
Rudolph Eichner
After the raid had finished, SS guards brought in from a nearby camp, burnt the bodies in the city's Old Square (the Altmarkt). There were so many bodies that this took two weeks to complete.
A vast amount of the city was destroyed and when the Red Army took it over, the city had all but ceased to exist. Much of the city centre remained rubble into the 1950's, when the Russians who remained in the city during the Cold War, put their effort into rebuilding destroyed cities in Russia itself, rather than rebuild eastern Germany.
Length: 91
Rating: 3.30 (80 ratings)
Tags: ww2 bombing dresden
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The Dresden Dolls - "Night Reconnaissance" UNCENSORED Video
"Night Reconnaissance" from the new Dresden Dolls record, "No, Virginia..." - IN STORES MAY 20th! Pre-Order Now at dresdendolls . com/novicontest for a chance to win a toy piano used by Amanda & Brian! To download the song for free, as well as other selections from the new record, check out our MySpace profile!
Directed by Michael Pope.
Produced by BriAnna Olson.
Dollhead coat lent graciously from the empire S.N.A.F.U. archives.
Length: 252
Rating: 4.90 (934 ratings)
Tags: Dresden Dolls Night Reconnaissance No Virginia Amanda Palmer Brian Viglione music video Michael Pope punk cabaret
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***BACKSTABBER: Dresden Dolls VS Panic! At The Disco***
The Dresden Dolls VS Panic! At The Disco
A music video for The Dresden Dolls' song "Backstabber" off of the record "Yes, Virginia..."
Starring:
The Dresden Dolls
Panic! At The Disco
Also starring: Roger the Ringmaster, Katie Kay & Dusty, The Hush Sound, Zach, and Julian Christopher
Shot, Cut, & Directed by Michael Pope
Length: 443
Rating: 4.90 (3775 ratings)
Tags: Dresden Dolls vs Panic! Disco Backstabber Amanda Palmer Brian Viglione Brendon Urie Ryan Ross Spencer Smith Michael Pope
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