Palmer Method returning to a more cursive style. The Palmer company stopped publishing in the 1980s. In radar engineering, a Palmer Scan is a scanning technique that produces a scanning beam by moving the main antenna and its feed in a circular motion. The name was derived from the looping circles practiced by students of the Palmer Method. Palmer Method The Palmer Method of penmanship instruction was developed and promoted by Austin Palmer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was largely created as a simplified style of the "Spencerian Method", which had been the major standardized system of handwriting
Amanda Palmer also played on the album. The title is a play on an expression used by fans during "Twin Peaks" original run, "Who killed Laura Palmer?" A companion book of photos of Palmer looking as if she were murdered was released in July 2009. Titled "Who Killed Amanda Palmer a Collection of Photographic Evidence", it featured photography by Kyle Cassidy and stories by Neil Gaiman, as well as lyrics from the album. "Strength Through Music," a track from "Who Killed Amanda Palmer", indirectly references August Strindberg. The song contains an audio clip of a web cartoon called "Strindberg and Helium"; the