Black Fortress CD release party!

Current mood: ninja
Category: Music

Big news!!! Black Fortress Of Opium will be celebrating the debut of our S/T CD release at The Abbey Lounge on Thursday March 27th, 2008.
3 Beacon St
Somerville, MA 02143
Admission: $8

The CD was recorded in Brooklyn NYC and produced by Martin Bisi (Dresden Dolls, Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop)...We are trying to get Martin to come up and play a song with us!!!

We will be joined by friends and very special guests...

9pm: Ad Frank (solo)
9:45pm: Garvy J (X-Elevator Drops)
10:45pm: Black Fortress of Opium (Rich Cortese will be Joining us on Bass Guitar!)
11:45pm: The Invisible Rays

It should be a fun night filled with music, belly dancing (YES BELLY DANCING!!!), Egyptian lore and other stuff.....WEAR YOUR EYELINER!!!!!!!

http://www.blackfortressofopium.com
http://www.garvyj.com/
http://www.theinvisiblerays.com/
http://www.adfrank.com/
http://www.abbeylounge.com/

Music in film screening!

Hey all,

I just wanted to share some exciting news!

You may remember I had worked on composing new music for an indie film by director Alice Cox last year, and for which Black Fortress of Opium also recorded the cover of Magnetic Fields' 'Born on a Train'...

Well the film is going to be screened at the Atlanta Film Festival.

The film is called 'Ana's Time', and the festival dates are April 10-19th.

I will post more info when I have it.

Cheers,
Ajda

U23D

Current mood: sleepy
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Tony and I went to see the U23D movie on Monday.

It f***ing rocks!!

You get cool 3D glasses to wear, and they take you on a real trip. The film was shot at a concert in Buenos Aires from their last tour.

It's really outstanding and amazing.

I saw them live once, and it was just as good, in a different way.

It really re-affirmed the rock and roll dream for me.

They just know how to do it. They took my ass to school. Rock School.

The sound is spectacular and the showmanship truly genuinely supreme.

It is thrilling to see tens of thousands of people in that arena; when they all bounce it looks like a real goddamn wave.

We practiced last night. Getting ready for the CD release show. Rich Cortese is on bass. After rocking out, we went to a goth night friend Mistress Laura is holding at the Plough. We hung out and chatted with friends, listening to Siouxsie & the Banshees, Bauhaus, etc, munching on dark chocolate M&Ms. I had some refreshing gin&tonics.

It was fun. But we were real bad on a school night and stayed up too late. Now I'm tired at work:( It's all good though, cause I got rock'n'roll to keep me going...

Palmer’s Throat

Current mood: sympathetic
Category: Friends

I just read about how Amanda is having surgery on her throat because she has vocal nodes.

My heart goes out to her. But it is good she's addressing the problem now so she doesn't permanently damage her voice.

Jeez, and she doesn't even play with loud guitar amps or anything. She's been singing her ass off, though, for many years now, and for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Unfortunately, such things can happen when people work it too hard, I guess.

Anyway, I wish her a safe and speedy recovery.

There is nothing sadder than a songbird who cannot sing.