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Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam

Love is a BITCH called HOPE

About Me


The Opium Den- the new club brought to you by those of us at Bardens.
TRUTH BEAUTY LOVE LIFE CREATION COMPASSION EMOTION
My life tends to veer from something straight out of a John Waters film to something directed by David Lynch.
I have a PASSION for Music, Unusual Art, Unusual People, Football, Film and things that aren't mundane.
I get angry at stupid things and get offended by cowardly acts.
I seem to have many people on here but I have only a few close friends who mean a lot to me.
Honesty and THE TRUTH mean more to me than anything else in the world
I CERTAINLY DON'T NEED TO MEET MEN OFF OF HERE
I say the WRONG thing quite often and OFFEND without meaning to. However I am also the first to apologise if I am in the wrong
I am not very NICE most of the time
"Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!"
Sir Winston Churchill
If you think that you can tame her - well just you try.. OOOH COME ON AND TRY!!!!
WE ARE THE GODS OF UNCOOL AND WE BRING YOU.. fire!

My Interests

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Music that makes you wanna scream "ROCK N ROLL", Music that makes you hungry for more than mere living has to offer People who offer you more than the mundane
people with conviction, people with belief, people who don't stop asking questions and those that have the answers being obnoxious, reading, dancing like the whole worlds watching, films,history, politics, my little boy, comics, revenge and human behaviour, being the life and soul of the party, having soul, inspiration, interesting people, b movies, beauty in horror, love in the void, being tied down tied up screwed loose and feeling free. My freedom and the freedom to tell the world to fuck off.
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I'd like to meet:

..GOD People free from the restraints the rest of the world ties them down with Anyone who isn't afraid to say what they feel, follow their heart and go where others fear to tread

Music:



Urban Voodoo Machine, Texas Chainsaw,Joy Division, Backyard babies, Vice Squad, Tammi Terrall, Marvin Gaye, Wanda Jackson, Nina Simone, Yellowman, Tom Waits, Gun Club, Macc Lads, Nashville Pussy, Peter Pan Speedrock, Leonard Cohen, Stranglers, Bow Wow Wow, Blondie, Batmobile, Amen, Gauna Batz, Lonesome Kings, Sharks, Mo-dettes, Jerry lee Lewis, Billie Holiday, Klingonz, Milwalkee Wildmen, Demented Are Go, Meteors, Anti Nowhere League, Angelic upstarts, Elvis, GBH, Broken Bones, Raging Speedhorn, My Ruin, Damned, Mission, Smiths, The Caravans, Stray Cats, The Cramps, Siouxsie and the Bashees, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Slaughter And The Dogs, Rob Zombie, The Cure, Richochets, Chris Isaak, 80's Matchbox B-Line Disaster, AC/DC, Kiss, Motley Crue, Tall Boys, Long Tall Texans, The Hangmen, Vibrators, Jilted John, Cypruss Hill, Crazy Cavan, Generation X, Elvis Hitler, Sade, Velvet Revolver, Guns N Roses, Madness, Curtis Eller, The Jim Jones Review,The Adverts, Rancid, Queens OF the Stone Age, Little Hell, New york Dolls, 999, 4skins, all the bands that I've added to my Myspace profile or played for me. If you've ever been selected for either you should truly know you are awesome.Fucking hell. You know what. If I listed every single band I ever Loved here the list would go on forever. I love music. End of story

..–appologies for inline style– ..

Movies:

Buffalo 66, Kill Bill, Freaks, La Dolce Vita, Natural Born Killers,
A Star Is Born, Hairspray, Wild At Heart, Pink Flamingos,
Serial Mom, Desperate Living, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill,
Full Metal Jacket, Eraserhead, Pretty in Pink,
Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas, Dolls, Class of Nuke Em High
Night Of the Living Dead, Withnail and I, Sore Losers, Wild Zero
Ichi the Killer, Dead Or Alive, Ringu
Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer, Passion of Christ
The Secretary, Driller Killer
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Grease
Films. I love films. Violent films Old films Silent films. As with music I cannot simply list here every movie that has made an inpact on me.

Television:

THE OFF BUTTON

Books:

Irvine Welsh - Glue, Trainspotting, Filth, Porno,
Band Biographys from the Clash Janis Joplin etc, The Ass Saw the Angel - Nick Cave, Dude Wheres My Country - Mike Moore Naked Lunch - William Borroughs fairytales from the Brothers Grim
Charles Bukowski, Chuck Palanik, Will Self

Heroes:

Survivors.

My Blog

The Opium Den is paying tribute to Bo Diddley this Friday!

The third Opium Den hosted at the infamous Bardens BoudoirDue to the sad passing of Mr Bo Diddley we have a surprise turn from Mr Paul Ronney Angel and Special Guests  playing some of his gre...
Posted by Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:57:00 PST

Your Cheatin Heart

I have to say - for all my Hardnosed persona I'm often way too naive when it comes to the intentions of others.And for every person who warms the depths of my soul with their warmth and honesty, sadly...
Posted by Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam on Tue, 20 May 2008 12:43:00 PST

The Opium Den has a new in house photographer!

So my darlings be sure to be dressed in your finest to be louche gorgeous trashed and lovely because our very own Snapper extrodinaire will be capturing the magic of the Opium Den and it's residents f...
Posted by Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam on Tue, 06 May 2008 02:56:00 PST

DATE CHANGE The Opium Den

The Opium Den date has been moved to the 6th June 2008.I expect you all there!Hosted By: Amanda SteeleWhen: 06 Jun 2008, 21:00Where: Bardens Boudoir36-44 STOKE NEWINGTON ROAD, london, London and South...
Posted by Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:41:00 PST

Check out this event: The Opium Den

Hosted By: Amanda SteeleWhen: 01 Apr 2008, 19:00Where: Bardens Boudoir36-44 STOKE NEWINGTON ROAD, london, London and South East|66 N167XJUnited KingdomDescription:Amanda Steele Click Here To View Even...
Posted by Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:32:00 PST

The Opium Den 29th Feb 2008 Press Release

Friday 29th Feburary 2008.It's a Leap Year my darlings and so let us celebrate with a mad hatter of a tea party down at the second Opium Den hosted in the warm and comfortable surrondings of Bardens B...
Posted by Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:05:00 PST

The Opium Den last night!

Was AMAZING!!! Thank you SOO much to everyone who made the effort to come out and support us!!!We did so well we've been invited back on the 29th Feburary so get it in your diarys now folks. I'll have...
Posted by Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:18:00 PST

Check out this event: The Opium Den

Hosted By: amanda SteeleWhen: 25 Jan 2008, 20:00Where: Bardens Boudior 36-44 STOKE NEWINGTON ROAD, London, N167XJUnited KingdomDescription:amanda Steele Click Here To View EventThe Opium Den bring sl...
Posted by Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:57:00 PST

Some songs will, sadly, always be relevant

As soon as your born they make you feel small,By giving you no time instead of it all,Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all,A working class hero is something to be,A working class hero is so...
Posted by Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:59:00 PST

New years resolutions

Prehaps instead of me making new years resolutions maybe I should ask you, the people who know me, what resolutions you think I should make.You all know my good points and bad points. So what do you t...
Posted by Amanda Mae Steele - Opium Den Madam on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:38:00 PST