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Kathleen & The Dreaded Opium

About Me

Kathleen & The Dreaded Opium is the collective name for the endeavours of writer, designer and musician Kathleen Opium, AKA Heather-Jane Steeley.

As well as songwriting, Kathleen Opium designs for print and web in an unusual, eclectic style and writes freelance for publications far and wide.

Kathleen & The Dreaded Opium Website

Alice Magazine - The Kathleen Opium Blog

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/08/2007
Band Website: kathleenandthedreadedopium.com
Band Members: Miss Kathleen Opium on guitars, lead vocals and any other random instrument.
Influences: The Breeders, Tanya Donelly, Kate Pierson, The Kelley Deal 6000, Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins, Nick Cave, Nirvana, Hole, Belly, R.E.M, Bob Log III, Veruca Salt, Graham Coxon, Luscious Jackson, Elastica, Jefferson Airplane, The Kills, Kristin Hersh, PJ Harvey, Hank Williams, Bandit Queen, Sleater Kinney, Kathryn Williams, Donna Matthews, What The Bleep Do We Know?, Paula Rego, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Patti Smith, Blondie, The Carpenters, The Slits, The Hot Puppies, Robyn, Howling Bells, Tracy Bonham, The Oohlas
Sounds Like: ...make up your own comparison, everyone else does...so far been compared to= Kristin Hersh, Diane Cluck, Tanya Donelly, Choir Girls!, Pantaleimon, AIM, Nico, The Breeders.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Latest Adventures in Las Alpujarras, Spain

My latest adventures in Las Alpujarras, Sierra Nevada are now up on Alice Magazine - to read please follow this link:http://kathleenandthedreadedopium.com/alicemagazine/?p= 326I've put half of the phot...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:46:00 GMT

The Lunar Society - Last Gig My Arse

I just read my last post. Last gig my butt. They've played two shows since then. One is tonight. You should be there.I am not. I am still ill. Ten days of feeling like a social leper. Yes I have had f...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 13:28:00 GMT

Easter Holidays, Ulverston & Watching TV By Candlelight

So I took myself off for a week or so to see my family back in Ulverston. It's a town that has been in the news recently - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090419/tuk-statue-of-comedy-kin gs-unveiled-dba16...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:07:00 GMT

Thomas Truax @ The Cumberland Arms + News

I took myself down to The Cumberland Arms to see one of my favourite live acts last night - Thomas Truax.Being the third time I have seen him play I just never tire of it. Hes been tagged with steamp...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:02:00 GMT

On Sideways Through Sound 18th March 2009

Hi everyone,I will be played again on Sideways Through Sound radio in Sydney on 18th March.If you want to listen live from anywhere you can stream at : www. 2ser. com/stream, starting at 21:00 Sydney,...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:02:00 GMT

Name Change!

So I had a little think about this and decided to change my musical name to Kathleen & The Dreaded Opium (same as my other endeavours) to make things easier and right!I have changed the url and name h...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:03:00 GMT

Radio shows can now be downloaded

Hi everyoneAt the end of last year we were played on Sydney's Sideways Through Sound radio - the shows featuring us can now be downloaded from the following urls:October 2008 : http://www.sendspace.co...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:17:00 GMT

"Magpie" & "Such A Sweet Mess" on Lastfm

The demos for the above songs are now on Lastfm for those Lastfm fans. So now I have six or seven demos ready to be recorded and will form maybe the basis of an ep that is tentatively called "Lacewing...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:06:00 GMT

...radio today...

Hi all, we are to be played again on sideways through sound radio show today at 11.30am UK time. Listen at www.2ser.com or check playlists at www.sidewaysthoughsound.com the luna lovegoods, xx
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:15:00 GMT

The Luna Lovegoods on the radio again, 3/11/08

Hi everyone! We are being played twice on Sideways Through Sound radio over the next two months. The first is this coming Monday 6th October and the second is Monday 3rd November 2008. Please see th...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:23:00 GMT