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Ajda

http://www.ajdatheturkishqueen.com

About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 I am a musician and chanteuse. double aries, my life is a mostly open-book, college radio enthusiast, a budding gourmand, I love having my picture taken, If I don't know you and you want to be my myspace friend, hit me up on my other pages - http://myspace.com/blackfortressofopium, http://myspace.com/turkishqueen, or http://myspace.com/ajdathetq. This page is for real friends only.

My Interests

music (live & on record), anything to do with Twin Peaks, fine foods, travel, roulette, New Orleans, Deutschland, Turkiye, fashion, astrology

I'd like to meet:

British butlers, geisha girls, people who like to see movies (NOT Hollywood, mind you), live concerts, share drinks & food, travel to big cities, occasionally go dancing, Ari Boulogne, Winston Churchill

Music:

Pain Teens, Saint Etienne, Jarboe, Muslimgauze, Demarnia Lloyd, Kraftwerk, Interpol, Lamb, Jucifer, Lily Laskine, Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, Timothy Leary, PJ Harvey, 27, Ad Frank, Enuma Elish, Roni Size, Divine Comedy, Ladytron, David Dunn, Julee Cruise, Dresden Dolls, My Bloody Valentine, Belly, Throwing Muses, Nico, John Cale, Lou Reed, DeVics, Cocteau Twins, Ministry, Rammstein, Magnetic Fields, Future Bible Heroes, Moonshake, Natacha Atlas, Abunai!, Barry Adamson, Jon Wayne, Scenester McAllister, Abby Travis, Dame Darcy, The Moonlighters, Rusted Shut, The Juan Maclean, Gotan Project, Calexico, Amor-Belhom Duo, Baxter, Beck, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, Goldfrapp, Boards of Canada, Bowery Electric, Bows, Brainiac, Broadway Project, Broken Social Scene, Broadcast, Depeche Mode, Edan, Amon Tobin, Anarchy Club, Faun Fables, Einsturzende Neubauten, Electro-Organic Sound System, Twilight Circus Dub SS, Glenn Jones, Firewater, Fugazi, Gary Numan, Isan, Angelo Badalamenti, Ennio Morricone, Ladytron, Bauhaus, Marianne Faithful, Lustmord, The Melvins, Edith Piaf, Ute Lemper, Laika, Everything But the Girl, Morrissey, Mum, Optic Rose, Nirvana, Pailhead, Polvo, Primal Scream, Royksopp, Reverend Horton Heat, Ralph Myerz & the Jack Herren Big Band, Scala, Sneaker Pimps, Sugar, The Au Pairs, Splashdown, Sonic Youth, Think Tree, Shearwater, Angels of Light, Michael Gira, Swans, Tears For Fears, Legendary Pink Dots, Tuxedomoon, Talking Heads, The Creatures, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Mourning Cloak, Bill Ding, Sinead O'Connor, After Dinner, Adventures in Stereo, Anna Homler, Biota, Necdet Yasar, Zeki Muren, Babacar, Lena Willemark, Etienne Charry, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Philip Glass, Underworld, Andrew Weatherall, Steve Severin

Movies:

anything by David Lynch, Cassavettes, Gregg Araki, Wim Wenders, Atom Egoyan, Vincent Gallo, Roman Polanski

Television:

Mystery!, ER

Books:

I like Plath, Inge (plays), Daphne Du Maurier, Kingsley Amis, Huxley, Nabokov, W. Somerset Maugham, Jean-Paul Sartre, Truman Capote, Philip K. Dick

Heroes:

Christa Paffgen, Mark Rothko, Bliss Blood

My Blog

Black Fortress of Opium plays tonight!

Black Fortress of Opium plays livePlough & Stars912 Mass AveCambridge, MAbtwn Central & Harvard Sqmusic at 10PMhttp://blackfortressofopium.com
Posted by Ajda on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:14:00 PST

Ethiopian food , Death, & Yak Fur

My life as of late...I’ll start with Sunday night, as I’ve been wanting to post about it for a few days.Tony and I went to Asmara, an Ethiopian restaurant in Central Square. We tried some...
Posted by Ajda on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:20:00 PST

Ajda solo tonight @ ME Corner

Hey pals,I’ll be doing my first solo set in over one year tonight at the Middle East Corner. 472 Mass Ave in Central Square Cambridge.I’m on @ 10:30PM. All ages welcome.Suggested donation...
Posted by Ajda on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:06:00 PST

L.Cohen tribute performance!

**TONIGHT**SQUAWK COFFEEHOUSE REGULARS AND SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS PAY TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN’S SONGS AND POETRYTHURSDAY, MARCH 13TH AT 9 PM @ THE HARVARD-EPWORTH CHURCH 1555 MASS AVE. ON THE O...
Posted by Ajda on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:36:00 PST

Boston Phoenix clip

Boston Phoenix Music News clip by Jim Sullivan:http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid57724.aspx**Blac k Fortress of Opium CD release** 3/27Abbey LoungeSomerville, MAw/Garvy JAd Frank soloThe Invisible Ray...
Posted by Ajda on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:15:00 PST

Black Fortress in the Weekly Dig

Hey Boston folks,Check out page 32 of the Weekly Dig...Our new album got a Local Pick!Cheers~Ajda~Black Fortress of Opium CD release show @ Abbey Lounge 3/27~
Posted by Ajda on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:35:00 PST

Black Fortress CD release party!

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 StSomerville, MA 02143Admission: $8The CD was recorded...
Posted by Ajda on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:18:00 PST

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 rec...
Posted by Ajda on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:24:00 PST

Maximum rock and roll

Hey all,That moon was crazy last night. It was pulling on all the water in my heart and mind and stirring it up, making it swirl!Blood red moon, they call it. I ate a blood orange yesterday. It's m...
Posted by Ajda on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:17:00 PST

Black Fortress New S/T album pre-sale/download

My contribution to the following is my biggest achievement to date in my short time on this earth. .:: Special Announcement! ::.Ajda, Tony Savarino, & Joe Turner are pleased to announce that our band'...
Posted by Ajda on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:17:00 PST