| home JUNE, 2008: Photographer Tim Richardson assembled a fantastic collection of photographs that he took throughout the Charleston residency. Have a taste. We return to the studio next month to put the finishing touches on the new material. APRIL, 2008: It's been forever since we've posted anything. The new record is close to completion. Due to matters that are beyond our control, we're forced into a tedious waiting game. We are doing everything in our power to deliver the goods ASAP. In the interim, we managed to shoot a video with Producer/Director James Throckmorton. It was an unforgettable experience- fantastic sets, a bit of gore, and other such niceties that will, naturally, be revealed at the video's unveiling. We are half-way through our residency at The Charleston. Situated in a dank, decrepit basement underneath the oldest pub in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the space immediately appealed to our aesthetic; likewise the boys from Secret Machines, who jumped at the oppourtunity to do a fantastic one-off as a 2 piece, providing much-appreciated support for our kickoff. Also there in abundance was the enormous personality of Little Annie; she and partner Paul Wallfisch enthralled with what must have been the most heartfelt, authentic cabaret experience south of the ground floor. Week two saw The Brides and Shock Cinema providing the appropriate setting for an impending Bellmers attack; our hats off to them. OUT-OF-TOWN DATES supporting the Secret Machines: The boys from The Secret Machines positively destroyed on the 12th. These full-band shows promise at least as much excitement. Bellmers + Machines here: APRIL 28th: Northstar Bar, Philadelphia APRIL 30th: Great Scott, Boston MAY 1st: Jack Rabbit Slim's, Albany May 4th: Pearl Street, Northampton, Mass REMAINING RESIDENCY DATES: APRIL 26th: guests include Preacher and The Knife, Fresh Kills MAY 3rd: guests include Golden Triangle and The Choke SEPTEMBER, 2007: BD performed 3 songs at Mark Ecko's sprawling HQ as part of fashion week. Great drinks, tarts by the wagonload, and searing hangovers the next afternoon. Ah, fashion week in NYC.... AUGUST, 2007: Congratulations Jim and Sarah for finally tying the knot. Now get back here Jim and help us finish this thing! JULY, 2007: Thanks go to
Jim, who pushed for this, and ultimately was forced to put our plane
tickets on his credit card at the zero hour; Charlie, who agreed to
front the money to get us there- and whom Jim could actually trust to
reimburse him; Omar(Popscene) who housed us, got us around, arranged
for gear, and put together one hell of an afterparty; Rykarda, who was
not only gracious enough to offer her digs, but hosted and even
performed as our support in a memorable second SF appearance; Veil Veil
Vanish, who provided gear and comaraderie; Zohra, who paid her own way
to sing backup for us; Henry Rollins, who was down-to-Earth,
supportive, and a thrill to meet and perform in front of; Jello Biafra,
who, like Henry, paid for our merchandise despite the fact that we
gifted it to him; Grinderman, for being tremendous; Slim's, for the
home-cooked meal and hospitality; everyone else who aided, abetted, or
else put up with us.
 JUNE, 2007: We just returned from a hellish drive to Des Moines and back to pick up our new recording console. For the geeks out there, it's a 1987 Amek Angela, manufactured in the UK. We're hard at work on the LP. We previewed a bunch of tracks at the Highline gig. Jim Sclavunos and our good friend Tamaryn added a touch of class, joining in on sax and backup vocals, respectively. Secret Machines' audience are a passionate bunch. We met people who flew in from all over the country just to attend- we felt the love. We will be supporting the already-legendary Grinderman in San Francisco on July 27th at Slim's. See you there. We'll be taping for Fox Television's Fearless Music sometime in the next couple of weeks. The program airs on Saturdays at 1am. Have a look here. Look for BD features in this month's issues of The Sentimentalist and The Deli Magazine. We are ecstatic to have Charlie Charlton, formerly manager of Suede, in the family. We're killing ourselves in the studio to make this next one unforgettable. If you can't seem to find us, that's where we are. MAY 2007: Gearing up for our Highline appearance, we played a warmup gig at the sometime Polish Rave warehouse, Studio B, located in the heart of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, aka Polishville, US. The preceeding morning, Dan and Peter scraped themselves off the floor after a full night's revelry(Peter's birthday celebration took its toll) to guest at East Village Radio, or EVR. The archive of that momentous event can be found here. APRIL 2007: We are hard at work in our recording studio alongside producer Jim Sclavunos. Jim's been jetsetting between London and New York, working triple-overtime between us, Grinderman, and The Bad Seeds. 7 of 16 new tracks are already in the works. The first, entitled "Desire", is in the mix stages. BELLMER DOLLS were asked by SECRET MACHINES to be opening guests for their headlining gig at the brand new Highline Ballroom in Manhattan, as part of David Bowie's High Line Festival. Naturally, we have enthusiastically accepted. Peter recently recorded Secret Machines at the DOLLHOUSE, BD's studio, and contributed guitar parts as well. The date of the performance is MAY 19th. Information and tickets may be obtained at www.highlinefestival.com/home.php. BELLMER DOLLS' next performance is scheduled for May 4th at Studio B in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Peter celebrates his birthday. Glass Candy and the Shattered Theater and Fresh Kills are to perform as well. More information may be obtained at http://clubstudiob.com/ NOW
AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE:
 ROWLAND S.
HOWARD TRIBUTE
CD OUT
NOW:
 This French release from Stagger Records features recorded works by the likes of Mick Harvey, Nikki Sudden, and the man himself, Rowland S. Howard. We are proud to have contributed a track to this excellent 2-CD tribute compilation. Click on cover for more info.... FEBRUARY 2007: BELLMER DOLLS STORM THE UK PRESS... Interviews abound, both in print and on circuitboards: For something tangible, seek out this Month's issue of the free quarterly UK publication THE STOOL PIGEON. For immediate gratification, click this link for a brief interview featured on the UK music site PLAYLOUDER.COM.  JANUARY 2007: BELLMER DOLLS HOOK UP WITH EMILY THE STRANGE....  DECEMBER 2006: Back from tour. Dates were excellent. Extra special thanks to Sarah Lowe, Dimi Dero & Sophie, Nina and Katie(aka the Live-A-Birds), Aurore, Nicolas Ullmann, Ulterior, Sean McClusky, Jim Sclavunos, Luke and Darryl at playlouder.com, Piers and Dave from Turning Worm, Hungry Eye, Cargo UK, Mark Splatter(check out his pics of the Berlin performance), and last, but not least, Oliver Schuetz of Dorfdisco DE(a true mensch). Many thanks as well to all who came, witnessed, supported us. For the record, here are the dates as they ended up going down: 11.27.06 La Fleche D'Or, Paris FR 11.28.06 Paris Paris, Paris FR(Cabarock Party) 11.30.06 Live-A-Birds Party, Hoxton Bar, London w/Ulterior & The Officers 12.01.06 The Macbeth on Hoxton Street, London (Sean McLusky Hosts) w/Subway Sect 12.02.06 1 2 3 4 Records Party, London 12.06.06 The Old Blue Last, London (playlouder.com) 12.07.06 Bassy, Berlin, DE (Dorfdisco) 12.08.06 The Constitution, London (Turning Worm) Happy Holidaze.... OCTOBER 2006: 10-29: Thanks to all who attended. Your numbers shone through the blinding footlights. UK/PARIS: excitement, anticipation. More dates added. CMJ NY: We spent time with Jim Sclavunos' other charges, The Horrors. Most hair per capita. Fun. Tonight(10-3) we saw The Devastations. Brilliant. We'd been grooving to their early material for awhile. They reminded me in conversation that we'd originally met in Germany back when I played guitar for Tav Falco. I recall that they were amiable. They remember us complaining about being forced to travel by train, with a full drum kit and amps, plus Tav... Bellmer Dolls win The Deli Magazine's Band of the Month, October 2006. Thanks to all who took the time to place a vote. BELLMERS OVERSEAS: LONDON AND PARIS DATES ARE IN- starts late November. Have a look at the DATES section. FLAUNT PARTY CANCELLED- Flaunt and Bellmer Dolls apologize for this. CARGO UK PRE-ORDERING FOR RETAIL(UK/EU) for 13 November dispatch- http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/release_zoom.php?item=3480 SEPTEMBER 2006: MUTE's PR Mogul, Sarah Lowe, has hust gone freelance. Now operating as 5TH AVENUE PR, she will be handling promotional duties for the EP's UK/EU release, confirmed for November 6th. UK dates will follow directly thereafter. DELI online magazine has selected BELLMER DOLLS to compete for band of the month. VOTE! July 27: "Big Cats" is #1 seller on emusic.com, edging out the Raconteurs. Bellmers are #19 overall. July 25: Hidden away, writing for the upcoming LP. The 13th was a ball; thanks to everyone who made "our element". Blessed by Jim Jarmusch: "Dark and damaged -- just how I like my rock and roll." Enough said. Let's do a video, J. JULY 2006: Just returned from our West Coast jaunt. Feeling destroyed. Look for a tour documentary, to be completed in the near future. Too many people to thank, recollections come on like a warm fluid. A standout- the unexpected hospitality and appreciation we were met with by the people of Mexicali, Mexico. Pics from our SF tour kickoff/record release party can be found here. The band is in fine form: Join us along with friends Blacklist on July 13th, at The Annex NYC for a memorable night with two of NYC's finest. EP RETAIL AVAILABILITY, courtesy of Hungry Eye Records(will update as availablity increases): NYC Etherea on Avenue A (check it out on their listening station) Other Music Cakeshop Kim's Generation should have it shortly, as should other Brooklyn locations. EAST COAST Smash (DC) Criminal (Atlanta) Princeton Record Exchange (NJ) Vintage Vinyl (Fords, NJ) Plan 9 (Richmond, VA) WEST COAST Amoeba (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Berkeley Locations) Streetlight (San Jose, Santa Cruz Locations) Rhino (Claremont) Lou's (Encino) Bionic (SoCal) Arons- (LA) Headline (LA) Mad Platters (Riverside) Phantom City (Portland) Fabulous Jackpot (Portland) IN BETWEEN Wax Trax (Denver, CO) Waterloo (Austin, TX) Reckless (Chicago) Treehouse (Minneapolis) ORDER ONLINE Ear-Rational Interpunk Insound Hungry Eye Records http://www.hungryeyerecords.com JUNE 2006: The record release party was fantastic, complete with virgin sacrifices and other silliness. Look. NEXT PERFORMANCE: Wednesday, June 14th at Union Pool, Williamsburg. We're very excited with the support, which includes Woman(our good friend Skeleton Boy has taken the role of bassist) and the United States. We leave for the airport to commence the west coast tour straight from the gig.... MAY 2006: Dates are in for the west coast tour. Have a look here.... NEXT NYC-AREA PERFORMANCE: Tuesday, June 6th at Galapagos, 70 N6th, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This event not only marks the much-lamented Visions of The Apocolypse Reunion(an excellent goth/industrial nostalgia dance party for the uninitiated), but will also serve as THE OFFICIAL BELLMER DOLLS EP release party. We won't be sharing the stage- expect a devastating live set. Bespoke Gallery has just published "Soundtrack to Nothing", a collection of photographs by Christy Bush. APRIL 2006: U.S. RELEASE OF "THE BIG CATS WILL THROW THEMSELVES OVER" ON 6/6/06. The UK/European release of the EP is slated for early September, with a tour to follow. A west coast tour will commence mid-June, along with fellow degenerates LION FEVER plus the nefarious GRAND ELEGANCE. This 3-headed spectacle will stagger your way under the moniker "BACCHANALIA ANIMALIA". MARCH 2006: BELLMER DOLLS SIGN TO NYC-BASED HUNGRY EYE RECORDS. Plans for a mid-May/early June release of their first proper EP, entitled "The Big Cats Will Throw Themselves Over" is already in the works. Plans are in the works as well for European dates as early as this June. Cargo Records plan to distribute abroad, alongside a host of independent distributors worldwide. 03.30 We attended Paper Magazine's party commemorating their "Most Beautiful 2006". Antony + 1 Johnson were on-hand, and performed a short-but-memorable live set. Hungry Eye supplied 200 promo copies of "The Diva" (cd enhanced- includes the live footage that can be found elsewhere on this site) that were given away to attendees. A good time was had by all. 03.16 A ltd. ed promo CD of one cut off the upcoming EP("There Is No Oblivion") will accompany Peter this week (3.16-3.21) to Athens, Greece, where he will, in turn, accompany the infamous Carlos D(Interpol) on a DJ jaunt. ...must leave for the airport now.... 03.15: We are proud to be amongst the many talents chosen to grace this year's prestigious PAPER MAGAZINE annual MOST BEAUTIFUL issue(sounds silly, we know). Have a look for yourselves. It's on the stands now(April 2006). 11-17-05: BELLMER DOLLS' NEXT PERFORMANCE HAPPENS SATURDAY, the 17th of DECEMBER 10PM SHARP @ SIN-E, NYC. With WE ARE WOLVES(Montreal). Doors 9pm. So if you missed the last debacle..... xoxox 11-05-05: BELLMER DOLLS TO PERFORM LIVE (THIS) SATURDAY 12 NOV 11PM @ CAKESHOP, NYC. With Holy Hail and Shock Cinema(atlanta). Doors 9pm. Playing old thrills + some new kicks(...pricks.) Don't fuck around. Primp early, arrive promptly. xoxox 10-17-05: It's been awhile since we've had a chance to update. The 6 song EP is finally in shape. We're currently accepting offers. Correspondence, as always, via info@bellmerdolls.com. Push! Push! can be had from our myspace site. Look out for a new AUDIO/VISUAL page that'll crop up on this site in the coming days. We'll feature selected video from Joly(punkcast)as well as assorted tour photos, rarities, etc. Thanks to all who managed to find past shows that didn't find their way to this page- we've invested in the technology and we're finally resonably self-sufficient at updating the site's contents more or less. The van is a whole other story. After we blind-sided a car that ran a red light through an intersection somewhere in Pennsylvania, our vehicle's undeniable sex appeal became suddenly deniable. Skeleton Boy, who was along on merch patrol, saved himself from certain death , spryly catching hold of the dash before crashing through the windshield. Apparently, the pilot of the wayward vehicle was distracted by a conversation he was having with his dog.... Anthony has advanced his automotive repair repertoire to include front disc brakes. We've lately been suffering seperation anxiety of sorts, having been forced to allow Lion Fever to return home at the close of the tour. Thanks to everyone who fed us, put up with us, let us crash, bought memorabilia,held us when we cried. Nylon did a piece on us: http://www.nylonmag.com/radar/soundcheck.html Here you will find pics from the night we played at Cinespace in L.A.- http://www.thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/diamondcinespace/index.html Update 07/22/2005 - The July 24th Brooklyn Show has BEEN MOVED to Tommy's Tavern Green Point, Brooklyn - July 28th Lion Fever Record Release Party (Dim Mak) and Bellmer Dolls' Wrap-Up Party at Happy Ending (NYC)...Free Drinks Early! - July 30th will be the Bellmer Dolls' end of tour homecoming celebration at LIT (NYC) 11:00 PM showtime. LOCALLY: 06.10 Brooklyn, NY - Glass House w/ Convocation Of, Cause For Applause JULY US TOUR with LION FEVER (yet to be named...) 06.30 Long Beach, CA - Koo's Cafe 07.01 Los Angeles, CA - El Cid w/ The Willows 07.03 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern 07.05 San Francisco, CA - Shutter Party at 330 Rich St. 07.06 Portland, OR - Food Hole w/ Get Hustle 07.08 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey 07.09 Olympia, WA - The Clipper w/ Natural Ass 07.11 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill w/ The Holy Kiss 07.12 Los Angeles, CA - Cinespace 07.15 New York, NY - Cakeshop w/ Celebration(ex-Love Life) 07.16 Lansing, MI - Mac's Bar 07.18 Detroit, MI - 2500 Club w/ After School Special 07.19 Bloomington, IN - Church Of Sun Ra 07.20 Columbus, OH - High 5ive Bar & Grill 07.21 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn 07.22 Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light 07.23 Baltimore, MD - Talking Head w/ Convocation Of 07.27 Boston, MA - Great Scott 07.28 New York, NY - Lion Fever (Official Lion Fever Record Release Party - Dim Mak Giveaways)/BellmerDolls Wrap-Up Party (Free Drinks Early) - Happy Ending 07.30 New York, NY - Bellmer Dolls End of Tour Party at LIT (NYC) Showtime 11:00 PM MORE DATES/SUPPORT ACTS TBA/TBC/TBD. 06-04-05: Sclavunos at the helm, we steer toward our EP's final destination. Zina Brown documented a bit of the session; his photographs may be viewed at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zinarcotics/16256052/in/set-389911/ The 6/10 show with Cause For Applause was moved from Cake Shop, NYC, to Glass House, Brooklyn. Convocation Of (ex-UOA/Born Against) has been added to the bill. 05-25-05: Famed "champion of the underground" Todd P. has lent us an enormous space in the basement of one of the last surviving Victorian-era structures in Williamsburg, which will serve as our recording space for the next EP. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' Jim Sclavunos, fresh from a series of Australian tour dates, will produce. Thanks to the Knitting Factory and Jarboe for having us last Monday night as support- besides a guitar ending up in half and another set of slacks giving way in the seat-area, everything went hunky dory. Joly of Punkcast.com caught the whole thing on videotape; perhaps he'll post some footage in the near future. Our beautiful-looking 7" is available for sale at the following sites: http://www.dogprint.com, or http://www.insound.com. We'll have copies available as well on our upcoming July tour.  04-12-05: Last Friday were honored with an invitation to support Blues Explosion at CBGB by none other than Jon Spencer himself. It was almost too much excitment considering we were only given 48 hours' notice, but the event proved to be altogether satisfying and unforgettable. Thanks to everyone who came out and rallied their support last Sunday. I'm away the next couple of weeks, after which it'll be back to business as usual. Next confirmed performance date: May 23 at The Knitting Facctory Main Space(NY) supporting Jarboe(Swans). Dates are now being confirmed for the July Bellmer Dolls / Lion Fever US tour. Thanks to everyone who got drunk on Pope's blood with us at the record release party.... New photos on our myspace site- have a look. AND- Meredith Yayanos took some amazing pics of our performance at Trash last March. They may be viewed here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/bellmerdolls/ 04-04-05: BAR 11 CANCELLED!!! We won't even bother to list the numerous reasons and personages who managed to poison what should have been an exciting evening, as theye're just not worth mentioning (you can read about it on our myspace site, though). Just confirmed is a Knitting Factory date supporting Jarboe (SWANS) but unfortunately it won't happen until May. Our new rehearsal space is flooded; oh the sorrows of this band... This Thursday's Death Party: Mourn the dead Pope with The Holey Trinity and special guest celebrity DJ / (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds') Jim Sclavunos, aka DJ Goofy. It'll be the official release party of our first 7" record. 03-26-05: NEXT PERFORMANCE: BAR 11, NYC, Wednesday April 6, support TBA.... Thanks to all who attended the last Death Party, and partook with us in the Jesus Juice (take this host). cut to 1998: The sordid NYC scene is caught in the lens of Nanci Sarouf's all-too-knowing camera, trouble-worshipping denizen of nighttime excess, yours truly, by no means an exception. We knew then that any record of our antics might prove just buoyant enough to surface through the subsequent layers of insubstantial sewer-fluid that typifies what's being sold as recreation nowadays. We just hoped anything too incriminating might have the decency of laying low awhile. Kudos to Christopher Bollen, editor of the epic glossy V, who not only had the decency to wait until just now to publish a collection of Nanci's keepsakes, but also unearthed a less-than-scathing portrait of myself for inclusion in the article that resides in issue 33. (P.M.) 03-24-05: The 7" EP's have arrived. The Diva b/w Every Angel Is A Terror is available now. The first 100 copies of this limited run (666 in all) are pressed in luscious green vinyl. Death Party tonight- Neverland Ranch theme includes guest DJ Hott Deth of The Choke. Another tour is in the works... 03-09-05: We successfully navigated ourselves through our west coast outing, not much worse for the wear other than a broken amplifier, a torn suit or two, and possibly a bruised liver here or there. The humblest respects go out to Jennifer, Casey, Jay, and Jason of Lion Fever; they were accomodating, hilarious, super-supportive and threw fucking stellar performances. These were easily among our favorite shows, an all-around career high. Plans for future return dates are in the works.... Thanks to Carlos and Paul of Interpol for showing us a good time on various occassions during our coinciding dates. Thanks also to Fresh Kills who played an inspiring set just before we hit the stage at Trash. Anthony's currently working on a suit for the former frontman of a band named after a variety of squash. The latest issue of LID ought to be on the stands by now; look for a photo of Andy Warhol and Susan Bottomly arising from a trash can on the cover. Inside, Peter models Sinner Saint, at least in the photos where he manages to keep his shirt on.... The latest issue of Black Book is on the stands as well, and features a profile on Anthony that includes mention of the band, described as "post hardcore art punk". The Diva 7" is in its final steps as well, as the proofs have proven themselves acceptable. More live dates to follow. This Thursday's installment of The Death Party takes place as usual at Happy Endings. ShealKillYou guests. THE WEST COAST TOUR IS ON... 01-29 Northsix, Bklyn. supporting The Bravery SOLD OUT 02-15 The Hemlock, SF with Lion Fever, The Holy Kiss 02-16 Spaceland, LA with Prosaics and Golden Arms 02-17 The Smell, LA, with Lion Fever and Golden Arms 02-18 Buckingham Palace, LA, Silencio Records Party 02-21 Recognize, LA, with Lion Fever, Business Lady, and The Donkeys 02-22 Cinespace, LA, w/ Lion Fever, plus TBA 02-23 Knitting Factory, LA, w/ Lion Fever, plus TBA 02-24 Three of Clubs, LA, with Lion Fever 03-03 Lit, NYC- Kalamari Disco- special midnight performance 03-06 Trash, Bklyn., with Fresh Kills more dates to come, TBA's & TBC's to be announced as confirmations arrive. 02-12-05: Thanks to all who attended last Thursday's special installment of The Death Party, "The Death of Birth"; how far we are willing and able to drag out this absurd concept remains to be seen. As it was a birthday celebration for Daniel that evening, the absurdity was in order. Anyway, thanks go to The Bravery for being such good sports. They not only proved capable of tolerating our strange kind of wit, but they stayed on, flying from one debauch to the next, just short of the end. Actually, it was not one of theirs but Benny from Parlour who saw the Sun come up in the best possible company... 01-22-05: Lest we forget: Daniel and I, and hopefully Anthony if we can convince him, will be back hosting / spinning our event, titled "The Death Party" this Thursday at Happy Endings, Broome Street east of Forsythe. Special DJ guests will be handpicked from the usual crowd of lowlifes we tend to run with. It will be the second installment in our bi-weekly series, this one under the chapter-heading "Nurse with [Skrewdriver] Wound"; the first was witfully monikered "The Birth of Death". 01-17-05: We are embarking for the west coast in mid-February for a sort of mini-tour with Lion Fever. Jennifer Pearl (of Lion Fever) has been instrumental in putting everything together for us, for which we are inedebted. The Diva will be released as a limited edition 7" on Dogprint Records (www.dogprint.com), planned for arrival mid-February. With only 666 numbered copies to be produced, and touting a gorgeous full-color gatefold featuring a fitting piece by Angelika Miodek (www.angelikamiodek.com), it will surely be worth at least twice its face value someday. 12-08-04: Dan and I had a blast at last Thursday's "Visions of The Apocalypse" party that took place at Happy Endings. We were the honorary guest dj's, and did so until at least 7am, when the only "patron" left standing was Bob, who also happens to manage and bartend... Sheal (one of the evening's hosts) asked us to stay on the permanent roster. I'm already scouring the used bins, in hopes of finding that obscure something to trump Dan with. It'll be no contest when Anthony returns; his collection is near-legendary, and I just don't have the time nor the money to enter that rarified arena. We've been confronted by various promoters regarding performances; we'll accept the moment something interesting is thrown our way. 11-14-04: Thanks to all who attended our marathon-run of performances during the past two months. We've been a bit scarce; don't worry your precious little skulls, though, as we're spending this performance hiatus working out new material. We've now decided to develop a presence on myspace.com, http://www.myspace.com/bellmerdolls. Not much there you can't get here, except some sillier photos, and, of course, the chance to browse through some highly- idealized portraits of "our friends"... Lest we forget- a deep bow to the butcher-nurses + all else who attended Sin-e on Halloween. Thanks also to Jason from Darkroom for the debaucherous, seemingly never-ending afterparty, and of course also to Amy, who helped deliver the jack-o-lanterns to Darkroom, and threw an after-afterparty that made the earlier one seem like PG-13. 10-24-04: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31ST***HALLOWEEN WITH BELLMER DOLLS(12AM), SKELETON KEY(11PM), AND STARLITE DESPERATION(10PM) @ SIN-E, ATTORNEY STREET AT DELANCEY, NYC. The Fall/Winter issue of THE SENTIMENTALIST is out now, featuring both Bellmer Dolls and Sinner/Saint as photographed by Scott Irvine. Ready for print is the second issue of our favorite new aesthetic tome, dedicated to art / music / style, LID, a large format glossy b/w rag that'll feature a spread starring Peter in Anthony's "personal" self-sewn ensemble, flanked by two vampy waifs (the Bellmerettes?). Our thanks to LION FEVER for making our last, super-last minute performance at Tommy's Tavern in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, a memorable and worthwhile one. Peter continues his Monday night DJ residency at DARKROOM on Ludlow, along with The Lovely/Mysterious Valentina. 10-10-04: We're completing arrangements for a Halloween performance at Sin-e, 10-31-04, with STARLITE DESPERATION and SKELETON KEY. We're scheduled for midnight.... 10-07-04: We have just added a last-minute performance: TOMMOROW NIGHT, starring PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES and THE FLESH, at the Delancey, NYC. BELLMER DOLLS will start the night's festivities promptly at 9pm. Thanks to all who attended the last few performances - the best is still to come. Thanks also to Jeff from Coptic Light who lent a bass amp while Anthony's was in rehab, and Prosaics who honored us with their invitation to perform at their release party. 09-19-04: Our first EP "Never Sates Nor Palls" is to be pressed in a limited quantity for self-release. Peter is DJing this Monday at the Darkroom on Ludlow Street for those who enjoy subterranean entertainment.... Anthony's become a slave to the needle once again (of his sewing machine, that is). 09-04-04: This, our first posting on our new "news" page. Anthony is in Austria. Daniel hurt his neck, but is enjoying Vicodins. Recently completed is B-Dolls' rendition of "Blood & Sand", a favorite These Immortal Souls composition, slated for European release on a compilation celebrating Rowland S. Howard. Rumour has it Nikki Sudden and Howard himself will contribute. Next Dates: 9/17 at The Mighty Robot, Bklyn with A Place To Bury Strangers and Psychic Ills 9/23 at Bennington College, Bennington VT 9/24 at The Delancey, NYC, with Psychic Ills 10/1 at Northsix, Bklyn with Prosaics, who are celebrating their debut release on Matador Records 10/8 at The Delancey, NYC, with PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES and THE FLESH |