The Asylum: Emilie Autumn's LJ

In Which: You Are Cordially Invited...

2009-07-17T04:44:27Z

Dearest Muffins,

Brings your friends, your enemies, new recruits...I'll be waiting for you...

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

P.P.S.
The Asylum Army: Are You Committed?

P.P.P.S.
NYC, August, Central Park: Let's create the largest Tea Party in the history of the world. You in?

Links:
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EA @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

In Which: More Albums are for Sale!

2009-07-17T01:25:00Z

Dearest Muffins,

Forum post update!

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

P.P.S.
The Asylum Army: Are You Committed?

P.P.P.S.
NYC, August, Central Park: Let's create the largest Tea Party in the history of the world. You in?

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Official Site
EA on iTunes (with exclusives you can't get elsewhere)
EA on Twitter
EA at Amazon USA
EA @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

In Which: Ancient Poetry E-Book is Available

2009-07-15T09:54:24Z

Dearest Muffins,

Updates on the final (!!!) release date of the Asylum book are soon to come, but since we're being all literary and shiz, I've just now put my ancient and archived poetry book ("Your Sugar Sits Untouched") up for sale on the shopping section of my website as both a Digital Download of the audio version, and as an E-Book of the actual pages, which is the first time such a thing has been made available in ages, so now you can print your own copy on pretty pink paper that smells like cheese.

Of course, this is a mere sign of things to come, where complete albums and other merch will be available at last directly from www.EmilieAutumn.com.

So much more later, including the announcement of the Chicago Book Reading/Muffin Meetup (those of you Twitterers know what I'm talking about...).

Back to not being asleep...

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

P.P.S.
The Asylum Army: Are You Committed?

P.P.P.S.
NYC, August, Central Park: Let's create the largest Tea Party in the history of the world. You in?

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Official Site
EA on iTunes (with exclusives you can't get elsewhere)
EA on Twitter
EA at Amazon USA
EA @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

Asylum Sale: ROLLING SCONE Merch!!!

2009-07-08T21:18:32Z

Asylum Sale: New Merch Design, "Rats Are People Too"

2009-07-07T05:07:03Z

Dearest Muffins,

Got rats? Then you're going to get the joke.

The Asylum is having a junk yard sale, and the items on the table are none other than a handful of sample lady shirts and tanks bearing one of my newest designs, "RATS ARE PEOPLE TOO." I personally screen-printed each of these items myself as tester designs before mass printing occurs, and so they are all different and "special." Each shirt is studded with super sparkly Swarovski crystals that you can blind your friends with on sunny days. These are the very first handmade prints in what may soon become an EA merch item for mass worldwide sale.

Click the pic to go to the sale:

We all need to band together Asylum Army-style and spread the rattie-love in order to change the ignorant stereotypes and damaging misconceptions about our beloved furry friends, and every little bit counts.

And boys? You know that we in the Asylum love our boys...and I haven't forgotten you! Your Rat Tees are coming;)...

Keep spreading that plague, my babies. And never forget -- it was the fleas.

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

P.P.S.
The Asylum Army: Are You Committed?

P.P.P.S.
NYC, August, Central Park: Let's create the largest Tea Party in the history of the world. You in?

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Official Site
EA on iTunes (with exclusives you can't get elsewhere)
EA on Twitter
EA at Amazon USA
EA @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

In Which: I Learn What Twitter Is & Give Twitterering Muffins A Pressie

2009-07-04T02:25:34Z

In Which: Otep, Banana Chips, & Salty Seas are Discussed

2009-07-01T04:07:59Z

Dearest Plague Rats,

Forum post update!

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Official Site
EA on iTunes (with exclusives you can't get elsewhere)
EA at Amazon USA
EA @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

LA & NY Dates to be Rescheduled!

2009-06-30T00:44:07Z

Dearest Plague Rats,

Forum post update on NY & LA dates!

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Official Site
EA on iTunes (with exclusives you can't get elsewhere)
EA at Amazon USA
EA @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

Important Update on Summer Fests & UK Dates!

2009-05-30T19:55:40Z

Dearest Plague Rats,

Please visit my Official Forum for an important update on the status of the Summer festivals and August UK dates!

Head over there now...

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

P.P.S.
I have allowed myself to glance at just one of the Bloody Cupcake Copycat Pics (gentleman with hamster pants?) but, if that is anything to go by, then fucking wow...we are an unstoppable force, you and I...

Links:
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EA's Official Site
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EA @ VampireFreaks

My cupcakes bring all the rats to the yard...

2009-05-06T20:37:48Z

Dearest Plague Rats,

It's a sunny day in Heaven. I've been going through the mass of beautiful gifts and tokens and remembrances given to me and the girls by you during this last tour, and I am again overwhelmed by just how god damn crafty you all are! Hand knit stockings and bears, books, drawings, paintings, poetry, hand made teacups and jewelry, embroidered socks, muffins galore, and even home movies from your own Asylum cells, muffin songs (We Are The Muffins, My Friends...), and videos of the mad tea parties you hold with your friends (in bed)! It is all too good.

We are all so grateful.

And so, so happy.

And to know that you crazies are out there playing "Asylum" and dressing up as Captain Maggot, Aprella, Contessa, Veronica, and the rest, learning our silly moves, reciting Contessa's prayers, it just blows my fragile little mind...it was so lovely to see, and made me probably the very proudest I have ever been, ever. Bring on the play time. Bring on the dress up. We don't do enough of that in this world, do we? The play's the thing...

Guess what, cupcakes?

I'm going to show you my favorite picture I've ever taken, because, well, it's Wednesday. I was saving it for Rolling Stone (Scone?), but, fuck magazines, you get it first. Happy Cinco de Mayo, bitches.

Cupcake by fLee, blood by me.

This is one of those very rare shots of myself that I can stand looking at, primarily because the whole experience of this shoot was absolutely lovely. It was undoubtedly my and Asylum photog Casey Mitchell's best work, and fLee was there as set stylist, cupcake designer, and "tea" sharer (it was actually champagne -- don't ever, ever do a photo shoot without champagne, muffins, that's pro secret no. 1). It was fun, silly, stupid, messy, sparkly, pretty, delicious (did you see all the cookies?!!?!), violently feministic, and, come on now, BASIL the plague rat was my co-model! Does it get any better than that? He is disgustingly photogenic, it's not fair...not one bad angle on that rat.
Anywhats, this was a shoot I'd been planning for a long time, and I am uncharacteristically proud of it. Especially my pasties. I'd made them, and everything else, myself, and only got the glue off my fingers in time to smile for the camera. Which is as it should be. Always.

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Official Site
EA on iTunes (with exclusives you can't get elsewhere)
EA at Amazon USA
EA @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

VERY IMPORTANT: Regarding Postponed Dates

2009-04-28T04:51:58Z

Dearest Plague Rats,

I would love nothing more than to regale you with tales from the Asylum Tour of madness, and I promise to do so in the next couple of days now that I am safely back in my cell, BUT FIRST, I must take this moment to explain to you the situation regarding the incredibly unfortunate cancellation/postponement of the USA tour dates which were to have taken place on May 22 in New York at the Highline Ballroom and on June 7 in Los Angeles at the Key Club, both splendid venues that I was out of my mind with excitement to be playing.

Subject The First: Reasons for the Postponed/Cancelled Dates

Johnnie Clapper, formerly half of the Trisol record label and the person who was acting as my temporary manager and booking agent (and who has been fired from all positions and whom legal action is being taken against), had booked those two US dates without my approval of the details or contracts, but I was happy to honor the dates just the same having been given the promise that US tour dates between the two dates were being booked in order to support the two existing dates, and thereby make a real US tour possible. However, once I arrived in Europe for the commencement of the European Asylum Tour these weeks ago, I was stunned to find that no dates other than the NY and LA shows had been booked at all. This makes it virtually impossible for myself, my Crumpets, and my crew to play these two dates with such an amount of empty space in between -- the sheer cost would be ridiculously prohibitive. I was disappointed and terribly saddened to have to cancel/postpone these two dates, especially as I had expected a whole US tour to take place during that time.

Subject The Second: Refunds

I have only just learned today that some tickets for these shows were being sold through Ticketmaster/the venues, with some others being sold by a service called TicketAsylum.com. TicketAsylum.com was being run by Johnnie Clapper, with all proceeds going directly into his own personal PayPal account. I have nothing to do with TicketAsylum.com, and never authorized the sale of tickets or any other merchandise through this service in any way. I do not run the site, have not authorized the site, and have received no money from anything sold on the site.
I hope that anyone of you who have purchased tickets from the venues/Ticketmaster have been able to get refunds, and I will be looking further into that in the next day (I've only just arrived home from the tour where I had little opportunity for phone/internet access), and will report back on any details that will be of help to you in getting full refunds for any tickets purchased.
As for any tickets purchased from TicketAsylum.com, I can only direct you to Johnnie Clapper directly in order to be refunded. I have no further connection with Johnnie Clapper, and never authorized or knew about these sales. I can provide Johnnie Clapper's contact information to assist you in the only way I am able:

Johnnie Clapper
Weilertsweg 26
64739 Höchst im Odenwald
Germany
Fon: ++49 (0) 61 63 / 938 338
Mobile: ++49 (0) 178 / 28 36 417
email: johnnie@trisol.de

I can do nothing but express my deepest regret for the cancellation/postponement of these two US dates, and to apologize for the immense inconvenience this causes to all of you who have already purchased tickets, or were planning on coming to the shows. I can assure you that this is even more disappointing to me than it is to you.

However! I am also extremely pleased to announce to you all that more reputable, reliable, and honest staff are being put into place as we speak, and that a more extensive US tour, as well as dates worldwide, are being planned for the very near future. I hope that we will be playing the Highline Ballroom and the KeyClub as part of this upcoming US tour, and we all promise to bring you the show of a lifetime.

I hope you will accept my apologies and understand this very difficult situation that I have found myself thrust into.

Love and thanks from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, and with more tales to come, and extra extra thanks with marmalade on top for joining us all on this latest Asylum tour. I an entirely overwhelmed by how completely fabulous and kind you have been to me, Aprella, Contessa, Captain Maggot, and Naughty Veronica, and we are all so grateful for your company and for singing your beautiful and generous hearts out with us all over the world. We will be seeing you again very, very soon!

EA

IMPORTANT STATEMENT FROM EA

2009-04-03T18:33:50Z

IMPORTANT STATEMENT FROM EA:

This is to inform all fans, friends, and business associates that Johnnie Clapper, former manager, booking agent, and one half of the Trisol record label, was fired from all things "EMILIE AUTUMN" related as of March 24th, 2009. Any attempt Johnnie Clapper makes to contact any of you is to be denied. This person is not authorized to contact anyone on Emilie Autumn's behalf, and no longer has anything whatever to do with anything "EMILIE AUTUMN" related. He is no longer a part of any communications or dealings of any kind. Anything this person says or writes is to be disregarded and considered inaccurate and intentionally false. LEGAL ACTION IS PENDING.

All business should be directed towards the following:

For general business, press, booking, label, current touring, and other business inquiries, please contact biz@emilieautumn.com, and your message will be forwarded to the appropriate party and handled as quickly as possible.

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this important message, and for your support and understanding during this difficult period. We can assure all that EA, her Bloody Crumpets, and her crew are moving onwards at full speed and are excited about the future of the Asylum!

EA & Asylum Crew

bonnytymepyrate @ 2009-03-30T22:10:00

2009-03-30T20:10:04Z

Dearest Plague Rats,

Did you think it was all gloom and doom here in the Asylum? With all of your love and support, how could that be? Nay, we are as pink and sparkly as ever, and feel free at last! We are celebrating our good fortune at this very moment, as Captain Maggots has returned to the dinner table with a set of brass bells and an orange bicycle. We don't ask questions here. We know better.

Oh! I have but a brief moment to tell you about the Official Asylum Stage Costumes that can be yours in only a few days from now, and I must be off to mingle with the strumpets of Berlin. Here be they:

More to follow on the topics of Asylum book readings (amazing experience for me), and most especially my first burlesque performance ever. I wonder if anybody saw it...not sure...but if you did, right pastie...right pastie...

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Cell W14, Block B, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Official Site
EA on iTunes (with exclusives you can't get elsewhere)
EA's Shop: Music, Merch, More
EA at Hot Topic
EA at Amazon USA
EA @ MySpace
EA : The Asylum @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

Asylum eBay Auctions: Even More EA Tour Costumes!

2009-02-19T16:23:33Z

Dearest Plague Rats:

FORUM UPDATE!!!

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Inmate A, Block B, Cell W14,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Official Site
EA on iTunes (with exclusives you can't get elsewhere)
EA's Shop: Music, Merch, More
EA at Hot Topic
EA at Amazon USA
EA @ MySpace
EA : The Asylum @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

Asylum eBay Auction: EA Tour Costumes!

2009-02-13T05:34:02Z

Asylum eBay Auction: Original Framed Lyrics

2009-02-10T22:48:53Z

In Which My "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun/Bohemian Rhapsody" EP is up on iTunes

2009-01-18T07:12:15Z

Dearest Plague Rats,

Guess what I just found out! My "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun/Bohemian Rhapsody" EP is up on iTunes, making it 8 releases up there in total. How in the fuck did that happen? Seems rather a lot... In any case, I especially like how they squashed the album cover photo...oh bother, I'm not vain, think of me skewed and stocky if you like!

This reminds me to thank all of you around the globe for singing Bohemian live with me every night of the last Asylum tour. What an unbelievable experience, and one that I am well aware most bands will never get to feel, because, let's be honest, no song I could ever write will elicit such an epic response as this one does. Every one of you, in every country, knew every word. Remarkable. Of course, you also all knew every word to Shalott, which is even more remarkable, especially considering that, half the time, I don't even know all the words to Shalott. I hope you know how much you Plague Rats rock...

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Cell W14, Block B, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Official Site
EA on iTunes (with exclusives you can't get elsewhere)
EA's Shop: Music, Merch, More
EA at Hot Topic
EA at Amazon USA
EA @ MySpace
EA : The Asylum @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

Asylum eBay Auction: "Plague Rat Puppet"

2009-01-14T08:13:12Z

Asylum eBay Auction: "Asylum Wallpaper Necklaces"

2009-01-03T12:32:55Z

Join the Asylum Army!

2008-12-12T22:31:34Z

Dearest Plague Rats,

There is a NEW ENTRY in the Asylum Forum. Click on the pic below to find out what it is...

CLICKS AHOI!!

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Official Site
EA's Shop: Music, Merch, More
EA on iTunes (with exclusives you can't get elsewhere)
EA at Hot Topic
EA at Amazon USA
EA @ MySpace
EA : The Asylum @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

Home & Dry: Tour Pix and New Trix

2008-11-04T20:41:54Z

Oh, Dear Plague Rats,

Clean stockings, clean corsets, and clean hair. That is the sole pleasure of coming home after a tour -- the rest is like the day after Christmas when the tree has to come down.

Or does it?

READ MORE HERE!!

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Bitches.

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Shop: Music, Merch, More
EA on iTunes
EA's Official Site
EA @ MySpace
EA : The Asylum @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

In Which: The Famous Heart Corset Is Up For Auction!

2008-09-21T22:58:42Z

Oh hellz yeah, Muffins!

My most famous costume of all time is now yours!

Official Emilie Autumn Tour Costume:
The "EA Signature" Corset

How can I give this industrial strength piece of wearable art up? Simple. It's a hint. A BIG hint. Take this as a sign of something very new happening on stage.

Check the auction itself for more photos and complete details on the size, etc.

I'm putting on my wings, and packing up my tail. Get your ears on, Plague Rats. It's on.

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Bitches.

P.P.S
Second Hint: Squeak...

Links:
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EA @ VampireFreaks

In Which: The Famous Striped Dress Is Up For Auction!

2008-09-13T12:06:03Z

Bonjour, Muffins!

To mark the beginning of "THE ASYLUM: THE GATE" tour, the Asylum is putting one of my most recognizable costumes up for auction.

Official Emilie Autumn Tour Costume:
The "Victorian Emilie" Dress

Learn more!

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Cell Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Bitches.

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Shop: Music, Merch, More
EA on iTunes
EA's Official Site
EA @ MySpace
EA : The Asylum @ MySpace
EA @ VampireFreaks

In which: NEW YORK TICKETS GO ON SALE!

2008-09-04T13:14:40Z

Dear Plague Rats,

Guess what? That's right, the wayward victorian girl who never sleeps is coming to the city that never sleeps.

***NEW YORK, bitches!***
Monday, Nov. 10th
Club Madison, NY
U to the S to the A!
ALL AGES

This is my first Asylum show in the States for quite some time, and it will be a bloody circus, so get your tickets before they're gone, because they will be, and then won't you be sorry. Don't live close to NY? Get there anyway. Seriously. Miss it and miss out on my Slutty Victorian Aftershow Signing, sticky lollipops, revenge, and lots and lots of broken teacups. AND!!! It's all ages at last, so I want to see all my baby muffins out in front, or I'll eat my own shoulder, like I am in the picture below. It's time to show NY that Victorians Do It Better.

**GET YOUR TICKETS HERE**

Check out the rest of the tour dates so far, and follow the Asylum wagon around the bloody world!.

Now, I have not slept in over 48 hours, and I can't tell you why, but I can tell you that you'll like it. Or else.

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.
P.P.S.
Starbucks is serving oatmeal now. I swear to fucking god. No, really.

Links:
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Mama, just killed a man...

2008-08-28T23:31:32Z

So, I couldn't think of anything to do one night, and then it hit me: Hey! Why not just record a Victoriandustrial version of the most famous rock song of all time? You know, just fuckin' around for fuck's sake? Nobody needs to know, right? And the rest was herstory...bitches.

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY!!!!!

And just because this might be the only chance you'll ever have to witness somebody with the unmitigated gall to perform Queen's greatest hit live, you should probably GET YOUR TIX to the tour dates above before they're all sold out, which is happening fast and filthy.

Oh, and then there's this:

Girls Just Wanna Have WHAT???

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls,
EA

P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

Links:
Fan Forum and Home to EA's Journal Entries
EA's Shop: Music, Merch, More
EA on iTunes
EA's Official Site
EA @ VampireFreaks
EA @ MySpace
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