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Armed Love Militia

Ultradamno — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:17:12 +0000

According to posts from Ms. Balk on Facebook this is the name of her band whose single, she says, is being “being mixed as we speak”, will be “not what folks expect” (after the joy of her track on the Humboldt County soundtrack, I’m rather hoping she goes straight at psychobilly) and will be available on her officia l site when it launches

Putting the Fairuza in Fairuza.com

Ultradamno — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:58:12 +0000

On April 13th Fairuza announced on her My Space blog that she has struck a deal to attain ownership of long-standing fansite Fairuza.com, making it her official website. The site is currently down for a redesign to serve this purpose but promises to be back up soon.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Book Out Now

Ultradamno — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:43:39 +0000

Werner and Lena Herzog’s book Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans was released this week. The book is divided almost equally between set photographs (three of Balk) taken by Lena Herzog and the shooting script “by Billy Finkelstein, reworked by Herzog.”

Product page at Amazon

Ru To Host The MPP 4th Annual Party at the Playboy Mansion

Ultradamno — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:38:46 +0000

On June 4 Balk will be at the Playboy Mansion hosting the fourth Marijuana Policy Project party. The evening will include a “live fire and glow performance”…or at least people will walk away in the frame of mind to believe they saw whatever it is to which that refers.

Tickets range from $800 to $900 dollars and are available through the link above.

Ru to Spend a Frightmare Weekend in Texas

Ultradamno — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:59:11 +0000

Another convention appearance added to the itinerary, this time at “the southwest’s premiere horror convention”, Texas Frightmare Weekend in Dallas. The event runs from May 1st to the 3rd and also features Tobe Hooper, Alice Cooper, Linda Blair, Barbara Steele, Karen Black, Lena Heady, Thomas Dekker, William Forsythe and David F. Friedman.

The Heart Is A Drum Machine Premiere

Ultradamno — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:27:24 +0000

Fairuza will be at the Phoenix Art Museum this Friday to co-host the premiere of Christopher Pomerenke’s documentary The Heart Is A Drum Machine with Matt Sorum of Velvet Revolver, both of whom are interviewed in the film which “explores the connection between music and the human experience”

Arizona Republic article on the premiere.

Ru Hosts Eliza Wren’s Return To Oz Sundance Screening

Ultradamno — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:59:06 +0000

Singer Eliza Wren has composed her own score to Walter Murch’s Oz sequel and will be debuting the music at the Sundance Film Festival along with footage from the film. According to SL Weekly the event will be hosted by Balk herself.

More about Wren’s project here.

UPDATE:

The Salt Lake Tribune has an article on the event with quotes from Balk about it as well as another questioning whether the concept is “preposterous” or not.

Poster from EWERCS

Personal Appearance in March

Ultradamno — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:22:28 +0000

It seems Fairuza will be making a personal appearance at Monster Mania horror convention in Cherry Hill, NJ in March. For tickets, more info, click here.

Ru Makes The Humboldt County DVD Cover

Ultradamno — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:43:52 +0000

Despite not appearing in the film past the first 20 minutes or so, Balk is featured prominently on the cover for the DVD, due Jan. 13, in front of the controversial joint image.

Fairuza music video bonanza!

Nathaniel — Thu, 24 May 2007 07:44:32 +0000

Forum user candygirlnj19666 has been digging around the intertubes and found every single music video Fairuza has starred in. These include artists like ZZ Top and Moby, as well as the video for Soul Defense Network’s ‘Funky Ajoyah’ (yes, the one with ‘Ru runing around with a gas mask on her face).

Check those out, and then hop over to the forum and give candygirl a pat on the back for her efforts.