Lorraine a Malena

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In 2004,  writer  Neil Gaiman hosted a show for the Fox Movie Channel called " 13 Nights Of Fright". 

They found him a real life Morticia Addams to play his dark, Goth un-dead silent assistant. Her name was Malena. Neil also had a living assistant back home. Her name is Lorraine . Little did he know, at this point, they were very similar. They liked the same kind of clothes, the same music, and both had an affinity for dead and sparkly things.

After seeing 13 Nights of Fright, Lorraine went to Malena's website and wrote her a letter telling her how much she loved the show and asked her if she would do a reading. (Malena's pretty magic like that )  They  spoke for about three hours that night and haven't stopped since.  

It soon became clear what they liked best in the world was music. And one by one the songs came together and so did the music. Lorraine and Malena continue to inspire each other in all areas of their careers; writing, singing, playing (they both play violin) and of course blogging!

After their freshman album was released in 2005, Chris Ewen from the Future Bible Heroes asked if they wanted to work on "The Hidden Variable" project, a compilation album with songs written by Neil Gaiman, Gregory Maguire, Peter Straub, Emma Bull, Charles De Lint, Poppy Z. Brite, Shelley Jackson, Harvey Jacobs, Caitlin R. Kiernan, China Mieville, Martha Soukup and Lemony Snicket. The songs are all mixed and ready to go, now it's video and PR time. They finished their first video with their new band, Hidden Variable this summer in Fire Island. To listen to the new song excerpts, click here.