Emilie Autumn Studio Robbed & Ransacked; Tea Unharmed

On June 4th, longtime ESTROGENIUS favorite Emilie Autumn revealed on her web forum that her home/studio/world headquarters had been robbed in late May, and that all of the studio equipment and computers were taken. As if that were not chilling enough, it turns out that Ms Autumn and a few of her band members were present (in other rooms of the building) when the robbery took place. If there is any consolation to be taken from this horror, it's that nobody was physically harmed.

Adding insult to injury was the timing of the violation: The robbery took place right when Traitor Records, Emilie Autumn's self-published label, was preparing to ship pre-orders of the brand-new EP Opheliac (a preview of the upcoming full-length album of the same name). The result, as Ms Autumn described in her forum, was devastating:

All computers, all ability to get online, all ability to record, gone. But the worst of it is the priceless databases containing the orders yet to be shipped, and the fan contacts for all of you...Not to mention the gigs of music and personal files lost forever. An absolute tragedy.

Emilie Autumn and the Traitor Records staff are working to rebuild the database and piece together which orders were shipped and which were not. In the meantime, they have requested that members of the mailing list re-sign up for it. Because my own order was one of those affected, I posted in the forum my offer to re-purchase the EP, whether because they are unable to find a record of my purchase, or if they just need the infusion of cash.

If you're in the Chicagoland area and have any information about the commission of this crime, please do the right thing and contact Traitor Records about it.

On the bright side, I believe that Emilie Autumn's considerable inventory of tea was not affected by this dastardly deed.