Tuesday Mar 25, 2003

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So, obviously, if I'm doing Bauhaus contests, I've been rediscovering my goth roots. I think it was brought on by my love of Interpol and The Faint and the deep goth threads that run through their stuff. When I moved to LA in 1990, goth was still fairly subversive. The clubs were divey and full of clove cigarettes, latex cleavage and psychotic drug and fucking scenes in the bathrooms. It was really fun. I think goth is richly, fantastically undervalued as a subculture. Particularly in this climate where most of the subcultures of the eighties and nineties have been appropriated by people selling cell phones and energy drinks.

Here's some goth related stuff I love. Please share yours, or rip on the kids. I don't care.

Dead Can Dance
Bauhaus
Coil
Siouxsie & The Banshees
The Addams Family (TV only)
This Mortal Coil
Alien Sex Fiend
The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud
Joy Division
His Name Is Alive
Current 93
Eraserhead
Cocteau Twins
Sixth Comm
The Hunger (Bowie fucking Ann Magnuson..mmmm)
Psychic TV's "Unclean"
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whippingboy:
Yeah. I'm still here. Just been dealing with life lately. Have you seen City Of God? I saw it yesterday and can say, without hyperbole, that it is one of the most important films ever made. Definitely in the top ten. I was simply floored in every way possible. If you haven't seen it yet... Go today!

BTW... How's things?
whippingboy:
Damn! Missed a contest. Guess I gots to pay closer attention. But I already got a great prize (which I am loving by the way) so someone else should get these things. Still, I love a challenge.

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