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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
5:08 pm [maxrael]	FUTUREPUNK: 2 days to go!!!! You'll be noticing that the lineup has changed, because Katscan have gone and broken up. Yes, permanently. But that's OK because we sent emissaries to the world of fine art to drag (no... ah, actually, yes, pun intended. Sorry..) Tarantella Serpentine out of retirement! And my, does his new shit rock. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
11:17 pm [sheridanwilde]	gothic artists http://www.charlottethomson.co.uk/ (Charlotte Anne Thomson) http://www.stateofanchovy.co.uk/ (Marconi and Amy) (Comment on this)
Friday, April 20th, 2007
4:56 pm [maxrael]	free hog (Comment on this)
Friday, November 17th, 2006
4:54 pm [sheridanwilde]	casony royale   Despite being a two-hour advert for Sony products from laptops to phones to cameras (and being preceded by slightly more overt adverts for the former two of those products), the new James Bond film is actually rather good...   Taking the Batman Begins line, this brings us to the beginning of Bond's double '0' career (in fact showing us the kill that gives him the licence to kill - though not sure how you can kill someone to get a licence to do so). The first few minutes, all in black and white, are pretty violent - basically a message to us that this isn't the Bond we've seen before, and the first colour comes in the form of the familiar blood running down the screen. The title sequence is in the traditional sixties-style animation, though with a few computer effects added (nothing garish).   The rest of the film is a mix of homage to previous films, explanations of how-things-came-to-be (attitude towards women, partiality to Martini, Aston Martins) though all of it is contemporary - M bemoans the passing of the cold war, and the modern world situation. Current Music: Apocalyptica - Weit Weit (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 5th, 2006
9:32 pm [sheridanwilde]	steampunk hits the mainstream Steampunk as a genre is somewhere between forty and fifteen years ago, depending on who what viewpoint you take. Either way, it seems to be hitting the public consciousness (even if they're not going to know the term). Hot on the heels of Steamboy (and LXG, I suppose) comes a film, The Prestige featuring David Bowie in a supporting role as Nikolai Tesla. There are an increasing amount of pages linking to the Wikipedia entry on Steampunk, including those reporting on the Streampunk laptop and the Andreas' Personal Flying Suit Project - subtitled a Monocopter, which makes it sound more like an ornothopter, but essentially it's a steampunk jet pack. Brass Goggles Some steampunk afficionados aren't satisfied with reading or seeing steampunk designs, or even creating objects that have the appearance of engines - one person builds actual working stream machines at Crabfu. Aether Emporium wiki steamfashion Metal sculpture http://www.drevermor.com/index2.html Vernian Process Jules Verne and HG Wells inspired (mostly) instrumental music. Luther Arkwright Webcomic Steampunk fancy dress (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 4th, 2006
1:01 am [sheridanwilde]	scissor pretty and other stuff ( Read more... ) ( Shoegazing ) ( Dream Pop ) ( Genre / Band Table ) (Comment on this)
Monday, October 16th, 2006
8:28 am [sheridanwilde]	more gothic online comics Another batch of comic Gothery. I was going to put online comics only on here, but a few others came up and I wasn't going to put a non-online section in, so they got lumped in here too... Goth's High (sic) a Goth High School (or did I post that before?) Write and Shine used to live on geocities, you've all probably heard of it by now). The Bedsit Journal - apparently features Goth characters at some point, though I've not stumbled over them yet. Goth Boy - mostly concept sketches, who knows if it'll amount to anything more? GlamourLust angels having sex (featuring fairies). Probably not worksafe, but not out-and-out porn as you may have inferred from that description - no actual Goth-types in it from what I can tell. Grayling Night Falls on Jericho Described as an Urban gothic fantasy set in a decaying future world - pity the webpage 404ed... Noctropolis - in colour, not sure if it's online or deadtree, supposed a bit like Veil, (except that's a dead link, so no idea what either are like). Shon Howell & Milk - Black Cats: Never Lucky is a physical product, featuring Victorian loligoths, including stories: The Wondrous Age - steampunk adventure; Haurgh House - a Gothic romance (or parody thereof). Current Music: Belle Stars - Sign of the Times (Comment on this)
Sunday, October 8th, 2006
4:57 am [sheridanwilde]	Flesh Field This is a band I've encountered on a compilation album (Goth Paradise IV) and nowhere else. My Savior (sic, maybe) is an infectuously catchy song which I just had to find out more about last time it came up on random. From musicbrainz I discover it might actually be My Saviour, and that it comes from the album Viral Extinction. Wikipedia is pretty useful as well... ( Flesh Field ) This is that song what I have - when I looked online for lyrics there appeared to be a whole other set, which could conceivably be shoe-horned into the same tune... ( My Savio/ur ) Current Music: Flesh Field - My Savior (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
7:01 pm [sheridanwilde]	goth band histories Metal website Imperiumi.net has published a history of My Dying Bride (described as doom-gothic metal, amongst others) thegauntlet does a similar history of Lacrimas Profundere, but in the form of an answer to a question. Not entirely sure what the question was, maybe it got left out during copying-and-pasting somewhere along the line? Either that or it's the second part of a longer article, with no link to the earlier section. theind (ependent Weekly) interviews deadboy and the Elephantmen, blues and Southern goth, though it's always difficult to tell what they mean by Goth (then again, that could be levelled at Goths too). Never mind the wilds of Afghanistan and rogue mosques - the latest generation of terrorists is being trained in Gothic manor houses (allegedly). Only in the comments section of the Daily Mail will you see someone seriously use the phrase Johnny Foreigner. (Comment on this)
7:01 pm [sheridanwilde]	mediagoth The Goth label sure gets attached to a lot of things these days. Of course, many of these are based more on literary or celluloid genre than post-punk yoof movements. ( Scotland ) ( Germany ) ( USA ) Current Music: The Fall of the Roman Empire (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
9:05 pm [sheridanwilde]	more on goth comics Gloomcookie issue 28 will be the last issue, but don't fret, for there shall be forthcoming graphic novels - it's just the end of the regular series. Not really comics, more a marketing tool, but Emily the Strange has now released a record, or more accurately a compilation of music that Emily would listen to if she was y'know, real and stuff. Apparently she (would) listen to Black Heart Procession (who?), the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Damned, Dresden Dolls and Nick Cave. Having said it isn't really comics, there has been one release: Emily the Strange: Lost, Dark and Boring Still don't know anything about Dame Darcy - hadn't heard of her until I was doing research for that last post, but I've found out a little more now. She was born in Caldwell, Idaho in 1971 and is a member of two bands, called Death by Doll and Cabin Fever (who do sea shanties) though has also been in another band called Aye Aye Captain. She has created a number of comics. The dot com Meat Cake - ongoing series, up to at least issue 15. Frightful Fairytales. Gasoline - was being touted around the publishers, probably found one by now. The Illustrated Jane Eyre - adaptated from Charlotte Brontë. Dollerium. Offbeat Brands - her own Japanese fashion label. comicbookresources interview . bookslut interview. Must remember to find out what Ladyfest is sometime, sounds ren faire to me. (Comment on this)
1:43 pm [sheridanwilde]	goth comics roundup This is a list of comics described as Goth in various usenet groups. Mostly I've put it together so I can use it to revise my webpage on Goth comics. Feel free to make any suggestions (or cast aspersions on the suitability of the following for the list). ( the list ) (Comment on this)
12:38 pm [sheridanwilde]	goth in the media roundup News of a new band called The Vincent Black Shadow, named after a 1948 British motorcycle (not mentioned in the article, I suspect the author thinks it's just a horror-punk name and nothing else). They've just release their debut single Fears in the Water on Her Royal Majesty’s Records/Bodog Music. Described as visually Gothic and sounding like the Dresden Dolls, Blondie and No Doubt with sounds from ska, jazz new wave and hard rock. Another new band, Department of Eagles have released their debut single Romo Goth. Despite the title it's supposedly indie-electronica compared only to Radiohead and features a tin drum machine, guitars and crooning vocals. Over to more established bands, and Within Temptation have just played a Games Convention in Leipzig (they also have two tracks on an upcoming computer game, The Chronicles of Spellborn). Depending on your viewpoint, some bands are Goth, others aren't, that doesn't affect media reportage though: Muse's latest album and a recent concert get a review (the album being Black Holes and Revelations). AFI, Hunter Burgan interview Away from the world of music... In amongst the condemnations of Harry Potter by Father Gabriele Amorth, chief exorcist at the Vatican are mentions of a vampire subculture being a spin-off of the seventies Goth movement. Apparening in New York fringe theatre, Band Geeks: A Halftime Musical features a token late eighties Goth chick and pseudo folk-punk song Blister in the Sun (likened to Violent Femmes). Oh, and there's also been a Goth Pride protest in Parliament Square, but only as part of a wider anti-anti-protest protest. Strangely the Goth Pride bit doesn't appear in that report any more - wonder what happened to it? Current Music: none of the above (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
5:28 pm [sheridanwilde]	everything happening in whitby, 2006-10 Shouldn't really do this right now, but there's one event I'll forget about if I don't write it right now, so I'll edit in all the other stuff later. date/time: 2006-10-28 location: on the pier, I think Dracula Drop RNLI sponsored bungee jump Current Music: Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Killing Jar (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
4:57 am [sheridanwilde]	ghostbusters and basic instinct 2 ( Ghostbusters ) ( Basic Instinct 2 ) That's enough rambling for me - bedtime now. Current Mood: tired Current Music: Ikon - Fine Line (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
12:01 pm [sheridanwilde]	E-numbers Not all e-numbers are bad... E160a - Beta Carotene (natural colouring present in carrots) E270 - Lactic Acid (from dairy products) E330 - Citric Acid (naturally occurring in lemons and oranges) E941 - Nitrogen E948 - Oxygen What looks like a list of e-numbers (page specified is specifically for non-vegetarian numbers, but there are links from that page). (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
1:26 am [sheridanwilde]	themes Funny how different films, written by different writers, directed by different directors and distributed by different studios but released at the same time can have so many things in common, isn't it? F'rinstance there seems to be a vogue for twists right now, where you think you know the characters but they turn out not to be who you think they were, or to have different motivations. In those cases I like to see the film again, to see whether it changes how I view it. Here's what I've seen lately. ( Lucky Number Slevin ) ( V for Vendetta ) ( Lucky Number Slevin, revisited ) ( Inside Man ) ( V for Vendetta, revisited ) ( footnotes ) Current Music: David J - This Vicious Cabaret (Comment on this)
Saturday, March 11th, 2006
1:40 am [sheridanwilde]	newspaper dvds 2006-03-11 Telegraph - Intermezzo (1939) 2006-03-12 Telegraph - Junior Bonner (1972) The Sunday Times - How to Get Ahead in Advertising Presumably Junior Bonner is being given away as it features rodeo riding, as some other recently-released cowboy film has. How to get Ahead... is being released on DVD next month, so it seems a strange idea for it to be given away free this month - maybe there's something I'm missing here? (Comment on this)
Monday, February 27th, 2006
2:29 pm [sheridanwilde]	whitby gothic weekend events, 2006-april Whitby Goth Events During the WGW, 2006-April Here follows a mix of official Whitby Gothic Weekend events, unofficial events and more general information relevant to the period surrounding April Whitby. Tickets ( tickets ) Bands ( bands ) 2006-04-19 (Wednesday) ( events ) 2006-04-20 (Thursday) ( events ) 2006-04-21 (Friday) ( events ) 2006-04-22 (Saturday) ( events ) 2006-04-23 (Sunday) ( events ) 2006-04-24 (Monday) ( events ) Weather Forecasts (and Tides) ( weather ) Current Music: Tom Lehrer - I Hold Your Hand in Mine (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
5:08 am [sheridanwilde]	sex scenes and teen flicks How often does a movie appear at your local (mainstream) cinema where you can watch a couple having actual sex? How often does the same film contain dead bodies, again not simulated? This one has both, and what's more children can go and watch it, unaccompanied by their parents! ( March of the Penguins ) ( Pretty in Pink ) Current Mood: intellectual Current Music: Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink (9 Comments |Comment on this)