MetaFilter posts tagged with goth

Oh my goth!

cjorgensen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:08:04 -0800

Amazingly Consistent Obama Smile "On Wednesday, the Obamas hosted a reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, during which they stood for 130 photographs with visiting foreign dignitaries in town for the UN meeting. The President has exactly the same smile in every single shot." (via) Make your own video using the State Department’s flickr stream. One of these photos of the Obamas posing with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, his wife Sonsoles Espinosa, and two daughters, Laura, 16, and Alba, 13, has created a kerfuffle, since a Spanish law prohibits pictures of the Zapatero daughters from appearing online or in print. Megan McCain weighs in. So do the goths. Gawker spills State secrets.

Gothic Musical Adverts from LynchLand

filthy light thief — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:17:11 -0800

Is there a hunger in your sinister soul? Let Wilkinson's Family Restaurant feed your need. Oh sorry, they're out of business now. Rather, are you in the market for tools of depravity? Then Donald & Sons Hardware can supply your dark needs. Intrigued by the creative process behind these advertisements? Step inside the studio to see the magic behind the first and second video advert from Witchitel Music and LynchLand. Liam Lynch, is the guy behind MTV's Sifl and Olly Show, plenty of music (including United States of Whatever), and recently a series of video podcasts. These adverts are clipped from his 17th podcast (direct link to the m4v file).

Being alone and dead as an acceptable lifestyle choice

Free word order! — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:18:37 -0800

Life and death of an urban recluse Odd and beautiful newspaper story.

Planet Karen

Pope Guilty — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:36:41 -0800

By turns touching, inspiring, and hilarious, Planet Karen is the daily comic diary of Karen Ellis.

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. He served a dark and a vengeful God!

Ambrosia Voyeur — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:19:33 -0800

Quick, before Tim Burton's "re-imagining dark gems of the 1970s" spree continues with the film version that will obliterate all recollection of the original musical thriller's style! Check out 1982's Emmy-winning televised performance of Sweeney Todd, with George Hearn and the inimitable Angela Lansbury. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15. Or, just skip to the highlights, A Little Priest, Epiphany. Also, check out the style of the inventive, minimalist revival or read the original penny dreadful!

Joy Division - Heart and Soul, what will burn

the_very_hungry_caterpillar — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:43:08 -0800

Control, the biopic covering the the life and untimely death of Joy Division's singer Ian Curtis, opens in the US today (on a limited release) [ trailer | fan site | on set interview ]. This is director Anton Corbijn's debut full length film [ interview ] and was co-produced by Tony Wilson (a giant in the Manchester and UK music scene, sadly missed. Check out 24 Hour Party People [trailer | clip]) . Control opened in the UK several days ago and the reviews are largely positive [ Guardian | Times Online | Independent | Channel 4 | Time Out | Manchester Evening News ]. Joy Division had a short existence [ complete recording sessions ] but made a huge impact on the British post-punk music scene. Their debut EP An Ideal for Living (and the cult "Warsaw" demo bootleg) [ No Love Lost | Warsaw ] set the tone for their bleak sound (and lyrics), and their two studio LPs Unknown Pleasures [ Shadowplay | She's Lost Control | Disorder | New Dawn Fades ] and Closer [ Colony | 24 Hours | Isolation ] along with a clutch of outstanding non-LP singles [ Love Will Tear Us Apart | Transmission | Atmosphere ] only re-enforced their unique sound (in no small part due to ther maverick producer Martin Hannett [ wiki ]). Their final release Still is patchy (some good early demos including Walked in Line), but for the whole story see the Heart and Soul four CD compilations. Add the BBC Sessions, and you've got just about everything they recorded. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? See Interpol, Editors and Jah Division!

That's pretty underground...

empath — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:35:08 -0800

That's pretty underground. (video)

Upwardly Goth

untitledalex — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:06:18 -0800

Goth Life Now "They won't like me saying it, but their lifestyle, unlike the punk scene, is a middle-class sub culture.' But hasn't it always been this way?

Lolita is the new pink.

bigmusic — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:49:22 -0800

The appeal of Gothic Lolita fashion continues to grow and evolve. Originally seen in Japan, it has spread worldwide and into the toy shops. Potentially NSFW

Ballpark Blues

empath — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 07:01:50 -0800

Ballpark Blues. To make way for a new stadium and redevelopment, DC has been clearing out the underground bar and club scene in the Navy Yard area of southeast Washington. The first victim was Tracks, one of DC's first gay clubs and the epicenter of the nascent Goth scene in DC--closed in 1999 to make way for an office building. Now the rest of the neighborhood's gay clubs are being demolished to make way for the new stadium. And finally, Nation, home of Cubik(formerly Buzz), Velvet and Alchemy is closing to make way for another new office complex. DC nightlife will never be the same again.

Complete with celery!

CrunchyFrog — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:58:06 -0800

Art Frahm gets an update. Ever wanted to see Art Frahm's vintage pinups modernized? With some of those outrageous "Goth Girls" as models? Your wait is over! Now you can see for yourself what happens when those girls in their fishnet stockings and those scandalous dresses have their knickers accidentally fall down to their ankles. (No nudity.)

Carthedral

Gator — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:34:58 -0800

"Q: Is that another car on top?
A: Yes, it's a VW bug." -- Carthedral. A few more (clearer, daylight) photos here.

Lawyer turned Suicide Girl

gsb — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:17:49 -0800

RealSuicideGirl. Probably one of the few members that has her visage at the center of an art exhibit. Taking the 'fashion goth' to heightened levels of realism.

An Open Letter To Tim Burton

feelinglistless — Tue, 17 May 2005 12:57:56 -0800

“This is not a costumed event.” A writer for Twitch Films was invited to attend a marketing preview of Tim Burton's new film 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', but was turned away because the friends he had with him were goths. Don't they know Mr Burton's audience? It's all very ironic considering how Johnny Depp looks in the film.

the gothic toybox

madamjujujive — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:08:01 -0800

Strange dolls

Properness and Politeness done goth style

starscream — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 01:27:19 -0800

Gothic Miss Manners : advice from a Gothic perspective.

Vanessa Carlton Goes Goth

evilcupcakes — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:55:43 -0800

"There's nothing piano recital-y about it. It's goth." Not only has Pop Princess Vanessa Carlton declared herself Goth-for-a-Day, she has also decided (rather cluelessly) she is wiccan. Somebody call Vanna, 'cause this girl needs to buy a clue. *twitch twitch

Morbid Outlook: The Goth is Good

taz — Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:19:38 -0800

Morbid Outlook is a polished, eclectic Goth magazine with a killer design and content to die for. With hundreds of articles and images in the categories of Art, Music, Fashion, Lifestyle, Fiction and Nonfiction, this is one of the very best online zines I've seen yet. Go to any feature, and you will find a list of related-interest articles accompanying the story, and, usually, a listing of online resources or suggestions for reading as well.

Squirrelly wrath & cheesy cheesy creamy cheese

madamjujujive — Thu, 05 Jun 2003 23:09:10 -0800

5 More Minutes is one of the latest Neurotically Yours animated 'toons from Ill Will Press. Check out the whole twisted series of squirrelly tales, many are quite fun. (work alert: flash, squirrel profanity, and scantily-clad cartoon goth girl!)

There she is ... Miss Gothic Massachusetts ...

yhbc — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:56 -0800

The long wait is nearly over; tonight, all will be revealed. Who will be Miss Gothic Massachusetts 2003? Come watch as they fasten their fingers to their foreheads with a piece of Victorian silk so as not to strain the gossamer skin on their delicate digits of doom. The Living Need Not Apply.

me3dia — Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:17:14 -0800

Blue Springs, Missouri, is receiving federal funds for "Gothic Culture Research." "The funding for the proposed gothic program will supplement existing services already in place and allow the city to target additional 'at risk' youth in the gothic culture." Apparently, gothism is a "gateway" culture that may lead to harder stuff.

popvulture — Mon, 06 May 2002 16:29:26 -0800

The New Porn? The trend toward music subculture-specific porn sites that began with the launch of raverporn.net more than two years ago has continued with sites like suicidegirls.com (featuring goth, punk, and raver girls) and supercult.com (featuring mod and indie rock chicks). SuicideGirls has been discussed extensively on MetaTalk. What do you think about these sites? Are they porn or erotica? Are the young (mostly male) entrepreneurs who have started these sites making porn less degrading (and/or more appealing) to women OR are they just a new generation of Hugh Hefners?

ZachsMind — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:24:57 -0800

What if Martha Stewart was a goth? As it turns out, she'd just shy away from elegant eggshell blues and seafoam greens in favor of black and burgundy. Other than that she'd be pretty much the same. It's not too late to recycle your house in time for Samhain. A frivolous, yet convincing argument for a strange but useful marriage of ideas. Well, if you're into this sort of thing, of course.
Happy Halloween, MeFi!

jason — Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:59:24 -0800

Not that we need to give Mattel any more press, but I found gothic Barbie and Ken, Addams gig or no, to be très étrange. (Oh Tish! That's French! You know that drives me to further acts of kitschy assimilation!)