Author Archives: The Blogging Goth

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News, reviews and other articles written from the UK Goth subculture

General Dejection 2019: The Velvet Vote

Posted on December 9, 2019

As the United Kingdom hobbles towards another General Election, I’m polling UK goths on how they’ll be voting… Continue reading →

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Salad Daze – the autobiography of Wayne Hussey

Posted on November 21, 2019

“…the clichéd licentious, degenerate, promiscuous rock star – everything my mother had feared I’d become.”
SALAD DAZE – the autobiography of Wayne Hussey. Continue reading →

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Whitby Festival Season – Winter 2019

Posted on October 26, 2019

Greetings to everyone attending Whitby Goth Weekend right now, and hello to everyone travelling down next weekend for Tomorrow’s Ghost Festival. Yes, we’re in the final throes of the great Whitby division, where the two competing events are occurring at separate times. Continue reading →

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The Sisters of Mercy – Roundhouse, London, September 2019

Posted on October 9, 2019

Ever since the 2019 tour was announced, I’ve been suffering from a grim premonition about The Sisters of Mercy. Some gnawing suspicion that their touring days would soon come to an end. That I might not have a chance to see my favourite band perform live ever again… Continue reading →

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Can An Article Be More Insulting?

Posted on October 3, 2019

With a sound like the stone trap chasing Indiana Jones, thousands of goth eyeballs were rolled recently as the Wall Street Journal published an online article ‘provocatively’ titled Can A Grown Woman Wear Goth Fashion?  Continue reading →

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