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“I’ve been listening so long” – 35 Years of Disintegration by The Cure

Posted on May 2, 2024 by The Blogging Goth

On May 2nd 1989, The Cure released Disintegration, their eighth studio album – a brooding, introspective creation and their most commercially successful album. Continue reading →

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Killstar Employee Woes / Dom Joly’s Goth Weekend / Morecambe Corrosion – DREADLINES

Posted on February 25, 2024 by The Blogging Goth

The Dreadlines for February – Killstar in staff relocation row, Dom Joly in Whitby visit and CorrosionFest 2024 approaching rapidly! Continue reading →

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The Whitby Conundrum

Posted on November 6, 2023 by The Blogging Goth

Reports and thoughts from Whitby, North Yorkshire, in the aftermath of Goth Weekend 2023. Continue reading →

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Whitby Gothic Festival – Halloween 2022

Posted on October 3, 2022 by The Blogging Goth

It’s that time of the year when goths begin rooting around in their cavernous wardrobes for their few remaining matching blacks, and disentagling their boot laces ahead of the journey to Whitby for the premier UK goth festival. Continue reading →

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Goth City Festival VI: Interview with the Promoter

Posted on June 21, 2022 by The Blogging Goth

Forget the Batcave, Highgate or Camden Market, Leeds is going to embrace its dark heritage as the true capital of UK Goth with the welcome return of Goth City Festival
in just a few weeks time.

A smorgasbord of live music, DJs and traders catering to a vast influx of black-clad fans, it’s popular with old-school and bleeding-edge goths alike.
I dropped GCF Comandante Joel Heyes a line to chat about the event, as well as challenging some old-fashioned thinking in the scene! Continue reading →

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