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Whitby Festival Season – Winter 2019

Posted on October 26, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

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 by The Blogging Goth

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 by The Blogging Goth

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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“I can only receive” – Gary Numan, ‘Cars’ 21/08/79

Posted on August 21, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

I caught a snippet of music  that was originally released on 21st August 1979, but now it was on an unlikely advert playing when I was just eleven… Continue reading →

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Forty Years of Unknown Pleasures

Posted on June 15, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

Confession time, to begin. I’ve never owned Unknown Pleasures on vinyl. Sacrilege! I know, but I’m late to the entire record party, and I’ve always had Joy Division in my pocket as an MP3 or similar. So for a few … Continue reading →

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