Tag Archives: response

General Dejection 2019: Black and Blue UK

Posted on December 13, 2019 by

In a parallel universe however, there was a rare display of Goth unity and the black clad put their vote in the red box en masse. Continue reading →

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Can An Article Be More Insulting?

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

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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Celebrity Endorsement: I broke my goth addiction and so can you!

Posted on January 31, 2019 by

Last week veteran DJ Jo Whiley interviewed comedian Dom Joly on BBC Radio 2, in which he remarked he was an ‘ex-goth’, presumably having received his jet-black P45 from the Department of Woe and Pouting. Continue reading →

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The Cure’s Rob Smith ‘Not goth’ // Whitby Goth Weekend ‘Future in discussion’ – DREADLINES

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

Hello, I’m Tim Sinister with the dreadlines today. Robert Smith, crooner with original post-punk outfit The Cure, has been doing the rounds with various press outlets promoting his upcoming alt-rock extravaganza, the Meltdown festival in London. Time Out magazine pulled … Continue reading →

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Subcultures, Self-Harm and Psychology

Posted on May 15, 2018 by

Moral panics have been around as long as there was some outside force to blame for ‘ruining children’ rather than ignorance, neglect or wilful bloody-mindedness. Three years ago I was talking to The Today Programme on BBC Radio 4, about … Continue reading →

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