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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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Can Dune remain “Star Wars for Goths”?

Posted on March 31, 2024 by The Blogging Goth

If you’re interested in a group of beautiful people, ornately dressed in other-worldly style, talking about stifling dissent, controlling people’s intrepretations and their access to a certain lifestyle, all set to daunting and foreboding music, you’ll probably enjoy this movie. Continue reading →

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The Art of Darkness – A Review

Posted on March 23, 2023 by The Blogging Goth

This mammoth text is heralded by the bold claim it’s “…the first major and only complete comprehensive overview of Goth music and culture and its lasting legacy.” This slightly tortured sentence is accurate in one sense, in that nobody else has committed more than 500 pages to attempting to cover every possible influence and aspect of the sprawling web of goth… Continue reading →

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Dune is (still) Star Wars for Goths

Posted on October 25, 2021 by The Blogging Goth

Exquisite, inhuman vistas featuring brooding introspective sequences with black-cloaked figures make for an appropriately Halloween viewing experience. Continue reading →

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Visiting the Glasgow Necropolis

Posted on September 1, 2021 by The Blogging Goth

How about a guided tour of a vast cemetery, housing 50,000 dead on a prominent hill overlooking Glasgow? Continue reading →

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