#goth fail

[demonic-pokeyfruit]

Sweater weather~

[girlcalledtasha]

And for everyone saying “I knew it would be black” 😜

[just-a-geekygoth]

Forgive me, Fairy GothMother, for I have sinned.

I heard a Joy Division song on the radio at work and thought it was by the Cure. Lost SO many goth points. So. Many.

[void-witch]

Goth Fail?

Lol, so this chick on YouTube who thinks she knows everything about goth just because she was into it in the 80′s (although she’s one of those who basically thinks it’s dead now, which is BS) chewed me out about 2-3 years ago for not listing some specific older obscure bands in a video where I mentioned some basic goth staple bands when it came to music. I was watching one of her newer videos to see if she’s changed at all, and she didn’t even know where her damn coffin purse was from. It was vintage Alchemy and she thought it was from Hot Topic, haha. Pleaser made some knockoffs of them later, but you could clearly see the Alchemy logo on there. I’m laughing my ass off. 

[psycissi]

"And im Raven, your acid back princess of the darkness."

[djmcspookypants]

Just an FYI...

If you're thinking of talking me out of doing The Tomb at the venue I selected, DON'T.  Know why?  Great shit never happens cos someone said "hey everyone, let's back up now and be practical about this."  Know why?  Cos the second someone does that, and takes it seriously, they end up sitting on their hands and doing fuck all, cos "practicality" says one shouldn't do it.  I'd rather put on an amazing night that means i have to buy a lesser shampoo and fish bottles out of the trash bins then do it at a venue I can only kinda-sorta put up with cos the management will let me do it "for free" --which also means that the management is "free" to double-book me whenever he feels like, that the regulars are "free" to decide that it's just not worth it after a few months (or, worse, that they're "free" to put up with no ceiling over the stage and sticky restrooms without doors on the stalls --or yeah, did I mention that the restrooms at this place are SPARKLING CLEAN!!!).

Furthermore, if you're going to recommend me your friend's band who'll play for less than $200 or "maybe even for free", don't, OK?  Why?  First off, let me explain something:

Playing music is work.  It's is hard, PHYSICAL work.  Don't believe me?  I'm a fucking classically-trained tenor, and I can't even keep up with Bruce Dickenson on Rock Band without passing out *from the breath control necessary to keep up with that fucker alone*.  If you wouldn't expect a professional house painter or landscaper to do their work for free, DON'T ASK MUSICIANS TO PLAY FOR FREE!!!  EVER!!! 

Plus, I honestly think it'll be better for The Tomb's reputation (and my own) in the long run if I *start out* as "that guy who actually pays the musicians".  Cos why?  Cos then bands will *want* to play The Tomb, those who played the previous instalment of The Tomb just might be able to afford to go out to The Tomb (maybe even buy a VIP pass!), and they'll bring their friends along, some of whom might also be musicians who will want to play The Tomb.

Yes, it may be more "cost effective" to talk a band into playing "for the experience", and you know what that makes you?  Fucking Wal-Mart and the ding-danged Koch Brothers.  It's not just "cost effective" to not pay people what their fucking worth, it also makes you a fucking douche canoe.

So yes, I'm going to do this night, and I'm going to pay my bands that play it at least $200 a show, cos I think that's the barest minimum a band should play for, cos playing music is fucking hard, physical work, and people need to appreciate that fact.

So don't bother talking me out of this.  If I don't make it, this time, I'll try again.  Cos why?  Cos I can!  If I have to beg for a little money to pull this off the first time, then so be it, but if I can manage to pull the first night off with plenty of money to secure a second night, all the better!

I've also just emailed a local distillery about a sponsorship, so if they can cover even half the rent for all subsequent instalments of The Tomb, all the better.  If they decline this time, I'll try again.  And I'll try other places, cos I believe in this.  It's not ridiculous.  What's ridiculous is giving up on the venue I want just cos i have to raise a little money for it.  What's ridiculous is ASKING MUSICIANS TO PLAY FOR FREE just to make sure things cos less.

...and hey, if people would rather go to Nectarine to pay $5 cover for watered-down drinks and frant-brats perving on them, and week after week of shitty dubstep and aggrotech, and one awful experience after another, then I guess that's fine, too.  But guess what else I'm hoping will be a selling point for The Tomb? 

Yeah, wheelchair accessability, but *also* the fact that the guy in charge (that'd be me) is an effeminate trans faggot, disabled, and completely no-nonsense.  I will enforce a "three strikes" rule against unwanted touch --as in if you touch someone and they said no and told me or one of my people about it, you get three strikes (with each "strike" meaning you're done for the night and you don't have to go home but you can't stick around The Tomb) and then banned for life from my events.  I may even add your photo to a "wall of shame".  I know goth girls can dress provacatively, and goth boys can be pretty-pretty, but that doesn't give you a free pass to touch people without consent.

And the three-strikes rule will apply to queerphobias, racism, sexism, and ableism.  I don't want that shit happening on my time.

Why three strikes rather than zero tolerance?  It's a dark, alcohol-laden atmosphere, and I figure mistakes sometimes happen, and most people have the capacity to learn, even under those conditions.  If that's still unacceptable for you, please talk to me and make your case, cos I think, at least until I see that most people just don't learn, it seems reasonable, especially cos the offending party has to leave with each "strike".

So does this sound like something you can get behind?  A goth night in the Ann Arbor area that is not only committed to giving everyone an absolutely gorgeous venue and happy bands, but also a night that won't tolerate people's BS?  Then please, by all means, donate!  Even if you don't live in the area and have no intentions of coming to visit (for whatever reason) you can feel free to give your Perk (if you donate that much) to a friend in the area *or* opt to have it raffled off to someone who'll use it.

[rodents-of-disbelief]

Half of me wants to dispel the falsehoods and misconceptions about the Goth subculture; the other half wants to make jokes about sacrificing jellybabies to Cthulhu and having an aversion to sunlight. Can you guess which side wins out nearly every time?

[illfallwithyourknife-blog]

Goth Fail

Find something else to bitch about. Or rename your blog WE ZHATE THIS GROOP OF PPL. JESUS SHUT UP. They made homophobic/transphobic comments. GOT IT. ACKNOWLEDGED. NOTED. ON RECORD.

We've established this fact. They were called out. Apologies happened. The end. What more do you want? Personal written apologies? Christ, this escalated from someone pointing out phobic rhetoric to a bunch of assholes trying to make sure this group of people never live it down. Just let it alone. Don't like them? Congrats, everyone knows by now. This group is attached to this incident, you succeeded, good job. Now leave them alone. You'd think this wasn't the internet where people say dumb shit. But it's okay, because your franz never say anything offensive, prejudiced, or wrong ever.