By: Auntie Pan Pan

Greetings fans and freaks! Auntie Pan Pan here! I have arrived to bring some shiny darkness in your bleak little paths to foretell and see the future…or at least try…you Scorpios always amaze me…especially what you can do with whipped cream and a chainsaw…BUT I DIGRESS! Behold your astrological forecast for the next few weeks! Enjoy and run amok in the night!!!

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By: The Gothling

So it’s happened. You finally landed that job that will pay for everything you need, and most of what you want. The only problem is, it’s a corporate job, complete with corporate dress code. What’s a Goth girl (or guy) to do?

Luckily, most corporate clothing is already black, which makes searching for clothes in your closet easier. The problem is, most of the skirts we like to wear are too short or have too many details, like D-rings, corseting, and patterning (think plaid schoolgirl skirts). If you have any pencil skirts with smaller, less noticeable corseting, you could probably get away with them at the office. Full Story »

By: Chris Stead

Asherra, having just started a new job, has been a little swamped lately so I’ll be your guide again through another column on the third generation. Let’s consider movies for just a moment. Visual media is such a heavy influence on culture today that it seems only reasonable that it would influence the goth culture. Though on network television it has become painfully obvious that the Goth culture is having a bigger impact on the popular world that vice versa, but this is not so with regard to movies.

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By: Chris Stead

Emilie Autumn
Laced/Unlaced
2007

Being that this is Laced and Unlaced (i.e. Her corset) then it would only make sense that the Laced CD is much more of her classical roots. It is in spades. If you are looking for some well-produced and well-played classical music, this is the CD for you. I can’t think of many people that can argue with Bach, Corelli and the like. If, however you were much more enamored with her previous effort, Opheliac, then Unlaced is for you. Emilie describes her music as Violindustrial. I think that some of the songs a little more Violinwave, but all the same, very enjoyable. Definitely a unique take on a wonderful instrument from a talented artist.

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By: Chris Stead

Starting as the brainchild of Jon Siren and Natasha Cox at LA’s Musician’s Institute, Mankind is Obsolete is clearly a synergistic project that reaches beyond any formal training than any Yngwie Malmsteen seminar could provide. All of their formal training was simply a stepping stone for their true vision which is a beautifully executed, emotionally charged aural experience.

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By: Chris Stead

Youth and talent are always a great boon to art. The youth provides vitality to the art while talent offers the means to produce moving and inspiring pieces. Jeanine Thiele has both of these and her work is proof. Working mainly in Germany, Jeanine combines her career and something that she loves to create an environment where she can truly live. Her photography tells a story all its own and it can only be appreciated if you see it. Jeanine lives the life of a creative professional with the heart of a true artist.

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By: David Phillips

I have been doing some soul searching, or rather, soul identifying of late. Like an immigrant witnessing his borough melting under the heat of assimilation I see my community, the only community I am proud to count myself amongst, suffused with normality. Confronting me is the question, “What is Goth to me?”

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By: Vittoria Minyaliel Berger-Hoff

Fog swirling,
reliving my lost dreams.
In the lake a fish is seen,
it swims, lost, through the endless dark.
Eerie

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By: Chris Stead

From the dark streets of San Diego at night comes Noir Project. A project started by William Wall in 2006, the sound and vision of the band has gone through some growing pains and a few revisions. Now William has set his sights more clearly on the target and is working to match reality with his vision. Dressed in a suit and tie, William is encouraging a classy look in what can be a dirty landscape known as modern goth-influenced electronic music. So, suit pressed and freshly re-wired electronics in hand he heads off to meet the world head-on.

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By: Chris Stead

Ostia, an ethereal group out of the late nineties, produced and released a masterful ethereal album, “From the Aether” in 1997. Onced released, the group returned to that self-same “Aether.” Moving to different parts of Australia, Ostia lost the ability to persue anything more together for 10 years. For most groups, this kind of setback early on would be a major blow and would spell certain demise for the group. Magically, this did not happen with Ostia.

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By: Stephanie

Its not felt, only seen,
by those who long for its touch,
and what was delt was obscene,
i never cared that much,
it was nothing but the end,
of a world that turned to wrong
and now paying for our sins,
we belong here.

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By: Bob Zox

The car pulled into the foggy cemetery driveway at four-thirty in the morning. The
gate was locked, but the young man parked anyway, no one would be around until at
least seven. He and his love liked to come here, the familiar place, and familiar
memories here comforted them, a stable, unchanging place in an unpredictable and
disappointing world.

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By: Chris Stead

Welcome to Alice’s musical incarnation. The Divine Madness is what it would sound like if one had visited Wonderland and then made music about it: dark, intriguing and addictive. They have been around for just about a year now and in that time they have created quite a buzz. Currently they are working on recording their second album. Their first, “Secrets,” was independently produced and distributed. A two-disc opus, this album represents a body of work from a group that could potentially be as prolific as the Lennon-McCartney team of yesteryear.

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By: Chris Stead

Type O Negative is a band that has quite a history and is a name known by many in the goth and metal scenes. Known most distinctly for their early nineties hits “Black No. 1″ and “Christian Woman,” they have grown far from those quirky 10-minute songs. Over the past 14 post-Bloody-Kisses-release years, the band has grown and changed quite a bit. With some inner turmoil as well as the effect of time, thier mindset seems to be significantly different now than ever before.

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By: Amy McCain

300

****1/2 stars
Starring: Gerard Butler, Vincent Regan, Lena Headey, David Wenham, and Michael Leggett.
Directed by Zack Snyder
Released March 9th 2007 (USA)

What can be said about 300 Spartan Warriors clad in nothing but a helmet, a cape, and a loin cloth fighting off thousands upon thousands of invaders? A lot more than I can fit into this column! The visual effects in combination of the style it was filmed in made for a spectacular 117 minutes. This rated R movie features not only a historical background, stunning cinematography, and reeling plot line, but also some steamy sex scenes. There is some nudity, and not to mention blood, lots and lots of blood.

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