Dark Side of the Net: Since I was a child I've been drawn to the darker things. Not just Halloween spooks, ghosts, goblins and witches, but the macabre, old folklore, magick, urban legends and superstition. I love a scary story, whether it's in the form of a book, song, movie or poem. Some might call me a goth (I do wear black as a second skin, afterall). I don't mind if they do -- I don't find the word "gothic" to be a dirty word. What is a shame is when people pick up on the visuals of something and take it at face value, absorbing the basic concept until it becomes a pattern of behavior, a strict way of seeing and being. I'm a happy and relatively content individual, despite how ghastly that sounds coming from someone who has seen The Hunger about 80 times and listens to Bauhaus and Siouxsie Sioux 'round the clock. Regardless of how you interpret this all, The Dark Side of the Net provides links to anything you can think of that is even remotely gothic. Click here to find out more.
Dungeon: Ah, the music, the sneaking of
cigarettes in the corner, the fashion triumphs and tragedies --
it's all a part of Dungeon, a goth club in Los Angeles that rose from the ashes of
the infamous Helter Skelter. Dungeon is one of the few places in
this country where you can glide around a dancefloor to Die Form,
Project Pitchfork, X-Mal Deutschland, Sex Gang Children and
Wolfsheim along with faves by Siouxsie, Bauhaus and the Sisters
of Mercy. Now if only those people would stop dropping their
contacts and rolling around the floor, maybe I could dance!
LA Goth.net: This is where I live, this is what we do. The City of Lost Angels is a land of dark delights, not just sunshine, palm trees and plastic surgery mishaps. "Over this land, all over this wasteland..." -- The Mission U.K.
Gothic Radio: You don't have to listen to easy listening in the office. Click here and support these good folks who have even broken the gothic stations down into several sub-genres.
Lexicon Magazine: Although it covers more new wave music than gothic, I feel the two genres are kissing cousins. I've learned of many tours and new releases by some great artists that most media outlets ignore by reading this report.
Bar Sinister: Most goth clubs in L.A. are 18 and over, which is problematic for reasons I shouldn't even have to get into. One exception is Bar Sinister in Hollywood, which seems to cater to an older crowd and keeps doom cookies to a minimum. John Koviak (pictured at the top of this page) often DJs, and the venue often features live bands (I saw Faith and the Muse and Mephisto Walz there recently) in addition to its exquisite dance hall.
Indigo Eyes
by Peter Murphy
Fire burning in a hill
The lines are rocky rough
Red angels wait to pick remains
The cindered shoulder
Of confused men
Separate from their awe
With grey desire
He looks out mad
His soft grey indigo eyes
Indigo eyes ...
Asking
His heaven is uncovered not
A black tree blocks his way
His way is skating round a dome
(His way is in dismay)
The playmate sings
Like Orphee in some thunder world
Asking to be bathed in light
To be exemplified
With grey desire he looks out mad
His soft grey indigo eyes
Saw his past
He had dug for trust
With blind infected hands
And wondered as the hurt bit hard
Why the sacred weren't at hand
Only when his ears were deaf
To the angels light burst waves
Only when his ears were deaf
Did life turn from fog to fog
But not evil but estranged
But not evil but estranged
Indigo eyes, Indigo eyes
Indigo eyes, Indigo eyes
With grey desire
He looks out mad
His soft grey
Indigo eyes
Indigo eyes
What kind of Goth would you be?
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