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Gothy Things |
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Gothy Things.....To Read, To See and To Do. |
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DeathWish's RECOMMENDATIONS |
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Books and Novels |
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Books |
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It's hard to say what kind of books Goths like because it falls into such a broad range. Many goths are well read in "classic" literature, ( I personally have studied literature extensively), also religion, philosophy, history ( again my area of study), and even politics. It all depends on the inclinations of the person. |
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Vampire, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi Novels. |
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=Anne Rice novels, especially the Vampire Chronicles.
=Poppy Z. Brite novels,in particular "Lost Souls."
=H.P. Lovecraft.
=Ray Bradbury. |
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Classics. |
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=Dostoyevsky - "Notes From the Underground."
=Dante - "The Inferno."
=Orwell - "1984"
=Stoker - "Dracula"
=Mary Shelley - "Frankenstein"
=Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron (Romantic - era poetry)
=EVERYTHING by Edgar Allen Poe. |
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Goth Friendly Record Labels. |
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=Cleopatra.
=Projekt.
=Tess.
=Anubis. |
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Magazines |
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Various titles abound,some of the front - runners in my opinion are: |
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=Ghastly.
=Blue Blood.
=Industrial Nation.
=Carpe Noctem
=Propaganda. |
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Movies |
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An interesting tidbit for you - Tim Burton is the Director of several of the movies that I've listed here. He seems to have the knack for the Gothic aesthetic in a film!! |
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My Favourites are: |
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="The Hunger" - a vampire flick with David Bowie and Susan Sarandon. |
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="Rocky Horror Picture Show"- the cult classic with Tim Curry. A little too strange to be described!! |
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="Hellraiser" - Some horror movies hit it big with Goths, some don't care for them at all. |
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="Dracula" - a big classic. |
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="The Crow" - A classic truly for it's dark themes of murder, revenge, love, urban decay. Dark aesthetics in =the fim areshots of the graveyard and an elaborate church. |
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="Edward Scissorhands" - loved by Goths everywhere. |
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="The Nightmare Before Christmas" - classic. Wonderful Tim Burton dark humour. |
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="Beetlejuice"- check out Winona Ryder's character Lydia. The classic goth girl. I love this one. |
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="The Craft" - although witchcraft theme,the rarity of a goth lead character makes this film noteworthy. |
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="The Lost Boys" - another favourite. Wonderful soundtrack also |
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Miscellaneous Gothy Bits and Pieces |
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Other things Goths tend to like: |
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=Art. Most Goths are dabblers in the creative arts,whether it be photography, music, writing, drawing etc.
=The humanities in general :literature,history, philosophy.
=H.R. Geiger. ("Alien"-biomechanic fantasy artwork.), and Salvador Dali -Surrealist artist.
=Cats.
=Candles.
=Fairies.
=Gargoyles.
=Christmas lights - strung everywhere.
=Spiders webs, spiders, web designs on clothing, jewellry.
=Skulls, skeletons.
=Graveyards - especially to take pictures. |
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