๐•ท๐–”๐–˜ ๐•ฌ๐–“๐–Œ๐–Š๐–‘๐–Š๐–˜ ๐•ฒ๐–”๐–™๐–๐–Ž๐–ˆ, ๐–† ๐•ณ๐–†๐–‘๐–‘๐–”๐–œ๐–Š๐–Š๐–“ ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐•ฏรญ๐–† ๐–‰๐–Š ๐–‘๐–”๐–˜ ๐•ธ๐–š๐–Š๐–—๐–™๐–”๐–˜ ๐•ฑ๐–†๐–“๐–™๐–†๐–˜๐–Ž๐–†

LOS ANGELES GOTHIC It's almost Halloween. Surely one of the greatest holidays, Halloween is up there, in my estimation, with Burns Supper, Nowruz, Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving II. I keep reading and hearing, though, that Halloween is cancelled this year, thanks to the mismanagement at nearly every level of the COVID-19 pandemic. Surely you can't cancel … Continue reading ๐•ท๐–”๐–˜ ๐•ฌ๐–“๐–Œ๐–Š๐–‘๐–Š๐–˜ ๐•ฒ๐–”๐–™๐–๐–Ž๐–ˆ, ๐–† ๐•ณ๐–†๐–‘๐–‘๐–”๐–œ๐–Š๐–Š๐–“ ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐•ฏรญ๐–† ๐–‰๐–Š ๐–‘๐–”๐–˜ ๐•ธ๐–š๐–Š๐–—๐–™๐–”๐–˜ ๐•ฑ๐–†๐–“๐–™๐–†๐–˜๐–Ž๐–†

Famous Grey Raincoat — or — Silly Goth, Vampires Are for Kids!

In honor of this lovely weather we're having here in Los Angeles, I'm going to blog about the so-called Raincoat scene. Before Goth --ย for that matter, before New Grave, Dark Wave, Cold Wave or any of those other overly specific scenes (that I will dutifully write about in time), the British music press took to … Continue reading Famous Grey Raincoat — or — Silly Goth, Vampires Are for Kids!