pgh-goth-list Digest, Vol 34, Issue 20

[gwen]

On 6/22/06, Sc'Eric (dj.darkFIN) <darkfin6012 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anyway, it's not a popular opinion, but it's mine.  Love to hear Mr Townsend's and Gwen's thoughts.

Hmm.  I have a lot of thoughts, so I'll just list them:

1) Interesting article, though it's very gay-centered when it doesn't
need to be.  A lot of what is being said really can apply to anyone of
any sexual orientation, and while I understand there's pride in being
inclusive there... it's also a point of separation.

2) I was just noticing that the kids danced more.  I think it's
because they had more energy than the older folks, really.  But they
were also the ones hanging out around the dance floor while the older
folks (even now) remain packed in by the bar.

3) I don't go to the club to get laid.  I did when I was 19, but I
have never gone to Ceremony for that purpose.

4) The goth scene has changed; older goths tend to be much more in
favour of "less danceable stuff", whereas the younger folks are more
interested in the thumpthumpthump music.  In the 80's/early 90's, the
stuff to listen to was Sisters of Mercy, Einsturzende Neubauten, The
Cure, anything with Rozz Williams in it, etc, and then around '96/'97
the club music shifted to Covenant, Wumpscut, VNV Nation, Apoptygma
Berzerk.  And now it's 2006 and Combichrist is the current club hit
band; the older folks behind the bar (particularly at Ceremony where
many of us are in our 30's now) really just aren't as interested in
dancing to that as would be the young kiddies.

5) Eh, all the babybats will eventually turn into ravers anyway, right?  *duck*

Anyway, my opinion on the drinking age is an incredibly separate thing
from all of this.  I don't actually agree with it for a host of
reasons (the article did touch on some of them), but it's not
something that we can change at Ceremony anytime soon.  So hey, might
as well discuss the factors we can control rather than the ones we
cannot control.

-- 
gwen.
gamergothgeek