Roll Call

Tue Oct 6 12:44:44 EDT 2009

I am still here!

I suppose I am known as DJ Mass Hysteria, former Night Shift dj and "den  
mother" of Ceremony for nearly a decade. While I have a deep appreciation  
for goth/industrial/dark alternative music and whathaveyou, I have  
extremely diverse tastes that range from classic & new g/i to motown, glam  
rock, pop, classic rock, alt country, jazz, funk, electronica, hip hop,  
downtempo, experimental, new wave and indie dance music. I am pretty much  
the polar opposite of a genre snob. I usually listen to 3WS in my car,  
folks.

I am also the creator/dj behind Halcyon, a FREE monthly  
downtempo/trip-hop/electronica night held at the Z:Lounge (upstairs) the  
3rd Friday of every month. I am proud to say I've kept it going for 2 1/2  
years now. We have a Facebook group that reflects schedule updates and  
events: http://tinyurl.com/y8kp2bd and a MySpace:  
http://www.myspace.com/halcyonpgh

Additionally, I spin (along with several other diverse djs) at Super Secret  
Dance Party (SSDP), which is a fun little dance party at The Smiling Moose  
every Saturday night. We typically play a broad range of new wave,  
post-punk, alternative, pop & indie dance music with a smattering of  
goth/industrial for good measure. Definitely not a night for genre snobs;  
nor militant non-smokers (the Moose is smoker friendly). SSDP is also FREE.  
We also have a FB group that reflects schedule updates and events:  
http://tinyurl.com/y9mwl2p and a MySpace:  
http://www.myspace.com/supersecretdanceparty

Due to all sorts of grown-up responsibilities and my involvement with the  
events mentioned above, I'm not able to support other events and shows as  
much as I would like to these days. But I am glad to see so many people  
still doing things, or at the very least, trying to. Even though Pittsburgh  
is not a bustling mega-metropolis, there ARE still cool things *always*  
going on and I want to lovingly punch people in the throat who claim  
otherwise. :)

Some info might need to be updated on here a bit, but I created this handy  
map a while ago that highlights various merchants, bars and events in the  
Pittsburgh area that may be of interest to the gothically inclined:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111689695720494572798.00044d1c7631a23fbab37&t=h&z=12

Keep on truckin', Pgh-goth-list. ;)

--Tara

On Oct 6, 2009 9:55am, gwen <gwenix at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Brian J. Parker

> brian.j.parker at gmail.com> wrote:

> > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM, jdecay at att.net> wrote:

> >> With this list having the longest history of all the Pittsburgh Goth  
> networking options, I'm curious who still is on here (or if it's just  
> down to Manny, a handful of others, and me).

> >

> > The second most goth cred I ever had is when I booked the Cruxshadows

> > to play in a store's attic on their first tour. About a dozen people

> > came. I'm no Manny Theiner.

> Does that mean my goth cred is being one of those dozen people?

> Hi, I'm old. I used to be really prolific on this list, but not so

> much now. I still own the domain pghgoth.com, though it's been dead

> for a while due to various factors involving time, hosting, and other

> assorted problems related to getting old. Right now I'm wearing brown

> and green. Mint green, even. With spots of baby blue and salmon! So

> not goth!

> However, I still do try to show up to shows occasionally (last goth

> one I got to was Project Pitchfork in Philly; I do plan on going to

> The Damned in a few weeks.) Though, many of the shows I attend these

> days are more diverse (best concert recently was The Decemberists,

> actually!) I do still wear a lot of black, though as stated above,

> not as religiously. I also still listen to goth/industrial podcasts:

> Real Synthetic Audio and ReGen Magazine. I even occasionally

> privately DJ stuff (just helped with a wedding a couple weekends ago.)

> But mostly I'm really really overly busy with my day job (Technical

> Support Engineer for Ventyx, Inc downtown) and the two choirs I'm in

> (ELPC Chancel Choir and Renaissance City Choir), and sometimes some

> other projects on the side. I also like doing stuff with Hack

> Pittsburgh too. Oh, and I'm trying to plan a wedding for myself for

> next year. So, if you don't see me around, you know why.

> I am quite frequently found, especially during the day, on the IRC

> channel. Yes, we still have that IRC channel! irc.pghgoth.com

> #pghgoth of course!

> --

> Gwendolyn R. Schmidt

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