tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post113071621217853356..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: We raise our hats to the strange phenomenaThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130940090029183552005-11-02T14:01:00.000+00:002005-11-02T14:01:00.000+00:00:-D Thank you! *Hugs*:-D Thank you! *Hugs*Marit Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752560288158735373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130878263439196072005-11-01T20:51:00.000+00:002005-11-01T20:51:00.000+00:00Lady Bracknell cares not for the opinions of the r...Lady Bracknell cares not for the opinions of the reviewers. <BR/><BR/>Well, not enough to not buy the CD, anyway....Lady Bracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140991035663374911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130841657157502782005-11-01T10:40:00.000+00:002005-11-01T10:40:00.000+00:00Well, as Vaughan suggests, there is an element of ...Well, as Vaughan suggests, there is an element of Goth weekend every weekend, but the October and April events usually increase the local goth population from a four or five hundred to four or five thousand - which in Whitby is a lot.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, not many people of Whitby call themselves goth. Many of my goth male acquaintances claim they only dress that way because no lady goths can resist the charm of a geniune authentic Whitby goth. And even <I>I</I> have been described as a goth by my sister's friends who live in Hampshire and buy all their clothes from M&S. <BR/><BR/>w1ld child, you could easily be a red and white goth. There are a whole tribe of 'fairy goths' who dress in white. They are rather sinister fairies however.<BR/><BR/>As for the music, there is really a huge variety that passes as Goth even though it's only actually slightly morbid - everything from Demeche Mode, Nick Cave, Sioxsie and the Banshees through to "Nu Metal" bands like Evanescence, with all what I call "Dalek Music" like Alien Sex Fiend in between. How The Medics feature in all this I don't know. There are purests who have pupport strict definitions but actually most goths I have spoken to know very little about the music. It's all about dressing up.<BR/><BR/>Lady B - Yes, Kate Bush's long awaited album is out next week but I must say I've heard some fairly pessimistic reviews.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130833928299542042005-11-01T08:32:00.000+00:002005-11-01T08:32:00.000+00:00Lady Bracknell is gladdened by the fact that Kate ...Lady Bracknell is gladdened by the fact that Kate Bush's new album will be released on the 7th of this month.Lady Bracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140991035663374911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130793399800144032005-10-31T21:16:00.000+00:002005-10-31T21:16:00.000+00:00As a bit of an ageing ex-Goth (ah, happy days!), I...As a bit of an ageing ex-Goth (ah, happy days!), I was under the impression that *every* weekend in Whitby was Goth Weekend? And every week? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130763916280606902005-10-31T13:05:00.000+00:002005-10-31T13:05:00.000+00:00I never really got 'goth'although the fashion did ...I never really got 'goth'although the fashion did impress me somewhat. The women always looked very beautiful, especially the mohican's and multicoloured hair. There is a lovely goth girl at out local B & Q., I might have keep going back to buy rawl plugs. I couldn't stand the music though, especially The Sisters or The Mission. I really tried and even bought a Sisters of Mercy album once (I forget which one). I still have the first Dead Can Dance album on vinyl though. <BR/><BR/>I can understand AJ's reluctance to go and see the Medics. Comedy band they were. I used to know Vom, the drummer quite well as he was local to me and used to go the same indie club as I did. The two girls are Southend lasses too so I used to see them about quite a bit.<BR/><BR/>You mention your strange experiences with ghostly things. I'm a believer of sorts. I'm not sure I believe in ghosts, although I don't disbelieve your story but there are somethings that can't really be explained away. About 18 months ago my Granddad was in hospital. He had cancer of the oesophagus and had had a stent fitted to help him swallow. He had been taken in over the weekend because his blood counts were quite low.They had stablised him though and when my Nan, Mum and Dad left hospital that night he was really quite well. My Mum phoned me at about 10.30 to tell me this. At about 2 o'clock that morning I woke up with an inexplcable feeling of dread that I couldn't really explain however I eventually got to sleep again. As I was leaving the house that morning I had a feeling that I should check my answerphone messages, which is something that I never did in the morning. On it there was a message from my Mum to ring her, when I did she told me that my Granddad had taken a sudden turn for worse in the night whilst sleeping and had died at about 2 o'clock, precisely the time I had woken up. <BR/><BR/>Coincidence? I'm not altogether sure.marmiteboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727386811098683743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130758296013078902005-10-31T11:31:00.000+00:002005-10-31T11:31:00.000+00:00Hi Goldfish,My daughter(18 then) was into Goth for...Hi Goldfish,<BR/>My daughter(18 then) was into Goth for a while. Before the slap(make-up as she called it)went on she looked really beautiful in layered skirts, corsets and ribbons in her hair. Very victorian and très féminin. The effect was rather spoiled by the boots. Huge, clunky and plastered with chrome plates boots. You could have gone deep sea diving with them. <BR/><BR/>Kate Bush I loved that woman to bits.petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162001029968518442noreply@blogger.com