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Concert Preview

Emilie Autumn Brings Circus Goth Cabaret to Revolution Live, January 21

By Matt Preira Wed., Jan. 16 2013 at 6:16 AM

Categories: Ask A Goth, Concert Preview

Emilie Autumn is the world's leading goth steampunk violinist.

For the past six or seven decades of North American popular culture as we know it, it has been sufficient for creative types to pick a set of motifs, a broad set of thematics, or an aesthetic school of influence, and then charge head first into the fray.

But in two-thousand-and-fucking-thirteen -- the over-informed, over-stimulated age of the Internet -- that's not enough.

Sorry, Tony Jabroni. Haven't you heard that "genre is obsolete" and the name of the game (see also: the only way to blip on some digital trend aggregate wormhole feed) is cross-pollination.

That's why Emilie Autumn takes your favorite elements of steampunk, goth fashion, the circus, pop music, and cabaret, hits liquefy on the genre blender, chugs them in one mighty gulp, and immediately projectile vomits the thick-and-chunky amalgamation all over anyone in within reach of her spew.

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Top Five Goth Types at Green Room's Black Friday One-Year Anniversary

By Grant James Mon., Jul. 30 2012 at 10:47 AM

Categories: Ask A Goth, Gothic Corner, Useless Lists

Ian Witlen

Slideshow of Black Friday's One-Year Anniversary

Green Room celebrated the one-year anniversary of its vampire-friendly weekly party Black Friday on, well, Friday night. All of the fabulous freaks and fetishistic fashionistas of goth came out to show their support and show off their niche looks.

DJs spun industrial, new wave, alt, and electronic mixes; burlesque performers Val Vampyre, Jezebel Red, and Lisa Ann showed their curves; and people postured for the camera. We captured five goth-types repping at Black Friday. Get ready for some drama, darkness, and stereotyping.

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Gothic Corner: Black Friday Celebrates One-Year Anniversary at Green Room

By Lizzie Rae Fri., Jul. 27 2012 at 10:40 AM

Categories: Ask A Goth, Gothic Corner

Fort Lauderdale is best-known for its swimmable beaches, year-round sunshine, and a spring break that's well-attended by douchebags. But over the past year, Black Friday has attempted to add a much darker element to that list.

The weekly goth party brings the vamps, freaks, fetishists, and buxom beauties of burlesque to the Green Room. Regularly, Black Friday features morbid but fun nights. They've asked attendees to dress up as their favorite dead celebs, had masquerade parties, hosted a NIN tribute evening with Lavola, and even gotten some people tattooed on Friday the 13th (check out photos from that night here).

Resident Back Friday DJ Mike Lindersmash admits, "We're only the front door to the underground." This may be true, but it's definitely a pretty big, black, and sort of creepy portal to another vinyl-clad universe. With tonight's one-year anniversary party just hours away, Lindersmash took us on a trip down a cobweb-filled memory lane with Black Friday's most memorable moments.

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Gothic Corner: DJ Mike LinderSMASH Offers Aspiring Goths Fashion Tips for the Midnight Market

By Lizzie Rae Fri., Jun. 8 2012 at 7:12 AM

Categories: Ask A Goth, Gothic Corner

Joshua Little

Gothic culture is alive and well in South Florida. This is apparent based on the droves of black-clad and be-masked partygoers who make their way to Green Room every week for Black Friday. The extravagant event is hosted by scene elite and resident Black Friday DJ Mike LinderSMASH.

Though every Black Friday is a spectacle to behold, this week, they're presenting a Midnight Market. Unlike those of the past, this one is geared toward "the counter culture, or goth scene, which is driven by elaborate ensembles and costumes," LinderSMASH tells us.  Sounds fabulous.

These themed parties, usually, though not exclusively, involve theatrically obscure and specialized fashion. Most getups are either handmade or hard to come by, available via eBay or Etsy. Instead of dropping an entire week's pay on one outfit, Midnight Market provides what LinderSMASH calls "A 'goth flea market' of sorts," which, he continues, "invites everyone to bring their items to sell or trade with others." This makes Midnight Market a catalyst for an exceptionally vibrant alternative community.

Just in time for the midnight madness, we teamed up with DJ LinderSMASH to bring you the top ten must-haves for every aspiring goth's wardrobe.

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Ask a Goth: DJ L. Sangre's Classic Dark Tunes for World Goth Day

By Liz Tracy Tue., May 22 2012 at 3:58 PM

Categories: Ask A Goth

Who knew? Today, May 22, is World Goth Day. The first was celebrated in 2009 in the U.K., and the phenomenon has since spread its large, angsty bat wings around the globe. Thank you, internet, for making pain our pleasure.

The World Goth Day website's FAQs page asks: But don't Goths mostly tend to shy away from the limelight (or for that matter, most forms of light)? The answer involved the line: "...Owe it to yourself to shine for a day." And my Gothic friends, you do shine; your pale white flesh shines brightly even in the gloomiest of moonlit nights.

It seems necessary to celebrate this day in musical style. We thought, why don't we just ask a Goth? Though DJ L. Sangre plays mostly house, techno, electronic dance, she remains our trusty source for all things classically Gothic. She is influenced by, she says, "my dark roots," calling herself "a lover of music made by machines." We turned to this Elvira of Haus Music in our time of darkness.

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