Teen Gothic

July is over and I spent it listening to Corpus Delicti a lot, specially to Atmosphere.

Was able to be a part of the final leg of the creation of the Rozz Williams Documentary being made by Rozz’s close friend Nico B. Shot two interviews for it, the Rozz Williams tribute and scanned and digitized a bunch of photos for the Doc.

These are the ones I’ve posted and have been posted before so, shouldn’t be a problem.

I remember my introduction to the existence of backing tracks. I was at a goth/industrial show and the opening band had to cut their set to about half a song. Because the cd player handling the backing tracks failed. I have seen goth bands tour my city and the first show had a full band. The next show had a missing bassist who had now been absorbed into the backing track. It felt like Alice in Wonderland but lame. Many shows I see people freaking out over are literally just a karaoke show with a keyboard playing single notes.

I understand it isn't easy to tour in this economic climate and make sure everybody gets paid decent, but it's reaching the point where I think the audience have lowered their own standards to accommodate what they are oversaturated with. Curious what other people think based on shows they have been to.