Teen Gothic

I'm truly and absolutely fuming today.

I had an interview yesterday for a night porter job – it went well, I interviewed with him before a year ago – and he said that we should schedule a trial shift for tonight.

After trying to get my sleeping pattern in order, buying food for tonight, as well as my £4.94 train ticket, he cancels on me stating that he's worried about me getting to work in the winter. Having already brought this up yesterday, and rebuffing his statements, I respectfully said to him, that it's not his decision to make and asked for reimbursement on my train ticket, as it's the least he could do for wasting my time.

I have had no answer yet. But we must stop being soft with these employers.

I'm changing my CV to a general location, since they like to discriminate geographically.

I just got home from City Record Club and the Save The Cranker Rally. I didn't play a single goth song today though you could argue a couple are close. Love and Rockets So Alive single? Nope, I played the B side – Bike! And that sounds like some sort of weird blues/jazz/rock thing. Plus rock, techno, post punk, new wave, disco and a Yamaha 70s organ rendition of Popcorn. -10 goth points me.

The rally was a death march to Parliament House and onto the Crown and Anchor Hotel itself. And I stopped at a record store on the way. But what did I buy? $ 2 bargain bin K-Tel compilations for a Record Club set I'm calling "The worst sounding vinyl set ever" using nothing but K-Tel compilations.

6 hours on my feet mostly on concrete. My feet want to disown me, my back aches, I was getting stabbing pains in my leg and I have a pain in the diodes down my left side.

But we got word the planned demolition has been voided by the state premier so the pub is saved! The best alternative/live music venue in the city is here to stay.

How are you doing?

It's that time of the week again everyone. Time to expel those demons and force them onto all the readers right here. Will there be rage? Probably. Will there be sympathy? Possibly. Will you feel a little better after getting your ails out? Sure, why not.

THE SCREAM OF THE GOTH WILL RISE LIKE A MOTH! OH YEAH!

Bring out your dread!

*ding!*

Bring out your dread!

*ding!*

Bring out your dread!

*ding!*

…I've no dread! I don't want to go on the cart.

*looks in r/goth for 5 seconds, gets in the cart*

Bring out your dread!

*ding!*

Bring out your dread…

Got a gothic gripe? Managing a migraine induced by life's awfuil obstacles? Tired of ignorant people assuming they are an expert about everything even when they know nothing? Is the internet being the internet again?

Complain away!

(As you can see we're going a little more official though I plan on still doing the weekly post custom as I have since before I was a moderator here)

I'm feeling lazy and uncreative this week so here is Unofficial Seething Sunday no frills. Go nuts, you know what to do.

Weird things at the gig I DJed this weekend. First it was reduced to only one room because the venue got scared due to low pre-sales. So my modern post punk/darkwave set was cut. No matter, I'll do something else with it. Funny thing is we had a great turnout (around 90 paid entries all up) and they want to do it again in September. And the venue is stoked as the bar was busy all night. Maybe two rooms next time.

I was playing a vs set so 2 DJs it is hard to get music to transition smooth plus we are playing to the crowd so as long as they are happy and dancing we don't care. I dropped a clanger and killed the floor with one song (it seems a techno mix of Yakety Sax is too cringey for even weeaboos and nerds to dance to yet I played an industrialised version of it a few years back at Cybermorph and they loved it) but we got it back and even better within the next 2 songs. Overall the set was great, the crowd loved it and other DJs who played loved it too in spite of not doing any "real" technical DJing.

Then there was the heckler. He wanted to talk and I could barely hear him. Initially I thought he had a request but he just wanted to tell us we were shit, the music was shit and nothing was matching up before he left drunkenly stumbling up the stairs.

I found out after he was badmouthing us in the beer garden to Marcus – the organiser and head DJ. Apparently he could do better and he's a DJ with a whopping three years experience. When Marcus told me I laughed as I have been DJing for over 15 years and Mike (the other vs DJ) for over 10. I don't think he got what we were doing yet for the majority of the set the dancefloor was full. What can I say, we know our people in spite of me bringing too many pop hardstyle remixes to a meme fight.

After the heckler left for my next song I dedicated it to him before hitting play. A hardstyle remix of ABCDEFU. Never bait the troll DJs.

Also my legs hurt today. How are you doing?

So many pretty lights in the sky. Not everyone gets to see them. And those cool photos need to be taken with a camera in night mode. And general best places to see are on top of hills or on the coast.

On top of hills or beachfront property. How convenient for rich people. While us plains dwelling plebs can only see a glow over the houses and trees. And that's if light pollution does not drown it out.

Pity the people who can only see clouds. This silver lining is covered in clouds. Why is the sun wearing flares anyway? Grumble grumble.

I can't be bothered complaining about anything right now. Is that a complaint about not having any complaints? Like, it could change later. Might have plenty to complain about later. Maybe even something goth related because we are in r/goth after all.

But don't let that stop you if you got a gripe right now. Go for it!