Teen Gothic

 So my hometown (Athens) is home to the lead singer of Vision video, aka Goth dad on TikTok, or just Dusty Gannon. Athens’ local newspaper is called Flagpole, and each year they do a thing called “Flagpole Favorites” where people vote for their favorite business via Flagpole (ex: best Italian restaurant of the year). If a business wins they get the title of Flagpole’s favorite restaurant/business of some sort. They also get a plaque to hang in said business. Last year, in 2022, Dusty Gannon was sorta the face of that years Flagpole Favorites. The photo i attached shows the ad for Flagpole Favorites from last year. My Parents own a business and they got a Flagpole Favorite Runner up. So in their window hangs a picture of Goth dad drinking Boba! 

Last Sunday, I went to my first goth night ever. It took place at l'International, a bar in the 11th arrondissement in Paris. There was two bands playing, Varsovie and Vision Video.

I only knew like one Varsovie song before they got annouced as the guests of this event, so I listened to their albums, liked it and was really happy to see them, they're post-punk, they remind me of Joy Division but in French to give you an idea.

Actually, I came here mostly for Vision Video since I've been wanting to see them live for a while, it was the second time they came to Paris, the first time they did it was also in that bar but I sadly couldn't attend, so when I saw that they were coming again to Europe I was like "Fuck everything else, I'm going to see them whatever it takes this time". I was a bit sad that Emily wasn't there but Angelica, who filled in for her, was absolutely amazing.

Before the concerts started, Dusty took the time to talk with people in the bar, I was too shy to go talk to him and didn't want to bother him, but he noticed that I was wearing a Vision Video t-shirt and came talking to me. He was really nice, he complimented my makeup (several times by the way), we talked a little bit about Varsovie since he enjoyed them too, we also shook hands, Dusty was literally the kindest ever with everyone.

The shows were both really nice and everyone had a lot of fun dancing and singing along, Dusty interacted a lot with us about various topics during the show.

After the shows, both Varsovie and Vision Video were hanging out at the bar, I bought a patch and vinyl (that Dusty kindly signed) from Vision Video's merch table, we even took some pics together and he gladly said yes when I asked if I could hug him.

The bar itself was really nice I thought, the concerts took place in a room downstairs. I met really nice people here, there wasn't any problem with someone being a jerk, everyone was very chill.

I thought some of you might enjoy this cover so I filmed and edited it just for r/goth. They shared the stage with Redwing Blackbird and the amazing Urban Heat. A fantastic ages 16+ show here in Colorado. My friend called Urban Heat's frontman Goth Prince (like the Purple Rain musician).

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Me, personally, I love them! They are honestly the first goth band I’ve listened to and have really gotten me involved with the subculture. Also, the lead singer, dusty, also known as Goth Dad, is really awesome, as well as the other band members. Going to get to see them live in August!

They’re absolutely amazing. The music was beautiful with dark topics and speeches in between songs. Talked to goth dad afterwards, nicest person ever.