Got the new issue of Gothic Beauty which had some great stuff in it. Interviews with designers like Blu Zombie (who makes lovely cupcake shaped hats), musicians like Melora Creager of Rasputina and Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth (his new book, Gospel of Filth has just come out and it sounds great, he describes it as like a grimoire covering ( Read more... )

I also got the new issue of Gothic Beauty, some good interviews with a variety of designers such as SINched corset makers and Samantha Rei of Blasphemina's Closet) plus I like it when they go outside the standard musician/designer/model interviewees and interview people like Dan Sperry (Goth magician) and Jessica Joslin (who makes art pieces using ( Read more... )

I also got the new issue of Gothic Beauty which had some fab stuff in. They had a big feature on Vampira plus an interview with Jillian Venters who wrote Gothic Charm School and stuff on various designers like Baby, the Stars Shine Bright (I like the sound of a collection based on Alice In Wonderland as a pirate) and some nice little bits on ( Read more... )

I got the new issue of iD magazine. It had a little bit on Paloma Faith (can't decide whether to get her album or not, I wasn't that struck on the demo I heard but that was about 3 years ago). Also had a feature on Kabuki (a 90s NYC clubkid originally from North of England who's now a top make-up artist) --- I kind of wished it had been a ( Read more... )

I got the new issue of Gothic Beauty recently. It had band interviews with the likes of Combichrist and Mike Patton and interviews with some designers like the people behind Phaze clothing (I'm sorry but I think their stuff looks really shoddy/cheap these days) and Kambriel (who designs for Amanda Palmer among others) as well as Acidpoptart ( Read more... )

I also got the new issue of Gothic Beauty (which has increased its price to £7.25, I wonder how that will affect its UK sales). It had some nice stuff on the Mexican Day of the Dead and features on some gothic bellydancers and the Evangeline Ghastly doll (which I checked out online and it is gorgeous but way out of my price range) and an interview ( Read more... )

Well the weekend went OK (my brother came up with his family) --- managed to get a couple more things done round the house, went out for an Italian meal on Saturday night and my brother cooked a big roast dinner for everyone on Sunday. His 2 boys are OK but it just makes even more certain that I do not want children ( Read more... )

I also got the new issue of gothic Beauty recently. It had their annual Dark City survey with the results of which city it's best to be Goth in (I wonder when someone will do a UK/European version?) plus reviews of the new albums by Hannah Fury and Rasputina. They also had a great RAsputina interview (seriously I've been a Rasputina fan for about ( Read more... )

I got the new issue of Plan B but there wasn't much to appeal to me in this month's issue. However they are running a special offer where the first 10 new subscribers get a free copy of that Riot Grrl book (which I am reading at the moment and it is fab ( Read more... )

Remember I mentioned that the upcoming issue of Gothic Beauty will feature an article on Steam Punk (which is hard to describe but is a kind of Victorian science fiction, a merging of modern alternative/Gothic and historical styles so musically, they tend to cite bands like Dresden Dolls and Rasputina and Emilie Autumn even though they are all ( Read more... )