Poll #3
I just have to say, as much as I love London and all it has to offer, my most recent visit proved to me that I truly am, and always will be, a rural goth.
Weekly Opinion Poll #3: Where do you find new music/clothing/goth accoutrements?
For me it's all about the internet. Sure, I can find the occasional Siouxsie shirt at Hot Topic, and I did manage to snag Voltaire's Ooky Spooky at a local indie record store, but when it comes to the big stuff like corsets and German industrial music it's all about the internet. I wish I could sew, and I keep meaning to learn, but then part of me thinks, "I've made it this far without picking up a needle and thread, why fix what isn't broken?" Every few years I usually meet a kind person who is a wizard with a sewing machine, so I barter for unique goods there. I do adore the Halloween superstores, even if they only arrive once a year. (Don't forget the biggest goth shopping day of the year is coming up this Saturday!)
When it comes to discovering new music, I quite like iTunes. Yes, it's a horribly evil music conglomerate, but it has that lovely little "if you like this, you might also like this" feature, which is how I discovered the gorgeous music I am listening to now. I've also found many a new band via livejournal friends, and also through the rare live show I make it out of my cocoon for.
I think that, overall, what I like the most about the internet is the ability to either connect to something or to disconnect from everything. Instead of being socially awkward and swept up in a crowd of erratic people, I can calmly choose whom I interact with, where I go, and what I do, choices I don't always have when I step off my farm and out into the great beyond. I'm certain that this says something about me psychologically, and I don't begrudge social evolution or humanity en masse. I'm just a quiet person who needs a lot of space to breathe and ponder and be alone. As long as it harms none, I don't care what anyone else does. I just know that, when it comes to me personally, I'm happiest when I'm away from 99.9% of the population.
Wow, that took a different turn than I originally intended. Oh well, I suppose it's part of the after-effects of having to ride the crowded tube and fighting to keep my family together in the huge sea that is London.
Thoughts, anyone?
Weekly Opinion Poll #3: Where do you find new music/clothing/goth accoutrements?
For me it's all about the internet. Sure, I can find the occasional Siouxsie shirt at Hot Topic, and I did manage to snag Voltaire's Ooky Spooky at a local indie record store, but when it comes to the big stuff like corsets and German industrial music it's all about the internet. I wish I could sew, and I keep meaning to learn, but then part of me thinks, "I've made it this far without picking up a needle and thread, why fix what isn't broken?" Every few years I usually meet a kind person who is a wizard with a sewing machine, so I barter for unique goods there. I do adore the Halloween superstores, even if they only arrive once a year. (Don't forget the biggest goth shopping day of the year is coming up this Saturday!)
When it comes to discovering new music, I quite like iTunes. Yes, it's a horribly evil music conglomerate, but it has that lovely little "if you like this, you might also like this" feature, which is how I discovered the gorgeous music I am listening to now. I've also found many a new band via livejournal friends, and also through the rare live show I make it out of my cocoon for.
I think that, overall, what I like the most about the internet is the ability to either connect to something or to disconnect from everything. Instead of being socially awkward and swept up in a crowd of erratic people, I can calmly choose whom I interact with, where I go, and what I do, choices I don't always have when I step off my farm and out into the great beyond. I'm certain that this says something about me psychologically, and I don't begrudge social evolution or humanity en masse. I'm just a quiet person who needs a lot of space to breathe and ponder and be alone. As long as it harms none, I don't care what anyone else does. I just know that, when it comes to me personally, I'm happiest when I'm away from 99.9% of the population.
Wow, that took a different turn than I originally intended. Oh well, I suppose it's part of the after-effects of having to ride the crowded tube and fighting to keep my family together in the huge sea that is London.
Thoughts, anyone?