tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12064691981466381732024-03-08T11:33:38.601+00:00Goths In Hot Weather ©A celebration of the Sunshine GothTomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-40345145174931677112012-09-06T15:14:00.000+01:002014-01-16T12:11:13.291+00:00At Home with the Gothasons<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0pVVFUu3MBy5YD6X8TDulf-Ezp2xM-eZNF0f-YS5Aw4LTj6l4WxCdJgC6qRlwtmBbqBhcdWJYS1jWg5r-Ax9a6Kaax_h7rFaO9eH0Gecg65RWDYQ4hpZbi-j4olJk52AtLvsvKSoQNG6/s1600-h/Gothasons.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0pVVFUu3MBy5YD6X8TDulf-Ezp2xM-eZNF0f-YS5Aw4LTj6l4WxCdJgC6qRlwtmBbqBhcdWJYS1jWg5r-Ax9a6Kaax_h7rFaO9eH0Gecg65RWDYQ4hpZbi-j4olJk52AtLvsvKSoQNG6/s400/Gothasons.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383833108693910002" style="cursor: hand; height: 300px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Gothiness: 6 Sweatiness:5<br />
"Goodness dear, this garden's getting messy! Look at those Azalias, they're running wild."<br />
"Like the torment in my soul, they grow through every space. Binding my waking thoughts with the dark matter of their misery, strangling the young shoots of my happiness in the tangleweed of despair. I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."<br />
"Yes dear. Oooh, is that the kettle boiling?"TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-59787366383393618862012-08-02T14:20:00.000+01:002014-01-16T12:22:19.438+00:00David HassleGoth<span style="font-size: 78%;">Thanks to Kathrin Hieronimus</span><br />
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Gothiness: 8 Sweatiness: 4<br />
An ordinary poolside scene; children playing, mothers chatting, old men hanging around in the bushes looking out of breath - but hang on, what the Dave Vanian is that? Goth ahoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-14363131870732729472012-03-13T12:25:00.006+00:002012-03-13T12:47:13.860+00:00Goths in the Grass<span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; ">Thanks to Bex</span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; "><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkO_4JLnlKZvyCv3hpi-vfiYxJbAjqXYag6kpOSUcpHYEcUhh20bZ8k7ofUEf3QtX6fNa5krOnFLDBcJ82tlDi8OGI3tb-zrnfOI3Ft9KSanjwkMtSZX5-pQACNvpJjgmuGerMEIEQ1y_Z/s400/ZeitgeistZero+Sunshine+cross.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719357163966502402" /></div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; "><span >Gothiness: 8 Sweatiness: 9</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span ><span><span>Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! Bex and her </span></span><a href="http://www.zeitgeistzero.com/" style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; ">Zeitgeist Zero</a><span><span> cohorts lay themselves prone beneath the Daystar in the pursuit of literary greatness. Witness their pasty white skin transforming before your eyes! Weep as their black attire clings with little sweaty beads to their sensitive souls. Sniff their sweaty boots and lay your head next to theirs as they attempt to create a Gothy FlashMob-Scrabble-</span>Perform</span><span>ance<span>-Art interpretation - if we all lie together with these brave unfortunates, we will be seen from space, forming</span> the </span><span>phrase "Generation X". I am Gothymandias, </span><span>Goth of Goths, <span>Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span >Close-up: fit!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "><span style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 0, 48); font-family: Times; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb58aW5qkfIHpgJkX1WrmC7XkLPySj8Gd9bZTVi571PB8RRGkbrgMm9Ud-hUZjMdp8VmzJFU9SJxIgmKyIJ_QmwFgHJ5KP-3gULeFW4bxP3p1GkNpAkyFYH3Ep-HTEvsOF-2TyJbP7Ov_P/s400/Bex+and+Teresa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719360009103725602" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-36848711732627918932012-01-24T12:56:00.003+00:002012-01-24T12:58:48.750+00:00Bouncy Goth<span >Thanks to Olivia</span><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTROeoq2TSYnfRgO7-ovdpZ3YsQ98L88sfUJ4BaIU3L-NGNdqR1mW9-vAY4YFk4DsAcsGbCG7wOQj4R6ERdpMZ1rI0RRMXTlSddzcKBMz1RgpfawrpXglWXKAlg86qYm9YebTgOW2pyNX8/s400/GIHW1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701181680599819906" /></div><div><span >Gothiness; 6 Sweatiness: 3</span></div><div><span >"Mummy, what's that weirdo doing on my trampoline?"</span></div><div><span >"Come away dear, that's just a Goth trying to find out what it's like for the rest of us."</span></div><div><span >"Mummy, can I write some poetry now?"</span></div><div><span >"Step away from the Goth, sweetie!"</span></div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-55869870517054216922012-01-03T07:14:00.003+00:002012-01-03T07:17:14.382+00:00The sincerest form of flatteryis plaigiarism, or so I'm told. Whatever. I'm liking your Goth angle, kid :) <a href="http://gothsuptrees.tumblr.com/">http://gothsuptrees.tumblr.com/</a>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-44198533389457847342011-11-29T13:06:00.005+00:002011-11-29T13:15:06.145+00:00We Dictate FashionThanks to Lester 'Molester' Jones, as ever.<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZJFTP31HDXOLCEr56Cq2CalBgN5mfrpTR3Ptsr2DKK2Fp8JsoC9U4kYjMT4OURW7YSlJVcXIxqXrXlXExl5S9ZWGCKMeN4WiWkDeqwCkq_Kvsqsr-BUdIgbpHlDd1UqtQAAA1JMd8gU1/s400/G345b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680404078780412162" /></div><div>Gothiness: off the scale Sweatiness: 8</div><div>At last it's happened my Darkling hoardes - the good people of i-D Magazine have been moved to create a Goth-based fashion shoot in honour of our work! We have dictated a new fashion! See here! <a href="http://i-donline.com/2011/10/goths-in-hot-weather/">http://i-donline.com/2011/10/goths-in-hot-weather/</a> Now, who's up for spending a week going around Hoxton or the East Village with a pogo stick and timing how long it takes for some media whore hipster nincompoop to buy one and sit in a cafe with it resting against his table while he cruises Facebook on his i-Pad 2?</div><div><br /></div><div>P.S. What's slightly scary is that bus actually goes past my office whilst I write this tripe. How did they know?</div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-64452077249307533072011-11-06T10:37:00.003+00:002011-11-06T10:44:12.891+00:00Goth in the hole!<span class="Apple-style-span" >Thanks to Jonas Christ</span><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpT4h-3u8tiKA3UjQtB0dhzMYNf6i_-HLmSHgw8srFLSJ-JRz6AIB4j-VoXgWh-svty9xwTeAqLOOEHWqBgo8rQUKjlq3untTxN4SN20Mgc123jc4VDAlNp-z3zegZjO3eYTE9v4N3Ogq/s400/Jonas+Christ.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671830352403581714" /></div><div>Gothiness: 9 Sweatiness: 8</div><div>Representing for Darklings everywhere, this brave soul tackles the undergrowth of Vanilla society like a hero of yore, attempting to get his balls as close to the hole as possible by stroking his stick correctly. I love innuendo, me. The more observant amongst you will notice our friend here has even gone to the length of finding a black golf ball to use. Good work, sir!<br /><div><br /></div></div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-8897797250401827912011-11-06T10:28:00.005+00:002011-11-06T10:32:55.262+00:00Grumpy Lace<span class="Apple-style-span">Thanks to Sarah McDermott</span><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtel07i448aiZ_cFmIyQf9vw-WjFFUaveXYL9t8HNiCawq4f-oAY0i549wrkB2RaZHqCMVxsj1jkvrg4obOKZKXFMLLd10oTlVfF-yzazKsAJXYIk63FMauT-qAEFkXBre6cZTwM1Yfdup/s400/sarah_mcdermott.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671828014734225106" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ></span></div><span><span>Gothiness: 7 Sweatiness: 4<br /><br />Pasty-faced Sarah writes:"My dear Clergyman, I address you from the erstwhile Colonies, California to be precise, where hot weather is plentiful. Enclosed find photographs of your Humble Correspondent goth-ing as hard as ever I can."<br />Goth hard, girl. Goth hard. And make sure you look as miserable as possible.</span></span><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span ></span></div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-25599457661861239512011-11-06T10:23:00.005+00:002011-11-06T10:31:45.458+00:00Ring-a-ring-o'-GothiesThanks to Flipthc<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJeQ5hzO0bU60cCvzBZIpbBtxdlwnBUXtc6KtRBTOpRvYBIOzYQ0Av5W2mLCATiYSrnb5NkOfMCyp0a_a6oDTdCjjesIAwn8UNMiNKNIFNytmxfU3sowSG-sz68CH0Hz3QY1FJRT9ytx9/s400/Flipthc.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671826680909509538" /></div><div>Gothiness: 6 Sweatiness: 7</div><div>Well, these aren't goths are they? Swimsuits? Shorts? Ok, so maybe there's a tattoo or two (say that quickly) on show, but really, they're not trying very hard are they? Wait. What's that? There, in the sand? Run! Run for your lives! Wicca Goths are upon us!</div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-76692855861939455172011-02-10T09:23:00.000+00:002014-01-17T14:34:17.373+00:00Goth Classification<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3xyKZ_eT0iZ5b2JDv47_FZa-efROIC-t7F1m0euE0_i6gm8Lheix_91Is9Sf_7HZilcCRaSdeo_kz0W1K1z5xfF0Pu3Uaw2PPIjpimGI_qeGAU7ibEgKJGBq3NeFNQaZcS0QMxnMNBk/s1600-h/normal_IMG_3970.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3xyKZ_eT0iZ5b2JDv47_FZa-efROIC-t7F1m0euE0_i6gm8Lheix_91Is9Sf_7HZilcCRaSdeo_kz0W1K1z5xfF0Pu3Uaw2PPIjpimGI_qeGAU7ibEgKJGBq3NeFNQaZcS0QMxnMNBk/s320/normal_IMG_3970.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353023555620189394" style="cursor: hand; height: 320px; width: 214px;" /></a><br />
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Many of our beloved colonial cousins have asked "What is a Didi-Goth?" The excellent vampirefreaks.com has a run-down of the main Goth classes <a href="http://www.blackwaterfall.com/viewall.php">here</a>, but they do seem to miss the definition of a Didi-Goth. I've found the original interpretation:<br />
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Didi-Goth /gɒθ/ [after Diddy]–noun<br />
1. one of a Teutonic people who in the 3rd to 5th centuries invaded and settled in parts of the Roman Empire, but left after two weeks as their visa had expired.<br />
2. a young or fledgling Goth, too depressed to consider him/herself part of the rest of school, but too happy to become full immersed in Goth culture. Writes particularly awful poetry, usually about how no-one understands them, or why the boy in Year 12 won't snog them.<br />
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Origin:<br />
bef. 900; ME Gothe (after G. Chaucer)<after>: "There was a Wif of Bathe, she was-a gat toothed and prood, black did she wear, and depressive; yet Goth she was-a not, morever a Didi, owning nought but one Cure album, and that alone being a Greateste-Hits."<br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">(Note: best read in Chaucerian English for full effect; if you are unfamiliar with the style then I commend </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWi7p9xj83I"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Bill Bailey</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;"> to you.</span></after></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-38126034708880956522011-02-04T09:17:00.001+00:002011-02-04T09:18:01.069+00:00Mora's Beach Party<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FggDsJj9cwM?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div>Gothiness: Off the scale Sweatiness: 7</div><div>All right, maybe more psychobilly / horror rock / something I'm too old to have heard of than Goth, but definitely trippy. And check out the wheels! Prizes for anyone who can tell me what the fuck the plot is about.</div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-5319777233926054742011-02-04T09:13:00.000+00:002011-02-04T09:13:59.985+00:00Goths! On a beach!Thanks to Sharon Ortiz<div><iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xX238BGtSDo?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div>Gothiness: 9 Sweatiness: 3</div><div>OK firstly, this is half an hour long, so only watch the first minute, unless you're genuinely interested in it (I'm going to bet you get at least 8 minutes in). Secondly - Goths! On a beach! In Gothy swimwear! Cover yourself up darklings!</div><div><br /></div><div>Now I know what the advertising copywriter for Yahoo! feels like.</div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-19406572753731516832011-01-31T15:18:00.004+00:002011-01-31T15:26:43.869+00:00Welcome to the jungle<div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Thanks to Star Kat (again)</span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0y99ZROq9liWrCsqhBI1HrmOh-TUWOUVrFepsPnTvzgUC0LBmN8_8bn86etrUlspT-qPlhU5jc7vgiHAQDnRJ0ocKlE28uVYLJIYVSfAnbVA176vFD-uHJtpy2-78b74TriMUsyQYJ6NO/s400/starKat.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568370287920749266" /></div><div>Gothiness: 4 Sweatiness: 5</div><div>So Star Kat here is wearing shorts. So what? She's allowed to wear shorts when she's representing in the JUNGLE isn't she? Word to the motherfather, she is. She fancied a one to one with Predator just to see if he was as tough as they say, but it turns out he's gone so far downhill even Adrian Brody can take him now, and Adrian Brody's about as tough as my niece. Anyway, I digress, Star Kat is showing dedication to the Dark cause here, so I salute her. Unless this photo was taken in Kew Gardens, in which case she's a filthy cheat.</div><div><div><br /></div></div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-7680458344400076452011-01-31T15:16:00.002+00:002011-01-31T15:18:14.023+00:00Dance, Gothy boy, dance!<span class="Apple-style-span" >Thanks to Star Kat</span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jzesYdGhhp8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><div>Sweatiness: 4 Gothiness: 6</div><div>All right, so they're only pretending to be goth. OR ARE THEY?</div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-77012028721906959682011-01-09T12:39:00.002+00:002011-01-11T08:45:51.108+00:00Grave Sweats<span class="Apple-style-span">Thanks to Elzabi</span><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNEIpBAwvQ7Od9-jgSl8xvGT4JQWCJPLmbW-xkUsAOCh0njrt7eQacFd87rJI5T8oE5XiZLPZtnQ1Jsjw0ZnkG-w90Q9lCW0c8XXzUQ17gMWXg-hIHiZJMF5ke6gB3TCDXr0heXkNtvYG/s400/goths+in+hot+weather.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560846705133288546" /></div><div>Gothiness: 8 Sweatiness: 6</div><div><br /></div><div>Elzabi writes "This photo may not look particularly sweaty, but a friend accidentally planned a goth-graveyard-picnic on the hottest day of last summer. I learned a valuable lesson that day which I would like to share with your readers: don't wear a corset in hot weather, breathing is necessary even if you think you're undead."</div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-8583243695639315672010-11-08T11:20:00.001+00:002010-11-08T11:20:47.125+00:00Bathing Beauties<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashbet/2792237787/">BathingBeauties_01</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ashbet/">Ashbet</a>.</span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashbet/2792237787/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2792237787_2238bf3418.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /></div><p>Gothiness: 6 Sweatiness: 3<br /><br />Ashbet has come up trumps again with these two Dark Delights defying the Daystar for our benefit. I am, however, concerned for their flagrant disregard for local community legislation by choosing to bathe in what is clearly a municipal fountain. Hopefully they'll blind any passing community support police officers with the reflection from their pasty white skin.</p>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-77782448101398511452010-10-08T13:04:00.002+01:002010-10-08T13:05:09.991+01:00Winona paddles in misery<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47326665@N04/4577289840/">goth in hot weather</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/47326665@N04/">chelgreen</a>.</span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47326665@N04/4577289840/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3361/4577289840_fb0968de42.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /></div><p>Gothiness: 6 Sweatiness: 5<br />Winona Ryder has been caught on camera again, this time giving us an insight into her preparations for her next role; that of a grumpy sodding gothette, tormented by her hatred of society and anachronistic existence, yet strangely drawn to her neighbour who's got a pool and can borrow the car anytime he likes. He's already offered to be the getaway driver next time she goes for a five finger discount.</p>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-85054518865528782822010-08-17T07:21:00.002+01:002010-08-17T07:32:37.785+01:00Golden Hour Goths<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Thanks to Dave LeClair</span><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jF7jMjDMuVVQUgJF4xq3_y2dWtg01-0YptBu-S-E8f42W14vPQz0KifVJqPwi_YuW_ij9fbkv9e5RiuR_6U3N1BE3sFp3o_6gsLkXsAbBOwfVX33SwgseKM9iOvctOMdkj2cvI6u9ucU/s400/Dave+LeClair.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506260499424334610" /></div><div>Gothiness: 10 Sweatiness: 8</div><div>Seattle; the epicentre of Goth. This gaggle of Darklings were spotted sneaking out just as the Daystar was on the wane, but not so late as to require the wearing of lace eyepatches (new fashion alert! Lace over the eyes is SO on trend darling!). I notice, too the copious wearing of black sports gear, cleverly subverting the accepted image of track stars and athletes and juxtaposing it with black lipstick and, erm, a drum cymbal. Not sure why she's holding that. Mind you, I was never very good with cymbalism... sorry. Satan Loves You? He's not the only one, baby!</div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-546613920965335272010-07-26T14:15:00.002+01:002010-07-26T14:17:47.561+01:00hosting disasterHopefully you've found me back here - well done if you have! I seem to have lost my domain url thanks to Blogger's frankly useless hosting service that doesn't tell you it's time to renew, and then doesn't give you any way at all to pay for another year without having a godaddy account number, which was never given in the first place. Now it seems the domain has been bought by another gothlover (or cybersquatting corporate bastard, one of the two). Hopefully I'll have the old site back up soon, in the meantime if anyone knows how to rescue an expired blogger domain name, please let me know!TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-51060245245837963972010-07-15T15:58:00.004+01:002010-07-15T16:02:18.645+01:00Over to you Cyril...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Thanks to Jim Lacey</span><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3UPchRB-Ib0FsyF3-tOwhCFij6-2c6GczporVLWSuhEK_F8-Q6b22ZauhTHUkBKzkRb0gxTnBQNiLr0aRSz_BNwKj5vpFbf1dMKFdfvEhYu-ydPnVkSwtrb71aFunyxuWsgGECBxeRGu/s400/jimlacey.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494147594812345938" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gothiness: 8 Sweatiness: 9</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm indebted to a young man from Berlin who writes "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Find attached a photo of a guy I saw on the Berlin subway today. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was 36C outside at the time. THIRTY SIX! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">His coat was ankle length, thick thick leather with thick thick lining. Plus boots. And sunglasses. He was looking very red and sweaty around the face (diminishing his goth credentials) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I would've blacked out the dudes eyes to protect his identity, but he probably would've liked that." Congratulations Jim, you've made the hall of fame! I especially admire the finger over the lens, proving you surreptitiously took the shot with your phone. We can all learn a lesson from young Jim, friends - get that covert camera phone action going!</span></span></div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-87026461963880889032010-07-14T17:10:00.005+01:002010-07-14T17:17:37.585+01:00Gothalo spotted<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Thanks to Ben Lavery</span><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5Viitn5gY1yLNIifSWJhAhTwFzpZyTUs1mM-4Ynv0rMO7u47SCHDrLKZpobk2qQhF00sbPQF-ugr9M0qlLyxqPr_RjJHk2S3VESnl1OJnE3pSwhL4Cp2KZucPFcLbHupYdmHSaNoyYcu/s400/benlavery.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493795221149767394" /></div><div>Gothiness: 7 Sweatiness: 5</div><div>Yes it's true - London can have heatwaves too. And when the Daystar is shining, these black'clad darklings do nothing more than don a pair of fishnet gloves. Oh, the temptation of fate! That peddalo won't get you far from the ultraviolet, nor will the Serpentine's swans protect you with their oversized wings. Though come to think of it, that would make a pretty good Goth accessory - a trained Swan to follow you round and act as a gothasol. Any Swan Uppers around fancy taking up the challenge?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">p.s. Yes I know it's a bit fuzzy, but frankly I've just applied for a job with Ben's company, so I'm doing all I can to gain favour in his camp :)</span></div>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-1707877849400796372010-06-24T09:54:00.003+01:002010-06-24T09:57:24.111+01:00Beached Goths<span style="font-size:78%;">Thanks to Paul Samolyk</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrbsqV1dMCVTTRg6WQmUxO6thSmIo5LjZGNsVnAhVkb2DuacBCFmfr0_pn7353kBwk_XQLrUc_aU5IvAQhXHCRMKvSfLsTOBftdo8cwllDLJlTHeMDfQ7khjI9uTP7CU7_KE81pB_qvqO/s1600/Paul+Samolyk.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486261080003963906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrbsqV1dMCVTTRg6WQmUxO6thSmIo5LjZGNsVnAhVkb2DuacBCFmfr0_pn7353kBwk_XQLrUc_aU5IvAQhXHCRMKvSfLsTOBftdo8cwllDLJlTHeMDfQ7khjI9uTP7CU7_KE81pB_qvqO/s400/Paul+Samolyk.JPG" /></a><br />Gothiness: 6 Sweatiness: 9<br />Paul writes "both of these kids had black jeans on.... furthermore they both went swimming fully clothed and then one proceeded to lay directly on 150 degree sand while soaking wet." Well done you two! I thought for one moment that revealing your dodgy-tattoo-stringbean arms was taking too much of a risk, but you've managed to pull it back with the non-removable trouser incident. This is true dedication to the cause!TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-83647689896962510542010-06-16T13:11:00.003+01:002010-06-16T13:14:15.662+01:00Weirs Science<span style="font-size:78%;">Spotted by Kat, lifted from <a href="http://poorlydressed.com/">http://poorlydressed.com</a> </span><br /><a href="http://poorlydressed.com/2010/06/09/fashion-fail-the-weird-times/"><img class="aligncenter" title="Fashion Fail: Weirs Times we�re living in " alt="Fashion Fail - Should Be Reading The Weird Times, AMIRITE?!" src="http://poorlydressed.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129200497983646317.jpg" /></a><br />Gothiness: 8 Sweatiness: 6<br />Um. Right. Here goes... Nope. no words. Just no words.TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-38323941584951762072010-06-11T15:56:00.003+01:002010-08-23T13:09:16.942+01:00Gratuitous Hot Gothette<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-TOP: 3px"><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomad_fh/3947134219/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Merzbau</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, originally uploaded by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nomad_fh/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">nomad_fh</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></span><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomad_fh/3947134219/"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2628/3947134219_08c893f2c4.jpg" /></a><br /></div><p>To quote comic 'genius' Roy Chubby Brown; If this was my daughter I'd still be bathing her.</p>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206469198146638173.post-88443168875333383742010-06-11T14:58:00.001+01:002010-06-11T15:59:44.370+01:00Goth family<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/einsame_spitze/4630403024/"></a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/einsame_spitze/">keiforce</a>.</span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/einsame_spitze/4630403024/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4630403024_77e7e50fc9.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /></div><p>"Yup" smiles young Hans as he poses with with his parents, "my folks are twats and I don't mind."</p>TomLenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759779445145664262noreply@blogger.com9