Hi, fellow goths. Happy New Year. Please pardon me for the late post. If you have any suggestions with regards to every thing in our society, please don't hesitate to suggest. Just post them here as comments.
I wish that this be a bloodier year for us all. Long live the Dead Gothic Society!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Friday, December 12, 2008
Spooky Holidays!
Trying to find out ways of making a Gothic Christmas, then here are some suggestions, my beloved Goths.
*The best thing to modify is the centerpiece, which is your Christmas tree. Take an old dried Christmas tree and strip the needles from it. If you want to, spray-paint it black and hang black lights instead of colored ones.
*Use black candles and circle them with evergreen sprigs. If you want to, put it in a dish and put berries beside it. If you want to use red candles, just make sure to circle them with small black stones or evergreen sprigs painted black.
*Use those spooky decorations you used during Halloween to decorate your Christmas tree.
*Use plain dark-colored papers to wrap up your gifts and put on black ribbons. Most preferrably, use dark purple or red.
*Make frightening Christmas dolls from dried apples or just save that witch and dress her with a Santa outfit.
*Instead of ordinary stockings, use black ones, make their toes and tie up bells at the end.
*A little black paint and dark purple glitter goes a long way for your Christmas fit of lifestyle.
Spooky Holidays! Seasons Frightenings!
Source:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/457465/how_to_make_your_own_gothic_christmas.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/457465/how_to_make_your_own_gothic_christmas.html?page=2&cat=30
*The best thing to modify is the centerpiece, which is your Christmas tree. Take an old dried Christmas tree and strip the needles from it. If you want to, spray-paint it black and hang black lights instead of colored ones.
*Use black candles and circle them with evergreen sprigs. If you want to, put it in a dish and put berries beside it. If you want to use red candles, just make sure to circle them with small black stones or evergreen sprigs painted black.
*Use those spooky decorations you used during Halloween to decorate your Christmas tree.
*Use plain dark-colored papers to wrap up your gifts and put on black ribbons. Most preferrably, use dark purple or red.
*Make frightening Christmas dolls from dried apples or just save that witch and dress her with a Santa outfit.
*Instead of ordinary stockings, use black ones, make their toes and tie up bells at the end.
*A little black paint and dark purple glitter goes a long way for your Christmas fit of lifestyle.
Spooky Holidays! Seasons Frightenings!
Source:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/457465/how_to_make_your_own_gothic_christmas.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/457465/how_to_make_your_own_gothic_christmas.html?page=2&cat=30
Friday, November 14, 2008
Cradle of Filth Update
Fellow goths, if you want to have more matter regarding Cradle of Filth, you may visit http://www.cradleoffilth.com/ and register.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Dead Gothic Society's Halloween Lists
Fellow goths, this Halloween, we are listing down some things that will always be our trademarks. Enjoy!
The thinking that a goth should have:
"A goth is not easily determined by the music he plays, the words he match to haunt, the fashion he adapts to scare people, and the occult that he practices all his life. The only thing needed to be a goth is the thinking that the society is so cruel that they cast us away. But after all, we will live because we see the benefit of a good smoke."
Must listen gothic songs:
1) Nymphetamine Fix by Cradle of Filth
2) Progenies of the Great Apocalypse by Dimmu Borgir
3) Lichtgestalt by Lacrimosa
4) Deus Ex Machina by Moi Dix Mois
5) Down With The Sickness by Disturbed
6) Cold by Static-X
7) Dead Cell by Papa Roach
8) Bye Bye Beautiful by Nightwish
9) Swamped by Lacuna Coil
10) Everybody's Fool by Evanescence
A selection of must read gothic authors:
1) Anne Rice
2) Stephen King
3) Neil Gaiman
4) Edgar Allan Poe
5) Bram Stoker
6) Mary Shelley
7) Jonathan Nasaw
The thinking that a goth should have:
"A goth is not easily determined by the music he plays, the words he match to haunt, the fashion he adapts to scare people, and the occult that he practices all his life. The only thing needed to be a goth is the thinking that the society is so cruel that they cast us away. But after all, we will live because we see the benefit of a good smoke."
Must listen gothic songs:
1) Nymphetamine Fix by Cradle of Filth
2) Progenies of the Great Apocalypse by Dimmu Borgir
3) Lichtgestalt by Lacrimosa
4) Deus Ex Machina by Moi Dix Mois
5) Down With The Sickness by Disturbed
6) Cold by Static-X
7) Dead Cell by Papa Roach
8) Bye Bye Beautiful by Nightwish
9) Swamped by Lacuna Coil
10) Everybody's Fool by Evanescence
A selection of must read gothic authors:
1) Anne Rice
2) Stephen King
3) Neil Gaiman
4) Edgar Allan Poe
5) Bram Stoker
6) Mary Shelley
7) Jonathan Nasaw
Halloween Trivia
From http://www.bonita.k12.ca.us/allen/Fun/Halloween.htm
Orange and black are the colors of Halloween because orange is associated with the fall harvest and black is the color of darkness.
Jack o'lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
For a twist on the traditional jack o'lantern, why not carve a white, blue or green pumpkin!
Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
Halloween candy sales average about two billion dollars per year.
Chocolate bars top the list as the most popular treat with Snickers being number 1.
The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night, so they began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.
Black cats were once thought to protect witches.
Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday; Christmas is number one.
Some people believe that if you see a spider on Halloween, it is the spirit of a loved one watching over you.
Vampire bats really do exist, but they are not from Transylvania. They live in Central and South America and feed on the blood of cattle, horses and birds.
The North American common brown bat has the longest life-span of any mammal it's size -- about 32 years!
The movie "Halloween" was filmed in only 21 days in 1978 on a very limited budget. The movie was shot during the spring and used fake autumn leaves. Also, while the film is set in Illinois, all the cars have California license plates.
The tradition of bobbing for apples came from the Romans.
According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, you will see your future spouse.
According to the National Retail Federation's Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, the most popular Halloween costume in 2004 was Spiderman, with 2.15 million children dressing as their favorite superhero. Other popular costumes included princesses (1.8 million children), witches (1.3 million) and vampires (899,000).
The world's record for biggest pumpkin is currently held by a gigantic gourd weighing a whopping 1,385 pounds!
Samhainophobia refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of Halloween. This time of year may also stir up other phobias such as the fear of: cats (ailurophobia), witches (wiccaphobia), ghosts (phasmophobia), spiders (arachnophobia), the dark (nyctophobia), and cemeteries (coimetrophobia).
Orange and black are the colors of Halloween because orange is associated with the fall harvest and black is the color of darkness.
Jack o'lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
For a twist on the traditional jack o'lantern, why not carve a white, blue or green pumpkin!
Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
Halloween candy sales average about two billion dollars per year.
Chocolate bars top the list as the most popular treat with Snickers being number 1.
The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night, so they began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.
Black cats were once thought to protect witches.
Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday; Christmas is number one.
Some people believe that if you see a spider on Halloween, it is the spirit of a loved one watching over you.
Vampire bats really do exist, but they are not from Transylvania. They live in Central and South America and feed on the blood of cattle, horses and birds.
The North American common brown bat has the longest life-span of any mammal it's size -- about 32 years!
The movie "Halloween" was filmed in only 21 days in 1978 on a very limited budget. The movie was shot during the spring and used fake autumn leaves. Also, while the film is set in Illinois, all the cars have California license plates.
The tradition of bobbing for apples came from the Romans.
According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, you will see your future spouse.
According to the National Retail Federation's Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, the most popular Halloween costume in 2004 was Spiderman, with 2.15 million children dressing as their favorite superhero. Other popular costumes included princesses (1.8 million children), witches (1.3 million) and vampires (899,000).
The world's record for biggest pumpkin is currently held by a gigantic gourd weighing a whopping 1,385 pounds!
Samhainophobia refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of Halloween. This time of year may also stir up other phobias such as the fear of: cats (ailurophobia), witches (wiccaphobia), ghosts (phasmophobia), spiders (arachnophobia), the dark (nyctophobia), and cemeteries (coimetrophobia).
Monday, October 13, 2008
Evil Eye
A sign of trouble. Association with the curses of the old wives' tales. These are the common things which we think about the evil eye. But, what really is the evil eye?
The evil eye is an ancient belief which was even dated back to the time of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. In ancient Egypt, the people used make-ups to ward it off. Even in the Bible, it was mentioned.
Superstitions of it are usually found in Mediterranean and Central American countries.
People nowadays usually try to ward it off but they never know that they are using it through their malevolent things. However, Greeks made cures for it.
A positive use for it was used for Indra, the Hindu god of war, thunder, and storms.
The evil eye is an ancient belief which was even dated back to the time of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. In ancient Egypt, the people used make-ups to ward it off. Even in the Bible, it was mentioned.
Superstitions of it are usually found in Mediterranean and Central American countries.
People nowadays usually try to ward it off but they never know that they are using it through their malevolent things. However, Greeks made cures for it.
A positive use for it was used for Indra, the Hindu god of war, thunder, and storms.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Anne Rice
(Guys, we have just held a poll regarding the better vampire writer. Now, here is our article about her.)
Anne Rice was born Howard Allen O'Brien on 4 October 1941 as the second daughter of a Catholic Irish-American family. Her early years were spent in New Orleans, Louisiana, forming the background of most of her stories. After which, she lived in East Haven, Connecticut until the death of her sister Alice Borchardt, who also pursued to be a gothic writer.
Her name Anne came out during her first day of school when a nun asked her of her name and blurted it out until her mother let it go without correcting her for she knew that her daughter was so conscious of her unusual given name.
In 1958, her father took up a residence at Richardson, Texas after the death of her mother three years before. There she attended Richardson High School and met Stan Rice whom she married later. She then took up her first collegiate years in Texas Women's University in Denton and then moved with her husband to San Francisco, where she attended State University and obtained BA Political Science. "I'm a totally conservative person", she later told the New York Times (November 7, 1988). "In the middle of Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s, I was typing away while everybody was dropping acid and smoking grass. I was known as my own square." She would not return to New Orleans until 1989.
She then had a daughter, Michelle, who later died of Leukemia at the age of 6.
Her first book, Interview with the Vampire was then completed in 1973 and was published in 1976. Nine more books then followed and this series was titled The Vampire Chronicles. These were written while they lived in Berkeley before their son, Christopher, was born. Her novels published then were counted 28.
In 1989, Anne and Stan lived in New Orleans by buying a Garden District Greek Revival house and Anne owned many building in that district that time. Interview with the Vampire was then made into a movie and The Feast of All Saints was then made into a mini-series.
Anne then returned to the Catholic church in 1998 and decided to concentrate her writings on Christ in 2002. One of these books was Christ the Lord and Out of Egypt which were published this year.
Stan Rice then died in 2002 after a couple of months being diagnosed with brain cancer. His paintings would hopefully soon find home and his diaries are now edited.
Anne now lives and works in the California desert, a few hours drive from her son, Christopher, who lives and works in West Hollywood.
Anne Rice was born Howard Allen O'Brien on 4 October 1941 as the second daughter of a Catholic Irish-American family. Her early years were spent in New Orleans, Louisiana, forming the background of most of her stories. After which, she lived in East Haven, Connecticut until the death of her sister Alice Borchardt, who also pursued to be a gothic writer.
Her name Anne came out during her first day of school when a nun asked her of her name and blurted it out until her mother let it go without correcting her for she knew that her daughter was so conscious of her unusual given name.
In 1958, her father took up a residence at Richardson, Texas after the death of her mother three years before. There she attended Richardson High School and met Stan Rice whom she married later. She then took up her first collegiate years in Texas Women's University in Denton and then moved with her husband to San Francisco, where she attended State University and obtained BA Political Science. "I'm a totally conservative person", she later told the New York Times (November 7, 1988). "In the middle of Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s, I was typing away while everybody was dropping acid and smoking grass. I was known as my own square." She would not return to New Orleans until 1989.
She then had a daughter, Michelle, who later died of Leukemia at the age of 6.
Her first book, Interview with the Vampire was then completed in 1973 and was published in 1976. Nine more books then followed and this series was titled The Vampire Chronicles. These were written while they lived in Berkeley before their son, Christopher, was born. Her novels published then were counted 28.
In 1989, Anne and Stan lived in New Orleans by buying a Garden District Greek Revival house and Anne owned many building in that district that time. Interview with the Vampire was then made into a movie and The Feast of All Saints was then made into a mini-series.
Anne then returned to the Catholic church in 1998 and decided to concentrate her writings on Christ in 2002. One of these books was Christ the Lord and Out of Egypt which were published this year.
Stan Rice then died in 2002 after a couple of months being diagnosed with brain cancer. His paintings would hopefully soon find home and his diaries are now edited.
Anne now lives and works in the California desert, a few hours drive from her son, Christopher, who lives and works in West Hollywood.
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