When Disney Scared Us: The Films They’d Rather Forget
I don’t mean to go all Andy Rooney, but back in my day, Disney wasn’t so friendly. They were MOSTLY friendly, sure, but there was…
Author Archives: Darklinker
The Skeletal Legacy of Odd Fellows Lurks in Closets and Attics Across America
The Odd Fellows, like many fraternal organizations, are shrouded in secrecy and steeped in esoteric symbolism. Though they were a charitable staple of many communities…
A Guide To The World’s Largest Goth Festival
Where we talk about goth under the Stasi and the greatest goth fest today. House searches could be conducted without a warrant (often when the…
Siouxsie Sioux at 60: more than a monochrome goth-pop priestess
60 years? Well… “What I really resent about people sticking labels on you,” said Siouxsie Sioux in 2004, “is that it cuts off the other…
World Goth Day: Shedding some light on the darkness of a much-maligned subculture
It was a time when fashion favoured “glamazon” WAGs with fake boobs, coiffed hair and tanned skin. But I was fascinated by a scene where…
Kingston After Dark: Cosmic clamor
On my 2015 year end list for a popular metal site Metalriot.com I included a little Boston trio named InAeona. Their Prosthetic Records release Force…
Read Nottingham Goth Bands’ USA and Mexico Tour Diary
“In July 2016 I was asked by US promoter Jesus Terminal if I wanted to reform my old band Midnight Configuration and to play two…
Whatever happened to Confetti, Salt Lake City’s goth haven?
When you’re involved with anything for a good chunk of your young life, it tends to haunt you for the rest of it. Such is…
Life Before Alice: Andrew Eldritch, Leeds & The Birth of The Sisters of Mercy
‘Alice’ transformed him from Andy Taylor – an “unprepossessing youth”, unemployed, and a college drop-out twice over – into the mesmerising, near mythical Andrew Eldritch….
The 10 Iconic Cemeteries That Made Death Beautiful
By the 19th century, church graveyards had a worse reputation than you might expect. In addition to their general doom and gloom, they were rife…