The Cure closes Coachella 2009 with an acoustic set

After their three-hour performance of goth rock songs, The Cure closed their set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California with an acoustic encore. " THE CURE ignored a midnight curfew as...

Russia considers ban on emos and goths

What's the deal with all the emo-hate this year? Not only are they getting beat up in Mexico and smeared in the UK media, they're now about to be banned in Russia. Government there is considering a law that would...

Criminalizing Emo: Russia Looking To Ban Goth And Emo Music

Russian Parliament is apparently in the process of drafting a bill to outlaw goth and emo music. Evidently they're operating under the misconception that, by eliminating the outlet for negative feelings, they will...

Teenagers Get Life For Brutal Murder

What kind of society have we become?The only motive was they simply looked different. Reading this and listening to the audio on the site made me cry. Where have values and respect gone to??? "TWO teenagers were...

And the award for craziest song goes to...

A music writer for the Guardian, Dorian Lynskey, had an interesting idea for his column this week--invite readers to name their favourite songs about mental illness.  It might sound a little crude, but he...

Dog leash goths 'hounded off bus'

"A goth who leads his girlfriend around with a dog lead and collar was stopped from getting on a bus amid fears for passenger safety, a bus firm confirmed."What's a goth anyway?Concerned about safety?  We reckon the bus driver couldn't keep his eyes on the road and his...

India eatery serves grub on green graveyard

This restaurant sounds like every goth kid's dream."AHMADABAD, India - In India, death is a part of life, and at one restaurant in western India, a part of lunch. The bustling New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmadabad is famous for its milky tea, its buttery rolls, and the graves...

Undead or just Dead? Bauhaus Break Up (Again)

The band that wrote the manual for all things goth is no more.  Bela Lugosi is probably turning in his grave. Or at least applying eyeliner. "Goth legends Bauhaus have announced that they will break up...

The Indie Rock Cult of Bruce Springsteen

When I first heard The Killers' irrepressibly catchy and bombastic tune "When You Were Young" the first thing that came to mind was The Boss. Then I read a million Pitchfork-aping mp3 blogs who chimed in with a...

Dita Von Teese scrapes off Marilyn Manson

"Retro burlesque queen Dita Von Teese has filed for divorce from Brian Warner, aka makeup loving goth rocker Marilyn Manson. Manson will be served with divorce papers on Friday (05.01.07) at the Los Angeles...

The Solution To Columbine Syndrome

" The Columbine syndrome is the psychosis of using video games as a similcarum for reality. As we saw at Dawson College. But have no fear capitalism provides the virtual solution.Computer Games Prepare Battlefield Medics"

Tories Get Tough On Crime Logic

"".I believe that violent offenders deserve more than a slap on the wrist. People who commit serious crimes deserve a harsher penalty than sitting back and enjoying the comforts of home." Problem is what kind of minimum sentence do you give to a guy who commits a...

The Spectre of Charles Whitman

"As I wrote on the case of the murderous teenage couple in Medicine Hat earlier this year, who paralled the Charles Starkweather murders almost fifty years before there is an earlier cultural archtype for the campus shooter in the Charles Whitman case."

Gill In the Armed Forces

"The Dawson College killer had a brief stint in the Canadian Armed Forces. Showing again the authoritarian personality that would be evoked this week in Montreal."

www.vampirefreaks.com - Is this Site a Killer?

"A Web site used by the gunman who killed one and wounded 19 at a Montreal college had surfaced in other violent Canadian incidents, including one in which an Alberta girl allegedly killed her family in April. The...

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