Looking Back: Another World Goth Day Introspection

It's funny how much things can change within a year. I recently looked at last year's World Goth Day post and was surprised at how much my perspective has changed since then.

I previously stated that I wasn't sure if I was going to remain Goth or not, and that honestly surprised me as I read my entry again. I totally understand that life is completely unpredictable, and even the most stringent individuals can change due to circumstance, but presently I don't believe that I will leave the subculture--I enjoy delving into the many classic and modern bands that have helped and continue to help shape the culture to its present day. I am continuing to slowly shape my wardrobe into a mix of trad/deathrock/romantic styles. I continue to fall in love with the aesthetics and literature, collecting Gothic novels and black lace and velvet with a childlike enthusiasm. My fascination for morbid things has even lead to a growing passion for vulture culture in the past few years. Cliched as it is, I truly feel home in this culture, and rather than distancing myself, I've become more immersed in it since discovering it in my adolescent years.

Despite my change in perspective, I still agree with certain points of my post. I still believe that Goth is a beautiful culture that has opened me up to the darker aspects of the human condition. Researching the subculture is one of my favorite hobbies--in fact, I have slowly amassed a collection of books about Goth history and its vibrant culture. Despite my fondness, I still want to discuss the culture's flaws as I am opposed to blind praise of anything I enjoy or consider myself apart of.

This past year has lead to me unearthing so many wonderful aspects of the culture, allowing me to feel like I am rediscovering it for the first time. I can hardly wait to see what else awaits me as I continue to wander deeper into the welcoming shadows of Goth, donned in black clothing and dark makeup.

Similar to last year, I have created a World Goth Day playlist. I tried to add different genres as well as some lesser known songs because while I do enjoy "Bela Lugosi's Dead" and "Spellbound", I feel there are so many other musical gems that unfortunately have been ignored in favor of the more recognizable songs.


The playlist can also be accessed here in case it doesn't load.

Track Listing:

The Southern Death Cult - The Crypt

Gene Loves Jezebel - Upstairs

Joy Division - Interzone

Eyes of the Nightmare Jungle - Shadow Dance

Meat of Youth - Meat of Youth

Killing Joke - Eighties

The Naked and the Dead - Carousel

Clan of Xymox - Stranger

Eyes of God - East of Eden

Euroshima - Esfumados Suenos

Drab Majesty - Too Soon to Tell

Winter Severity Index - Athlete

Soft Kill - Wake Up

I am still working on more posts for this blog; computer issues have unfortunately delayed my progress so I apologize. I hope to have more content up soon so again, thank you for your patience and have a wonderful World Goth Day.

After a Long Absence...

Well, it’s been a while. Sorry about that.

Honestly, I don’t mean to keep prefacing my posts with an explanation as to why it’s taken me so long to produce more content. Time really does get away from me, and life has been really chaotic ever since I began this blog.

One of the major goals I hope to achieve for this blog is a better writing schedule. I don’t know if I could achieve something like a weekly post, but I would like my output to be way more consistent than it is now. I still believe in blogging without obligation wholeheartedly; I think my posts would suffer if I tried publishing on a weekly basis. However, time management is a skill that I desperately need improvement on. There is a variety of content I would like to cover--DIY projects, makeup, reviews, vulture culture--that I’ve had to push back due to time constraints. I had to postpone writing about certain bands for my Aural Tendencies series because of how long it was taking for me to track down their discography and write about them, and I wanted to have at least one post by the end of the month. I want to put my all into each of my posts and hate that I’ve been only able to write about so little.

I really enjoy writing this blog, and I hate that the past couple of years have produced so little content. (I was only able to publish 3 posts in 2014, for example. This will not do.) This year I’m hoping to be more productive and post more content in a timely manner so I can share these different topics of interest with my readers.

Thank you so much for your patience.