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May 24, 2013
Siouxsie Week: Siouxsie and the Banshees Albums 1981-1985
Juju - 1981
Juju lyrics at Vamp.org.
- 1. Spellbound
- 2. Into The Light
- 3. Arabian Knights
- 4. Halloween
- 5. Monitor
- 6. Night Shift
- 7. Sin In My Heart
- 8. Head Cut
- 9. Voodoo Dolly
A Kiss in the Dreamhouse - 1982
A Kiss in the Dreamhouse lyrics at Vamp.org.
- 1. Cascade
- 2. Green Fingers
- 3. Obsession
- 4. She's A Carnival
- 5. Circle
- 6. Melt!
- 7. Painted Bird
- 8. Cocoon
- 9. Slowdive
Nocturne - 1983
- 1. Israel
- 2. Dear Prudence
- 3. Paradise Place
- 4. Melt!
- 5. Cascade
- 6. Pulled To Bits
- 7. Nightshift
- 8. Sin In My Heart
- 9. Slowdive
- 10. Painted Bird
- 11. Happy House
- 12. Switch
- 13. Spellbound
- 14. Helter Skelter
- 15. Eve White / Eve Black
- 16. Voodoo Dolly
Hyaena - 1984
- 1. Dazzle
- 2. We Hunger
- 3. Take Me Back
- 4. Belladonna
- 5. Swimming Horses
- 6. Dear Prudence
- 7. Bring Me the Head of the Preacher Man
- 8. Running Town
- 9. Pointing Bone
- 10. Blow the House Down
--Copyright 2013 Carrie Carolin
May 23, 2013
Siouxsie Week: My 10 Favorite Covers of Siouxsie and the Banshees Songs
1. "Arabian Knights" - Icky Blossoms
2. "Christine" - Simple Minds
3. "Cities in Dust" - The Last Dance
4. "Happy House" - Saint Savior
5. "Hong Kong Garden" - Kyrlian
6. "Hong Kong Garden" - Uffie
7. "Kiss Them For Me" - School of Seven Bells
8. "Peek-a-Boo" - Bertie Blackman
9. "Spellbound" - Daniel Earwicker
10. "Spellbound" - Inkubus Sukkubus
For more covers of Siouxsie and the Banshees song, see The Covers Project.
--Copyright 2013 Carrie Carolin
May 22, 2013
Siouxsie Week: Dreamshow - Siouxsie Live at the Royal Festival Hall in 2004
In 2004, one of Siouxsie's biggest dreams came true. She and Budgie performed with a full orchestra (the Milennia Ensemble) on stage at London's Royal Festival Hall. They were joined by taiko drumming master Leonard Eto.
This DVD of Dreamshow contains the full two-act, 27-song live concert. For more info, see the IMDB listing.
Or, you can watch the full two-and-a-half hour concert on YouTube until it gets DMCAed.
--Copyright 2013 Carrie Carolin
Siouxsie Week: Siouxsie Official and Fan Resources
Siouxsie and the Banshees Official Webpages
The official web presences of Siouxsie and the Banshees. Since they're not an active band, the websites don't have much going on other than a link to the webstore and a mailing list offering.
http://siouxsieandthebanshees.co.uk/
http://www.youtube.com/user/bansheesofficial
Siouxsie and the Banshees Official Facebook Page
The SATB official Facebook page currently has over 300,000 fans. Sadly, it's not been updated much since summer 2012.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Siouxsie-And-The-Banshees/186751311365203
Siouxsie Mantaray
"Mantaray" was Siouxsie's first solo full-length album.
Steven Severin Official Webpage
The co-founding member and bassist for SATB.
Siouxsie Fan-Run Facebook Page
85,000 fans. Updated frequently.
Siouxsie and the Banshees Fan-Run MySpace
Siouxsie and the Banshees on MySpace
Untied Undone - Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Creatures
Robby's all inclusive fan page for The Creatures, including an extensive and well-researched gig list, the SATB-L email listserv, info on bootlegs, trivia, images, articles, interviews and videos. Amazing that this is still kept updated so nicely - I'm grateful and impressed!
Fantazee
This fan site has not been updated since 2003! However, I'm including it here because amazingly, all the scanned pics, books, fanzines, interviews, and press mentions this webmaster (Vernette) managed to painstakingly add over the years, are still intact. There's also a really invaluable list of singles, albums, and the discography with album covers, etc.
http://www.fantazee.themoon.co.uk/
Siouxsie Sioux Collector Mania
This Facebook page shows off people's Siouxsie button, sticker, poster, and vinyl collections. There's also the occasional Siouxsie tattoo picture, too.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/siouxsie-sioux-collector-mania/299724740052705
Siouxsie and the Banshees at Ticket Collector
It would make me sad to have tickets to shows I'd never seen in person. But I'm finding this TicketCollector website helpful in researching past SATB shows.
Siouxsie and the Banshees at Ticket Collector
Siouxsie and the Banshees Fan Groups on Facebook
I've chosen the most active, interesting groups to feature here.
Siouxsie and the Banshees group with 271 members
Join Hands - Siouxsie and the Banshees Appreciation group, 1488 members
Siouxsie and the Banshees Fan Group, 264 members
The Banshees & Other Creatures group, 574 members
Siouxsie Fan Page at Mital-U
A long-running fan resource, with info on records, books and fanzines, and of course a history of the band.
http://www.mital-u.ch/Siouxsie/
Creatures MySpace Fan Pages
http://www.myspace.com/siouxsieandbudgie
http://www.myspace.com/siouxsieandthecreatures
Siouxsie and the Banshees Discussion Forums
Most of this forum seems to have been abandoned, but there are still some interesting and useful threads going on the Band Related Discussion subforum here. There's a lot of excitement about Siouxsie's playing the Meltdown festival!
The Banshees and Other Creatures, at Yuku.com
--Copyright 2013 Carrie Carolin
Siouxsie Week: Siouxsie and the Banshees Albums 1976-1980
Siouxsie and the Banshees live audio recording from their first performance ever, the 100 Club punk festival on September 20, 1976:
Siouxsie and the Banshees Albums 1976-1980
The Scream - 1978
The Scream lyrics at Vamp.org.
- 1. Pure
- 2. Jigsaw Feeling
- 3. Overground
- 4. Carcass
- 5. Helter Skelter
- 6. Mirage
- 7. Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)
- 8. Nicotine Stain
- 9. Suburban Relapse
- 10. Switch
Siouxsie and the Banshees "Pure" Full Album, on YouTube
Join Hands - 1979
Join Hands lyrics at Vamp.org.
- 1. Poppy Day
- 2. Regal Zone
- 3. Placebo Effect
- 4. Icon
- 5. Premature Burial
- 6. Playground Twist
- 7. Mother/Oh Mein Papa
- 8. The Lords Prayer
- 9. Infantry (released years later)
Kaleidoscope - 1980
Kaleidoscope lyrics at Vamp.org.
- 1. Happy House
- 2. Tenant
- 3. Trophy
- 4. Hybrid
- 5. Clockface
- 6. Lunar Camel
- 7. Christine
- 8. Desert Kisses
- 9. Red Light
- 10. Paradise Place
- 11. Skin
Siouxsie and the Banshees Week will continue...
--Copyright 2013 Carrie Carolin
May 20, 2013
5 Interesting Goth YouTube Channels and Goth Vloggers
Gothic Worldwide
This resource specializes in introducing new gothic, industrial, EBM and electronic bands to the community. They haven't posted any new videos to the YouTube channel in about a month, but with a couple hundred videos in their playlist, you'll have a lot to explore.
http://www.youtube.com/user/gothicworldwide/
LeahMouse
"The happiest little goth girl." "Embrace your weird." Her popular videos include What Goth is Not, Becoming Goth and Goth Rules, and How to Have a Gothic Sleepover. There are also videos where you can check out her tattoos, learn to do cyber-goth hair, hear her goth confessions, and find out how to make a spooky coffin cake. She seems to post a new video about once every three or four weeks. I look forward to seeing what she uploads next!
http://www.youtube.com/user/LeahMouse
Bats and Tombstones/MissBitten
Her recent vlogs that I found interesting include one on elitism in the goth scene; a discussion about the goth community; and How to Deal With Bullies.
http://www.youtube.com/user/BatsandTombstones/videos
Hell's Quookie
This is Zakkarrii's wonderful collection of videos on what it's like to be black in the goth scene. She has also posted on writing with tarot cards, her take on What is Goth?, and shared her goth thrift store finds.
http://www.youtube.com/user/HellsQuookie/videos
Dark Resource
This amazing resource offers over 2000 goth videos. Supposedly it's run by someone in Zimbabwe (?) They haven't uploaded anything new in a year, but there's so much here to check out anyways.
There's a goth documentary on the goth scene in York in the 1980s; collections of videos by goth bands; Whitby goth videos; and entire goth concerts.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Darkresource
--Copyright 2013 Carrie Carolin
The Darklinks Goth Social Network
May 19, 2013
New Gothic and Dark Links for May 19, 2013
DARK ART:
Anton Semenov
Gloom82's Deviantart gallery, featuring surreal and disturbing illustrations. My favorite is "Lullaby," shown above. The artist lives in Russia.
http://gloom82.deviantart.com/
Anton Semenov Fan Page, on Facebook
DARK MUSIC:
9th Evolution
An industrial/rock post-punk band from Florida. Their newest song on YouTube is "Rapture."
Salvation
The members formed this band in England in 1983. They're no longer together, but you might find their biography fascinating.
Santa Hates You
An industrial electro-punk band from Hamburg, Germany. They describe their music as "the perfect soundtrack for the Mad Hatter's tea party."
DARK SHOPS:
BZR Shop
This Seattle-based Etsy shop sells really cool ombre tights/stockings in colors including coal grey, fuchsia, navy and Sunset. I love the idea of adding a little graduating fading color to my legs on days when I'm wearing just a plain black dress.
DARK TELEVISION:
True Bites
A weekly radio show/podcast about True Blood. It airs live tonight on Blog Talk Radio at 5pm.
True Bites, on Blog Talk Radio
http://truebites.wordpress.com/
GOTH FASHION:
Elliven Clothing
This futuristic-looking dark, reptilian clothing is designed by "Steel." Not cybergoth and not labeled as goth fashion by the designer, but I think a lot of you here will really enjoy checking these pieces out.
My favorite is the Octant Aura Bolero.
GOTH COMMUNITIES:
Batcavers, on Facebook
Goth pictures and occasional news postings. 5700 goth fans and counting.
https://www.facebook.com/Batcavers
Goth Fashion, on Facebook
Nearly 50,000 fans liked this page in order to see the many really cool fashion posts it shares every day. "Dress to depress."
HORROR AUTHORS:
Bram Stoker Estate
The official website of Bram Stoker's estate, featuring his biography, videos of tours of his birthplace, news articles, images and texts, and a bibliography. The Facebook page is quite busy, sharing rarities found on eBay and the occasional mentions of the author or his works in the news media.
http://www.bramstokerestate.com/
Bram Stoker Estate, on Facebook
HORROR GENRE:
Bloodbaths and Boomsticks
A horror genre podcast. They're currently on their 63rd episode. That's a lot of work! Besides horror movies, they cover obscure films and action flicks.
http://bloodbathsandboomsticks.blogspot.com/
Bloodbaths and Boomsticks, on Facebook
Evil Episodes
This horror blog specializes in television and web-based horror shows. Currently they're blogging about the World War Z game for IOS and about BBC America's 'In the Flesh.'"
Scares That Care
"Scaring away childhood disease and illness" is the motto of this horror industry non-profit organization. They're affiliated with horror actor Kane Hodder. Check out what they do and how you can help, if you're interested! They're working on planning a Scares That Care weekend for July 2014.
http://www.scaresthatcare.org/
--Copyright 2013 Carrie Carolin
Dark Side of the Net
http://www.scaresthatcare.org/
May 15, 2013
5 More Foreign Goth and Dark Blogs
Insomniac's Attic
You have *got* to check out this blog about a gothic mansion that's been renovated and staged for sale. The gothic mansion is located in Calgary, Canada. Don't miss the post on when the house was tricked out for Halloween! and for the night before Christmas. The photos here are so intriguing to pore over!
http://insomniacsattic.blogspot.com/
Mara Macabre
Mara blogs from Germany. Her blog is thus in German, but you can still enjoy her outfit posts, cosmetics and products finds, and photos of events such as Aethercircus 2013. There are quite a few steampunk posts here.
http://mara-macabre.blogspot.com/
Mindless Indulgence
This girl from Germany shares her crafting and sewing efforts, the gown she might wear to WGT, her trip to the fabric market in Munster, and her research on Haitian zombies.
http://mindlessindulgence-mindless.blogspot.com/
Madam Noire Makeup Studio
Madam Noire is a makeup artist who lives in Gothenburg, Sweden. Currently she's reviewing Illamasqua's 'Paranormal' collection, giving herself a Star Trek manicure, trying a brand of lipstick I've never heard of, Inglot, and showing off an Emerald birthstone eyeshadow look.
http://madamnoire.blogspot.com/
Ms. Misantropia
Ms. Misantropia lives in a 150 year old cottage in Skane, Sweden with her American partner. She's quite domestic, baking and making things and decorating her home darkly. Her blog is currently celebrating "May Monster Madness" so today she posted a short story she wrote, called 'Beauty and the Beast.' Recently she's posted about The Monsters of Buffy and Ten Monster Movies of 2013. She also blogs about fashion, the books she's enjoying, TV shows she's watching and other pursuits. Because I am quite nosy, I hope she posts pictures of her dark decor and the things she's baking!
May 13, 2013
May 13's Newest Gothic and Dark Links
DARK EVENTS:
Rue Morgue Festival of Fear 2013
This horror industry expo will take place August 22-25, 2013 in Toronto, Canada. They're expecting 80,000 guests, so I find it weird that the Facebook page has less than 2k likes! This is an important event! Featured guests include "The Walking Dead's" Norman Reedus and "From Beyond's" Jeffrey Combs.
http://www.rue-morgue.com/festival-of-fear
Rue Morgue Festival of Fear, on Facebook
DARK SHOPS:
Ego Assassin
Ego Assassin is a Toronto-based latex fashion design company. They also create screen prints. The shop sells men's and women's fetish latex clothing, but also bags and purses, cuffs and collars, masks, belts and harnesses, and headwear pieces.
My favorite thing here is this Papillon lace mask.
Gore Couture
This shop sells amazing made-to-measure corsets that are inspired by gore and horror themes. I've seen a lot of corsets in my web wanderings, and these are definitely unique and unusual.
I'm not a corset wearer, but if I picked a favorite, it would be "Dolly Death."
Plastik Army
"Don't look trashy, look deadly!" This Canadian fashion shop is based in Toronto. Genres they specialize in include cyber-industrial, steampunk, gothic and clubwear. They sell men's and women's clothing and PVC gear. There are also some interesting pieces of jewelry here (scissors, gas masks, chainsaws) plus backpacks and purses. (Check out the cool spiky Centipede purse!) Brands they carry include Plastik Wrap, BitchCraft and GHST RDR.
Refuse to Be Usual
This German ebay store sells an amazing selection of punk, Lolita and gothic shoes and boots. They also sell some clothing, face masks, accessories and hair supplies. This store is huge! A great resource for gruftis.
http://stores.ebay.de/REFUSE-TO-BE-USUAL
HORROR GENRE:
Stuff Monsters Like
This horror blog posts sarcastic horror related humor, horror celebrity interviews, news and reviews, and various related posts and articles. A fun read.
Stuff Monsters Like, on Facebook
Not very many new links tonight, sorry - my kids are distracting me and my dogs wrestling noisily in the hall, cats meowing to go out, etc. ARGH!
--Copyright 2013 Carrie Carolin
May 12, 2013
New Dark and Gothic Links for May 12, 2013
DARK ART:
CorneredRing Art
Katrin is a photographer living in northern Germany. She photographs dark subjects, specializing in horror, zombies and the macabre.
Daniel Danger
Daniel Danger is an illustrator and printmaker from New England. Here's his gallery of intriguing haunted houses, devastasted ballrooms and creepy barns.
http://www.tinymediaempire.com/
Natalie Shau
I so enjoy looking at the darkly surreal artwork of this Lithuanian digital artist. She creates digital illustrations and paintings, and also some beautiful photomanipulations. In 2011 she participated in a double show with artist Ray Caesar. Besides her fabulous "Dream" and "Dream II" galleries, you can check out her fashion photography projects and illustrations from 2006-2008. I suspect you're about to spend quite a bit of time wandering through her Deviantart gallery, too. And if you are intrigued by Day of the Dead style artwork, check out her commercial artwork for Lydia Courteille jewellery.
I think my favorite piece from her is "Insecta."
http://natalieshau.carbonmade.com/
DARK AND GOTHIC MUSIC:
Twins
Matt Weiner's post-wave dark music project. He's the other half of Atlanta-based band Featureless Ghost. I really like his vocals on most of his songs you can check out on Soundcloud. (I don't really care for the weird clownlike antics in "Deepest Darkest" though).
The Vile Spirits
This Camden, London-based band plays deathrock/post-punk. You can check out their newest song, "Electric My Angel" on Youtube.
The Vile Spirits, on Soundcloud
DARK SHOPS:
Black Baroque Luxuries
This shop belongs to Seattle-based artists Seraph & Splendor. They sell intricately embroidered and bejewelled cushions (home decor) and intriguing satchels, such as this Queen of Hades satchel. Also check out their Lady Death looking glass. I haven't seen anything like their style at all before, and I love it!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SeraphSplendor
Black Baroque Luxuries, on Facebook
Dreamed Designed
This Etsy shop sells lovely Victorian and steampunk jewelry. Besides necklaces, bracelets and earrings, there are pocketwatch pendants, goggles, and eyepatches.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/dreameddesigned
HALLOWEEN AND HAUNTED HOUSES:
Long-Forgotten
This isn't actually about real haunted houses - this blog focuses on a commercial attraction, Disney's Haunted Mansion. This is an excellent three year old blog for fans of the attraction. Currently they're blogging about the eerie traveling light effect, lost graveyards and To Find a Way Out about differences between the exit courtyard as it exists now and as it was planned. There's lots of interesting photos here, blueprints to pore over, trivia and history. I spent way more time reading blog posts on this site than I'd expected to!
http://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/
ZOMBIES:
Zombies Everywhere
The Facebook page is really active and will keep you up on everything zombie that's going on recently. Over on the blog, they're currently posting about Washington DC's zombie-themed synthetic marijuana warning campaign; a zombie musical; and a disturbing post on zombie worms that eat with acid!
http://www.zombieseverywhere.org/
Zombies Everywhere on Facebook
--Copyright 2013 Carrie Carolin