I'm in interesting company

[mbarrick]

I've been asked to do an interview on Vancouver's "Goth culture" by someone who as part of the same series has interviewed Mark Emery, leader of the Marijuana Party, on "Pot culture"; Susan Davis, chair of Prostitution Alternatives Counselling and Education (PACE), on the sex trade; and Diane Tobin, president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), on Vancouver drug issues. How I ended up being mentioned in the same breath as these political activists for the sake of a particular musical preference and taste for vintage and downright antiquated clothes, I'm not sure. How does running a website off my desk ultimately based around my liking to wear cravat and a top hat to go dancing to Collide and Peter Murphy compare to getting hauled off by the DEA in a bit of extrajurisdictional imperialism or running the only safe injection site in North America? It's oddly flattering and flat-out odd.

Comments

[cheekydevil.livejournal.com]

That's very cool!

I feel similarly about the whole DJing thing ... I was -never- a person who aspired to be a DJ when I went out to clubs, and then I totally fell into it by accident. After discovering a passion and affinity to it, I find myself DJing at gigs like with freaking Peter Hook from New Order later on this month rather bewildered by how this all coulda happened. Then I think on HOW MUCH TIME I devote to building things in this scene and area of my life that I enjoy very much, and it makes a little more sense. And I believe the exact same thing is the root of why an opportunity like this would come your way. You've put in a phenomenal amount of time building things in this subculture locally, and anyone doing even a tiny bit of digging would find this out and respect it.

I think this is an awesome opportunity for you to flex your academic and creative muskles!!!

[ladyvermath.livejournal.com]

Very nifty! But you are right it is a tad odd, but I second cheekydevil’s comments you are renowned for being a seasoned veteran with a level head and an educated standpoint who is articulate and can get the point across to even the densest of the bunch, unlike some of the other media splashes where people opened their mouth and changed their feet making every one look like asses…

[evilyn13.livejournal.com]

Kinda weird, but cool nonetheless! There isn't anyone else I would rather have speak on the community's behalf..... I think :P

[saturnina.livejournal.com]

Weird! But good weird :)

[einspein.livejournal.com]

There's a Goth culture in Vancouver?