Michael R. Barrick

The Stroppy One and I were idly going through some stuff on YouTube, and ended up watching a few gothy blogs - one covering some new music, a couple of video diaries of Whitby Goth Weekend, etc. As we were watching the most recent one, he turned to me and said, in a scandalized tone, "He didn't blend his whiteface makeup down his neck! Or over his ears!"

I explained that the current way folks are wearing whiteface is more like black metal corpse paint, and blending the makeup over any exposed skin is a bit passe. 

He looked at me, smirked, and asked, "How does that make you feel? Cranky Eldergoth?"

Okay, yes, it does cause me to side-eye the person a tiny bit, but ... it's their style. It makes them happy. But yes, my Eldergoth heart is confused.

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One of those videos let me know that there's a new Inkubus Sukkubus album! And a new Jarboe album! :: scurries to bandcamp ::

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I'm starting to plan my packing for the upcoming UK trip, and no really I mean it trying to figure out how to pack lightly. For almost three weeks. My solution (probably) is packing four of the "Selkie Governess" blouses that the Madwoman in the Attic made for me - black, b&w stripe, pink, and ivory - and four skirts that can be swapped around with them. Plus wearing another black one and a black skirt while traveling, and putting another skirt in my carry-on luggage. No, the blouses don't have pockets, but I'm fine with wearing a cute velvet pouch that will hold my phone and fan, with everything else in my purse. 

The first episode of The Vampire Lestat is everything I wanted. There he is, my gloriously messy Brat Prince. Poor impulse control, hiding his insecurities and broken heart by performing hedonism, and yes, my egotistical vampire rock star boyfriend.

There’s a great fan theory going around related to the first scenes, and I agree with it. (It ties into later books of the series, so I won’t go into it. But it makes SO MUCH SENSE.) 

I haven't gone looking for discussion around this, but I'm curious as to how the show fans who haven't read the books are dealing with the end of the first episode. Because yes, the trailers implied they were Going There, but whoooooo, it's canon in the show, and I kinda want to see the people melting down about OMG PROBLEMATIC. 

I'm seriously thinking of looking for a CD portable stereo. Yes, a boombox. I want to listen to some of the CDs I own, and I don't want to have to fight with iTunes/Apple Music to put music on my iPod. There are enough weird, incomprehensible steps to get new music I own onto my iPod, to the point that I'm going to need to set aside a day to see what I can manage.

So! Yeah, I'll add a boombox to my mental list of items I always look for at thrift stores.

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Retro fashion technology: I've been getting into clip-on earrings. Mostly because I want to wear BIG earrings, and some experimenting has led me to the fact that BIG earrings are more comfortable as clips than as pierced.

Did you know that interesting clip-on earrings aren't easily found at thrift stores anymore? Just add that to the pile of reasons why thrift flippers/resellers vaguely annoy me. That, and Goodwill keeping their good merchandise for their auction sites. Grrrr.

 

Day TWO of missing work because of a migraine. Which, of course, in addition to being  a horrible experience now comes with a side of anxiety and paranoia about job security. Sure, Brain Raccoons, let’s do that.

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Last night was the “The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only” concert in NYC, and every image or video snippet from it is amazing. Sam Reid truly has been possessed by the spirit of Lestat.  Not being at the concert is going to be a regret for the rest of my life, which I KNOW is a small, inconsequential thing to regret when balanced against everything else going on, but … I’ve been waiting for something like this since I was a teen, so of course it stings. 

However, I’m very lucky in that a friend with media news connections went and picked up some swag for me!