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Dominion Photos

Photos from weekend at http://www.photobox.ie/album/2187708

New Magazine

A new print magazine has just been launched. Based on online mag, Virus!, the publication is from the US & the first issue features interviews/articles with:

Acumen Nation, Agonoize, Android Lust, The Azoic, Backandtotheleft, Battery Cage meet Stromkern, The Birthday Massacre, Blutengel, Cesium_137, Children Of Bodom, Collide meet Skinny Puppy, Covenant, Deadstar Assembly, Decoded Feedback, Dismantled, Distorted Reality, Fear Factory, FGFC820, Funker Vogt, God Module, Hanzel und Gretyl, Hatesex, Headscan, Heimataerde, HIM, KMFDM, Lacuna Coil, Leaether Strip, The Machine In The Garden, Melotron, Mentallo & The Fixer, The Mercy Cage, Mindless Self Indulgence, Ministry, Mortiis, Negative Format, Nightwish, N.U.T.E., Otto’s Daughter, The Pain Machinery, Reaper, [:SITD:], Spiritual Front, Suicide Commando, System Syn, Terrorfakt, TrümmerWelten, VNV Nation, XP8, Zentriert ins Antlitz.

Details at http://www.virus-mag.com/

Had a very odd dream this morning. lady_bastet & I were over in the UK & went to visit someone who worked in a hairdressers (don't actually know anyone who works in a hairdressers).

Anyway, some girl started giving me grief saying "We don't allow your sort in here. Ya know, long coats & all in black. You're all just trenchcoat mafia losers" (or something like that.)

So I tried to explain I was 27, had a good job & showed her my phone & camera to illustrate my "expensive tastes". She gave me more lip, getting very aggressive, so I gave her a slap. Off she walked into the place.

Few minutes later a bloke came out saying I couldn't leave & the police were on the way. He said the girl had been hit severely. I tried to explain but he just said not to bother explaining & "I would be kicked out of the country for it".

The police arrived & they said to do as I was told or I'd make things worse. This is where things got even weirder, they started to give me a truth serum to find out what I did or didn't do.

Then I woke up, thank goodness. I used to have typical nightmares when I was younger, then I started to enjoy them (!), then I just started forgetting my dreams.

New Podcasts

Found some more new podcasts:

The Attic: http://www.furtherdown.org/theattic/ (low bitrate)
Dark Horizons: http://www.darkhorizonsradio.com/
The Ungodly Hour: http://www.theungodlyhour.com/

All seem to feature a mix of goth, industial, electro, etc.

New Gothic Beauty

New Gothic Beauty arrived. Will bring it in to Dominion on Saturday if anyone wants a look

Posted before but here's details again...

"Issue 18 is our Fall 2005 edition. This issue features fashions and interviews with Aderlass Clothing, Flaming Angels Designs, Kambriel, artists Lealand Eve, Voltaire (Paint It Black) & Rene Cigler. This issue also features fashion articles on shoe shopping, the little black dress, the use and history of wigs, SLC's Dark Arts Fest (event), Wave Treffen (event), Tibet (travel), Manic Panic (product profile), Netherworld Haunted Houses (lifestyle), old-fashioned Halloween (lifestyle), Drastique (style spread), Darla Doom Doll, and more! Music Interviews with: London After Midnight, Celldweller, The Dreamside, Arcana & Nevermore. Plus music and product reviews!"

Woot

Chuffed that gothicfurby & _velvetdarkness are "courting" (hee hee). I love you guys.

No LJ Sucks!

Don't know what to post. Stoopid blocked LJ in work.

Went to see new Harry Potter on Wednesday. Really enjoyed it.

Whole TONNE of people turned up to Long Stone on Thursday.

lady_bastet & I had our 5th anniversary today. I loves her, I do, I do.

Birthday & Dominion Photos

Here's the photos from last night.

Enjoy...

2005-11-19 My Birthday: http://www.photobox.ie/album/2155440
2005-11-19 Dominion: http://www.photobox.ie/album/2155357

The Damned & Gig Tickets

Thoroughly enjoyed The Damned gig last night. Was up moshing by the end of the night but then I got tired cause I'm old. Yes it's my birthday & I'm slowing down. Forgot my camera so only had my camera phone (not great).

Booked lady_bastet & my tickets for Bauhaus & Spear of Destiny/Gene Loves Jezebel ticket for myself. Got the KMFDM ticket a while back so that's a nice buncha gigs :P

Let me know who's going???

Weekend

We took it easy on Saturday, mainly did some catching up on the net as we have none in Sandyford yet. lady_bastet was checking out accommodation for next year's Whitby & I sorted out some of the photos.

lady_bastet had a work party & wore her gorgeous new pin stripe skirt, bolero & black corset. Very tasty! ickle_tayto invited me over for dinner so lady_bastet & I headed into town at the same time.

ickle_tayto made some lovely fajitas, we chatted & watched some TV. Headed in for Dominion at about 9.30. Was good to pop back in after being away in Whitby. The guest DJs played some interesting German music which went down well.

gothicfurby looked beautiful in her new corset, shame it got too uncomfortable.

Forgot to list out the CDs I bought in Whitby in the last post:

Aiboforcen - Kafarnaum
Angels And Agony - Avatar
Apoptygma Berzerk - You And Me Against The World
Blutangel - Angel Dust
Devilish Presley - Disgraceland
Diva Destruction - Passion's Price
Katscan - Feral Bios
London After Midnight - Psycho Magnet
Rammstein - Rosenrot
Rosetta Stone - Adrenaline Deluxe
Scary Bitches - Lesbian Vampires From Outer Space
Switchblade Symphony - Sweet, Little Witches
The Cruxshadows - The Mystery Of The Whisper
Voices Of Masada - Four Corners
Wumpscut - Evoke

Good Web Design

I've rediscovered a good site which I found years ago. It's by a usability guru called Jakob Nielsen & he has some excellent tips on good web design. I plan on backtracking through my site & LiveJournal (a bit) to ensure I've not been a naughty web developer.

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/

Whitby

I was going to do a fully detailed, day by day, backdated set of entries covering our travels across the UK to Whitby, Whitby itself & our travels back across the UK but lady_bastet has covered most things. Instead I'll just throw in my favorite bits.

Chester Zoo on the way to Whitby was great. Lotsa nice photos of course. Shopping was good too, got some DVDs & games.

Whitby was great fun of course. Hung out with our gang & karlthulhu, littlepinkfaery, gothichaven & r0chet more this year. Only got a few photos of bands but did check them all out & enjoyed.

Here's some quick uploaded galleries...

2005-10-27 Whitby: http://www.photobox.ie/album/2115433
2005-10-28 Creamy: http://www.photobox.ie/album/2115617
2005-10-29 Whitby: http://www.photobox.ie/album/2117811
2005-10-29 Spa: http://www.photobox.ie/album/2115644
2005-10-30 Spa: http://www.photobox.ie/album/2117838
2005-10-31 Laughtons: http://www.photobox.ie/album/2117813

Here We Go...

As lady_bastet & I are moving over to her place, my LJ updates may become a little more erratic.

Have to post about Whitby, our travels & photos.

Needless to say we all had a great time & look forward to next year already.

More to come...