A friend of mine over at the Gospel of the Living Dead blog indicated to me that through his linking here, I would be inundated with the Goth community. Hopefully they are having a good read of his book, as it is well worth the price.
I am not sure how Goth relates to zombies, other than zombies are related in some measure to our darker nature, vampires and other undead. To make sure, I typed in "What is Goth?" into Google, and came up with some interesting results. One of the interesting things I found out is that I like a lot of the same things as the Goth crowd.
I love red lipstick on women, especially with pale skin and dark hair.
I consider myself a student of the pagan and witchy arts.
I do wear black quite a bit.
I own a black cloak and several other pieces of vampire-like costumery.
I guess music may be a differing thing these days. I like groups like Enigma, Evanescence, Dead Can Dance, Lorenna McKennitt, Hildegaard Von Bingen, but my tastes also run to the classical and The Ramones, Deep Forest, U2, The Greatful Dead, and Pink Floyd.
At any rate, if the Goth crowd comes to the blog, I want them to feel welcome!
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And I'll roll out the red carpet to the archaeological community over at GOTLD. All of these labels do raise interesting questions about whom we hang out with, and why. As you point out, there may be a lot of overlap between you and Goths, but are the differences in age and musical taste enough to keep you apart? Possibly. I know whenever I go to a concert that similarity of musical tastes implies awfully little about other points of connection I might have with the people around me. Or one I've constantly noticed: it is very hard, as a middle-aged person with children, to hang out with people who don't have kids. They just don't "get" how we live, and vice versa. But, at the same time, the common points I share with other parents are quickly exhausted in a few minutes of banal conversation. So, it is difficult to make new friends in middle age, I think. Hence, why I looked you up. Keep digging.
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