Excellent call, Juliana.
but wouldn't Edgar Allan Poe land a spot or two on the list?
You'd think.
I don't know. "Lenore"? "Ulalume"? "The Raven"?
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Jun 20, 2008 9:18:38 am PDT #6458 of 28375
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sue - Jun 20, 2008 9:18:39 am PDT #6459 of 28375
hip deep in pie
Well, he was 24 and dying of tuberculosis.
DavidS - Jun 20, 2008 9:20:06 am PDT #6460 of 28375
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well, he was 24 and dying of tuberculosis.
Goth as fuck!
There's got to be some Blake and Yeats here. Also a book of poetry titled Flowers of Evil should be a well spring.
Atropa - Jun 20, 2008 9:22:58 am PDT #6461 of 28375
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
C'mon now, I'm depending on you to round out the top ten.
This is where I somewhat shamefacedly admit that I am notoriously weak with poetry. I just don't read much of it.
Also, Jilli, since you're a trained singer, what would be the Gothiest Opera?
Opera is the other thing I'm weak in. Off the top of my head: Don Giovanni, or Orfeo ed Euridice.
DavidS - Jun 20, 2008 9:26:48 am PDT #6462 of 28375
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Those sound like good choices, Jilli. I bet Dana could pitch in on the Goth operas.
megan or amych can assist with Baudelaire.
Jilli, I know you won't let me down when I get to Top Ten Goth Makeup Items Which Are No Longer Available.
Atropa - Jun 20, 2008 9:27:08 am PDT #6463 of 28375
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Also a book of poetry titled Flowers of Evil should be a well spring.
For extra Goth pretentous points, no using the English translation. Stick with the original French. (It was a ... thing in live-action vampire games for certain people who thought they were Sensitive Artistic Types to lurk at the fringes of the game and whisper poems from that book, in French.)
For Poe, I vote Lenore or The Raven.
Kat - Jun 20, 2008 9:28:03 am PDT #6464 of 28375
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Annabel Lee would be my Poe rec.
DavidS - Jun 20, 2008 9:28:44 am PDT #6465 of 28375
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(It was a ... thing in live-action vampire games for certain people who thought they were Sensitive Artistic Types to lurk at the fringes of the game and whisper poems from that book, in French.)
They get plus points for adding atmosphere, though. And you can't dock them pretention points in a goth vampire masquerade.
Atropa - Jun 20, 2008 9:28:54 am PDT #6466 of 28375
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, I know you won't let me down when I get to Top Ten Goth Makeup Items Which Are No Longer Available.
Charles of the Ritz "Paper White" pressed powder, Revlon "Blackberry" lipstick in the original formula, and Maybeline black liquid liner in the original formula.
Now if you want to talk vampire books, I'm here for you. But I'm really weak at poetry.
Kat - Jun 20, 2008 9:29:55 am PDT #6467 of 28375
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Now if you want to talk vampire books, I'm here for you
Just not Twilight.