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Title: What is Goth?
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Manufacturer: Weiser Books
List Price: $15.95
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| What is Goth? by Weiser Books Voltaire - Ooky Spooky Funny! | Ah, where to begin? If you are not familiar with the artist known as Voltaire, you should be. He has a decent voice, puts on a heck of a live show, and has wit in both his lyrics and life.
This book is no different. In it, with a tongue firmly planted in cheek, he talks about the dark and scary world of Goth...or not so scary. :)
Kind of like a Goth-for-Dummies, and funny, especially if you know the goth scene or someone in it. Pretty accurate in its depiction of Goths, and written so that you don't even need the Goth secret decoder ring to understand it, even mundanes will get a laugh out of it, and perhaps some understanding too; Goth is a lifestyle and way of thinking, and not the sinister cult that some make it out to be.
So, read the book, learn to dance and dress like a goth, and have a blast doing it. | | What is Goth? by Weiser Books Was very entertaining. | | As a Goth, This book did not tell me anything I did not already know. But if you're new to the "Scene" then I recommend picking it up. It gave me quite a few laughs (yes Goth's have a sence of humor) and was well worth the $5 I paid for it. The book was very small though, Not the size of a regular book. The book also had some very amusing pictures in it as well, It's only 94 pages of actual reading and only took me 20 mins. to read all the way through, But it was worth it. If you're a Goth just starting out, Or a person wanting to know more about the "Scene" than I would get this book, It's cheap, It has nice pictures, And Voltaire describes his life in it as well. Get it. Got it. Good. | | What is Goth? by Weiser Books I agree, no good! | I mean..people that belong the scene can understand this book and find it funny..but this can reforce labels that most people have, goths are just teenagers playing dressing trying to get attention..com'on, you guys!!I know is nice to say to an all-black-dressed-depressed-face-poser "smile, goth!=D", but goth it's not just this remember???I think Goth Chic is still the best book
A big label that this one brings..since when being goth is just make fun of yourself and the scene, hun???
This way the serious side of the scene will die, really..nowadays in the scene, when you try to talk to someone something serious, the only thing they can do is laugh..THE ONLY..
ps:sorry any language mistakes, my first language is portuguese | | What is Goth? by Weiser Books How sad that you enjoy being identified as "Silly" | ...and someone to be laughed at.
Yes, there are silly, silly moonbats out there who think that they are vampires (so *not* goth, ok?) as they retire to the "crypt" of mom's basement, where they will awake the next morning and eat Frosted Flakes before raking the leaves (Undead, indeed!).
But is Voltaire laughing at them? With them? At himself? Or at you?
He looks the part, he has infiltrated your world, only to mock you and profit from you.
For a true Goth who is not delusional or playing dress-up once a week at a club or school, this is offensive.
Voltaire is the ultimate poseur, and look at all of the cash that you throw at him. I salute him for turning Goth into the money making venture that the rest of us could never achieve.
Voltaire my old friend, SALUTE! | | What is Goth? by Weiser Books What is goth? | | Very funny first book by Voltaire. If you are a Voltaire fan,this is the book for you. Or if you want to read about the gothic scene from a fun perspective, I highly reccommend this book. | | What is Goth? by Weiser Books Book Description | | What Is Goth? is a humorous, self-deprecating look at Goth culture from the inside out. Imagine The Preppy Handbook colliding with Charles Addams. Then add a lot more melancholy and a lot more spooky. What Is Goth? dispels the false stereotypes and reinforces the true ones surrounding Goths and Goth culture. "To the mundane," Voltaire writes, "Goths are weird, black-clad freaks who are obsessed with death; they are sad all of the time. Take a closer look at the Goth scene, however, and you will find a rich tapestry of ideas and practices and a menagerie of colorful characters. Oh, dear. I said ‘colorful.’" This illustrated answer to What Is Goth? shows readers how to: • Identify the anatomies of different kinds of Goths: CyberGoths, Rivet-Heads, Romantigoths, Goth-a-billies, and more • Write a poem (Mad Libs style) with the Gothic Poem Generator • Properly dance the dances of darkness: "Cobwebs in the Attic," "The Gothic Tai Chi Dance," "Pulling the Evil Taffy" Yes, Goths are pale, wear black clothing, love black makeup (on men and women), mope, listen to real downer music, and perfect the art of living in a perpetual state of ennui and melancholy. But there’s so much more to being Goth. Goths come from all walks of life. Many are teenagers who live with their parents; others are doctors, lawyers, musicians, and so on. Most Goths are highly literate and creative, but all real Goths have to dress the part. In other words, "Abandon all hope ye who enter a Goth club in khakis!" Eerily illustrated, What Is Goth?is the perfect book for any Goth, Goth wannabe, or "mundane" who is hopelessly confused by all the gloom. |
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