Cemetery Confessions: A Goth Talk Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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Turns out goths are weird. On this episode we explore the impact of emotional disorders and disabilities like depression, autism, ADHD and chronic illness. We also discuss why goth’s are too obsessed with being technically correct, review the new book Goth Parenting: The Dark Joys of Raising Baby Bats, and interview a gen alpha goth!

Our guests are Anastasia of Cemetery Sex and Slings and Arrows, Tay of Sanguine Symphony and Shirthole

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Introductions 00:00

Goth Debate Perverts 8:00

Experience with Disability 32:00

Goth Culture's Neurodivergence 49:20

Depression and Emotional Intelligence 1:10:00

Is Goth Subversive 1:43:15

Fashion and Goths of Color 2:12:30

Conclusion 2:34:45

Book Review 2:39:45

Gen Alpha Goth 2:44:40

This month we explore 4 formative albums, and discuss what the hell goth adjacent even means. We’re looking at Zombie Ghost Train, Blutengel, Black Sabbath and Hednagarna!

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Intro: 00:00

Zombie Ghost Train - Dealing the Death Card 6:00

Blutengel - Demon Kiss 36:15

Black Sabbath - Paranoia 1:22:00

Hednagarna - Tra 2:02:00

Outro 2:40:00

Azy, Ryan and Trae get together to discuss what the future of goth holds and whether goth music has gone stale.

Obscura Undead, YouTube, Bandcamp
WitchHands, Circumversor, The Arbitrarium

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Azy Suggestions:
-Violet Stigmata
-High on a Merry go Round

Ryan Suggestions:
-Clockwork Echo
-Bat-Cave Productions (use code ‘Cemetery Confessions’ in the memo box!)
-Werewolf Radar
-Diavol Strain
-Nouvelle Vague
-One Band Could Be Your Life
-Diamanda Galas
-Black Tape for a Blue Girl
-BLKHRTS

Trae Suggestions:
-El Cachivache Orkesta
-Tokyo
-Tokyo
-Gotan Project
-Bajofondo
-Goth: A History

On this episode we’re going to explore the cultural crossover between nerds and goths as well as wax poetic about some of our favorite video games, exploring how they’ve impacted our lives and how they’ve connected with our identity as a goth.

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You can E-mail us at cemeteryconfessions@gmail.com

This week our guests are Forrest and Kai Decadence!

Cultural values for Goths and a Nerds 4:10

Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 28:47

Bloodborne 51:45

Alice: The Madness Returns 1:19:00

This month we are exploring the relationship between The Gothic and goth; from runway fashion, to mysticism, literature, philosophy and more, we’ll be discussing how we determine where goth ends and Gothic begins, and what practical effect we see on street fashion and gothic bodies at club events. We are also going to review the newest album from the band Annex, give our sinister suggestions, and chat about social media. 

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon.
You can subscribe to the show via our podcast app or iTunes.
You can E-mail us at CemeteryConfessions@gmail.com

Our guest this month is blogger Caroline Carnivorous! 
You can join Gothic Amino or Trad Goth Amino by adding "Cemetery Confessions" in the request to join box!

Introductions

Goth Amino 11:00

News: 13:19
Dark arts: a look at fashion's current obsession with the new breed of Gothicism

References:
Caroline's What is Goth blog post
Count's What is Goth YouTube Series
Goth's Loss of Mystery
Are Goth's Fetishists? 
Academic papers by Leah Bush

Album Review: 58:45
Annex - Melu

Sinister Suggestions: 1:15:15
Dark Shadows
Universal Pagan Temple

Yes, that Liisa, the favorite Liisa here on Cemetery Confessions. We got a chance to sit down and hash out our differences over her 40 years of goth video series as well as talk about aging in goth culture, mainstream fashion appropriation, and whether or not emo or nu goth are actually part of the culture. 

You can find everything Liisa is up to on her website, follow her on facebook, or YouTube. 

Welcome back to Cemetery Confessions! This month we will be talking about the state of the scene and whether or not it’s declined over the last 10 years, we’ll be chatting about modern goth  music, reviewing the new album from Cruz De Navajas, responding to some listener feedback, sinister suggestions and more!

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon.
You can subscribe to the show via our podcast app or iTunes.
You can E-mail us at CemeteryConfessions@gmail.com

Our guest this month is Dez, who runs the incredible DIY record label Occult Whispers, which you can find on Big Cartel, Bandcamp, and Facebook

The State of the Music Business 9:45

The Death of Goth:
Are Goths Being Alienated from their Own Events? 21:36

Goths in the 90's vs. Now 1:03:47
(Reference: Goth's Loss of Mystery, Juvenoia)

Album Review: 1:50:15
Cruz de Navajas - Dominacion

Sinister Suggestions: 2:03:56
The Noise Beneath the Snow

This month we are going to be diving into the sub-subculture of the Christian Goth community. Goth itself is a-theistic in that it makes no positive religious claims, one can ascribe themselves to any religious system or eschew them altogether without an impact on their goth identity; so it’s not abnormal to find goths who are catholic, protestant or any other flavor of Christian belief. That said, there exists a community of people who explicitly call themselves Christian Goths, a label which denotes often (in my experience) conservative evangelical ideals merged with a goth aesthetic. But how do Christian Goths fit into goth, and where do their values, norms, and social behaviors diverge from those of the broader goth culture? My guests and I will be discussing this, our personal experiences as Christian Goths and more on this episode!

Our guests this month are Chris from the band Syspiria and Raksha who can be found on youtube

Christian Goth Resources:
GodScare.net
Grave Robbers Ministry
ChristianGoth.com
BloodGod.org
The First Church of the Living Dead
Asylum Ministries (current iteration) 
Goths for Jesus
Cruxcorvis Weekly Asylum
Tofer's Take
Ex Nihilo

YouTube:
Gothicon Documentary: https://youtu.be/DlidtOkc_T8
Goth Prom at The Asylum 2008: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLBhA0Fejy8
First Church of the Living Dead: https://youtu.be/W6TmQ0fuc90

This week we are talking about materialism and capitalist ideals in goth culture, reviewing the new album from Dead Astropilots, Second Life follow up, listener feedback around differentlyabled goths, some discussion about becoming pagan and more!

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon.
You can subscribe to the show via our podcast app or iTunes.
You can E-mail us at CemeteryConfessions@gmail.com

News: 2:09
-The Commercialization of Goth

Album Review: 25:46
New Control - Dead Astropilots

Listener Feedback 41:35

Sinister Suggestion: 50:29
-Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard

This week we are going to be discussing goth music, but more interestingly those sites of liminality and ambiguity where what we’ve come to know as goth music collides and makes love to pop and indie music. What effect has that had on culture and clubs both historically and today, and what does this mean for the future of the genre?

In recent years we've seen an explosion of hard to classify acts that skirt the edge of goth culture and sound, bands such as chelsea wolfe, king dude, zola jesus, them are us too, cult of youth, Savages, Austra and so on. Do these bands mirror the sort of early 80’s melting pot of goth, synthpop, glam rock, new wave, deathrock etc, Are we just seeing Indie bands taking on a darker yolk, or are we seeing some new form of “art goth”, or perhaps an eschewing of genre classifications in general?

Our guest this month was Joshua, please check out his music project Gevatter Tod!

Further Reading:
-Gothic Music and the Inevitability of Genre
-Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny
-25 years in the Reptile House