YouTube Tuesdays: Stay out of the daylight!

6.29.2010 @ 6:52 pm UTC by lilah wild

OK, so technically this is a Hulu Tuesday, but whatever gets the clip posted. “Goth Talk” was a Saturday Night Live skit that ran during the late 90’s, poking fun at the subculture in a way that garnered quite a few fans from the dark side. Hosted by Circe Nightshade (Molly Shannon) and Azrael Abyss (Chris Kattan), the show highlighted the trials and tribulations of trying to be children of the night in the Sunshine State: day jobs at the local food court, bullying big brothers, embarrassing pre-teen home videos, every episode brought a new humiliation that had black-clad home viewers nodding along in knowing sympathy. Remember the one with Circe bringing about Countess Cobwella’s social downfall with an Ace of Base talent show lip-syncing video? Here you go.

BTW, Leopard Moon is awake from the little nap I gave it last week during the move, and today’s post digs up more horror hostesses for your viewing pleasure, including the intro from Vampira’s 1954 TV show that started the whole phenomenon. Enjoy.

YouTube Tuesdays: Goths and deathrockers of the 80’s

3.23.2010 @ 9:27 pm UTC by lilah wild

Today, two videos loaded with gorgeous nostalgia.


Usually the ones who are remembered from any era are the ones onstage, pretty and perfect. Which makes these photos all the more wonderful – not only is there fabulous style galore, but a powerful sense of friendship among misfits. Remember, this is when dark fashion had to be dug out of thrift stores or mail-ordered from the back pages of rock catalogs. The weird kids, especially in small towns and suburban neighborhoods, had to stick together – and looked pretty damn amazing doing so.


If you don’t feel just the tiniest little bit of welling up looking at all these beautifully strange people, you have no soul.


And I would personally love to see a revival of the deathpunk cocktail-lounge maneater aesthetic. These two look like they would be lurking around in the seedier corners of Desperately Seeking Susan. I *covet* those bloomers on the right.