This month we are talking about dance! Why does it matter, how does it look for goths vs everyone else, where does it fit within the identity of goth culture, and does it empower bodily agency or do we still have issues within the community. We are also reviewing the new album from Tomb of Love, sinister suggestions and more! Our guest this month is Hayley who’s music project Vellocinate you can find here! If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Introduction and Local Sc...
Apr 02, 2019•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 82
Cover photo by Laura Whittaker Our guest this month is Jenevive , a model and philosophy student, who discusses the work she’s done looking at Japanese culture, history and philosophy as exemplified by the Geisha and Painful Art, along with their relation to modern day goth and Gothic Literature. We talk pop culture, post-punk, Japanese history and philosophy, the relationship of America to Japanese art and a lot more!...
Mar 16, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 81
This week we will be discussing class boundaries in their relationship to scene participation, whether or not you need to spend money to be goth, what internal and external values reinforce class distinctions, how we gain respect in the subculture, fashion, subversion and more! We’ll also be hearing about the scene in Tampa, reviewing the new album from Kaelan Mikla and a lot more. Our guests this month are DJ Maus who you can find at Obscura Undead on Facebook and Instagram and DJ Azy also from...
Mar 02, 2019•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 80
This week we chat with Sam Rosenthal of Black Tape for a Blue Girl and Projekt Records about his perspective on the scene during the 90’s, the state of the music industry, his philosophy on the meaning of life and a lot more! Check out his Patreon page here!
Feb 16, 2019•51 min•Ep. 79
For today’s episode, we are going to give our post-mortem on the goth scene in 2018. We’ll also be discussing where we stand on the proposition of defining goth including the major contentions and schools of thought around that issue. We’ll review the new album from Ghostland offer our sinister suggestions and more! You can get the Cemetery Confessions Shirt HERE! If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Our 2018 in Goth Wrap-up News: 16:56 The Neverending Goth Debate Can...
Feb 02, 2019•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 78
We are back with a surprise episode during our hiatus, made possible by everyone over on our Patreon! Thank you for going on a journey with me this year, I look forward to more shows and more great conversations in 2019!
Jan 02, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 77
Andi Harriman and Trae go head to head on the philosophy, origin and evolution of EBM on this episode! If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon!
Dec 16, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 76
This month we are taking a look at an article from the early 90’s discussing the music of the time, the burgeoning interconnectedness of a global culture, and notions of authenticity and being called a poser. We’ve got a review of the new album from Nox Novacula, Sinister Suggestions, and more! If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Our guests this month are Harley and Jon! A Reflection on the 90’s How Has Music Changed 13:00 Is ‘Poser’ and Gatekeeping Still Useful Toda...
Dec 02, 2018•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 75
We have a special episode for you this week, we are back with a full panel to discuss one of the most contentious topics related to goth. In a climate where it is becoming increasingly difficult to talk to those who don’t share our views, what role does goth play? Transgressive and activist counterculture, or impartial music tribe? Does denying the political roots and inclinations of goth culture lend itself to infiltration by racist and sexist ideologies? Our panel this month consists of Abigai...
Nov 16, 2018•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 74
This week I want to look at what makes goth culturally unique among its alternative peers, discuss how the implicit flexibility of goth can lead it to fold into other subcultural groupings such as punk as we will see in the scene from Mexico City, and look at how goth has the ability to adapt to a local environment while remaining identifiable as part of goth culture. We will also be reviewing the new album from Living Temples, sharing our sinister suggestions and more! Our guest this Month is D...
Nov 02, 2018•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 73
This month we are going to be taking a look at those liminal and elusive cultural groupings that have become tangential to goth such as witch house, synthwave, nu goth and so on. I want to look at what the cultural legacy and impact these groupings have had on the scene are and whether or not they have lost their subversive novelty or are going to make a comeback. We’ve also got an album review from Crystal Cage, sinister suggestions, and more! If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting u...
Oct 02, 2018•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 71
This month we are revisiting the topic of sexism within industrial music and culture. While Cemetery Confessions itself is specifically about goth, there’s no denying that there’s a historical propinquity of industrial and goth musically and culturally, and as such goths and industrialists often share experiences and spaces. We discuss misogyny historically, debate whether or not anything has changed, relate personal run ins with this behavior and a lot more. In a world where donald trump is pre...
Sep 16, 2018•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 70
Strap in for a wild ride, this month we are chatting about death, our greatest fears, cemeteries, goth's relationship with mainstream media and more! Our guest this month is Skullgirdle from YouTube! News: 11:43 Goth Didn't Die, It's always Been Dead Album Review: 1:11:52 Lost on Me - Decade Sinister Suggestions: 1:22:53 Penny Dreadful Season 2 Cyianotic...
Sep 02, 2018•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 69
This month we are talking about ways goths queer age temporalities, explore the construction of deviant spaces, breakdown the ritual and subversive nature of goth dance, discuss the consistency of goth identity across borders and A LOT more! Our guest this month is grad student Leah, you can find her radio show Delightfully Depressing here , and her music project Skydivers here! If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon!...
Aug 16, 2018•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 68
This month we are getting a Brit’s perspective on the modern day goth scene in the UK, we’ll also be discussing the impact social media has had on beauty standards within goth, and why some of us think we are losing the complexity and depth that fashion and aesthetic presentation once represented. We will also be reviewing the new album from ritual veil, giveing our sinister suggestions and more! If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon . You can subscribe to the show via ...
Aug 02, 2018•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 67
We sit down with Tara for a wide ranging interview this week! We start by discussing her resistance to the goth label, she tells some stories from her touring experience about elitism and Marilyn Manson, we get into comparing the current music scene with the 90's, she let's us into some personal stories with family life and living with illness, and we talk about her new book and music projects! You can find Lycia on Bandcamp and you can find Tara's published works on Amazon . If you enjoy the sh...
Jul 16, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 66
Order Now: Limited Edition Cemetery Confessions Patches ! This month we reflect on how goth in 2018 stacks up against the last 40 years. We’ll be discussing why "mainstream" culture is a myth, whether or not goth should be considered a culture or a subculture, and if WGT demonstrates goth is borderless and without rules. We also have an album review for the band Traitrs, our sinister suggestions and more! If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon . You can subscribe to the ...
Jul 02, 2018•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 65
This month we sit down with author of 199 Cemeteries to See Before you Die Loren Rhoads. Cultural death anxiety, obscure graveyards, ancient burial rituals, spiritual practices and the paranormal are our topics for this month. You can find more articles and speaking dates for Loren at her website https://cemeterytravel.com/
Jun 16, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 64
This month we discuss the inside come out, how do sartorial idioms represent the music and metaphysical substrate of goth, both as personal expression and discursive space. We also touch on how depression and being a baby bat influence how we interpret and display the markers of goth. We review the new album from Sackcloth and Ashes, add our 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 iTune...
Jun 02, 2018•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 63
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. 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 This week our guests are Forrest and Kai Decadence! Cultural values for Goths...
May 16, 2018•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 62
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 s...
May 02, 2018•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 61
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....
Apr 17, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 60
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...
Apr 02, 2018•2 hr 36 min•Ep. 59
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 d...
Mar 16, 2018•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 58
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...
Mar 02, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 57
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, t...
Feb 16, 2018•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 56
This week we will be discussing why baby bats feel they don’t have what it takes to be goth and how that drives them to try and change it. We will be reviewing the new album from azar swan, discussing the goth scene in Second life, reading listener feedback and more. News: 3:00 Peter Murphy calls David Bowie a twit Not Goth Enough - The Goth Mindset - So You Want to Run a Goth Event Album Review: 35:50 Savage Exiles - Azar Swan Second Life: State of the Union 52:48 Listener Feedback 1:00:44 Sini...
Feb 02, 2018•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 55
Guest References: Hysteria Effect Band Page Rain Alt Model
Jan 17, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 54
Prepare your batholes, the Gothquisition has returned to judge the internet for its sins! Gothic Amino, Tumblr, Goth YouTube, and Killstar all take their turn in our dungeon. The Inquisitors also compete to decide who is the most cliche! Goth Points are earned and lost, pastel goths are tarred and feathered, and gatekeepers are put back on the pedestal. Grab your parasols; the shit is about to hit ye olde fan! Our Gothquisitioners are as follows: (in order of photo) Zakkarrii , Master Seamstress...
Dec 14, 2017•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 53
This month we are discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly of aging in goth culture, we are reviewing the new album from Bootblacks, there will be a special guest appearance by Emz from HorrorAddicts.net,, and we are chatting about goths on YouTube, and the ethics and responsibility that comes along with that. 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 Gue...
Nov 02, 2017•3 hr 4 min•Ep. 52
