tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post573356311275304452..comments2024-02-26T08:43:47.488-08:00Comments on Domesticated: Radio Carol? The HouseCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-18206232021682252772017-02-19T08:16:09.644-08:002017-02-19T08:16:09.644-08:00I'm hoping that Ill be able to take more photo...I'm hoping that Ill be able to take more photos of people in the local Goth scene soon now that the weather is improving. We've had a "mild" winter in so much as it hasn't been snowy, but it's rainy and windy instead, and that's equally bad for photos (as the ones in my New Year's Resolutions post show!).<br /><br />The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-4874694498914759122017-02-08T07:49:22.382-08:002017-02-08T07:49:22.382-08:00Thank-you :) I have a tendency to wander off on a ...Thank-you :) I have a tendency to wander off on a tangent sometimes, but I think I manage to stay mostly on topic, and I'm glad the discussion was interesting. The Count's always really interesting. The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-9602043029093502142017-02-08T07:48:07.100-08:002017-02-08T07:48:07.100-08:00Yes, the public transport is relatively good withi...Yes, the public transport is relatively good within city limits, but beyond that it can be sparse. Even within the city there are reliability issues. <br /><br />Inverness is a very historical city, and I hope you liked the cemetery/necropolis at Tomnahurich. It was nice meeting you too. <br />The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-40340176863190636832017-02-07T06:08:33.546-08:002017-02-07T06:08:33.546-08:00I think the decline of the Goth scene is not just ...I think the decline of the Goth scene is not just in the Highland I think it seems like it's happening nationally with a few exceptions. After meeting you and visiting the area I can appreciate the difficulty trying to maintain that subculture would be difficult for example the public transports not good. I;'m comparing to Newcastle. <br /><br />In Newcastle the scene is definitely taking a nose dive. there was goth night that happened and ended but there other issues going on their as well without getting too much into it. I know their a process of possibly getting another one started up. We have decent alternative clothing shops, despite having Phaze from here there is no shop. I remember as teenager we Kathmandu consisted of two shops. There is a thriving rock scene and there has a been a goth band which was a lovely change. <br /><br />I think the Goth scene seems to be thriving in larger cities in York, Leeds, Manchester and London. I can't comment in Scotland as I don't know. about it. <br /><br /><br />I'm going to stop rambling. Thank you for showing me your wonderful City. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306376518336141023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-338430410308053622017-02-07T05:51:18.240-08:002017-02-07T05:51:18.240-08:00Congratulation on your recent success. I couldn...Congratulation on your recent success. I couldn't think of better candidate to representative the community and as both a goth and blogger. As all your posts are well researched and executed in presenting all the arguments with your personal perspective. I often feel as I'm actually reading a academic piece rather than a blog posts. Personally, I prefer this style and will endever to listen at some point. I look forward to more your highland series. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306376518336141023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-58922410284155414382017-02-05T06:51:02.068-08:002017-02-05T06:51:02.068-08:00I'm glad I didn't sound as nervous as I wa...I'm glad I didn't sound as nervous as I was. Speaking to such a wide audience with the BBC radio broadcast was utterly terrifying. I was literally shaking with nerves, and glad that my lace gloves did something to disguise that my hands were sweating! <br /><br />I think there aren't that many Goths in the Highlands because we've got into a declining spiral; there's fewer shops and events to get people interested, so there's fewer people, and thus they don't put as much into the scene's economy, so the shops, club nights, etc. dwindle further, etc. I hope to organise more events like my graveyard walk and picnic this year to give people the opportunity to congregate, and to give those who need a reasons to dress up and show their true (lack of) colours the excuse. Another issue is that several people have told me they're nervous to dress Goth in public because of the negative reactions. I personally have had less harassment here than in big cities in England, but perhaps the 'small village and town' aspect means there's not the same anonymity as can be found in a city of millions. <br /><br />The bronze age cemetery is Clava Cairns, and I've blogged about it, but with terrible photographs. I will have to go back there and take better ones. The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-64652889372627610012017-02-05T06:30:36.568-08:002017-02-05T06:30:36.568-08:00You did really great in the CC episode! It was a r...You did really great in the CC episode! It was a really interesting discussion.Caroline Åsgård Skulstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07262773663184924723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-52792393744938954192017-02-03T14:26:48.986-08:002017-02-03T14:26:48.986-08:00First of all, I must confess to not listening to t...First of all, I must confess to not listening to the entire "Cemetery Confessions" episode. It was very long and I skipped around, trying to focus on the most pertinent parts. That said, I got to hear quite a lot of it and I listened to the BBC interview in its entirety. <br /><br />As for your performance, you did a wonderful job. You didn't sound nervous to me at all during the "Cemetery Confessions" interview, and only slightly so at the beginning of the BBC program. You loosened up quite nicely and focused on the information at hand. Your polished English accent worked well, in my opinion. It made you sound sophisticated and intelligent, which I believe reflects much more positively on us than had you been inarticulate or without a good command of the English language. Plus, I love English accents; so it was nice hearing what you sound like. <br /><br />I really enjoyed your description of Inverness and its Gothic attributes. I really have to agree with the program moderator in wondering why there aren't more goths living in your area. Still, you did a great job of describing the geographic and demographic aspects of your region. <br /><br />I was also amused by the discussion of goth in the United States. I say amused because the scene seems quite small here in comparison to the U.K. and Germany for example. Of course, my perception may be due to the fact that I live in the southern Bible belt and until the last 20 years or so, my area was somewhat isolated from the rest of the country. I do know that there's an active goth scene in cities such as New York and San Francisco, and perhaps that's what the program's moderator and the author of the article under discussion were talking about. Otherwise, it seems that we face the same problems with the setting up of events as you. People are getting older and are married with work and children etc.<br /><br />The person who wrote the article under discussion certainly had some unique perspectives on culture, subculture, and counter-culture. I'm not sure that I agree with her perspective; and quite frankly, I question the desire to dissect goth culture as much as she did. I like things simpler: I know goth when I see it.<br /><br />In closing then, I just want to compliment you on a job well done. You've been in a magazine recently and now you've done these two interviews. You're getting known as a go-to person when people have questions about goth, goth fashion, and even architecture. I suspect that there are more interviews in your future and I can't think of a better person to do it. <br /><br />Now, if I could only make it to the Highlands to see all of the intriguing things you speak and blog about! That bronze age cemetery sounds like a must see. Nightwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148270720593016700noreply@blogger.com