The Goth Bible

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What you don t know about goths could fill a book An artistic culture that revels in the Victorian romantic movement, The goth Bible brings to light the traditions and history of all that is goth The goth culture has been one of the most controversial and maligned in media history Presented as homicidal, suicidal and socio pathic, in the national consciousness goths are coupled with everyone from Marilyn Mason to the murderers of Columbine But this is not who the goths are The goth Bible will help bridge the understanding between goths and non goths.From their historical origins as a Germanic tribe in the sixth century who fought along side the Romans against the Huns to their current incarnation as creatures of the night, The goth Bible presents the most complete and broad perspective of this society, culled from hundreds of interviews with bands, artist, designers, and goths from all walks of life. Best Download [ The Goth Bible ] Author [ Nancy Kilpatrick ] – kino-fada.fr If this is The Goth Bible, then what goth needs is a New Testament.Sometimes a snappy title indicates an author s talent Often, however, it obscures a mediocre effort by piquing interest with a promise that will never be delivered What I had hoped for was an authoritative compendium of all that is goth At the very least, a worthy reference guide.I suspected I was going to be disappointed from the moment I read the gem that is the first paragraph of the foreword When my agent, Lori Perkins, s If this is The Goth Bible, then what goth needs is a New Testament.Sometimes a snappy title indicates an author s talent Often, however, it obscures a mediocre effort by piquing interest with a promise that will never be delivered What I had hoped for was an autho...I ll be honest, I was kind of disappointed by this book While Kilpatrick does give a thorough although not entirely in depth look into the goth culture, its origins and influences, I found a lot of it aimed at disproving assumptions made by the mainstream or by showing those who think they re goth why they re not goth It was this latter trend that I found rather excluding, which is not what the goth movement is all about It doesn t matter how much of the lifestyle you do or don t follow, if y I ll be honest, I was kind of disappointed by this book While Kilpatrick does give a thorough although not entirely in depth...I enjoyed reading this book Nancy Kilpatrick wrote an entertaining and informative book about the goth subculture and about interesting, creepy, esoteric, haunting things in general I learned quite a bit.To start, I had no idea my husband s new Doc Martins made him so cool I learned quite a bit about music punk, post punk, new wave, old stuff, new stuff Looked up some of the bands online and listened to some of the music.I learned about...I kind of liked, kind of hated this book It was informative in parts and had some interesting histories, but in other parts the author comes off as disappointingly snobbish and unnecessarily defensive and judgmental about the same people that are supposed to be becoming informed by this book That s not exactly the best way to foster understanding and win people over I did enjoy reading people s personal stories about their lives in different subcultures and varying degrees of the lifestyle B I kind of liked, kind of hated this book It was informative in parts and had some interesting histories, bu...A sort of insider guide of sorts, full of relevant information but poorly copy edited And general editing could have been better as well, as many of the chapters read like they had been compiled from CPs from websites, which judging by the list of relevant websites at the end of each chapter, may have been the case The book also suffers from the obsolescence of a lot of pri...This year I m mostly doing the thing that, until 2014, I thought is not going to happen rereading books, so I was looking at one of my home bookshelves and Goth Bible caught my eye It s been years since I bought and read that one Once I settled in my bed, listening to Peter Murphy s new album, I started reading it and it s been so entertaining for the 2nd time I ve haven t had that much fun in a whole year, at least not yet.It s not a manual, but a book purely for entertainment Lots of gre This year I m mostly doing the thing that, until 2014, I thought is not going to happen rereading books, so I was looking at one of my home bookshelves and Goth Bible caught my eye It s been years since I bought and read that one Once I settled in my bed, listening to Peter Murphy s new album, I started reading it and it s been so entertaining for the 2nd time I ve haven t had that much fun in a whole year, at least not yet.It s not a...I thought this was going to be a history of goth and punk as a rising subculture of fashion and music Instead it s shameless plugs at websites and horrible attempts to give stereotypes and cliches some manner of classes and genres, often derailing in the margins with quips from local goths the a...An excellent book to take to bingo to reinforce the idea that you re a bit weirdI was disappointed to discover that a large number of the referenced independent shops and or magazines no longer exist.I really enjoyed reading this I especially liked all of the links for online resources There s a lot of info here If you re already familiar with the Goth lifestyle, then reading this is like reminiscing If you don t know...

The Goth Bible
  • English
  • 07 July 2018
  • Paperback
  • 304 pages
  • 0312306962
  • Nancy Kilpatrick
  • The Goth Bible