Goth Talk

Sure to be more entertaining than the former SNL skit ... Liisa Ladouceur will be giving a talk at the Toronto Public Library (Bloor/Gladstone Branch) about the history of Goth music.

I'm definitely going to be there and if you are at all interested in the history, influences and contemporary directions of Goth music you should be too!

See you there!


http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT142104&R=EVT142104

From Bauhaus to the Birthday Massacre: Origins and Evolution of Goth Music

Wed Nov 27, 2013

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

90 mins

Bloor/Gladstone

Toronto music journalist Liisa Ladouceur, the author of Encyclopedia Gothica, explores the origins and evolution of goth music, using her book's original Goth Band Family Tree to trace its musical branches from 1970s punk and new wave to its diverse subgenres of today, with its connections to heavy metal, folk and even cabaret.

Goth Heritage FUNdraising!

Hey Folks,

It's time to take our beloved Toronto Goth Heritage Project to the next level. I've been starting to compile new interviews, map new locations and delve beyond Queen St. W. in mapping our historic community space, places and faces.

Many of you asked during Nuit Blanche if I would consider returning to the decks to spin another night and in the interests of supporting the continuation of the project I've decided, along with my friend Jairus and a few others, to give it a go!

So if you would join us in support of the Toronto Goth Heritage Project at Nocturne on the very Goth-y date of Friday Dec. 13th, 2013 we'd be most delighted! (it's okay for Goths to be delighted)

Cover is $10 and proceeds will go directly to the continuation and maintenance of the Toronto Goth Heritage Project as well as help cover expenses associated with the event.

View Event on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/556457321100440

Full Details Below:

Friday December 13th, 2013

Toronto Goth Heritage Project Fundraiser

Featuring Djs: Andrew Lochhead, Jairus Khan & Friends
Playing Gothic Rock, Industrial, Dream Pop, Synth Pop, Coldwave & More

Nocturne
550 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON
10PM - 3AM

$10

Goth Flash Mob! Nuit Blanche Video!

Well here we are official video from the night! Enjoy the memories of our very special open air goth club!

It's a Goth/Industrial DJ's Life

So this pic sourced from Imgur has been circulating amongst my friends for the last few days. but is totally hilarious enough to share again. Folks this is what it's like being a DJ, it's true. Personally I like that the request maker is very specific about which Front 242 song will get their Wiccan life partner moving, but any Nitzer Ebb will do - though you as a successful Goth Industrial DJ know they want to hear Join in The Chant amiright? 

So there you have it: "Headhunter" THE Wiccan dance floor anthem

Some Love From The Last Pogo

Our plaque for the Beverley Tavern was featured today on local filmmaker Colin Brunton's Blog The Last Pogo, a site that features images and documents of Toronto's Punk Past.

You can check out what he and Martha & The Muffins' Mark Gane has to say about our project and a plaque on the Beverley site here: http://www.thelastpogo.net/the-bev-gets-a-plaque/ and find out about the theatrical premier of his film The Last Pogo Jumps Again taking place Nov. 1st at The Big Picture Cinema at 1035 Gerrard.

Your Very Own Goth Heritage Plaque!

We've had a few requests from folks wanting their own copies of the plaques I created as part of the walking tour. As a result I've decide to offer limited runs of each of the 15 plaques created for the project.

Plaques will retail for $75.00 CDN + Shipping and proceeds will go directly to supporting the continuation of the Toronto Goth Heritage Project.

Plaques are made of museum quality, high gloss finish GatorBoard, and will feature a certificate of authenticity affixed to the back hand-signed and numbered by the artist (that's me)!

Purchasers from Toronto can also make arrangements for hand delivery of their plaques.

As a heads up I'll also be starting an IndieGogo campaign to keep the project alive, as well as looking into making T-Shirts featuring the Goth Heritage logo (pricing soon) and hosting a new fundraising focused event soon.

Let's keep the spirit of Toronto's Goth scene undead!

To order please email: torontogothheritage[at]gmail[dot]com

Blasts from the Past

Just so you know i have some Goth street cred,  here are some pics of me circa 1994/5  Photos were taken at Holy Name of Mary Roman Catholic Church on McEwan Avenue in Windsor, Ontario, by Andrea Slavik, a life long friend who I have often collaborated with under the name AndrewandAndrea. Click the image for more swoontastic Goth pics.