June 4, 2010 8:00 pm

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June 5, 2010 4:00 am

Melbourne’s goth scene is shifting of late. Part of that shift includes a new Friday night club, Silhouette. The current DJ line up includes Nero, Rick Ruin, and Nebula, with a VJ set thrown in there at midnight. I guess we’ll call that DJ DVDHey. The music slated so far is the best of goth’s 70s through 90s period, so we’re looking at a lot of Bauhaus, Girls under Glass, Marilyn Manson, Sisters of Mercy, etc. Hopefully this extends to the VJ set as well.

Silhouette is on at the Portland Hotel, which is the corner of Russel and Little Collins streets, Melbourne. Entry is $6 before 10:30, $10 with flier after that, or $12.

The Portland is an odd space for a goth club. In terms of the venues own decor, it actually reminds me a lot of Die Maschine. It’s got that ex-strip club layout, but a very neutral decore that could actually go places if it’s worked with. The problem of course is what can you do with a large space and a limited budget… Well, a fog machine with the heavier juice and some polystyrene tombstones would go great on the dance floor, especially if the fog is rolling off the stage area.

Drink Specials:

• $6 Jim Beam
• $5 Quick Fucks, Wet Pussies, and Cocksucking Cowboys…

It should be noted that those drink specials can be made less euphemistic with the application of some cocaine and/or amyl-nitrate.

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1. Retreading old DIRT [VIC]
2. The Last Black Widows [VIC]

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