For starters, no, this blog is not abandoned… I’m just having real trouble being motivated enough to do things for it lately. However, today strikes me as a day for procrastination, so I’m writing numerous articles and scheduling them. My apologies to people if they’re out of date by the time they post.

There are two parts to this review: There’s my rant about why, from an organisational perspective, this is a bloody shambles and could be done way better. There will also be the part where I go on about it as someone that attended it and had a bloody good time. Please keep in mind that one is my professional opinion, as an events manager, and the other is personal, and the two should be treated separately. (more…)

Having gone to Golgotha last night, it occurs to me that a lot of promoters really… well… can’t.

Promote that is.

I’ve decided that as I endeavour to make GothClub.com.au more of a site that is of actual use to the Australian gothic community, rather than something for the amusement and blitherings of myself & select friends, that I’ll be putting up a list of clubs that are on around the country, special events, etc., and a little bit of detail on everything that I can get. I was also hoping that a few people from interstate might even consider writing reviews for their local haunts and keeping me updated with events that are happening outside of Victoria

To that end, I decided to do some serious research on the national goth scene and found something that really flabbergasted me.

The majority of goth clubs are really poorly promoted. (more…)

If you’d gone to Solstone last night, then you would have noticed a number of drinks on the menu that were rather… aimed at the otaku set, shall we say.

I could have gone the traditional steampunk route, and had a whole bunch of classical Victorian era cocktails…  But let’s face it, Solstone was not Euchronia and nor was it meant to be.

It was merely meant to be the first “theme” to a set of anime inspired parties that Manifest is intending to hold from here on in. And to that end, the drinks were geared towards the otaku audience. And what drinks to otaku like?

Ramune, sake, midori… sweet things, generally. But really people drink for two reasons: either to get drunk or to solve their problems.

And what could solve more of the types of problems you’re likely to get at an alcohol fueled NYE event full of teenagers and early 20 somethings than a Falcon Punch? (more…)

Those of you that are regular readers know that I try to keep my personal life out of this thing. After all, if there’s something that the world doesn’t need, it’s another nagging, whining “woe is me” blog by some angst ridden no-longer-teenager that can’t even write poetry. Attempting to maintain that often means that there are times when the blog won’t get updated for weeks, except for posts that I’ve written well into the past and scheduled, which are no longer working by the time they post (i.e. Disney’s Muhammed). To that end, I’m attempting to write something of a missive, instead of a personal bitch fest about how craptacular my year has actually been… so bear with me here:

A.K.A. Giving Apathy 100% (more…)

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