Gothic Tea Society

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Remember me...

Calm

Have patience, O my sorrow, and be still.
You asked for night: it falls: it is here.
A shadowy atmosphere enshrouds the hill,
to some men bringing peace, to others care.
While the vile human multitude
goes to earn remorse, in servile pleasure’s play,
under the lash of joy, the torturer, who
is pitiless, Sadness, come, far away:
Give me your hand. See, where the lost years
lean from the balcony in their outdated gear,
where regret, smiling, surges from the watery deeps.
Underneath some archway, the dying light
sleeps, and, like a long shroud trailing from the East,
listen, dear one, listen to the soft onset of night.

Charles Baudelaire

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Burtonesque Gothic Makeup

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Yay!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Looking For All Things Edwardian?

The Sketch, October 1916

"Welcome to Edwardian Promenade, your one and only source for all things Edwardian. Devoted to the social and political history, the literature, the music, the fashion, the food, and so on, of the world between the years 1880 and 1920, with a primary focus on life in Great Britain and the United States. Featuring occasional interviews, feature columns, book reviews, and discussions about the history behind period dramas such as Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, the site hopes to raise interest and excitement in this neglected period in history!"

(Information taken from the website: http://edwardianpromenade.com/

Friday, April 20, 2012

Gothic Doll Make up

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Gothic 'Doll' make up

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

You might be Goth if. . . . .

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■You pay 6 bucks for cigarettes that match your outfit
■You like to play dead in public
■You wake up still drunk at 3 in the afternoon with anonymous black
lipstick on your face
■The shade of powder you wear is called "Sheet Of Paper"
■The Count was your favorite Sesame Street character as a child
■You wear long, velvet coats in the middle of summer
■You go to Denny's at 5 in the morning and think, "These are my people"
■You think dead flowers are prettier than live ones
■You refer to your age in mortal years
■You buy $15 fishnets and rip them on purpose
■Your combat boots cost more than it takes to feed a third world child
for two years
■You've willingly undergone cosmetic dental surgery
■You own 16 or more Cleopatra c.d.'s
■You own even 1 Projekt c.d.
■You can't decide whether Morticia Addams or Lily Munster is prettier,
then decide Wednesday blows them both away
■You were disappointed to find out that "American Gothic" is a portrait
of two farmers
■You think of the hearse as a "family car"
■You own a glow-in-the-dark rosary that alternates between your neck and
the rearview mirror in your car
■You fashion your eyeliner after a culture that's been dead over 2000
years
■You have seen "Nightmare before Christmas" more than seven times
■Your purse is large, square and metal
■You argue on whether Poppy Z. Brite or Anne Rice has the more realistic
view on vampires
■You and your friends take lengthy drives to visit non-local graveyards
■You spell Vampire either Vampyre or Vamphyre
■Your boyfriend complains that his ribs just don't stick out the way
they used to
■Your girlfriend complains that you look better in her black, velvet
skirt than she does
■You refer to others as "The Normals"
■You are happy when no one has ever heard of your favorite band
■Christians accost you with pamphlets on the street frequently
■You accost Christians with pamphlets on the street
■You and your boyfriend fight over who gets to wear the fangs
■This list made you depressed

Sunday, April 15, 2012

As the Titanic sank, the band played on

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Thought by most Titanic Historians to likely be the last song that the ships band played as the Titanic sank.

By all accounts the band really did play as the ship was sinking. First inside, then they moved to the outer deck where a small lucky fraction of the passengers climbed into lifeboats

More than 1500 lives were lost, including all of the band members.

Great story on the Titanic's Bandleader HERE

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Historical Torture Museum

The Heretics Fork

"This instrument consisted of two little forks one set against the other, with the four prongs rammed into the flesh, under the chin and above the chest. A small collar supported the instrument in such a manner

that the victims were forced to hold their head erect, thus preventing any movement.
The forks did not penetrate any vital points, and thus suffering was prolonged and death avoided. Obviously the victims' hands were tied behind their back."

I'm not sure if the link to this site has been posted previously. If it has, my apologies for the redundancy.

http://www.torturamuseum.com/this.html