Spooky Tunes

Happy Day After World Goth Day, all.  If you're into listening to music about things that go bump in the night, I recommend listening to The Long Losts.  They're a goth, punk and rock & roll band that celebrates all things Halloween, Autumn, horror and romance.  The band's sound consists of haunting vocals, spooky keyboards, horror sound effects over rock, metal, punk guitar, bass and drum rhythms with lyrics to match.

If you're interested in purchasing The Longs Losts debut album, "Scary Songs to Play in the Dark," head on over to their bandcamp site.  There, you'll have the option of buying either the CD or digital album.  But wait!  There's more!

Want to see The Long Losts live?  Well, good news.  They'll be performing this September at Voltaire's Necrocomiccon: Enter the Black Labyrinth.  Still haven't gotten your tickets yet?  Then, hurry up and CLICK HERE!!!

What's Up? What's Down?

Last week was kind of screwy.  On the upside, I signed up for instagram, got some work done on my latch hook project, applied for be a Spooky Box Club reviewer and had plans to go with my cousin to see Avengers: Age of Ultron.  Then, towards the weekend, things took a hard left.

Saturday morning, my mother and I had an eviction scare.  There was a lot of fast packing and calling of family members for help involved.  Luckily, rent money was scrounged up at the last minute.  So, no panic moving for us.  As for going to the movies, that didn't happen.

My cousin and I were originally going to go see Age of Ultron on Friday.  She sends me a text Friday morning telling me that she forgot she had a doctor's appointment that day and asked if we could go on Saturday.  I agreed and went back to sleep.  Saturday rolls around and she forgot again.

She made all these other plans.  When, I called her out on it, she tried to squeeze it in to her schedule.  Already feeling aggravated and annoyed about the packing/unpacking and other family drama, I declined her offer.  Don't fucking make plans with me to do something if you're just going to flake out.

A Necrocomiccon Miracle

Last week, something happened that I did not see coming.  I was given 2 free tickets to Voltaire's Necrocomiccon: Enter the Black Labyrinth.  This is the best news that I have ever gotten.  I immediately started flailing around like a muppet.  This is going to be the first comic convention that I have ever been to.

I'm finally going to get to meet Voltaire and learn the secret handshake.  Told my brother about this over the weekend and he said he'd go with me.  Also, as an early birthday present, he said he would get me a room at the hotel where the convention is going to be held so I can at least spend 2 days there.  As awesome as that is, I want to take part in all 3 days of the event.

So, I'm going to have to get my hustle on and come up with the money for one more night.  I also need some spending money for convention swag.  Hoping to make this happen before September rolls around.  You may now return to your regularly scheduled activities.

Forgotten Cities Tour: Minor Venue Changes

Hey, readers.  Just a heads up to those who plan on going to any of the shows on the Voltaire & Ego Likeness Forgotten Cities Tour.  Some of the venues have been changed.  To see these changes, head on over to voltaire.net.

Binge-Listening and Binge-Reading

Yo-ho, folks.  Another weekend is coming to an end.  I finally found out how to turn the heat down in my motel room.  Now, it no longer feels like a sweat box.  Besides that, I spent the weekend doing some music binge-listening and webcomic binge-reading.

Spent all of Friday listening to Dr. Death and Mr. Vile.  This duo hails from Denver, Colorado.  Their music is an awesome mix of dark synth pop with a bit of an 80's overtone.  These guys are definitely worth a listen.  You can download their music for free on their bandcamp site.

I followed up my binge-listening with some binge-reading of the webcomic Mary Death.  It's about a girl named Mary who happens to be best friends with Death.  I spent  all of Saturday night reading through the entire archive.  Some strips will make you laugh.  Some will make you cry.  Others will leave you scratching your head.

That's all I have to share with you for now.  Toodles.

Monsters & Forgotten Cities

Hey there, readers.  Just wanted to share some cool and exciting news.  Do you like Monster High dolls?  Well, youtuber It's Black Friday has created a new channel where she does un-boxings and reviews of these fabulous dolls.  Click Here to start checking out her reviews.

Now on to the exciting news.  In case you haven't been following my facebook page, the tour dates for the Voltaire & Ego Likeness Forgotten Cities Tour have been finalized.  If you're a fan of these artists, show your support and hit up some of these shows.

April 29th New Haven, CT - Café 9
April 30th Salem, MA - Koto
May 1st Portland, ME - Asylum
May 2nd Wash DC - Spellbound
May 3rd Wilmington, DE - Asylum
May 4th Raleigh, NC - Legends Night Club
May 5th Richmond, VA - Fallout
May 6th Charlottesville, VA - The Annex
May 7th Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
May 8th Jacksonville, FL - Underbelly
May 9th New Orleans, LA - The Allways Lounge
May 10th Nashville, TN - The East Room
May 11th St. Louis, MO - Crack Fox
May 12th Kansas City, MO - Riot Room KC
May 13th Fayetteville, AR - George's Majestic Lounge
May 15th San Antonio, TX - The Korova
May 16th El Paso, TX - Mesa Music Hall
May 17th Albq, NM - Low Spirits
May 18th Mesa, AZ - Club Red
May 19th Glendale, CA - Complex
May 20th SF, CA - The Elbo Room
May 21st San Diego, CA - Darkwave Garden
May 23rd Salt Lake City, UT - Area 51
May 24th Denver, CO - Casselmans
May 26th St. Paul, MN - Amsterdam Bar and Hall
May 27th Champaign, IL - Mike n Molly's
May 28th Cleveland, OH - Phantasy
May 29th Columbus, OH - The Shrunken Head
May 30th Pittsburgh, PA - 31st St Pub

Also, Voltaire has non-tour shows coming up in the following locations:

April 4th - Bakersfield, CA
April 9th - Seattle, WA
April 11th - Detroit, MI
April 25th - Buffalo, NY
June 6th - GeekOut - Asheville, NC
June 12th - CoreCon - Fargo, ND
July 4th - GearCon - Portland, OR
July 11th - PlayonCon - Birmingham, AL
October 18th - Honolulu, HI
October 23rd - St. Petersburg, Russia
Ocotber 24th - Moscow, Russia
October 30th - Anne Rice Ball - New Orleans, LA
October 31st - Spooky Empire - Orlando, FL

Labels and Tour Dates

Once again, I have discovered another blog feature.  One that can help with finding certain posts.  The "Labels" feature.  I spent most of yesterday going through every single one of my posts and adding labels to them.  I'm a bit of an organizational freak.  Now, you can filter out blog posts of interest by clicking on certain labels.

Anyway, on to the good stuff.  More dates have been added to the Voltaire & Ego Likeness Forgotten Cities tour.

April 29th New Haven CT - Cafe 9
April 30th Salem MA - Koto
May 1st Portland ME - Asylum
May 2nd Washington DC - Spellbound
May 3rd Wilmington DE - Asylum 13
May 4th Raleigh NC - Legends
May 5th Richmond VA - Fallout
May 7th Atlanta GA - The Masquerade
May 8th Jacksonville FL - The Underbelly
May 9th New Orleans LA - The Allways Lounge
May 10th Nashville TN - The East Room
May 11th St. Louis MO - The Crack Fox
May 12th Kansas City MO - Riot Room
May 16th El Paso TX - Mesa Music Hall
May 18th Phoenix AZ - Club Red
May 19th Glendale/ Los Angeles CA - The Complex
May 20th San Francisco CA - The Elbo Room
May 24th Denver CO - Circus of Nights/Casselmans
May 26th St Paul - MN Amsterdam Bar and Grill
May 28th Cleveland OH - Phantasy
May 29th Columbus OH - The Shrunken Head

This list is not finished.  More dates will be added as they come.