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dancerjodiHere's the book I'm reading now - it appears that it will be a quick one, since its filled with lots of photos and artwork. I missed this show when it was at the ICA years ago. Later Brian and I would go to the Decordova for an exhibit on Monsters, and after making our way through the museum stopped to look through a pile of books they left out relevant to the show. I picked up this one (for the title) and after seeing photos of people we knew in it, and remembering my failed attempts to see the show at the ICA I ordered it from Amazon. I've had it for a couple of years but now - now I'm finally reading it.
One interesting note is that the pages are numbered backwards (starts at 218, so far I've read to page 171). Interesting ideas raised thus far are the definition (or lack thereof) of "evil", the industrial revolution (a favorite historical time period of mine) and the importance of landscape in a gothic story. Its funny too, to see the writer talking about how people are freaking out about the impending millennium (both from a technical standpoint and an apocalyptic one), that goths are starting to get into more industrial music (heh), and that they dress in a lot of black velvet, lace, and dramatic dark makeup. Its copyright 1997, by the way.
My, how things have changed :)
One thing this does serve to do though, is remind me of all the movies I've wanted to see but haven't, or would love to see again. We must get those Netflix movies circulating again . . . we've had the same three since we moved into the house! :)
One interesting note is that the pages are numbered backwards (starts at 218, so far I've read to page 171). Interesting ideas raised thus far are the definition (or lack thereof) of "evil", the industrial revolution (a favorite historical time period of mine) and the importance of landscape in a gothic story. Its funny too, to see the writer talking about how people are freaking out about the impending millennium (both from a technical standpoint and an apocalyptic one), that goths are starting to get into more industrial music (heh), and that they dress in a lot of black velvet, lace, and dramatic dark makeup. Its copyright 1997, by the way.
My, how things have changed :)
One thing this does serve to do though, is remind me of all the movies I've wanted to see but haven't, or would love to see again. We must get those Netflix movies circulating again . . . we've had the same three since we moved into the house! :)
