A Strange Choice of Favorites

Mostly swirly, sometimes gloomy, sometimes campy, sometimes new, sometimes older than dirt. Rarely cheerful, but the most eclectic "goth" show you'll find -- or your money back.

Includes, as we discover it, notice of clubs, shows and other events of interest to Portland's gothic subculture.

"Music is never tragic, music is joy. But there are times when it necessarily gives us a taste for death; not so much happiness as dying happily, being extinguished."
-- Deleuze and Guattari, from A Thousand Plateaus