Hot Topic and Sisters of Mercy? Ohhh baby!

[Godslayer Jillian]

Originally Posted by badteccy

American Spirit cigarettes

For the people that want to feel good that they're not buying Camels because that's not the name in the box.

[Sir Canvas Corpsey]

We don't have Hot Topics down this way... i think... we do have something very similar though; we calls it: Dangerfield... are Dangerfields up there in America and the like? or is it a case of Dangerfield being the Australian Hot Topic?

On that note; do you have Off Ya Tree up there?

[gothicusmaximus]

Originally Posted by badteccy

God I love indie music

Personally I find that a lot of indie pop and lo-fi stuff sounds the same, though as I'm a goth/deathrock fan this statement probably has little to no value.

[Corpsey]

We have "Real Groovy" in New Zealand, which isn't the most appealing shop in the world to me. I'll stick to good old Mango Music or Old Boat, thanks. I got some seriously good bargains at both, including The Cure Pornography for like 15 bucks NZ (10 US... maybe 12).

[badteccy]

Originally Posted by gothicusmaximus

Personally I find that a lot of indie pop and lo-fi stuff sounds the same, though as I'm a goth/deathrock fan this statement probably has little to no value.

Oh I agree most def, it's still awesome though...like Do Make Say Think...mmmmm.

[kimaru]

Originally Posted by Sir Canvas Corpsey

We don't have Hot Topics down this way... i think... we do have something very similar though; we calls it: Dangerfield... are Dangerfields up there in America and the like? or is it a case of Dangerfield being the Australian Hot Topic?

On that note; do you have Off Ya Tree up there?

It seems that every country has its own version of hot topic...the canadian version is called d-tox...basicly its all stuff from hot-topic with d-tox stickers over top of the hot-topic ones -_-

[Tam Li Hua]

I heard Dethklok at the one here once.

Being something of an Adult Swim nerd, I rather enjoyed it. XD

[Bella Sophia]

Hot Topic + Sisters of Mercy = <3
*laughs* I bet most of the people there didn't even know the song.

[Zavulon]

Originally Posted by korinna5555

I never thought this day would come..

I was in Hot Topic, looking for any hidden Siouxsie shirts or Bauhaus buttons (I have one of each.. Hot Topic OCCASIONALLY hides small amounts of Gothness in the corner).. I was just about to leave.. and..... This Corrosion starts playing. In Hot Topic. I almost jumped for joy/pissed myself/fainted. I even called Justin at work just to tell him. I walked around the store, singing along. I walked out as soon as I made sure the next song wasn't Bauhaus
Okay, so maybe I am overreacting. But.. Sisters of Mercy! In HOT TOPIC!
This might just be the happiest day of my life.

You are a loser.

[tickingstitch]

Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian

For the people that want to feel good that they're not buying Camels because that's not the name in the box.

Phillip Morris owns this shit anyways... Thats why I quit.

Hot Topic Blows, its so fucking unoriginal, it turned any form of Goth culture into a McDonalds drive thru.

But I have met cool people there while buying crap like socks or buttons but fuck it still blows.

Once I heard Love and the Rockets in Hot Topic. I was highly amused.

[tickingstitch]

Originally Posted by badteccy

Oh I agree most def, it's still awesome though...like Do Make Say Think...mmmmm.

Do May Say Think = Epoch

[Zavulon]

Goth and Punk as a look is stupid now. The only reason why either one was good is because the early scenes were full or artistical types who made their own clothes, or went to Vintage shops and modified their clothes, or were in a band and rich enough to have Fashion Designers make their clothes. The best band T-Shirts i have seen lately are ones my friends' print on their silkscreens at work, and not even official shirts. Hot Topics just caters to the unimaginative types who somehow found their ways into the punk and goth scenes.

[Tam Li Hua]

Originally Posted by Zavulon

Goth and Punk as a look is stupid now. The only reason why either one was good is because the early scenes were full or artistical types who made their own clothes, or went to Vintage shops and modified their clothes, or were in a band and rich enough to have Fashion Designers make their clothes. The best band T-Shirts i have seen lately are ones my friends' print on their silkscreens at work, and not even official shirts. Hot Topics just caters to the unimaginative types who somehow found their ways into the punk and goth scenes.

If you don't like it, then don't shop there.

Problem solved.

[Tam Li Hua]

Originally Posted by Zavulon

You are a loser.

She's a loser for liking SoM? That doesn't make much sense to say on a goth message board..

[Zavulon]

i don't shop there. i laugh at the cookie-cutter fools who do shop there, who think they're actually part of any subcultural scene.

[Zavulon]

Originally Posted by Tam Li Hua

She's a loser for liking SoM? That doesn't make much sense to say on a goth message board..

nope, for shopping at Hot Topics.

[Tam Li Hua]

Originally Posted by Zavulon

nope, for shopping at Hot Topics.

Ahh.

You're right; in order to assure our absolute Gothicity, no real Goth should ever EVER step foot in Hot Topic! Upon doing so, they must have their Goth membership revoked immediately!! :O [<-- Note sarcastic tone]

It's a store. No more, no less. It doesn't take away a piece of your black vinyl-clad soul to step foot in one.

Besides, if they have some cool band shirts, what's wrong with shopping there?

[Tam Li Hua]

Originally Posted by Zavulon

i don't shop there. i laugh at the cookie-cutter fools who do shop there, who think they're actually part of any subcultural scene.

Ah, really?

And what exactly are the rules of being a part of a particular subculture?

[Zavulon]

Look at the hoards of idiot Mansonite kids from the late 90s onward, who call themselves goth, Hot Topic Scooby Doo goth is lame, it has nothing to do with the Bauhaus/Peter Murphy's reasoning for founding Goth which was; basically instead of being Destructive like Punk, Goth was meant to be a creative Force. There's nothing creative about going into Hot Topics and buying into a look.

[Tam Li Hua]

Originally Posted by Zavulon

Look at the hoards of idiot Mansonite kids from the late 90s onward, who call themselves goth, Hot Topic Scooby Doo goth is lame, it has nothing to do with the Bauhaus/Peter Murphy's reasoning for founding Goth; which was basically instead of being Destructive like Punk, Goth was meant to be a creative Force. There's nothing creative about going into Hot Topics and buying into a look.

Well said!

It -is- true that kids who are just in it for the spookiness of it can be irritating, but at the same time you have to keep in mind that the very word 'Goth' was something first applied by our illustrious media; the fans of the music weren't the ones who started it in the beginning. Peter Murphey didn't 'found Goth' per se; he just did his own thing, and it ended up being a starting point for Goth. Truth is, the music considered Goth from back then evolved from post-punk. Strange, I know, but true.

As for Masonite kids, I honestly don't know any, though it seems to be a major irritation of several net.goths. I've never been a huge fan of Mason myself, but meh; he's made a hella lot of money by doing his own thing [sort of], so I can't really see anything bad about him personally.

Creative forces have the very real problem of only being original for a short time; if they are successful, everyone and their mom wants to copy it; if they aren't, then they are forgotten about fast.

But, such is the way of the world..

[tickingstitch]

Originally Posted by Zavulon

nope, for shopping at Hot Topics.

SOM= Epoch

Hot Topic= Fucking lame... Sorry Im with Zavulon. Hot Topic is mainstream. No questions about that. ITS IN EVERY FUCKING MALL! Come on Buy some black pants and put cute shirts together that you make. Thrift Shops, vintage... Expression not mass production, thats why it is mainstream.

[dark_dragon_of_ice]

Hey dairies are mainstream better not go in them...

[Tam Li Hua]

The grocery store is also mainstream. So are most restaurants, and traveling to different countries, and speaking English, and so on and so forth.

You're entitled to not like Hot Topic and be Goth, and I'm entitled to go into it on occasion and still retain my love of the music and my own individual style.

If it's a sin to say that I like some of the things they have, then I admit; I'm a most horrid sinner! [I bought a Jack Skellington scarf, hat, and glove set on sale there that absolutely saved my life on a -very- cold day! ]

[Zavulon]

Originally Posted by Tam Li Hua

You're entitled to not like Hot Topic and be Goth, and I'm entitled to go into it on occasion and still retain my love of the music and my own individual style.

Yep. And you are completely entitled to be laughed at by those who aren't the Scooby Doo type.

[dark_dragon_of_ice]

Originally Posted by Zavulon

Yep. And you are completely entitled to be laughed at by those who aren't the Scooby Doo type.

Hey Scooby doo was an awesome cartoon.