Why I think Gothic Beauty magazine is god awful....

[DonnaRicci]

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[twistedsyn]

I like collecting magazines from other countries. Orkus is a good magazine. They stopped making it in English though a while ago. Meltdown magazine from UK was pretty good in the 90's . I picked some up off Ebay.

[Tam Li Hua]

Since it's primarily a fashion magazine, and doesn't claim to be about the culture or anything, I"d have to say it's pretty good.

If someone can find me another Goth fashion magazine that's as inexpensive as GB and is local to the states, then I'd be glad to pick up an issue. [Fiend looks interesting, but $50 is a bit much to shell out just to check out a magazine.]

[menus era sota]

i didn't read all the posts but i must say that i agree in regards to Gothic Beauty begin absolute shit. the first time i heard about it i was so excited that there would be an intelligent, interesting magazine out there....etc.

what a horrible shock it was to read that dribble- i swear some 15 year old wrote it in their angst closet or the like. some of the articles didn't even make sense like alone contain anything interesting, plus many photographs are pretty bad and the album reviews were terrible.

now i am grateful to pay $10 for imported magazines, even if they are two months late. speaking of which, GB can't even organize themselves the be released on a regular schedual as i remember. three words - what the fuck?!

[Underwater Ophelia]

Originally Posted by menus era sota

i didn't read all the posts but i must say that i agree in regards to Gothic Beauty begin absolute shit. the first time i heard about it i was so excited that there would be an intelligent, interesting magazine out there....etc.

what a horrible shock it was to read that dribble- i swear some 15 year old wrote it in their angst closet or the like. some of the articles didn't even make sense like alone contain anything interesting, plus many photographs are pretty bad and the album reviews were terrible.

now i am grateful to pay $10 for imported magazines, even if they are two months late. speaking of which, GB can't even organize themselves the be released on a regular schedual as i remember. three words - what the fuck?!

Um, yeah it is.
It's not every month, it's once every three months.

[menus era sota]

fucking teenagers.

[Underwater Ophelia]

What do you mean?

[menus era sota]

it sounds like it was written by teenagers.

[Cicero]

Gothic Beauty is a literary masterpiece in comparison to the recent Australian 'Immaculate Heart' magazine. Just imagine about 30 pages of badly set up photo shoots with hideous 'alternative' girls in hideous 'alternative' clothes and that's pretty much it. It even has an article on how to make your myspace pictures look professional, so you can get the all important 'pc4pc'.

[menus era sota]

that also sounds pretty fucking gay (in a bad way)
i gave up on gothic mags - it's just metal mags and 'the economist'
'wired' is also really good.

[Cicero]

New Scientist and the occasional Drop Dead keep me perfectly satisfied.

[Beneath the Shadows]

Originally Posted by menus era sota

fucking teenagers.

Gotta love the jailbait.

[jack_the_knife]

I took one look at the title and left it on the shelf.

[Fae-wolf]

Gothic beauty looks more like advertising zine for clothing and other stores. I really don't care much for the articles. Once in a while they will say something good.
I feel like it's a good place to start.
I won't say it's horrible but I won't say it's the best thing out there either.

[menus era sota]

Originally Posted by Fae-wolf

Gothic beauty looks more like advertising zine for clothing and other stores. I really don't care much for the articles. Once in a while they will say something good.
I feel like it's a good place to start.
I won't say it's horrible but I won't say it's the best thing out there either.

oh yes, that's the one good thing i found about it - one online shop.
http://cryoflesh.com/shop/index.php

fabulous cybergoth stuff.

[Underwater Ophelia]

Cybergoth is gay.

[menus era sota]

only if you get catch to advise you on how to do it.

[Tam Li Hua]

*snicker*

mssge2shrt

[Underwater Ophelia]

Originally Posted by menus era sota

only if you get catch to advise you on how to do it.

Nope, it's pretty much gay no matter what.

[menus era sota]

yea, of you over do it with insane dred falls coming out of your ears and pits.
i don't mean uber hardcore anyway.

[Tam Li Hua]

Heh. If I was 10+ years younger, and could get away with it, I'd totally try the Dreadfalls thing. XD

[menus era sota]

oh yea, in moderation a little bit - not like uni's. ( i don't think i'm beign too harsh)

[Fae-wolf]

Originally Posted by menus era sota

oh yea, in moderation a little bit - not like uni's. ( i don't think i'm beign too harsh)

I agree plus I have a weakness for neon glow in the dark colors >.<

[badteccy]

Yea, Cybergoth is lame...I dressed all like that in shit, I won't lie...but dressing cybergoth is pretty much unacceptable past the age of 18.

[Tam Li Hua]

I would go more for the age of about 25, personally.