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Insane in the membrane, insane in the brain

Last weekend - or, no two weekends ago - was the October Whitby Goth Weekend. After a few-year break in tradition, the October weekend is back to happening in October, which saves on confusion.

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And that's that for another year. The bands were... decent, I'd say. But for the first time in ages I felt like I'd managed to be in the right place at the right time to catch up with various groups of people. Talking nonsense in the pub (or club, or Spa foyer, or front room) with friends is one of my most favouritest things to do, and this WGW seemed to involve a lot of laughing. So if you talked nonsense with me at any point: thanks.

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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger or so they say

So yesterday, at a gig, I discovered that my last LJ post tagged "gig" was January 2016. Err... Last year was a weird one, on account of not being able to walk for much of it, but I managed more gigs than that. I think my post-fu has been weak.

So! I'm attempting to lurch back into it. Not least because I won't have the least what bands I've seen otherwise.

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If I don't love you, why did I get this temporary tattoo?


Last Friday, in Whitby[*] I ambled into the Spa to get my wristband. Passing Dr Geof's excellent stall of oddities I was inveigled into having one of his tattoos.

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In summary, Dr Geof's tattoos are bloody good. Just be sure you block some time in your diary for getting them off again.

[*] Proper review of Whitby soon.

I'm in trouble with the devil

Argh. Blogging has fallen out of the to-do list again. I went off to Whitby, like I do in April, and forgot to write about it. This time it was a double-length affair to celebrate the festival's 21st birthday.

Today I've been trying to produce the sensible, grown-up reviews which I (along with mrph) promised to davefish for some mysterious web project of his. Sadly, it's a long time since I've tried to write sensible, grown-up reviews and I've left it too long. (Also, I made notes only on opinions, assuming I'd be able to look up details like line-up after the fact. Bloody hell, bands write a lot of crap about themselves, but rarely give you the actual facts. One band had a Wikipedia page (I checked!) when I was in Whitby, but now does not. Bloody disappearing curated free encyclopediae with standards.)

Anyway, for my own reference in future, here is a table in hyper-abbreviated form:

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The list of text messages I sent and received in Whitby seems to divide neatly into two categories. First, logical information indicating which pub, cake shop or location someone was or was not in. Second, non-sequiturs about cheese.

This probably sums up the weekend quite well.
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And they call this having fun, a different party every night

As mentioned, I'm suffering dreadful LJ backlog. One of the things I'm keen to note down for my own future reference is the bands at WGW this year. So...

Anyone interested can watch the "band sampler" released on YouTube before the event here.


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And that's it. April next year is the 21st anniversary, and is a double-length affair featuring four nights of bands. All you lot who don't do that kind of WGW thing any more, why don't you think about it? It'd be nice to see you :)

We may not last but we'll have fun till it ends

I'm going to post about Whitby before I post about holidaying in Northumberland, because there's a greater danger I'll forget who the bands were. Also, this LJ is chronically non-chronological these days. I mean, the dairy-free custard tarts were weeks ago now and I still haven't written about them...

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