Readers of Dark Culture and Citizens of the United States,

If you’re not already registered to vote, deadlines are FAST approaching. Many are calling this the most historical election in decades. It is, at least in our lifetime. At the very least, you should care about what happens in your city and state. Local measures are always on the ballot - which directly effect you and your family. As they say, if you don’t vote, you can’t complain.

If you’re not yet registered, Google has implemented a new service which makes it SOOOOOO easy. All you have to do is type in your zip code. All the information you need is there.

www.maps.google.com/vote

Election Day is November 4th.

Bet you didn’t know that legendary deathrocker, Dinah Cancer, sells all kinds of things on eBay. Me neither. At this time, it appears she’s cleaning out her closets, so along with vintage Penis Flytrap items, you can also find 45 Grave shirts, clothing, jewelry, Bauhaus posters, and more. Check it out.

Dates subject to change. For more info visit The Legendary Pink Dots’ new site.

Free Music, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Here’s one: Sex Gang Children’s “I’m Bored” - which is featured on various compilations including “Grave Dwellers”, Dripping With Spunk, and 25 Years of CBGB’s 1976-2001.

P.S. Don’t bother with the Grave Dwellers comp. I don’t know who puts these things together, but they’re always so horrible and sound as though some record company is trying to reach out to underground genres by picking music that LOOKS Goth or Punk - forget about how it sounds. And most times, you only get one or two songs that are any good, so it’s better to buy the artist’s full album.

DOWNLOAD I’m Bored by Sex Gang Children

’sup fools? Sorry about the lack of updates the last couple of days. Getting ready to go out of town. I’ll be gone for 10 days and will update as best I can. When I get back, I’ll also produce a new podcast for ya.

In the meantime, here’s some news.

• London After Midnight at the Knitting Fatcory LA this week. After that, they’re off to Europe through the end of October. [[ LINK ]]

• New Amanda Palmer video “Strength Through Music” now online. [[ LINK ]] Part 6 of the Who Killed Amanda Palmer series. Keep in mind as you watch it that Amanda is a tortured artist and no, you’re not crazy…all her music does sound the same.

• CreeperFest III in Lithuania: Bloody Dead and Sexy, Scary Bitches, Sixteens, Deadfly Ensemble, Zombie Zex, Birth, Varsovie, HateStory, VRR, and Mes Repetuojam Sekmadieni. September 26th-27th, 2008. [[ LINK ]]

• Legendary Pink Dots have a new website [[ LINK ]]

• Grinderman “No Pussy Blues” has been given the remix treatment. You can hear them at their MySpace page. Wow. [[ LINK ]]

Share this with your pals, send me news you want me to post, add us on MySpace, and don’t be afraid of the dark.

Novocaine Mausoleum, were a Russian deathrock band that disbanded early August. After several years of making themselves known, the band has called it quits. You can however, still find remnants online.

YouTube Vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd_J_tjE2YE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=999QX4_5I-Q

>> Full Demo Download at The Black Veil

Track List:
1. Ludicrous Clown
2. Ballet for the Masses
3. Korolenko 20 A
4. Absurd Promenade
5. Elusive Imagination
6. Night (V.Mayakovsky 1912)

You should also bookmark The Black Veil as Malkavian posts lots of free music from time to time.

Link: Novocaine Mausoleum @ Deathrock.com

‘case you haven’t seen this yet, take a look at the Bastard Art trailer - the Andi Sex Gang documentary to be released Fall 2008…that’s any day now.

Bastard Art trailer.

Link: http://bastardartfilm.com/

I love this girl. In fact, I WAS this girl! She’s standing up for her right to be an individual in a school that wants to crush her spirit and rip her uniqueness from her. Bravo! Keep up the fight Amelia. Take it from me, it’s all worth it!

I’ll be writing to Mountain Grove Middle School to give them a piece of my mind. If you’d like to do the same, here’s their address:

Mountain Grove Middle School
c/o J.T. Hale, Principal
400 E 17th St
Mountain Grove, MO 65711

We won’t comment on the legality of Draconysius‘ blog “Get Dead” that offers a great deal of free music (most of which actually got dead). And when I say “a great deal”, I mean, he’s posting full albums. I’d keep an eye on this blog as one can only assume that at some point, he’ll get the ball rolling again. And you might want to join in on the fun before the feds do.

In the meantime, you can still download Human Drama’s “The World Inside” in it’s entirety. That is, if you’re into Human Drama. For you old-schoolers with shoddy memories, this is the album which contains the club classic “This Tangled Web”. Keep the kleenex handy.

Of course, this is for educational purposes only. *wink wink*

LINK: http://getdead.blogspot.com/2008/08/human-drama-world-inside.html

You’ve got a date with the Deadfly Ensemble: