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cupcake_goth) wrote2006-12-01 12:16 pm
cupcake_goth) wrote2006-12-01 12:16 pm
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Music and interesting looks
(And for those of you who now reflexively roll your eyes at me for that sort of subjectline, NO, this post is NOT about the pretty boys in eyeliner that I tend to witter on about. So there.)
Thanks to a recommendation from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
djeternaldarkne, I ordered the latest CD from Emily Autumn. Her music is this odd cross between Rasputina and Tori Amos, with some touches of the Dresden Dolls.
Anyway, Emily Autumn. I at one point owned a copy of Enchant, which was her previous CD. It was interesting, but it didn't quite grab me. It veered too close to twee, and not close enough to quirky. However, Opheliac is heavy on the quirky, thank goodness. In fact, Opheliac sounds like what I think tattered and murderous Victorian dollies would sing.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that she has re-made herself into looking like a tattered, murderous, and slightly punk rock Victorian dolly. Corsets, layers of mismatched stripy stockings and ripped fishnets, bloomers, trailing ribbons, and that smudgy eye makeup look that I am still trying to teach myself. The version of the CD I ordered comes with a DVD of little 2 to 3 minute silent, highly-stylized movies of her showing how to apply makeup, lace yourself into a corset, and so on. I am, of course, delighted by this.
I'm highly impressed by people who can pull off that disheveled, slightly punk rock flavor of Victorian. The few times I've tried it myself, it doesn't look quite right to my eyes. Plus,stroppy_baggage eyes anything that isn't a polished and elegant presentation with suspicious glances, so deliberate dishevelment just makes him squinch his face up in confused disapproval.
All in all, I'm very glad I picked up the (oooh, deluxe edition!) Opheliac CD. It's a lot of fun, and it'll probably cause me to play with makeup and clothes. Yay music, makeup, and clothes!
Thanks to a recommendation from
djeternaldarkne, I ordered the latest CD from Emily Autumn. Her music is this odd cross between Rasputina and Tori Amos, with some touches of the Dresden Dolls.Anyway, Emily Autumn. I at one point owned a copy of Enchant, which was her previous CD. It was interesting, but it didn't quite grab me. It veered too close to twee, and not close enough to quirky. However, Opheliac is heavy on the quirky, thank goodness. In fact, Opheliac sounds like what I think tattered and murderous Victorian dollies would sing.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that she has re-made herself into looking like a tattered, murderous, and slightly punk rock Victorian dolly. Corsets, layers of mismatched stripy stockings and ripped fishnets, bloomers, trailing ribbons, and that smudgy eye makeup look that I am still trying to teach myself. The version of the CD I ordered comes with a DVD of little 2 to 3 minute silent, highly-stylized movies of her showing how to apply makeup, lace yourself into a corset, and so on. I am, of course, delighted by this.
I'm highly impressed by people who can pull off that disheveled, slightly punk rock flavor of Victorian. The few times I've tried it myself, it doesn't look quite right to my eyes. Plus,
stroppy_baggage eyes anything that isn't a polished and elegant presentation with suspicious glances, so deliberate dishevelment just makes him squinch his face up in confused disapproval.All in all, I'm very glad I picked up the (oooh, deluxe edition!) Opheliac CD. It's a lot of fun, and it'll probably cause me to play with makeup and clothes. Yay music, makeup, and clothes!