The scene isn't what it used to be / the scene is never what it used to be

[cupcake_goth]

I have no idea what the state of the Seattle goth club scene is nowadays, but there are signs of life on the non-clubbing retail side of things.

In addition to Gargoyles Statuary, there's The Belfry. And now? Now there is Nevertold Casket Company up on Capitol Hill. MULTIPLE places to buy eccentric antiques and taxidermy! (If taxidermy is your thing, that is. There is a household rule of no taxidermy. This is not a rule I decreed, but I abide by it, much like the rule about no Ouija boards.)

Because of today's visit to Nevertold Casket Company, I now have an antique pressed glass opium bottle. Do you peeps know how long I've been looking for an authentic laudanum or opium bottle? I am ridiculously thrilled about this.

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[elialshadowpine]

...damn, I was meaning to ask you about the Seattle club scene sometime. I haven't been to a club since I moved back here, and while Seattle is a good bit of a drive from Olympia, it's something I do miss and want to do sometime (and it's not like I wasn't driving about the same amount to get to clubs back in Dallas or Providence/Boston... I just find as I have gotten older, I have less patience for long drives).

However, OOOH on the bottle. Jelly! (I need to get my gothy knick-knacks from the house... like my baby black xmas tree and stuffie Bast and dead skull rubber duckie... the cats here are older and not so prone to exploring on the top of desks so I can actually USE the top of my hutch desk here for putting stuff without worrying about KABOOM kitties, yay.)

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I am somewhat out of touch with the Seattle club scene, as I don't go to the Merc. (Even on non-smoking nights, it reeks of smoke.)

The most I do anymore is go out to Ceremony at Re-Bar, which is a monthly goth/industrial/80s-90s club music night. In fact, the Oct. one is this Saturday, so the StuntHusband and I have plans to head out to it in Full Goth Regalia.

[gaudy-flowers.livejournal.com]

It's so nice to see oddity antique stores popping up. It's always been a thing but I think "Oddities" really brought it to the forefront. However I remember reading an interview with Ryan Cohen in which he talks about how since the show started the price/market for mummified cats has drastically decreased. Apparently mummified cats were things people had around and were like "Wait a minute..." after seeing the show.

I go to the antique stores in my area but we usually don't get anything too strange. My best find so far was an old dental mold probably from the 1940s that actually opens and closes and included a bridge. It was apparently in the attic of a dentist's estate the dealer bought and she thought it was neat. I only paid $30 for it.

[solstice-lilac.livejournal.com]

Apparently mummified cats were things people had around and were like "Wait a minute..." after seeing the show

*chortle*

I was kinda thinking the same thing. Not about the mummified cats but about the "Oddities" show. I think it must have brought out some of the folks who like odd old things, and created a market.

Dental molds totally freak me out. Which makes that a great find ;)

The shops in Seattle are encouraging -- they sound kind of like Paxton Gate in Portland or SF, but better (Paxton Gate is a two-store franchise and I'm not sure how a shop that sells taxidermy and pinned bugs ends up being a mini-chain, but somehow the fact that it replicated itself detracts from its cachet to me; antiques and artifacts are by definition not mass produced!). I'm intrigued by Nevertold, and the laudanum bottle!!