Cyber-Goth Gymnastics

[dan p]

Hello, hello. I've been lurking around here for a while but have only just got round to registering. I've decided to run a photoshop contest and thought you people might like to get involved.

I went out to a gig a last month having just watched some of the Olympic gymnastics on TV. I noticed during the women's floor and beam competitions lots of superficial arm waving and raving going on. Then, watching some fucked up cyber-goth dancers later in the evening something hit me. The gymnasts would look exactly the same if you gave them some day-glow baggy trousers, hair braids and a couple of glow sticks.

So I got home and made a quick photoshop bodge to prove it.



I'm sure some of you people could do better, so I'm starting a competition. Please mail any cyber-goth gymnastics images you make to gusset [at] gmail [dot] com, or post a link or the image here.

There will be a prize, of at least a pair of glow sticks, on offer for the best. Nothing dirty please. Deadline is 22 October. You know you want to.

Thanks.

[sproggy]

Got any patchouli oil?

[untitled_london]

Got any patchouli oil?

that hurt, in an effort to stifle a big laugh, smoke shot out of my nose unitnentionally.

cheers sprog

[Uncle Gripper]

Dan,

Im very glad you have unlurked yourself, disappointed at the lack of reasonable response in your original post.

Planet Mu

Whilst on a simliar vein, is the 'Boki' that posts there, the self same one that visits here, occasionally.

Lets all have love/smoke in, and all be message'd board'd up.

What we need are more honest to fucking goodness live gig reviews, particularly about the ever popular Mr Snares.

[dan p]

Nice one, sproglette. That's hilarious. I love the minge, nice touch.

Hey, Uncle Gripper. I expected to bump into some other cross-posters. Good to see you.

Anymore for anymore?

[untitled_london]

[fanny splendid]

[dan p]

Only two days left!

I have some very nice glowsticks someone could win here. =]

[fanny splendid]

[dan p]

Thanks everyone. Competition entries are in. You can see them all here:
http://www.gusset.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/cybergothgymnastics.shtml
Judges are still to be confirmed. Volunteers welcome.
Cheers.

[Cerys]

Well, being a goth myself and not having pulled my finger out quickly enough to actually produce an entry, I have no objections to volunteering my ass off....

[dan p]

Thanks Cerys.
We're still working out the scoring system. Could you mail me please (address is in first post) or let me know your address?
Cheers.

[dan p]

sproglette is the winner!
Mail me your address and I'll post you some complementary glow-sticks =]
Full scoring viewable here:
http://www.gusset.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/cybergothgymnastics.shtml

Thanks to everyone who entered and to everyone who helped to judge it.

[sproggy]

sproglette is the winner!

Wow great!

Mail me your address and I'll post you some complementary glow-sticks

Wow great

[dan p]

Hehe. You don't have to bother. I just thought it was a funny prize.

If you do claim them I expect a photo of you using them posted here too ;-)

[hencole]

What do glo sticks have to do with goths?

[dan p]

Cyber-goths. Like psy-trancers. The throwbacks of early rave culture. Go to The Glade (Festival, or the stage at Glastonbury) to see what I mean.

[hencole]

Cyber-goths. Like psy-trancers. The throwbacks of early rave culture. Go to The Glade (Festival, or the stage at Glastonbury) to see what I mean.

I did go to the Glade stage and the Glade Festival (and a fucking good festie it was too), with my Psy-trance friends. Just never heard the term cyber goth before as trance fans are generally happy people and not miserable gits (except when they're coming down ; )

[dan p]

Sorry if I sounded patronizing. You are obviously far more into the scene than I am, as I'm more of an IDM nerd really. I always visit the Glade at Glasto but never made it to the Glade festival. How was it?

I probably have lumped two different groups together there really, but I can assure you people do use the phrase cyber-goth. Google it and see. It seems to have come from an extension of the Industrial scene to become a sub-genre of Goths who listen to electronic music.

Keep on raving ; ]

[hencole]

I'm not really into the scene myself, but friends of mine are. Cyber goth could quite easily be a term for them.

Glade festival was very, very good and was easily as good as Glasto, but in a different more chilled way. There was (and I mean this 100%) no litter at all or any twats whatsoever and it  had a quite mature crowd. Recomend it to fans of the Breaks, Trance, or any dance music really.

[Cerys]

Hmmm.  I refer to them as 'technogoths'; and I've been to Whitby, so I must be right.