From: ex_j3nn4889	Date: September 18th, 2002 02:34 am (UTC)		(Link)

Its true!

People are only in these businesses for the money now, when once it was a labour of love, so to speak. I remember the days of Kensington market... when almost everything in every shop was original... when Spank first started up and sold crushed velvet and GOTH cloths and no cyber stuff at all! The Cyber shops were a new thing and their clothes were individual and different.

People have a way of commercialising everything... and by buying it we are helping to destroy the individuality we once had.

However, unfortunately now, without making our own clothes, its hard to avoid it! There are so many lables now, that whatever you buy is bound to be something.

I always make it my duty to remember my roots, not let all these big price tags get to me... i'll buy and wear what i like (and of course if i find a cheaper imitation somewhere else, my bank balance will be happier with me :)

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	From: sheridanwilde	Date: January 2nd, 2003 10:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I can't stand the New Rock-ation of Goth culture - the thing I always liked most about Goth was it's non-reliance on labels, now here we are with New Rocks, Swear, Dane, etc...

It's just a relief when I go to a club where hardly anyone is wearing this victim of fashion clothing (unfortunately they've made it next to impossible for me to find a pair of decent boots, something which was not so difficult to do only five years ago)

From: (Anonymous)	Date: April 4th, 2003 05:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Camden Town

I am doing some fishing here to see if anyone else has noticed something that I seem to have lately, or if it is just me!
I go to Camden as often as I can, for much the same reasons as every other Goth/alternative. I feel safer and more comfortable, plus I enjoy the view! I also find it very easy to strike up conversation with people and find much in common with them, as opposed to my local town, where people are hostile and suspicious to the point whereby you wouldn't even be interested in talking to them. (Plus they dress funny...mwahahah!)
However, the last few times I have been, I seem to have noticed that there are drastically fewer alternative types around the usual places, ie the high street, the bridge, markets. I have found that apart from the odd person or two, you have to actually go into, say, the Dev to find a population. It used to be that there were so many alternatives that it was 'our place' and the normals and mundanes generally seemed to respect that and even show interest in our clothing and suchlike. Groups of weirdos walked around, and usually with smiles on their faces (apart from the mopeygoths, bless'em.)
But for the last six months or so, there are trendies everywhere (even in specialist shops) and they are looking at ME funny and sniggering and whispering amongst themselves!! I'm like, 'this is Camden, not Oxford Street for chrissake!! If ya don't like it, piss off!!'
Is it just me? Has anyone else noticed any such phenomena, or am I in such dire need to be around my own kind that I am imagining things that aren't there? I am aware that Camden does tend to get livelier in the summer months, to be fair. But two words keep creeping into my mind, despite efforts to stop them...KENSINGTON MARKET. Nuff said.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: June 20th, 2003 05:01 am (UTC)		(Link)
you forgot some people....

In yr list of CATEGORIES you forgot some people who enjoy Camden as well and do not fall into the titles of mundane, regular, or normal....
-Mods
-Other types of punks that don't follow the mohican, tartan trouser style, like those who are fans of NYC punk or indie punk.
-Riot Grrrls
-Emo kids
-Skinheads (trads not racists)
-Rockabilly / Teddies

Such "categories" have been around longer than Nu-Metal and deserve a mention. Alternative culture should not be limited to those who are goth or metal. Where do the rest of us who despise mainstream society and culture fit in? Don't alienate us like regular people....please.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: July 7th, 2003 04:04 am (UTC)		(Link)
NEW ROCKS!!!

what stalls sell New Rock boots? I am a first timer there and am gettin New Rocks but i dont know what stalls sel them. Plz plz plz help! ANGEL IN DISTRESS! +x+x+x+x

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