My name is Laura, and I enjoy European travel, collecting movies, reading, going to art galleries and seeing interesting architechture. I love alternative fashion including gothic, 60's mod, Gothic Aristocrat Lolita, Visual Kei, Steampunk and European haute couture. My music interests are a bit eclectic and range from 60's mod/80's mod revival, 80's new wave, early punk, ska, gothic, industrial, madchester, britpop and English indie bands.
"I'd rather be no one with someone...than someone with no one"
~Stone Roses
Music
60's Mod:
Beatles The Who Small Faces Kinks Stones Animals Zombies Monkees Herman's Hermits Yardbirds The Creation The Action Pretty Things
Marianne Faithful - "As Tears Go By"
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70's:
Bowie T Rex Sex Pistols Blondie Cheap Trick Kiss Undertones Peter Gabriel ELO Deep Purple Doors ABBA Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
David Bowie- "Is There Life On Mars?"
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80's:
Human League Joy Division Depeche Mode Siouxsie & The Banshees Echo & The Bunnymen Ultravox Pet Shop Boys Duran Duran Cure The Jam Mission UK Soft Cell Adam Ant Erasure Fun Boy Three ABC Bauhaus Spandau Cock Robin Jellyfish Eurythmics New Order Psychedelic Furs
Japan - "Life In Tokyo"
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OMD Simple Minds Squeeze Stranglers Talk Talk Tears For Fears Visage Specials Madness Selector Bad Manners English Beat Joy Division
Sisters of Mercy Clash The Faint Camouflage The Church Anything Box The Chords Secret Affair Purple Hearts Lambrettas
Human League - "Being Boiled"
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Britpop, Madchester, British Indie:
Suede Pulp Oasis Blur Mansun Inspiral Carpets Stone Roses Supergrass Paul Weller Elastica Verve PJ Harvey Kasabian Mike Flowers Pop Broadcast Black Box Recorder Kula Shaker Franz Ferdinand
Gene - "Where Are They Now?" ....>
Lush Dandy Warhols Brian Jonestown Massacre Charlatans Darkness Hives The Shore Kaiser Chiefs Stereophonics Travis Clientele
Suede - "Lazy"
Gothic/Industrial:
Project Pitchfork London After Midnight Mesh And One Skinny Puppy Snog Seabound Death In June Virgin Prunes VAST Apoptygma Berzerk Beborn Beton
Virgin Prunes - "Pagan Love Song (live)"
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And just because he is so awesome... Mike Flowers Pop - "Wonderwall"
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Movies
My favourite movies are:
A Clockwork Orange - Original Trailer ....>
Labyrinth Bedazzled(the ORIGINAL with Dudley Moore & Peter Cook) Like Water For Chocolate A Room With A View Run Lola Run The Quiet Man If... Velvet Goldmine Dangerous Beauty Adventures Of Baron Munchausen Brazil Breakfast At Tiffany's Say Anything Stalag 17 The Knack & How To Get It Georgie Girl Shallow Grave Trainspotting Bridget Jones Diary To Sir With Love Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Harvey Arsenic & Old Lace Now Voyager The Matrix The Producers (The original is the funniest movie ever made) Darby O'Gill & The Little People (Sean Connery has hair and sings!)
The Adventures Of Buckaroo Bonzai- Original Trailer
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The Ghost Goes Gear (The music in this movie is priceless!) Orgasmo Spirit of '76 Barefoot In The Park Barbarella Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Snatch Amelie Team America Shaun Of The Dead Lair Of The White Worm Hedwig & The Angry Inch The Hebrew Hammer The Good Girl .. The Science Of Sleep The Illusionist Lost In Translation Ghost World Mystery Men 24 Hour Party People Mayor Of Sunset Strip anything by Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch & Tim Burton
Velvet Goldmine- Mod or Rocker?
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Your Life is Like
High Fidelity
Television
The Young Ones
Carnivale
Twin Peaks
Dead Like Me
Spaced
Little Britain
Project Runway
Fawlty Towers
Graham Norton
Digging For The Truth
Books
Count of Monte Cristo Papillon Brave New World 1984 Illusions Bridge Across Forever Martian Chronicles Pride & Prejudice What Dreams May Come Prey The Dark Secret Of Harvest Home Intensity Redwall Series Harry Potter Series Jane Eyre
Heroes
John Lennon - A great songwriter, musician, comedian and social activist. We miss you John!
Walt Disney - For the imagination and inspiration he brought generations of people. I'm afraid he would be rolling in his grave these days if he were to see the sorry state of his company and the latest crappy animated features. Michael Eisner may you burn in Hell and take Hercules & Mulan with you.
Rodney Bingenheimer - A true pioneer dj at radio station KROQ in LA. He introduced me to a wide variety of bands and I'll always be in debt to him for my eclectic taste in music. I miss you Rodney!
You Belong in London
A bit old fashioned & a bit modern.
A bit traditional & a bit punk rock.
A unique woman like you needs a city that offers everything.
No wonder you & London get along so well.
What City Do You Belong In?
Our first article/review from Morbid Outlook Magazine:
Who I'd like to meet: I would like to meet people who are artistic, intelligent and well-traveled (or would like to be!). I've always been the 'weird' one and I find I get along much better with people who stand just left of 'normal'. It's a bit odd since I live in Stepford Wife territory and everyone here is on the extreme side of 'normal'!
Some people I would love to meet:
Eddie Izzard, Rodney Bingenheimer, Liam & Noel Gallagher, Richard Branson, Elyse Sewell, Charlie Boorman, Anthony Bourdain, Siouxsie & Budgie and David Bowie...I finally met Phil Oakey and he was as sweet as I ever imagined :)
Edward Gorey, Tim Burton, Charles Addams, Mark Ryden, Gris Grimly, Michael Sowa, Shag, Edgar Allan Poe, Alice in Wonderland, Coraline, Emily, Lenore, Twilight, Tattoo & Pin-up Art, Dark Décor, Haunted Portraits, Vintage Halloween, Classic Horror Monsters, Vampires, Skulls & Gargoyles, Pirates, Zombies, Alchemy Gothic Jewelry, Villainess, Rubber Stamps, T-shirts, Postcards, Toys, Books, Posters, and much more!
The new Steampunk Blouse and Men's Steampunk Victorian Military Jacket look amazing! You guys seriously have soem of the best non-mass produced mens clothes out there.