Some Wear Leather Some Wear Lace | NYC Discussion Panel [Rough Trade, Brooklyn 09.14]

A discussion panel on the 1980s goth subculture in the United States (specifically in NYC). Held at Rough Trade, Brooklyn 9/6/14).
Moderator:
Kate Eichhorn: Assistant Professor, Culture and Media & Director First Year Writing Program at the New School in NYC.
Panelists:
Andi Harriman - As the author of The Postpunk Project: Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace and holds an MFA in design, she hopes to continue researching, writing and documenting as an 1980s music anthropologist. Currently, she is a prolific DJ and runs a monthly event called SYNTHICIDE.
Athan Maroulis - Vocalist of Fahrenheit 451 (1984-1986), the Executive Slacks (1987-1990), and Spahn Ranch (1993-2000) of the seminal Goth and Industrial label Cleopatra where Maroulis compiled and produced countless compilations including The Goth Box, The Black Bible and many others. In 2009 Maroulis returned to performing with Black Tape for a Blue Girl (Project Records) and, most recently, Noir Band (Metropolis).
Greg Fasolino - This NYC native has been playing and writing about post-punk since 1984, when he started his fanzine Heaven Down Here. As a journalist, he served as an editor at Reflex, CMJ New Music Monthly and Drop Dead Magazine and wrote for publications such as Creem, Rockpool, New York's Nightlife, and New York Review of Records, as well as over 40 entries in The Trouser Press Record Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Music (1991) and the liner notes to Peter Murphy's Wild Birds: 1985-1995 album. As a musician, he has played guitar for bands including The Naked and the Dead, Bell Hollow and current project The Harrow.
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Filmed and Edited by The Brotherhood.
www.paralisisnyc.com
Sources:
From Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace
- "Tori Smoking". Front Cover.
- "London Postard". Karen Kay. Pg. 83
- "Mid-to-Late 1980's". Stefan Alt. Pg. 93
- "Outside The Voltereta Disco". Miguel Trillo. Pg. 137
- "The Naked and the Dead". Sue Fasolino. Pg. 42
Other
Greg Fasolino Playing Guitar by Christopher Wheeling.
Athan Maroulis. Portrait in Black and White by Sam Rosenthal.
Farenheit 451 - House of Morals' LP Front Cover.
Synthicide Flyer.

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'87 was the year Siouxsie went flapper and WLIR became WDRE. As a teen in Suburbia, this had a huge impact on how I adopted Goth. Goth became more of a state of mind for me and mine and the only thing we had in common was our music. I wore black knit pants and band tees, my friends were skaters and grunge, but we went all-out with makeup for teen nights at Voodoo, Spit and Angle. Still a shoegazer and proud mom of a 2nd gen Goth who wears my old Bauhaus tee with her Docs and skinny jeans.