The Eclectic Ear Of Nashville

NASHVILLLE! It has been way too long, how is everyone?! I hope all is well, my apologies for the hiatus. With everything going on in the world it honestly has been very overwhelming. I needed to disconnect for a bit and gather myself back together. If you follow me on Instagram you’ll see that my stories have been active and informative with dustings of humorous memes here and there but not so much posting. I just find it difficult to create when the world feels upside down. However, Art is a form of expression and resistance. Writing on this blog and creating what I perceive as art is a healthy outlet and at times for some reason I tend to think it is selfish when the news in the world is devastating. I really dislike when I become reclusive as I have been lately.

Luckily to help break me out of my shell I came across a post from Fascination Street saying “Fascination Street post-punk/ darkwave traditional goth/ deathrock new/current/ classic.. Goth Prom into the Labyrinth.” A picture of Jareth (David Bowie) and Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) from the Iconic 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth had my mind spinning with creative ideas. Fascination street also added inspo pictures to their slide that included scenes from Legend and what forever gave me nightmares as a child “The Dark Crystal.” Those Skeksis froze me with fear as a child and still scare me till this day. Ugh I miss the craftmanship of animatronics/puppetry and SFX makeup that were used in movies. Watching movies like that growing up had me enthralled. I felt immensely submerged in the creative fantasy world that was being portrayed on screen.

My mind surged with ideas on what to wear/create. At first I thought OOO a fairy that Hoggle sprayed would be fun! Then Legend sparked inspiration then it was Trad Goth that came to mind and then I thought lets hit the thrift and find something vintage! When my mind gets a spark, the creative fire is unstoppable and it was at that moment it was declared I need to invest in a sewing machine. I was on the hunt for that whimsy iridescent material in a dress for recreating Sarah’s Ball gown, that would be fun! I wanted all the poof in the dress and hair, followed by body glittery LOTS OF GLITTER, elf ears and fairy inspired makeup! I couldn’t decide and time was fleeting. I thought maybe that would be too over the top and settled for my black layered tulle skirt paired with my leopard half corset with a long sleeve fishnet top underneath it. I wore fishnet stockings and chunky heel boots. I teased my hair to the moon and kept it somewhat tamed with a headband that had white bows on it and my purse omg I love this purse! It is a bucket purse that is velvet leopard print with black feathers around the rim of the opening! I scored that at the thrift a while back and is one of my FAVORITE treasures! My makeup was my usual smokey eye and for my lips I used black eyeliner and buffed the harsh lines blended in some brown and coated a red lipstick on top and voila makeups done.

Back to Fascination Street…

The Goth prom was held at Eastside Bowl and yes, it is actually a bowling alley! Eastside bowl has three performance areas. 1. The Wash – Full size stage and a smaller intimate stage 2. The ’58- this area holds a 255 capacity 3. Low Volume Lounge- The ” neighborhood stage.” Fun fact Eastside Bowl is built inside of an old K-Mart! tickets were $12 adv and $15 at the door. I highly recommend purchasing tickets in advance this night was packed. Prom started at 9pm and went until 3am with music spun by DJ Ichabod & Baron Von Birk. No need to fret about parking there is tons of it. Me personally when I have a night out I prefer to uber/lyft incase I’d like to have a bit of an adult bubbly beverage. Which I believe Goth Prom was held in the main area The Wash, this was my first time here and it wasn’t till after I found out about the other staging areas. I’ll be seeing Spite perform here in June and can’t wait to be back at this venue for it!

This was exactly what I needed to help break my shell and yoink me out of the funk. EVERYONE was dressed up! I was so intrigued by everyone’s creative and well put together outfits! I regret not taking more photos! I was having a literally ball dancing around and catching glimpses of the Goblins casted up in the booth. lights were wrapped around the top railing which was a nice touch ( this main stage area has 2 levels which include a bar upstairs too). The Main stage had mannequins Of The Goblin King himself and Sarah. There was a scene that looped Labyrinth all night, a fog machine that set a eerie ambiance. There were also themed drinks and a prom photo back drop that you were able to take pictures of have them taken by the photographer they had there! Lets revisit the themed drinks shall we?! I first tried the Poison Peach that’s cocktail base was peach vodka, then I tried Not Just A Worm that had tequila base, and lastly I tried The Magic Dance which had a coconut almond rum base. I should’ve tried Bowies Bulge but I wasn’t daring enough for Bourbon. One of my favorite parts about this night was that I stumbled upon a photo booth. CHEF KISS this is one of my FAVORITE additions any place can have in my opinion. Honestly yeah sure your phone can take a picture BLAH BLAH BLAH SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE AND GET YOUR A** IN THERE AND MAKE SOME GD MEMORIES BY SQUEEZING YOURSELF IN A PHOTO BOOTH WITH YOUR FRIENDS . You’ll have plenty of time wishing you took more photos in a booth WHEN YOURE LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER! (RIP Chris Farley). Speaking of photos, there are a few that will be posted here and if you haven’t yet, follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_indecisivegemini/?hl=en and see some of the events/shows I attend from time to time. Stay weird my friends and until next time! Thanks for reading xoxo.