Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Our guest Sam Harrison Emm of the band Hurtsfall joins us to run the gamut of goth. From gatekeeping, to goth in the mainstream, to defining goth. From the US to the UK we'll figure out this whole goth thing one way or another.
instagram.com/samharrisonemm
hurtsfall.bandcamp.com

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Getting Into goth 00:00

What is goth 5:00

Music Production 26:00

Club Scene 54:30

Goth in the Mainstream 1:01:55

Gatekeeping 1:18:40

Changing Goth 1:36:05

Post Show Musings 1:54:00

References:
-Double Eyelid - Edgar Allan Poe
doubleeyelid.bandcamp.com/album/edgar-allan-poes-the-tell-tale-heart
-Queer as Folklore
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781807070373
-Cool with Clout
thetwilighttone.com/2025/10/16/cool-without-clout-authenticity-beats-algorithms
-Nyx Division
youtu.be/sLhl2zA_sWw?si=ltyUZ6Z1a4J-GGxZ