Goth/Scene Social Opportunities

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speakmo@reddit

Charlie's Star Lounge. Check for their goth nights. Dallas observer recently did an article on it

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

noo dont do “soy darks” its not even goth its mostly cumbia and then they play like annew order blue monday. its for posers. a goth grift.

try diskoteka de brujas,

double wide has Away from the Numbers night and Aarcadia.

best bet tho is Panoptikon on friday nite tho.

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NintendogsWithGuns@reddit

How is that for “posers?” Half the goth people I met at The Church 20 years ago still do events at Charlie’s all the time.

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PS: repeatedly calling a POC & WOC run event that works in collaboration with 501c3s - " a grifter event" bc it doesn't fit your narrow, patriarchal, sexualized, white centric, trad goth ideals as if goths never existed in other cultures is HIGH KEY RACIST. Let's not overlook the accusatory and criminalizing language that you casually dubbed a brown person. You called me a scammer. No, we are absolutely not on the same team.

Lemme guess, your white? Who needs to fight Fascism when we've got our local Goth Nazi genre policing cool kids...

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bebitaaa@reddit

meanwhile la bruja us a white lady mpretenteing to be Latina. who's the grift. she kept the money from an anti ice benefit lol

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

you got me there i do remember it goth djs in dallas do be grifting

charlies is a predator bar

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bebitaaa@reddit

CHARLIE'S is the saftest place and the only place that bans believes women, bans abusers, and gives defamed survivors a chance. Safe for queers and trans and POCS. That's why Soy Dark's and all the community orgs that work with them started there... If you have a predatory DJ crew lets say run by an almost 50 year old creep - that centers and grooms mostly young, white, pale, curvy, eager, wannabe DJs for the male gaze while teaching them no DJ skills and to take down survivors then yeah, that night is predatory. Like when management at Doubewide, they used to allow swastikas (google the articles). all depends on the party....

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NintendogsWithGuns@reddit

What’s your stance on Neo-Folk?

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

i can think of loke 4 abusers that go to charlies regularly

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bebitaaa@reddit

Name them. I know Rico (ricostudio) is one of the predo last call creep that's gotten a couple of my friends

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

double wide is fs racist and lets in Nazis charlies does allow predators thooo i have some very recent news about it

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

girl we are on the same yeam

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bebitaaa@reddit

more like soy h8rs

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

Soy Darks is false advertisment its a grift

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bebitaaa@reddit

PS: Accusing a POC & WOC run event that works in collaboration with 501c3s - “ a grifter event” bc they don’t fit your patriarchy misogynist white centric trad goth ideals as if goths never existed in other cultures is HIGH KEY RACIST. We aren’t on the same team. You are obviously just one of la Brujas mean girls/community.

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

only soy darks yhebother goth nights tend to deliver

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skyline010@reddit

Not interested in the goth thing, but they play cumbia??

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bebitaaa@reddit

It’s rotating sets 30min Cumbis, then 30mins goth all night. Follow our guest DJs for more Cumbia exclusive events

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icywing54@reddit

Yeah what, sounds fuckin awesome

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bebitaaa@reddit

Cumbias are different and varied every time - there have been world class guest DJ - who've come from Mexico, all over Tejas, and from Chulita Club national chapters... as well as local LAtinTech baddies Munec and Alaska... Every guest DJ shares their Latine experience thru their set.

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

yes its good a lot of cumbia rebajada… not goth but good cumbia rebajada

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bebitaaa@reddit

Real Latina's can be goth too.

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xoxo_angelica@reddit

What the hell are you on about? Yeah they bring in a diverse range of DJs genre wise, I’ve heard hiphop, disco, cumbia, post-punk, goth, electro, and house all at Charlie’s and never caught a single bad set. The goth nights are absolutely authentically goth, as is the music. The crowd is all latex and leather, and mostly in the 30+ range.

I’m glad you avoid Charlie’s bc we don’t want your whack energy there, it’s such a great community

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

nah i only avoid soy darks. other nights are fine. Im not trying to go to a goth night to hear cumbia rebajada all night— i have several times. always disappointed at “soy darks”. all the homies call it “soy posers”

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xoxo_angelica@reddit

That’s a skill issue on ur part lol, you just plan to go on nights with the goth DJs who play goth music which are like a good half or more out of the week if that’s what you’re looking for.

Their default is goth as are their resident DJs, but yes they bring in other kinds of DJs and music for specific theme nights and parties.

Sorry I won’t tolerate Charlie’s slander, it’s such a lovely, cool, welcoming community space of mostly DFW locals and the staff/patrons go above and beyond to make it a safe, diverse, inclusive club environment with firm convictions unlike the larger clubs who attract tons of corny transplant phonies who show up to gawk, pretend to be cool, and not dance.

You sound like the poser here honestly

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

your panties up in the bunch over a bar

you must be an alcoholic too

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xoxo_angelica@reddit

You’re right about the first part, I won’t deny that. But I actually don’t even drink alcohol, I just like music and good people. We exist 🙂

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

yeah i did not even bother to read urnhissy fit

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

lol tldr

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virgo_em@reddit

The obvious answer you’ll get a lot of is The Church, but honestly I do not like it. They’ve been very EDM heavy pretty much any time I go and just have really shitty techno remixes of emo songs. Nicole Noire is a DJ from San Antonio I think and she occasionally DJs The Church and she’s really good.

Check out the profile @othervoicesdfw, that’s the most centralized place to keep up with events going on.

Charlie’s Star Lounge (my personal favorite place) every third Saturday of the month. Even months is Diskoteca de Brujas with La Bruja and Al G, odd months is La Bruja with guests. There is also Dance of Eternal Shadows on I believe the last Thursdays of the month.

Double Wide first Saturday of the month is Arcadia with La Bruja and Gabe Mendoza, very 80s new wave specific night. And many Saturdays there will be Away From The Numbers with Sam Ramirez and Gabe Mendoza.

LadyLove Lounge and Sound has La Phantasma with LoveGhost and guest DJs typically the last Thursday of the month.

Panoptikon at Sons of Hermann Hall every Friday. It’s like a more niche Church that generally has better music and isn’t afraid to go industrial.

I’m genuinely at these events so often that I’m pretty much guaranteed to be there unless I’m sick, dead, or out of town. Feel free to message me if you have any specific questions! It’s a super friendly scene.

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UnaccreditedSetup@reddit

Loveghost is a weirdo with allegations who’ll play techno half the time during his goth nights. I’d avoid if possible.

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bebitaaa@reddit

the least goth night out of all. like those others - it's about aesthetics- same for La Bruja - like that's the literal awarder party won was - see and be seen - which is cool if you loved high school cliques, back stabbing dramas, and shit talking.

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virgo_em@reddit

Do you have any info about allegations?

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bebitaaa@reddit

yes Jacob was called out when I heard about him : they shredded the girl as the dallas dj community loves to do

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virgo_em@reddit

I meant like are there any posts with info about it? I want to be ethical about who I support but I also can’t go based off of a Reddit comment that just says “allegations” with nothing else.

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bebitaaa@reddit

I just tend to believe women. no one likes to wake up to a whole goth scene against them.

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virgo_em@reddit

Again, I’m just asking if there is a statement available about it that I can see. I cannot immediately go around telling people someone is an abuser based on a Reddit comment that doesn’t actually say anything about what happened. I can’t believe a woman’s statement if there is no statement.

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bebitaaa@reddit

no I didn't screen cap but noted it when I first heard of this lovghost ; then he got his 1000 plus discord to do that they do

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UnaccreditedSetup@reddit

Oops sorry I forgot to come back to this thread. I moved to Dallas after the events happened, but everyone I met since I’ve moved here who had any sort of involvement in the “underground” scene has said all the same thing about him messaging a minor who had her age in her bio.

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virgo_em@reddit

Oof gross, I’ll definitely poke around and abstain from his events. Thanks!

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UnaccreditedSetup@reddit

Right lol. They’ll cancel DJ’s they can’t get anything from for being racist (ie: circuitbabii) as they should, but will defend and prop up people if they can get something from them.

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Mammoth-Ad6463@reddit

booommmmm

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clockness_evertea@reddit

also have been looking for community so i'm following

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sunburntsalem@reddit

Soo many people have said the church but I will chime in with my experience! I feel like the floor itself is perfect for the crowd that comes weekly, if you like to dance wall-to-wall with people, especially if one of their resident djs red vamp plays, it’s a fun time. Her set gets more edm adjacent after midnight but the other djs have a better mix of everything. Their outdoor patio has more space than you’d think if you need some outside time (don’t even get me started about the hotdog stand those lovely people I have cured many potential hangovers) and the bartenders themselves are nice for the most part. Worst thing I can think of is the lines inside and out. Waiting for drinks at the bar can be kind of a pain but they pour heavy so I think it balances out!

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NintendogsWithGuns@reddit

The main hub for Dallas’ goth and alt scene is The Church. They play a mix of new wave, dark wave, gothic rock, industrial, etc. It’s been running since 1993, but the crowd has been getting younger lately. I like this new generation of goths though.

The second one is Panoptikon, which is on Friday at Sons of Hermann. Slightly older crowd mostly composed of former Church goers, but also the music is slightly different. Bigger emphasis on 80s goth music, less on industrial. Also, the building is supposedly haunted and that’s cool.

Cat Punk is at the same location as The Church, but it’s on Thursdays and is a dedicated emo/nu metal night. Massive overlap between the Cat Punk and The Church crowd, but there are indeed people that only do Cat Punk.

Charlie’s Star Lounge also does goth nights, often at the same time as Cat Punk. It’s located right behind The Church/Cat Punk, so lots of people just walk back and forth between them. They also do some Wednesday stuff.

Double Wide also does goth nights, but I don’t really fuck with them because they also welcome the fascist goths that got kicked out of The Church for dressing like Nazis. I don’t see them there very often, but I also just don’t fuck that venue regardless. The goth Latino nights seem fun though.

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