Inadequately clothed young ladies

[strange_complex]

I just spoke to my Mum on the phone. She'd recently been out to a concert in Lichfield, and was commenting with disbelief and disapproval on the girls she'd seen afterwards, walking down the street in thin sleeveless dresses without any kind of coat, despite the fact that it was freezing winter weather.

I explained that pointing and laughing at such girls (and their shirt-sleeved male companions) is a recreational sport which had long been enjoyed by both Goths and Metallers, so that this was one area in which middle-aged ladies and alternative sub-cultures could find common ground. She chuckled.

Incidentally, I don't think a post about The Order of the Phoenix is going to happen today after all, since I've spent most of it asleep. It'll turn up eventually.

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[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, well she mainly likes early music (as in Renaissance and Baroque), but perhaps I could guide her in the direction of Goth by pointing out its roots (albeit rather indirect ones) in late antiquity?