Stop the Killings: A Short Story
It appeared Drega was running out of patience with governmental red tape and what he may have perceived, rightly or wrongly, to be a pattern of unrelenting harassment. The warnings were there but no one recognized them. ...

Upwardly Goth | MetaFilter
The main problem was that it was pretty shallow, repetitive stuff, and it tended to turn off the more cerebral folks who were dropping in to do swoopy dances to the Cocteau Twins or Black Tape. So, you got this vicious cycle ..... Now, as to the similarities in the music, it's more than about just dressing in dark colors and some pointy boots. Early goth music had a heavy punk influence and, up until Projeckt went all fru-fru, tended to feature a fast, complex bass line. ...

TUMEKE!: The Case against John Key and his Daddy State
37: Drug Driving laws that are utterly subjective and allow the Police to take your blood meaning a joint you smoked last week will still show up costing you $5000 and 3 months inside. 38: A 9day fortnight that actually ends ... $35 million on military boot camps that don't work but make middle class voters feel smug (this amount has increased btw) 47: Attempting to legalize whaling 48: Gutting the RMA pretending it's cutting red tape when really it's burning Green tape ...

LITTLE WOMEN(1869) by Louisa May Alcott PART ONE
lovely blue and silver dress, waiting for Roderigo. He came in gorgeous array, with plumed cap, red cloak, chestnut love-locks, a guitar, and the boots, of course. Kneeling at the foot of the tower, he sang a serenade in melting tones. ...

Indelible Ink - Elizabeth Corcoran
I want Poppy to crack wise, to tell these women with their poofy hair and their stretch pants tucked into tasseled cowboy boots something like, a€œMaybe for the places your family goes, but not mine. .... Sometimes, Priscilla pops onto the tape to talk about a special room. Poppy and I are two rooms ahead of James, who keeps pausing his tape so he can stand, transfixed by the evidence of Elvis' daily life. Last time we saw him, he was staring up the staircase that leads to ...