Crabb Town

nowthisisgothic:

• Italy, late 80s (?) [photo: Silvana]


For the love of all ravens… Goths should always remember to follow this one, and ONLY this one tenant of Southern, church-going housewives: The BIGGER the hair, the closer to BEELZEBUB. But be wise about your magical, mountainous locks.

This is a photo of BamBam and Ariel Thorne. BamBam had a bunch of babies and lives in a trailer outside of Des Moines. She walks ten miles to her night shift at Duane Reade and is a blonde now. She is, in a sense, no longer with us. But Ariel is TRULY no longer with us. A year after this photo was taken, she caught her hair on a hanging lamp while walking down a spiral staircase on three hits of Golden Purse acid and inadvertently hung herself. She still haunts my memory with her poetry, Tarot readings, and monthly gallon of Head and Shoulders dandruff shampoo. The dry Texas winters were so hard for her. Rest in peace Ariel Thorne.

And take heed fellow Goths… use your hair wisely!