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About Me

There is another person using my name as their MySpace url; my actual url has the underscores. Don't be confused! ;)
Amongst many other things, I am:
- A career DJ and Impresario/Promoter; my company is American Gothic Productions. www.AmericanGothicProd.com
- Living in Berlin, Germany though I fly back monthly to my hometown of Chicago to DJ, etc.
- Vegan
- GAF
I passionately enjoy & promote good, new, dark alternative music. I DJ, book bands & produce club events & have been doing so for over 19 years. I absolutely love what I do.
BANDS THAT ARE INTERESTED in the *possibility* of having me spin their songs at my club events, hold promo nights for them or have a live gig booked by American Gothic Productions should contact me. My postal address for cds & promo materials is:
American Gothic Productions,
PMB 258, 2506 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614 USA
I love to play as much new music as I can at my club events; please send me your cds! I work with bands in the genres specified in the "music" category on the left side of this page. I am generally not interested in bands outside those areas, though I've been pleasantly surprised here & there. I do not, however, book bands from other genres.
I am infamously poor at keeping in touch with friends electronically, so please do not feel slighted if I owe you an e-mail or two (or five...)
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My Interests

Music. Veganism. Travel. Art. Friendships. Love. Peace. Introspection. Exploration of all the above and all of the below...

Also:

the goth subculture; life in Chicago and Berlin; ethical veganism; my cats; floatation/sensory deprivation tanks (my "other" business;) travel; following bands; good reading; left of centre politics; art (Pre-Raphaelite, symbolism, Art Nouveau, surrealism;) bicycling; ecology; conscious living and much more.....

I'd like to meet:

People who want to know about & attend my club & concert events; other intelligent people who share the same interests; bands that fit somewhere within the genres I have listed as musical interests who create exceptional, original, emotionally evocative "dark" music. People who sincerely want to learn more about becoming vegan feel free to write, too!

I will not accept add requests from people who are hunters, racists, homophobic, right-wing or overtly religious of any sort.

I'd be glad to add you IF you share at least a few of my interests, but please don't feel slighted if I don't leave a comment on your profile- I struggle to keep up with all of my on-line communications as it is!

Please don't add big advertisements to my comments, though you may mention your concert, how to acquire your music or similar.

Cheers!

Music:

Goth, Ethereal, Darkwave, Shoegaze, Deathrock, Dark Indie, Industrial, Psychedelic, Post-Punk, Dream / Twee Pop and the politically-charged Hardcore Punk of my youth... Dark, beautiful music...

My favourite band will always be Cocteau Twins...

Movies:

My top 6 are: Withnail & I; Harold & Maude; Blade Runner; The Exterminating Angel; A Clockwork Orange; Arsenic & Old Lace...

Books:

Authors/Poets: Virginia Woolf, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire, Christina Rossetti, Edward Gorey, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Donne, Lord Byron, Willliam Butler Yeats, Elizabeth Siddal, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Edgar Allan Poe, Stevie Smith, Luke Rhinehart, Jane Austen, The Bronte sisters, Storm Constantine, Oscar Wilde, Leonora Carrington, William S. Burroughs, Neil Gaiman, Audrey Niffenegger, many more.

Recently read: "Sister Carrie" by Theodore Dreiser; "Feast of Snakes" by Harry Crewes; "Pan" by Knut Hamsun; "The Real Frank Zappa Book" by Frank Zappa; "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunne; "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel; "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman; Linguaphone German course books.....

Heroes:

The ALF

If not you, who? If not now, when?

If you are 18 or over and a US citizen, don't slack off about voting this year! Make positive changes!

My Blog

[EVENT](Chicago) London After Midnight at Nocturna’s 20th Anniversary Party!

This is it! This coming Friday the 13th of June! The 20th Anniversary Party for Nocturna with London After Midnight performing! Tons of cd giveaways, too.Tickets are on sale now for this once in a l...
Posted by Scary Lady Sarah on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:36:00 PST

[EVENTS](Chicago) This Weekend: Let Us Entertain You Two Nights!

Greetings!The weather is great in Chicago this weekend and I'm involved in two fun events, so come on out! :)- - - - - - - -- Friday, 6 June: MAD MAX-A-THON Movie Night!A Mad Max Double feature Host...
Posted by Scary Lady Sarah on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:57:00 PST

[EVENT](Chicago) This Friday: PANIC! Britpop/New Wave/Indie Dance Night w/ DJ SLS

Greetings!TOMORROW! Friday, 30 May, come on out to PANIC!Panic! is a super-fun monthly indie / Britpop / new wave dance night with resident DJs Pogo & Arturo and this month, Panic! will also have spec...
Posted by Scary Lady Sarah on Thu, 29 May 2008 10:28:00 PST

[EVENTS](Chicago) Spring Replete With Great Events!

Greetings & Happy Springtime!It's a good season for music & dark alternative culture related events in Chicago! Here's a list of just a few of the things that American Gothic Productions and/or DJ Sc...
Posted by Scary Lady Sarah on Thu, 22 May 2008 10:04:00 PST

[EVENT](Chicago) Nocturna 18+ Dance Night: 17 May (The Cure Party!)

Oooh...a flier! (Or do you spell it flyer?)Thanks! Hope to see many of you there!...
Posted by Scary Lady Sarah on Tue, 13 May 2008 08:09:00 PST

Chicago Music Fans Need to Speak Up or Lose Out BIG!

The City of Chicago is voting THIS WEDNESDAY to pass a new Promoters Ordinance which would require independent promoters to get licenses to promote any/all events which in turn would negatively affect...
Posted by Scary Lady Sarah on Tue, 13 May 2008 07:52:00 PST

[EVENT](Chicago) Nocturna 18+ Dance Night: 17 May (Cure Party!)

Greetings-Thanks to everyone who came out to the April Nocturna! The warmer weather must have really inspired you because it was one of the most attended and amazing looking crowds we've had since Hal...
Posted by Scary Lady Sarah on Fri, 09 May 2008 07:47:00 PST

[EVENT](Chicago) Tonight! Thanatos, Chris Connelly, DJ SLS, more...

(Sorry about the last minute notice!)Tonight, Sunday, 4 May:Live in concert-Thanatos Chris Connelly (of Revolting Cocks, Acid Horse, PTP, Pigface, etc, etc, etc...)Tim Larsonand DJ Scary Lady Sarah sp...
Posted by Scary Lady Sarah on Sun, 04 May 2008 08:52:00 PST

Melanie

Hello.Today I signed in to MySpace for the first time in nearly two weeks and I have a lot of catching up to do but I'm too numb to start right yet. A not often seen but dearly loved friend of m...
Posted by Scary Lady Sarah on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:26:00 PST

[EVENT](Chicago) Nocturna 18+ Dark Dance w/ DJ SLS!

Greetings!Spring time Nocturna is finally on its way!!! Mark your calendars, tell your friends pick out a smashing outfit....the next Nocturna will fall on:- Saturday, 19 April!(and no daylight-savin...
Posted by Scary Lady Sarah on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:28:00 PST