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Sonya

Sonya

About Me


Gothic Beauty
InMusicWeTrust
Music Editor for Gothic Beauty Magazine
Former Music Editor/Music Column in The Vanguard (local Vancouver, WA twice-monthly print newspaper)
Former Staff Writer for In Music We Trust (http://www.inmusicwetrust.com)
Former Staff writer to Sick Among The Pure (http://www.sickamongthepure.com)
Former Contributing writer to Starvox.net (http://www.starvox.net)
Former Contributing writer to MusicWerks Magazine (Seattle)
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I took many years of piano lessons, and I played the clarinet, but never developed any real musical talent on my own. If I had to start out playing the lame crap that was on my sheet music, it simply wasn’t worth the effort. I went to see Alice Cooper when I was 15, and it was amazing. I grew up listening to Alice Cooper and David Bowie in the 70’s.
During the 80’s, I listened to Adam Ant, Dead or Alive, Gary Numan, The Cure; and my favorite, Faith No More. I was also an Aerosmith fan!
I went to see The Lords of Acid in the 90’s, and began writing about my experiences for an online publication called In Music We Trust.
We try to include many genres of music in Gothic Beauty Magazine, while still trying to keep the music section interesting to our readers. Of course, there are many genres we do not cover, obviously, but for the most part our music section is designed to introduce our readers to a variety of music, while still keeping with the darker side. I grew up listening to Alice Cooper, who was once considered “shock rock” or “heavy metal”, but to me Alice Cooper is GAF, the first musician I ever saw in black eyeliner.
Today, I enjoy bands that incorporate elements of Gothic, Rock, Glam, Punk, Industrial - and even Classical - styles.
“Goth Culture” reflects an amalgam, or mixture, of diverse elements most provocative amid modern fashion culture and musical history. ~Jett Black

My Interests

FOR GOTHIC BEAUTY MUSIC SUBMISSIONS, PLEASE EMAIL ME FOR OUR CURRENT REVIEW POLICY AND OUR SUBMISSION ADDRESS: sonya at gothicbeauty dot com

I'd like to meet:

Keeping in touch with friends - new and old.

Music:

David Bowie, Written In Ashes, Collide, KMFDM, Ministry, Deathwatch Beetle Repairman, Laibach, Faith No More, And One, Hanzel und Gretyl, Dope Stars Inc., Julian Tulip's Licorice, New York Dolls, Aerosmith, Joy Division, Brick Bats, Minefield, Bella Morte, Robert Smith, Gary Numan, Alice Cooper, Minefield, Paralysed Age, Moonspell, Sumerland, SPF1000... more... lots more...

Movies:

Trainspotting, Rocky Horror, Zoolander, Shallow Grave, Young Frankenstein, Pulp Fiction, Edward Scissorhands, Razorblade Smile, Nadja... Pretty much anything with Alan Rickman, Christopher Walken, Ewan McGregor, and/or Johnny Depp.

Books:

Poppy Z. Brite, Anne Rice, Stephen King, the Harry Potter Series, Francesca Lia Block, Caprice Crane... more

Heroes:

Osiris the Wonder Chihuahua

My Blog

Gothic Beauty / Alice Cooper

You won't want to miss Issue 26 of Gothic Beauty Magazine. We have interviews with Diamanda Galas, Johnette Napolitano... and Alice Cooper!Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love Alice. I'm super e...
Posted by Sonya on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:53:00 PST

Sick Among The Pure Long Lost Interview

I was cleaning out some space on my computer and I came across this interview that Jeremy Needle did with me several years ago for "Sick Among The Pure". I'm not even sure if this is the entire text.....
Posted by Sonya on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:11:00 PST

I Promote Asian Awareness To The World!!!!!

AND... I'm a Customer High!Too cute! I ordered something for my daughter from Lolita Kisama, and my order just shipped. They sent me this message:"Thanks for shopping at Lolita Kisama!With us, you've ...
Posted by Sonya on Wed, 14 May 2008 03:09:00 PST

Iron Man

OMG, Iron Man ROCKED! Saw it last night at Cinetopia (super hi-tec digital) and I'm ready to go see it again today. If you loved Transformers (like I did), do yourself a favor and go see Iron Man :)So...
Posted by Sonya on Sat, 10 May 2008 08:56:00 PST

Gothic Beauty, Kynt & Vyxsin, TIMES SQUARE

PR Newswire sent pics from the Gothic Beauty Press Release showing Bil Brown's pic from Issue 25 of Kynt & Vyxsin on Times Square!...
Posted by Sonya on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:32:00 PST

Portland, OR Dog Owners...

View my page on pdxdog...
Posted by Sonya on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:31:00 PST

Happy Easter... And Speaking of Religion...

OK, so I have this Fred Meyer "Rewards" card that accidentally scans at Border’s Books as "I AM MESSIAH". I would think if people can sell Cheetos and sandwiches on EBay because they look like J...
Posted by Sonya on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:37:00 PST

Goodbye Geska

This in from Geska Records...   ..> ..> Subject:  GESKA RECORDS -- 2001*2008 -- ..>..> -:   Special update   :- Dear Friends, This is the final transmission from ...
Posted by Sonya on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:19:00 PST

Issue 25

Issue 25 is now available for pre-order, cover photo by Allan Amato. Featured fashions with Heavy Red, Virgin Iron Creations, AZAC Couture, Vesperi, Femme Metale & To Die For Designs. Interviews wit...
Posted by Sonya on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:47:00 PST

Zombie Halloween

Just wanted to share my brother's awesome Halloween costume. He was "Rob Zombie", and custom built his car to blow flames and 'smoke' the rear tires. He also customized the car for 110 power to plug i...
Posted by Sonya on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:25:00 PST