Search the Community

Due to the fact I have many restriction on here for photo data size and stuff I will share my album from facebook. If you can not view that I will upload to another image site. https://www.facebook.com/Cathrine.Marie.Mison.TheFairyGothmother/media_set?set=a.10154681268317776.1073741845.731687775&type=3&uploaded=1 Please enjoy some photos from this years Wave Gotik Treffen and Gothic POGO festival. I was going to go to M'era Luna but my husband must work and I recently had surgery. I could have gone but without my husband I would be too anxious going myself even if I am seeing many wonderful friends.

Greetings DGN members! Just want to share this amazing video from M'era Luna. Me and my adorable hubby Jurek were filmed and included in the 2016 After Movie for M'era Luna. I can tell you after years of watching videos and their previews and after movies to see myself in one is kind of surreal! I also was interviewed and postted in a Wave Gotik Treffen video from the local new media. They didnt include the interview but some footage of us walking and in a park briefly. I have been making loads of new friends, meeting great people and the move to Germany and Leipzig only keeps getitng better! Look out for me 4:04 seconds in near the end!

Its me Cat aka the Fairy Gothmother. Holy shit its been over 4 years since I moved to Deutschland. Home of one of the most bad ass goth scenes. After my humble beginnings in the Detroit scene and then moving to southern California a few years I took the biggest risk and decided if I wanted to really wanted to experience the scene in Germany the best way would be to live there. So here I am now. 4 years and a few months living in Leipzig home of the Wave Gotik Treffen the biggest most well known Gothic festival and gathering. Its been quite the journey. I am married to my fabulous and loving handsome German husband Jurek. We have our gorgeous hairless kitty Gizmo. I am making loads of awesome friends including many elder goths that have been around since the beginning. I been to several festivals including WGT 2 times, Mera Luna going on 2 times, Gothic Pogo festival, and other events thrown by Vanity Noir and Darkflower. Theres such an abundance of events, concerts and clubs here. It was a struggle for me in the states finding much going on near by. I didnt live in Detroit so it was difficult to get to many events especially after my divorce and my car getting sold. I really count myself more than fortunate and still some days wake up pinching myself because for someone like me from small town USA in the rustbelt I never would have expected to get this far. Especially when I look at my family and circumstances surrounding me. Many people tell me I cant do things but I love proving them wrong. Especially as a bigger girl I think people are shocked that I have been able to do all that I have. Many expect a girl like me to sit around home popping out kids, living on welfare and going nowhere in life especially as a goth. My father even lacked much faith in me and mainly due to my weight issues. I however have dreams and goals in life and sitting here in my altbau apartment in Leipzig is a testament to how far I was willing to reach for and it meant taking big risks and making big sacrifices. (not the kind of scarifices that involve killing people or animals lol) I myself have evolved as a person and goth. When I was in the detroit scene I really was a baby bat not in age but experience and knowledge. I even briefly got into the cybergoth thing since it looked cool at the time and seemed to be the big thing in the Detroit scene. I have long ago shed my cyberlox, furry boot covers and goggles and embraced the Trad goth and deathrocker look. I also do some haut goth, tiniest bit of nu goth because face it some of those killstar shirts are pretty cool, and victorian/vampire goth for events but I truly feel comfortable and enjoy sticking with the basics. I grown much better at doing my hair and makeup and thanks to Etsy I am no longer limited to the shops and limited sizes. I prefer custom things anyways. I never had the opportunity to really get to know many of you from DGN or the Detroit scene before I spread my bat wings and flew off. I had newly discovered Michigan even had a scene and went to a few club nights and events before my desire and the opportunity to leave the depressing and toxic situation in my personal life presented itself. I attended one Manfast and won 3rd place dressed as Silent Bob and nearly died in a van with Mark from VNV Nation and Joe Letz from Combichrist because Joe thought it would be fun on a cold snowy night to cover the drivers eyes causing him to lose control on slippery roads and spin nearly smashing other cars and a huge road sign. I met many people at events who were really nice and treated me coool and I think its why I really felt my place was in the goth scene. The acceptance and vibes made me finally feel it was ok to be myself and I found my people. The California scene was cool and while I never ran into elitists I heard there were plenty. I still met some fascinating individuals in the Hollywood and LA clubs. Again I found myself in the difficult situation that I had lived just over an hour from most the gothy things. There was a goth night in the next town but it was small and dying out. I had no luck in the dating world either. All the guys I found interesting, attractive and what not were either taken, gay or not interested lol. I was getting bored and lonely and so I decided fuck it. Go big or go home and set my sights on Germany. Even before I started going to Detroit events and clubs I knew of the festivals in Germany. I seen them on youtube and because I had love for mans German bands and musicians and seeing some rarely if ever came to the states or Detroit/LA I dreamed I could go attend these festivals. Only I knew with my income it would be next to impossible. Whats in store for the future? Well I have a job opportunity coming involving goth winkle-pickers or pikes. Through some friends I met a guy in Leipzig opening up a unisex shoe shop and will be designing shoes for men and women including high heels. We met at one of my friends goth picnics and shes interning for his IT and consulting business. He mentioned that he would love to make pikes and knows they would sell very well in this city. I myself grown to love these shoes and got my own pair nearly a year ago and want any more. I also established myself as an artist at the WGT. I had some of my pieces on display at the inaugural Starla Gallery at the Victorian Village. They are buying a piece from me to auction and display in their future literature and media. I finally met Father Sebastiaan and got fanged by him and joined the Sabertooth clan. We have a large community and he often comes to Germany and leipzig and hosts endless nights at the Absintherie Sixtina plus conclave. Think of Manfast for Vampires but a little more refined (though drunken and naked shenanigans still ensue), elegant and in a huge medieval castle on top of a small mountain overlooking a village in the alps. Making plans to attend maybe next years. I was briefly spotted on German TV in a video about the 25th WGT. I was interviewed a few times. Once by MDR, BBC Radio and MDR Radio. I plan to attend pretty much every WGT now. I mean its right outside my doorstep practically now so I plan to be a regular attendee. I am building up a wardrobe of beautiful outfits, accessories and jewelry. I am making many more friends, got a solid relationship and marriage, and everything is falling into place. I am so happy with things and my move to Germany is paying off. I have more things to tackle like working on my weight and health but otherwise I am truly happy and more at peace than ever before. I hope you enjoy me sharing things periodically. I hope if you have not experienced it yet that one day you can make it to Germany for WGT or one of the many other festivals. Its difficult to explain or express how amazing they are. I will never forget where I got my start though. I have my DGN stickers displayed and tell people I got my start in the dystopian city of Detroit lol.

Hey everyone your Fairy Gothmother here sharing some cool things from my Goth life in Germany. My husband Jurek and I moved to beautiful Leipzig home of the biggest Gothic gathering in the world Wave Gotik Treffen. Its a goths dream come true. Simply attending it was not enough I want to live it and be a part of it every year! So I am super lucky. If you do not know me I am Cathrine and I grew up in Michigan about a hr north of Detroit near Harsens Island. I always been a bit weird and I got into the gothic lifestyle and discovered Detroit Goth scene. It was difficult with my life, circumstance and location to be a huge part of it but never the less I did at least come experience and meet some of Detroits/Michigans fellow goths and attend some clubs and events. As I got more into the music and life I also took notice of the national and international scene and thirsted for more. I grew to love Industrial music and EBM and so much of it came out of Germany and I discovered M'era Luna and WGT. I knew I would have to learn some German because my love for German music and so I could one day go to these events. After moving to California for a few years I finally decided to go big or go home. I thought why not do something amazing and move to Germany? I do not have children and I may have my medical issues but I have the independence to travel. I began building a network of friends and also began to grow a interest in dating German guys as well. I mean why not go for a cute German goth guy? Anyways fast forward and I have been in Germany over 3 years. I am married to a adorable lovely guy and we have a naked Donskoy cat named Giizmo. We went to M'era Luna together in 2013 and moved to Leipzig end of December 2014. Now we are settling in and working on our goals and plans for our life here. First taking care of priorities but still enjoying some bits of the goth scene when we can afford the time and money. So this thread will be where I share my life in photos with a little blogging about things. I also encourage anyone who has ever experienced or visited to also join in post photos or post comments, photos and ideas about the scene and things you want, want to see and experience. So I will start by posting some photos from the past couple years. Sorry I am not in many since right now until I shed the weight I feel uncomfortable in too many photographs. So I will begin with some pics from M'era Luna 2013 and progress from there!

So this is the line up thus far. There will probably be more announced closer to the event. However sooo stoked about Peter Murphy and the Bauhaus set-list he will be playing! Cant wait already got my tickets ordered! Aesthetic Perfection (USA) - Amnistia (D) - And Also The Trees (GB) - Angelic Foe (S) - Artwork (D) Konzert zum 30. Jubiläum - Aurelio Voltaire (USA) - Autumnal (E) - Árnica (E) - Backworld (USA) - Bestial Mouths (USA) - Bifröst (A) - Biomekkanik (S) - Blitzmaschine (D) - Chainreactor (D) - Christ Vs. Warhol (USA) - Christine Plays Viola (I) - Cinema Strange (USA) weltweit exklusives Konzert 2016 - Coppelius (D) - Crematory (D) Konzert zum 25. Jubiläum - Cult Club (D) - Culture Kultür (E) - Dark Fortress (D) - Darkhaus (D/USA) - Darkher (GB) - Das Ich (D) - Dernière Volonté (F) - Destin Fragile (S) - Deutsch Nepal (S) - Diary Of Dreams (D) - Die Krupps (D) - Die Wilde Jagd (D) - Diodati (D) - Dirk Ivens (B) präsentiert das Beste von The Klinik, Dive, Blok 57 und Absolute Body Control - Dornenreich (A) mit zwei verschiedenen Auftritten - Endless Asylum (E) - Estampie (D) - Faun (D) - Gernotshagen (D) - Girls Under Glass (D) 80er-Originalbesetzung - Golden Apes (D) - Gothminister (N) - Grausame Töchter (D) - Hante. (F) - Har Belex (E) - Harpyie (D) - Haujobb (D) - In The Nursery (GB) Konzert zum 35. Jubiläum - Irdorath (BY) - Irfan (BG) - James Rays Gangwar (GB) - Jessica93 (F) - Kari Rueslåtten (N) - Kauan (RUS) - Kirsten Morrison (GB) - Kommando (D) - Korpiklaani (FIN) - Krayenzeit (D) - Kuroshio (FIN) - Kyoll (D) - Lacrimosa (CH) - Lament (D) - Last Leaf Down (CH) - Leather Strip (DK) - Leaves' Eyes (D/N) Wikinger-Schau - Legend (IS) - Lene Lovich Band (USA) - Lord Of The Lost (D) - Machinista (S) - Maschinenkrieger KR52 vs. DISRAPTOR (D) - Mesh (GB) - Näo (F) - Nekromantix (DK) - Neuroticfish (D) - Nordvargr (S) - Nullvektor (D) - One I Cinema (D) - Orange Sector (D) - Other Day (D) - Patenbrigade Wolff (D) - Peter Murphy (GB) 'Mr. Moonlight show' mit dem Besten von Bauhaus - Peter Yates (GB) - Pink Turns Blue (D) - Plastic Noise Experience (D) - Position Parallèle (F) - Pride And Fall (N) exklusives Deutschland-Konzert 2016 - Psilocybe Larvae (RUS) - Reaper (D) - Roger Rotor (CH) - Ruined Conflict (USA) - Saeldes Sanc & Ernst Horn (D) - Sangre De Muerdago (E) - Schöngeist (D) - Schwarzer Engel (D) - Siechtum (D) exklusives Konzert zur Wiedervereinigung - Signal Aout 42 (B) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik (GB) - Skálmöld (IS) - Solar Fake (D) - Somatic Responses (GB) - Sonar (B) - Suicide Commando (B) - Sunset Wings (RUS) - Supersimmetria (D) - Tanz Ohne Musik (RO) - Te/DIS (D) Weltpremiere - The Aerdt (D) - The Angina Pectoris (D) erstes Konzert seit 15 Jahren - The Deadfly Ensemble (USA) - The Fright (D) - The House Of Usher (D) - The Legendary Pink Dots (NL) - The Protagonist (S) - The Underground Youth (GB) - The Visit (CDN) - Thorofon (D) Konzert zum 25. Jubiläum - Tragic Black (USA) - Treha Sektori (F) - Triarii (D) - Trollfest (N) - Ultranoire (H) - Unzucht (D) - Valhall (S) - Velvet Acid Christ (USA) - Versengold (D) - Winter Severity Index (I) - Winterkälte (D) Konzert zum 25. Jubiläum - Xeno & Oaklander (USA) - XTR Human (D) -

Our First Christmas in Leipzig! My husband got a good job a few months ago and life is on the up and up. He bought me this beautiful Evil Princess coat from Dracula Clothing and a custom pair of old school gothic pikes form London. My in laws bought us The Cure tickets. I put up for the first time since I left my parents a proper tree. I had one small tree a few years ago but it had barely anything more than a dozen baubles and a string of lights. This tree is a black tree and I made the tree skirt a few decos and bought a couple sets of lights and baubles and a glittery purple tree star. I am hosting Christmas dinner this year too for my in laws so I have been a busy bat. Ever since I moved to this gothic city things have been getting better. I hope you all are also having a wonderful holiday. If not then I send love and hugs. I spent quite a few years down in the dumps and alone and in shitty situations during the holidays so I know all too well how depressing and painful it can be. Keep hope though and remember to try treating yourself or reaching out to others. I am thankful for getting my start in the Detroit Goth scene. I learned so much and it helped me take the adventurous leap to chase my dreams. I met some cool people and on here included had made some nice friends. I am sorry I am not so active on the forums. I still working on so many things! I want to get some more cool things done to share with you especially for the next 25 yr anniversary of WGT.

http://www.meraluna.de/en/ http://vimeo.com/63337597#at=0 Hey Everyone its me The Fairy Gothmother! I have not posted for a long time and sorry for that. Life has been hectic for me moving around the country and world. So some of you may already know if your a friend on Facebook that I currently live in Germany. Thats right Deutschland! I am sooo happy to be in the heart of the Goth scene where many of our favorite bands come from and where some of the worlds biggest gothic gatherings and festivals are held. I am most definately attending M'era Luna which will be my first big festival here since I have lived here. the line up in my opinion is pretty good. NIGHTWISH //HIM //ASP //FRONT 242 //DEINE LAKAIEN [acoustic] //BLUTENGEL //FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY //APOPTYGMA BERZERK //MONO INC. //THE CRÜXSHADOWS //STAUBKIND //SALTATIO MORTIS //IAMX //MESH //THE 69 EYES //TANZWUT //THE KLINIK //END OF GREEN //[:SITD:] //NACHTMAHR //KIRLIAN CAMERA //HAUJOBB //GOTHMINISTER //DIORAMA //CULTUS FEROX //CLAN OF XYMOX //IN THE NURSERY //COPPELIUS //OST+FRONT //EISENFUNK //LORD OF THE LOST //UNZUCHT //SCHWARZER ENGEL //THE ARCH //EDEN WEINT IM GRAB //RÊVERIE //DESDEMONA //MOLLLUST //Lesung: ASP & KAI MEYER //Lesung: MARKUS HEITZ //Lesung: BORIS KOCH //Lesung: CHRISTIAN VON ASTER // Very excited and just to let you know anyone who ever wants to come experience the festivals or just visit hit me up. I will be more than happy to host you at my place. If a group of DGNers want to come over and go to a festival we can all save money on group travel fares and trains and having me with my ok german language skills and my boyfriend who speaks fluent as hes German will also be helpful! I owe some respect to the Detroit scene. I got alot of inspiration and its where I started.