Saturday will bring some of Texas' darkest and most talented Goths together for a night of music and fashion. While the rest of you are out soaking up BestFest a good portion of the Gothic Council will be over at Numbers for an evening of fashion and music.
The focus of the evening is a showing of the latest designs by Batty, who recently left Houston for Fort Worth but returns to display her latest pieces.
"I wanted to put together an event that showcased gothic music and fashion together in one night and also gave the patrons a chance to dress up," she says.
As opposed to other shows she's done in the past, many of Batty's latest works are designed for recession wallets. In the past her work tended to be very top-of-the-line, including a $400-plus dress that the Wife With One F saved for months to buy. With joblessness hitting the goth scene just as hard as the rest of the country, her current line aims to keep everyone looking good at a price they can afford.
Batty has also been delving into the music world recently. Most goths have DJed a time or two, just like most of them have worked at Erotic Cabaret or Dare Ware for a spell, and Batty is no different. Now she's taken up a radio DJ gig spinning her personal favorite tunes Tuesday nights at Dark Mother Media.
"I am playing newer gothic or dark bands," she says. "I am trying to keep my selections broad, I will play goth, post punk, witch house, dark synth, pretty much anything under the 'dark music' umbrella that is new and exciting. I am also playing new songs from older established bands in the genres and throwing in some rarely played older tracks to fill things out."
Her current favorite tracks come from Angels of Liberty, a band we really need to get around to doing something on, as well as tunes from Nosferatu, Strap On Halo and her boyfriend Toby Rider's band, Ending the Vicious Cycle.