So much to do! Almost enough time to do it ALL!

"A quick taste of the poison.
A quick twist of the knife.
When the obsession with death
The obsession with death becomes a way of life."
-- Emilie Autumn, "Dead Is the New Alive"

(EDIT: New updates are marked in GREEN)

Now that October has rolled around, we seem to be in the Grand Tour season for the overly-eyeliner'd.

It makes sense, really. Between All Hallow's Eve (a favorite holiday among many a darkling heart) and the dropping of temperatures allowing for more heavy attire, as all the Romantic and Victorian goths no longer have oppressive heat and sunlight keeping them out of their nicer duds - this really is the time of year for the undead to kick off their coffin lids and come out to torment the living.

And boy are we ever. The set list for the coming months is positively a mass-grave of concerts and Halloween parties and even a ball. So I figured I'd wax lyrical a bit of stuff coming up in the coming nights.

To start, don't forget about your regularly-occurring clubs to get your through the lengthening nights:

• Death Guild (every Monday, in SF)
• Swing Goth (1st Tuesday, in SF, and 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, in San Mateo)
  
• Bondage-A-Go-Go (every Wednesday, in SF)
• Apparition (every Thursday, in San Jose)
• Asylum (every Sunday, in Sacramento)
• Bat Cave SF (every Sunday, in SF)
• Caritas Karaoke (every Tuesday, in SF)
  

And now for some of the less commonly occurring events of note (that I know of as of this writing):

Friday, Oct. 7 -
Strangelove's Undead Wedding will be happening at the Cat Club. (San Francisco)

Saturday, Oct. 8 -
Barely Legal's monthly Rocky Horror Picture Show performance will be happening at the Albany Twin. (Albany)
Club Gossip's Tribute to Ministry at the Cat Club. (San Francisco)

Friday, Oct. 14 -
Die Maschinen at the Cat Club - Featuring Down Machine Down CD Release Party (San Francisco)

Saturday, Oct. 15 -
Munsters Go Home and Butch Patrick at the Bal Theater. (San Leandro)
Club Solace at the Vagabond Ballroom. (Oakland)
Club Satori at the Blank. (San Jose)
SHEVIL DEAD at Cell Space (San Francisco)

Thursday, Oct. 20 -
DavidJ DJing and CD Release at the Cat Club's All 80s Thursday (San Francisco)

Friday, Oct. 21 -
Portishead at the Greek Theater. (Berkeley)
Dark Shadows at the Cat Club. (San Francisco)
Hubba Hubba Revue's End of the World Party at DNA Lounge. (San Francisco)
SHEVIL DEAD at Cell Space (San Francisco)

Saturday, Oct. 22 -
Reverence's Halloween Party at Club 21. (Sacramento)
Club Nocturne at the Vagabond Ballroom (Oakland)

Sunday, Oct. 23 -
Anthrax and Testament at the Warfield. (San Francisco)

Thursday, Oct. 27 -
Bone Bash XII (featuring Judas Priest) at the Pavilion (Concord)
Imperative Reaction and God Module at DNA Lounge. (San Francisco)
Zombie Science Night at Nightlife (San Francisco)

Friday, Oct. 28 -
Dancing Ghosts' Halloween Party at the Cat Club. (San Francisco)
SHEVIL DEAD at Cell Space (San Francisco)

Saturday, Oct. 29 -
The Damned at Slim's. (San Francisco)
SHEVIL DEAD at Cell Space (San Francisco)

Sunday, Oct. 30 -
DNA's Halloween Extravaganza at DNA Lounge. (San Francisco)

Monday, Oct. 31 -
Death Guild Halloween Bash at DNA Lounge (San Francisco)

Thursday, Nov. 3 -
LESTAT at Apparition at Club Lido. (San Jose)

Friday, Nov. 4 -
Strangelove's Dia de los Muertos Celebration at the Cat Club. (San Francisco)
Shadowdance (part 1) at the Vagabond Ballroom. (Oakland)

Saturday, Nov. 5 -
Disorder at Bar 355. (Oakland)
New Wave City's Duran Duran Video Dance Party at the Mighty. (San Francisco)
Shadowdance (part 2) at the Oakland Metro Operahouse. (Oakland)

Friday, Nov. 11 -
Die Maschinen at the Cat Club. (San Francisco)

Saturday, Nov. 12 -
Le Bal des Vampires at the Alameda Elk's Lodge (Alameda)
Barely Legal's monthly Rocky Horror Picture Show performance will be happening at the Albany Twin. (Albany)

Friday, Nov. 18 -
Dark Shadows at the Cat Club. (San Francisco)

Saturday, Nov. 19 -
Club Solace at the Vagabond Ballroom. (Oakland)
Club Satori at the Blank. (San Jose)

Monday, Nov. 21 -
VNV Nation performing at Slim's. (San Francisco)

Friday, Nov. 25 -
Dancing Ghosts at the Cat Club. (San Francisco)

Saturday, Nov. 26 -
Reverence at Club 21. (Sacramento)

Thursday, Dec. 1 -
The Cell triumphantly returns to the Vagabond Ballroom. (Oakland)

-- Mr. M.