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zombarella:gothiccharmschool:mouseborg:The text is really small in this picture so I’ll just type it out here:“David & Laurie VanianA Demon cat, Gothic decor and a couple of horror movies isn’t everyone’s ideal, But for the lead singer of The Damned and his wife, it’s immortal bliss. By Robin EggarThe man with the half-beard who answers the doorbell could have stepped out of the last century. He might be an off duty highwayman. His dark, shoulder length hair is pulled back into a ponytail and sports a white streak inches wide. He is wearing black trousers and a white shirt, open at the neck, with lace frills at the cuffs.It is a cold Friday dwindling into twilight but he makes no attempt to turn on the stair lights. Inside his flat it is also gloomy with black masks and a pair of antlers adorning the mini-hallway, a corrugated plastic iron gate barring the way upstairs into his lair. The wary might glimpse what seems to be a four-poster bed topped by a ruched canopy, a kitchen and a 30’s haunted house telephone in black and gold.Inside the sitting room a solitary light sheds little but shadows, Handel is playing on the compact disc player, The Tube is flickering soundlessly on the TV. A witch is sitting on the sofa stroking her familiar. Her hair is an all black mane, cascading beyond her shoulders on to a tight fitting dress. A large flying bat hangs around her neck, spiders’ webs decorate her stockings. The witch’s face is a shade shy of pale, almost ashen, her features sharp … Like her inch long purple nails.The familiar’s name is Demon. He is a small black cat with knowing eyes, switchblade claws and an unpredictable temper. The witch is Laurie Vanian. The highwayman-though most have seen him perform in the cape and pallid death mask of a vampire-is her husband, David.Under the bright spotlights, David Vanian becomes the lead singer in The Damned-the only original punk band still playing. American born Laurie is a clothes designer. She sells her exclusive “wardrobe for the wicked”  at Symphony of Shadows, a small unit in Hyper Hyper, London’s chicest fashion market. David helped build it for her when he was resting between tours. The Vanians like to do everything together … when they have the time.“It’s lucky we have the same tastes, otherwise it would be murder” says David, pouring tea into a black cup. Behind my shoulder, a black raven stares through an uncomprehending glass eye at the TV, or is it the wrought iron candelabra? Demon sticks a playful claw into my leg.The Vanians would love to live in a Gothic tower, a glass roofed edifice guarded by gargoyles. Right now, they have to be content with a one-bedroom flat in an anonymous Islington back street. “Glamour” industries like rock and fashion do not guarantee instant riches. They also mean long separations (The Damned are away touring the world for up to nine months a year), which is why David and Laurie cherish their weekends together so much.“I should point out that when I’m off the road, every day is like a weekend,” says David, smiling at his wife of nine years. “When David comes back I never”And that’s it. Where is the rest of the article? Cruel magazine owner, how could you do this to us?YES, we need the rest of this magazine article. (How did I not know that Laurie was the designer for the Symphony of Shadows clothing line?!)Also, this does nothing to quell my wish to meet Actual Elder Vampire Dave Vanian. Sure, I’d probably just stare at him, wide-eyed. Maybe manage to say something about him being an icon to us antique romantic goths.Damn, we need to up our gameI know. I feel like my room is really under- decorated now. -- source link

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