Audio:American Goth

This American Life

Act One. American Goth.

There are the people who take two hours to get dressed every day, who dress primarily to be seen, and then there are most of the rest of us. Writer Sarah Vowell decides to make the leap into the two-hours group.

As part of her lifelong quest to look meaner, she takes lessons in Goth. Goth is the subculture of people who dress in lacy black clothes and dark eye makeup. (15 minutes)

From PRI and WBEZ.

Song: "Shoehorn with Teeth", They Might Be Giants

photo by Rama CC-BY-SA