Joel Landers took me out to the Chili's that was close to both the Coke plant and my hotel. We had beers (Shinerbok) and the best steak that I had yet had in the US. Watched the Dallas Stars play San Jose Sharks. A great night's entertainment.

24 Apr

Back to Atlanta

28 Apr

Based on recommendations obtained from alt.gothic, I checked out 688 Spring St, a Goth-industrial club. It was very slow - about half a dozen people had appeared by the time I left at midnight. The place was a dive.

30 Apr

Based on excellent recommendations from a number of people on alt.gothic, I checked out Pandora's Box at Club Sol. I was greeted at the door by one Michael Cucarro: "Hi, I don't recognise you. You must be new. My name's Mike."

Oh yes, this is it - I've found my niche in Atlanta.

This evening I met Mike, Mike the bartender, Lori Buchanan, Russell Brown, and a number of other notables in the Atlanta Goth scene. The club was set up as a lounge-like bar area, with plenty of seating and a compfortable atmoshpere, and a separate dance floor area. The dance floor was very large and had a stage at one end. This particular night started with a art show - Ars Nocturna.

Sol barman extraordinaire, Mike

Pandora's Box promoters, John Foster and Mike Cucarro

Sorry, Amber, I don't have any pics of you to put in here...