Kilts as Goth wear.

[Iolaus]

**tongue firmly planted in cheek**

Oh, those guys that wear kilts. They want to be different, but they all look the same. You know, those knee socks and those stupid-looking plaids? And what's with the geeky little fanny-packs on backwards?

I think it's funny how all these middle-aged guys are trying to be SO different, and they all wind up looking the same.

That's why I try to make a point of not looking traditional. ;-)

[macwilkin]

That's why I try to make a point of not looking traditional. ;-)

Just as long as you respect those of us who do make a point to dress traditionally. ;)


Regards,

Todd

[auld argonian]

Oh, geez...I didn't start wearing a kilt so that I could stand out from (or fit in with) a bunch of my fellow middle aged men...I just did it because I thought it would be a cool thing for ME to do...

...so anyway, I look at these kids a little bit differently. When I was their age I had hair down to my shoulders (...and I HAD hair then as opposed to now...) and was what we used to call a full blown, long haired hippie freak...I'm sure that I looked as outre to most people back then as these kiddies do to most people now...the goths, the gangsta types...just kids that are working out their identities much as I was back in the day. No more good or evil than any teenager throughout history.

So several years ago we were in Washington DC and the usual anti-World Trade Organization demonstrations were going on. My son, then about twelve years old, was scared to death that we were going to get caught up in one of the demonstrations and that it was going to turn into a riot and we werre going to get tear-gassed and arrested. Hey...you have to have SOMETHING to worry about, right? So here we are on our way to the Smithsonian and, sure enough, around the corner comes the DEMONSTRATION! All I see is a bunch of college kids who are trying to act like it's 1969 again...having their vicarious hippie-socially-concious-protest experience...they've all got video cameras..("Check this out...I've got some video of me stickin' it to the pigs, man...am I cool or what?")...and my son just freezes.

And I say, "What's wrong?"

And he goes into his nightmare scenario ending up with us sitting in a DC jail cell.

And I say, "Just walk right through the middle of them and if they give you any $#!+ just point at me and say; 'See this guy...this is my dad and he was a hippie in the sixties and he got gassed at the 68 conventions and has been in more righteous demonstrations than any of you could ever hope to be. And he's fifty years old now and he's thirty-five pounds heavier and bald and has two kids, a mortgage and drives a station wagon....so enjoy it while you can because this is where you're all gonna end up!' "

And if that doesn't scare the hell out of them, nothing will.

I now know what a fifty year old hippie looks like...imagine what a fifty year old goth will look like.

best

AA

[highlander_Daz]

As a Semi pro guitarist I frequently wear a cheap Black watch kilt and gothic boots at gigs

[jfellrath]

I now know what a fifty year old hippie looks like...imagine what a fifty year old goth will look like.

Better yet - can't wait to see when the Goth version of The Big Chill comes out and what music overtakes the psyche of America the way Smokey Robinson and Three Dog Night did after that movie came out.

Of course, since I heard the riffs to the Smiths' "How Soon Is Now" in a car commercial, I suppose I'm ready for anything.

[Raphael]

I now know what a fifty year old hippie looks like...imagine what a fifty year old goth will look like.

Daniel Ash, Guitarist/singer for Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rocket

[Kilted Gunfighter]

All of the counter-culture/"Goth" kids at my local mall tend to gather around one particular entrance, which happens to be the one I usually enter through.

I find their nearly uniform type of clothing to be mildly amusing, but I don't think much of it as I am a bit of a rebel myself. Think about it, I am as much out of place... even more so than most of them. They tend to be slightly built (the boys), white kids with black hair (dyed), wearing black clothes, raccoon eye makeup (the girls... and a few of the guys), long black coats (even in the hot Virginia summers), etc...

These are the kids that think that I'm "really cool... for an old dude" (their words, because I am a 6', 285 lb, black man that can usually be found in a black kilt (4 of my 6 kilts are black), and black boots and a black polo (or rugby) shirt. Maybe they think I am one of them... maybe I am. ;)

To a person, they all greet me when they see me, and call me sir... which only serves to make me feel old.

Teenagers... go figure.