These are the Toronto-Goth event archives for the month of May 2005. For a current listing of events, visit http://events.toronto-goth.com. For Toronto's gothic community resource, visit www.toronto-goth.com

A new monthly event featuring toronto-goth.com and Decompression (first Friday of the month). A night of Darkwave, Goth and Industrial featuring DJs Human Clone and Dementia. Tonight also features "Leatherstrip - Satanic Reasons "Best Of"" CD release party. Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W., doors 9pm, 19+ only. savagegarden.ca/fridays.html .

Bands MDM (Ontario) and Starfall (U.K.) perform live at dissent. (210 Dundas St., London, ON ). All ages show, doors at 9pm. $4 w/ 19+ I.D., $6 without. http://www.dissentlondon.com

Goth/EBM/Classic alternative all night with DJ Oz. 19+ event. No cover. First Friday of the month. Neutral, 349A College St.

The Latvian House, 491 College Street, $10, parashis@aei.net (416) 832-7383
NOTES: DUE TO THE LOCATION, THIS IS A 19+ EVENT (We regret that those under 19 years of age will be unable to attend). Masqueraders are welcome but NOT necessary to enjoy the evening!
6:00pm-8:00pm: Sacred Circle Dancing (Instruction provided & it's FUN!)
7:00pm-8:00pm: Meet & Greet (before we "revel" :)
8:00pm-9:00pm: Dance Prequel
9:00pm-10:00pm: The Dragon Drummers (feel the rhythm and DANCE!)
10:00pm-1:00am: Dance to the tunes (DJ Guido "Imported" from The Velvet Underground),
Drink to your measure, Socialize to your heart's content, and REVEL in the evening! PRIZES for the best dressed/outfitted Lord & Lady. Proceeds to support PPD 2005 -It's all about building communities!

Video release Party for Universal Love Attack's Vampire Alien video shot by Sebastian Cluer. Also a live perfomance by Universal Love Attack. Bovine Sex club. More info TBA

bands: DYM. djs: Hellraver (NY), Morgana, Phink, Basilisk. other performers: backroom: Astronomicon, Prospero, Osaze, Ruby Red River, Mz Demeaner. Funhaus, 526 Queen St W, $5 before 11pm, $10 after. 19+. www.djlazarus.com

Rue Morgue Magazine presents: Ward Boult's Chasing Demons: Portraits of Sin and Sadism. Opens Saturday May 7 from 6-9pm (artist Ward Boult will be in attendance), runs until May 31. At the Rue Morgue House of Horror, 2926 Dundas St. W., 416.651.9675. Exhibition hours: Mon-Fri 12pm-6pm, Sat. 1-5pm. www.wardboult.com http://www.rue-morgue.com

Ascension: Ritualistic Acts of Pain and Salvation: There is a profound peace in a penetrating pain. There is a grey zone between agony and ecstasy. There are bonds to be born and bettered. There is the flesh to be reconsidered. There is the self to be reassessed. Depicture a harrowing ritual, a visceral fusion of flesh and metal, a brazen balance of gravity, physiology and the crudest of technology.
Over the past five years, Toronto photographer and suspension practitioner Philip Barbosa has been traveling over much of North America to proselytize and document a culture few of us are even aware of. His fine black and white portraits capture the private moments of extraordinary individuals, and his work may well engender a new breed of model, to say nothing of a new dimension of photography.
This show is part of the Toronto Contact Photography Festival.
Opening night: May 7th, 4-10pm, Runs May 7-31, Elevator Gallery, Emerging Artists Room, 42 Industrial Ave., all ages. .Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm Saturday 12pm to 5pm. PhilipBarbosa.com

Starfall, Charred Ultar, DS 2 US with Technological Regression at Trasheteria, 123 Simcoe St, Peterborough. Doors 10pm, $10 or $8 in advance (at Bluestreak), 19+. www.nightfallentertainment.com

Nine Inch Nails with Dresden Dolls play an all ages show at Koolhaus, 132 Queens Quay East, doors 8pm, $40+ from ticketmaster. *sold out*

Nine Inch Nails with Dresden Dolls play an all ages show at Koolhaus, 132 Queens Quay East, doors 8pm, $40+ from ticketmaster. *sold out*

The Marquee Event Theatre, 280 Coxwell Ave (Coxwell & Gerrard) at Adams Sports bar Cafe (downstairs). Time: 7:30 pm - 1:00 am SCHEDULE: DOORS OPEN FOR NETWORKING: 7:30 pm KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 8:00 pm - 8:45 pm Brendan Cathbad Myers - Irish Paganism & Other Stories Drum Jam: 10:00 pm Your Host; Jim Findley Cofounder of The Toronto Pagan Conference & Co-Organizer of WiccanFest. ~ Free pool on 4 tables, Darts on 3 dartboards, ~ Excellent Pub fare kitchen & stage ~ Dance floor and DJ booth with World music. ~ Indoor 1 hour Drum Jam & dancing Check out our Networking table: ~ Bring your business cards, flyers, magazines for display ~ ~ A list of upcoming events and projects in the GTA ~ Meet with old friends and new. For more info: jfindley@ohculture.com or www.torontopaganconference.com

The Savage Garden of Eden invites all Playboys, Pinups, Moguls and Dolls to secret night, under the cover of darkness, to revisit the retro days of Underground Parties, Bettie Page and Bondage. A night of seemed stockings, frilled panties, zoot suits, heavy uncured leather, cloth gags and toys in brown paper bags. The evening will feature a burlesque show performed by the luscious Mina LaFleur, and retro rope bondage demonstrations by our resident DM, Sher Khan. Admission is $5, or join our discussion group, EdenatSavageGarden@yahoogroups.com and experience EDEN at no cost of admission!! For more information, please visit http://www.savagegarden.ca/event_eden.htm
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Funhaus, 526 Queen St. W. 19+, 10pm-5.30am, $5 before 11pm, $10 after. With Tim Burton theme, Drag'N'fly , Bathory, Phink, digital video, lighting, and lasers and more. For more info: j1fixx@hotmail.com

Noon-7pm @ the 360 (326 Queen Street West at Spadina) plus afterparty at the same venue. frightenstein.ca

The Clothing Show returns for its two-day shopping extravaganza on May 14 & 15 at the Automotive Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto. You’ll find an amazing selection of hot new spring trends from over 250 local designers, along with sample sales and vintage treasures. Visit http://www.theclothingshow.com/ for more info and sign up win a $1,000 shopping spree.

Come celebrate the release of Delica's new CD The Chemical Rift! delicamusic.com Featuring prize giveaways from Delica, Minx Clothing and toronto-goth.com. With DJ Human Clone. Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W. Doors 9pm, 19+, no cover before midnight, $3 after.

Metropolis Records recording artist Terrorfakt (NYC) performs live @ dissent. With Cenotype (NJ), Elektroz (T.O.) and DJ Scorn C. (Kitchener), DJ Freek, DJ Dumah, GP1. At dissent. (210 Dundas St. - London, ON). Doors 9pm, $5, all ages. info@dissentlondon.com http://www.dissentlondon.com 519.936.7925

Toronto's official noir haven Black Trillium presents, Transylvanian Concubine! Featuring DJ Th'Elf and guest DJ Reverend Fester. Burlesque performances by the sexy Mina LaFleur. Showcasing the dark and beautiful artwork by Emaleth of Fragile Muse. Custom drink menu, free prize giveaways and so much more! The Vatikan, 1032 Queen St. W., doors 10pm, $5, 19+. www.blacktrillium.com

Fetish Masquerade at Funhaus- 526 Queen St West . 8 year Anniversary party w/ Corset Theme. Doors 10pm 19+ event $10 in theme $12 without. Mainroom: Lazarus & Phink (electro, retro, ebm, synth) Backroom: Play Dungeon with chillout tunes. www.fetishmasquerade.com www.djlazarus.com

toronto-goth.com presents return to The Catacombs every Sunday night at The Vatikan, 1032 Queen St. W. Doors 8pm, no cover, all ages (ID required to drink). Tonight also features a long weekend party featuring a live performance by Universal Love Attack.
Special guest DJ The Torture Technician + Djs Steven & DemEntia.
For more info visit: http://catacombs.toronto-goth.com

Dark Vanity 3: The Summer of color. Savage Garden Nightclub 550 queen street west, doors open 9pm, $5 cover . Six hours of fashion shows , vendors, and great music. Plastik Wrap, Faeredelune, Asphyxia, Angela, Manus Morte, Ego Assassin, Dark Destiny and more. www.darkvanity.com

60th anniversary of the end of WWII, thank everyone who made sacrifices, embryon is throwing a fundraising party with proceeds going to the Juno Beach Centre in Normandy, France - a museum and memorial dedicated to all those that gave so much for all of us. Contest to have your message of thanks permanently engraved & displayed at the Juno Beach Centre. With Belladonnakillz & DJs B7, Flim, Miscreant, Indurate, Kamikaze, enlight. Funhaus - back room -use side door on Ryerson Ave. 10pm, 19+, $10. www.thenameisEMBRYON.com

PANIC - the ultimate retro party Funhaus - 526 Queen St W Launch 10pm-4am 19+ event FREE before 11pm ONLY $5 after. Mainroom: DJ Lazarus plays the coolest retro mix. Backroom: Backroom: Hair Metal of the 80's.http://www.djlazarus.com

This once in a lifetime fete will feature the brilliance of three outstanding talents: award winning surrealist Robert Willem Vanderhorst, musical talent and Canadian icon Nash the Slash, and David Adjey, Executive Chef and co-owner of Nectar Restaurant. Admission includes the art exhibit, a surreal multi-media extravaganza & live musical performance, extraordinary canapés, and dancing to the sounds of DJ Boyd Gruhl. Cash bar.
The Historic St. Lawrence Hall, 157 King Street East, Toronto, doors 9pm, $20 in advance, $25 Door, 19+, www.FetishFeast.ca 416-588-0228
Win tickets @ http://contests.toronto-goth.com

bands: NOT_digital (formerly Achilles) (Windsor) other performers: featuring Stephen Hargreaves (Children of Laudanum / Sukubus)_. Phog Lounge, 157 University Ave. W doors 9pm, $3.

From cyber wear to club wear, fashion as unique as your lifestyle. The newest store in the scene, PosePod opens today. Hours 11am-7pm. For more info, visit www.posepod.com

The finalists of The Edge Freakshow Contest bring all their freaky talents to The Gladstone Hotel. See: Human Blockhead; ESP; Beds of nails; Stomach pumping; glass eating; mousetraps; horror and freak Burlesque; and the INFAMOUS Potato gun in the Groin! Mysterion the Mind Reader, The Great Orbax, Kyle "Nutzo" Lapointe, Pretty Polly, Freak Burlesque by Penny Whistleton and Demonica DeMorte
The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St W, doors 7pm, all ages, $15. www.pennywhistleton.com

The June 2nd edition features, Suck Machine (www.dyslex6.com), an electronic art performance duo hailing from Montreal. Alexis O'Hara and Jon Ascensio gather attention by using live samples and strange noises generated through tubes and synthesizers. Ratsicule (www.ratsicule.com) are well known on the Toronto scene as that “electro-pop karaoke freak-out dance duo”. Their stage presence and lyrics combine sexual energy with feministic charm while their euro-trash pop punk sound will have you shaking your booty before you know it. Musical interludes by DJ Triple-X (alt-indie-electro-mash-up-freak-out-cock rawk) The Details: Triple -X Thursdays at the Drake 1150 Queen Street West (416)531-5042 First Thursday of every month (June 2, July 7, Aug 4, Sep 1) 10:00P.M. to 2:00 A.M. $5.00 www.themarsbar.com

Ear to the Ground Goes to Camp: An Evening of Beaches, Vampires...and Jesus
9:15pm doors, event starts 9:30pm Bloor Cinema 506 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON Featuring performance by the Vampire Beach Babes Special Screening of: Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (This event is a fundraiser for Ear to The Ground Festival, Sept 16 - 18, 2005 Exhibition Place) Tickets $8.00 416-423-1094 For advance tickets, please contact hleson@eartothegroundfest.com
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For more info visit: http://eartothegroundfest.com