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Ian Joseph ๐Ÿฆ‡ DJ Vampyrian

@djvampyrian.bsky.social

๐Ÿฆ‡Spooky Nerd ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐ŸŽƒ ๐Ÿฆ‡Writer/blogger ๐Ÿ“โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿฆ‡DJ ๐Ÿ‘ป๐ŸŽต ๐Ÿฆ‡Bass Player The Waning Moon ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽต https://linktr.ee/vampdaddy

265 Followers  |  208 Following  |  71 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024  |  1.6741

Latest posts by djvampyrian.bsky.social on Bluesky

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Rolling Dice, Telling Stories, and Why I Miss Sitting at the Table Why tabletop RPGs are about more than dice and character sheets, and how shared storytelling creates connection in a world dominated by screens.

Wrote a new piece about why tabletop RPGs still matter to me. Not for rules or stats, but for shared storytelling and the kind of connection you only get when people are in the same room building a story together.

thetwilighttone.com/2026/01/26/t...

31.01.2026 03:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Outliving the Illusion of Childhood: Why Stranger Things Took Too Long to Say Goodbye Stranger Things gradually shifted from a deeply resonant exploration of childhood and nostalgia to a spectacle-driven narrative, losing emotional stakes and authenticity. While earlier seasons captโ€ฆ

Stranger Things felt less like nostalgia and more like shared memory when it began.
I wrote a long reflection on why the series mattered, where it drifted, and what it lost by refusing to let childhood end.
๐Ÿ”— thetwilighttone.com/2026/01/17/o...

18.01.2026 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Goth Is a House, Not a Hashtag The goth scene faces challenges as online definitions clash with real-world experiences. While social media compresses subcultures into strict categories, goth thrives on ambiguity and atmosphere. โ€ฆ

Goth keeps getting flattened into an identity badge online, when itโ€™s always functioned more like a shared cultural space.

This piece looks at how algorithms, aesthetics, and monocultural thinking collide with real-world scenes.

Goth is a house, not a hashtag.
thetwilighttone.com/goth-is-a-ho...

18.12.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cool Without Clout: Why Authenticity Beats Algorithms The text critiques clout chasing in contemporary subcultures, highlighting the tension between authenticity and performance. It discusses how both goth and geek scenes face gatekeeping and superficโ€ฆ

Clout chasing is loud. Cool is quiet.

New on The Twilight Tone: on geek fandom, goth, and why authenticity still matters.

๐Ÿ’€ Cool Without Clout
thetwilighttone.com/2025/10/16/c...

Be the signal, not the noise.

16.10.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wednesday Season 2, Part II: A Fever Dream That Lost Its Way Wednesday Season 2, Part II offers visually captivating imagery but struggles with a convoluted narrative and pacing issues. While standout performances from Gwendoline Christie and Evie Templeton โ€ฆ

Wednesday Season 2, Part II is a gothic feast that forgot its recipe โ€” stunning to look at, uneven to taste.

Full review up now on The Twilight Tone.

๐Ÿฆ‡ Read: thetwilighttone.com/2025/10/05/w...
๐Ÿ’ญ Thoughts: Has Wednesdayโ€™s world lost its bite or just its focus?

05.10.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธโšฐ๏ธ CRYPT: Live at ManRay ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธโšฐ๏ธ

Recorded September 3rd in Cambridge, MA โ€” a night of goth, post-punk, darkwave & industrial.

Now streaming on Mixcloud โ†’ www.mixcloud.com/VampDaddy/www/

Thanks again to ManRay and DJ Arcanus for opening the crypt once again. ๐Ÿ–ค

01.10.2025 05:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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She Past Away under blood-red lights. We suffered gladly. ๐Ÿฆ‡
Forever Grey and @pilgrimsband.bsky.social set the stage โ€” perfect night at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA.

27.09.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Is Goth Political? Why the Subculture Has Never Been Neutral Online debates may argue otherwise, but in the clubs and at festivals, goth still gathers as it always has โ€” loud, visible, and alive. It has never been neutral, and it never will be.

Goth isnโ€™t neutral, and never has been. From Bauhaus to Alien Sex Fiend to todayโ€™s festivals, politics are woven into the subcultureโ€™s sound.
New on The Twilight Tone: Is Goth Political? Why the Subculture Has Never Been Neutral
๐Ÿ”— thetwilighttone.com/is-goth-poli...

19.09.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wednesday Season 2, Part 1 Review: Goth Atmosphere, Netflix Bloat Wednesday Season 2, Part 1 dazzles with Tim Burtonโ€™s gothic aesthetic but falters in narrative focus, becoming cluttered with side quests. Jenna Ortegaโ€™s performance stands out, yet remโ€ฆ

Late night post turned into a Saturday morning read: my review of Wednesday Season 2, Part 1.
Gothic vibes? Spot on. The writing? Less so.

Full review ๐Ÿ‘‰ thetwilighttone.com/2025/08/16/w...
๐Ÿฆ‡

16.08.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿฆ‡ Tonight โ€” Dead Beats Broadcast from the Crypt
Darkwave โ€ข Goth โ€ข Post-Punk
๐ŸŽง 9 PM EST
๐Ÿ“ก twitch.tv/vampdaddy

See you in the fog.

12.08.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Twilight Tone: Ghost Signal Pt. II โ€“ A Reawakening in Fog & Static The pulse intensifies. Ghost Signal Pt. II is the second transmission in The Twilight Tone: Broadcast seriesโ€”recorded live on Dead Beats and now resurrected through Mixcloud. This chapter leans harde...

Ghost Signal Pt. II โ€“ Blood in the Reverb

New mix now streaming: heavy goth rock, death rock, and post-punk.

๐ŸŽง Full mix + tracklist: www.mixcloud.com/VampDaddy/pop/

#TheTwilightTone #GothRock #deathrock #DeadBeats #GothDJ #PostPunk

05.08.2025 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Goth Is a Feeling: Why Itโ€™s the Sound, Not the Look, That Defines the Subculture Goth is a subculture with a reputation. Itโ€™s the black eyeliner, the cemetery photo shoots, the dramatic fashion. Itโ€™s the Halloween memes, the TikToks, the endless โ€œgoth aestheticโ€ Pinterest boardโ€ฆ

Goth isnโ€™t a look. Itโ€™s a sound.

Wrote about what still connects this subculture across time and continentsโ€”bands, basslines, and the beat that haunts the club floor.

Curious? thetwilighttone.com/2025/08/02/g...

Whatโ€™s in your headphones lately?

#goth #darkwave

03.08.2025 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Through the Screen, Darkly: Black Mirror and the Anthology Tradition From The Twilight Zone to Tales from the Crypt, TV anthologies have explored cultural fears. Black Mirror carries that torch into our digital ageโ€”offering not just allegory, but autopsy.

Black Mirror didnโ€™t invent dystopia, it inherited it.
New post up now on The Twilight Tone exploring how anthology TV went from Twilight Zone to tech terror.

๐Ÿ–ค Read it here: thetwilighttone.com/black-mirror...

#BlackMirror #TwilightZone #DigitalDread

28.07.2025 04:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Soundtrack the Void. The Twilight Toneโ€™s audio arm offers curated mixes and soundtracks catering to shadow dwellers, cosmic romantics, and nocturnal ravers. Handcrafted by Vamp Daddy, these audio experiences range fromโ€ฆ

The signal pulses again.

Ghost Signal Pt. I is now up on The Twilight Tone with 45 minutes of darkwave and goth rock, archived from a live Twitch set.

๐ŸŽง Listen + explore: thetwilighttone.com/soundtrack-t...

#TheTwilightTone #VampDaddy #GhostSignal #DeadBeats #Darkwave

26.07.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After you read about Black Mirror, come soundtrack your own tech-fueled dystopiaโ€”I'm spinning goth/darkwave/post-punk on Twitch tonight.
๐Ÿฆ‡ 9 PM ET. Dead Beats begins.
๐Ÿ“บ twitch.tv/vampdaddy

22.07.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Edward Scissorhands Defines the Outsider Experience Edward Scissorhands wasnโ€™t just a movie I loved as a teenagerโ€”it was a mirror. A strange, gothic reflection of everything I felt but couldnโ€™t say. In this personal essay, I explore how Tim Burtonโ€™sโ€ฆ

"Edward Scissorhands" hit different when you were the weird kid in a pastel suburb.

Wrote about how that movie mirrored my teen years and shaped goth culture.

Scars, softness, and scissors:
www.thetwilighttone.com/edward

#EdwardScissorhands #GothCulture #TimBurton #AltCinema

10.07.2025 05:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dead Beats
Goth. Post Punk. Darkwave. New Wave.
Streaming live on Twitch at 8PM EST.
Dress code: virtual mesh, eyeliner, and bad intentions.
๐Ÿ“ก twitch.tv/djvampdaddy

#NowPlaying #GothOnTheNet #VampDaddyLive

08.07.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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(no title) Strange stories. Dark sounds. One tone.

New post on The Twilight Tone:

10 Goth Albums That Could Totally Score a Sci-Fi Film

From haunted synths to post-punk atmospheres.
For sad robots and lost transmissions.

thetwilighttone.com

#goth #scifi #musicblog #darkwave

04.07.2025 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Twilight Tone is now officially launched. Two posts up:

๐Ÿฆ‡ Welcome to the Twilight Tone
๐Ÿฆ‡ Growing Up Goth in a Small Town

If you like dark music, weird essays, haunted space stations, eyeliner in fluorescent hallways... you'll feel at home.

Tap the link in my bio. Come join the transmission.

27.06.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had a wonderful time spinning for the Bestial Mouths show hosted by @darkspringboston.bsky.social . Here's what I played between bands.

15.03.2025 08:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In like 75 years, ghosts are gonna be insane. Your kid running in your room at 2am screaming that a man in a red baseball cap zoomed through his room drinking a beer on a riding scooter and disappeared through the wall.

10.03.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've studied history & I've kept up with current global affairs. Never in my life did I think I would see a display on the world stage like today's meeting between Zelensky & Trump. Board room negotiating does NOT work in geo-political scenarios.

28.02.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Elon Wormtongue

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Spinning in Providence, RI last week was a great temprorary escape from everything happening in the world. Here's what I spun at Procession.

18.02.2025 22:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Picking up more new follows and friends. Hope you're ready for my weirdness.

28.01.2025 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Welcome to the plutokleptokakistocracy! Where the ultra wealthy steal from you and run the country in the most insanely inept way imaginable.

21.01.2025 02:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24052    ๐Ÿ” 3786    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 549    ๐Ÿ“Œ 119
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Absolutely loved Star Wars "Skeleton Crew" up until the ending. Like, what was that?

15.01.2025 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would be great to see fewer apps honestly. Would also be nice to see an app that favored short form video in hand with text posts and photos. It's doable, but companies seem to let the algorithms and advertisers take control of what content is favored instead of organically.

13.01.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Watching the new DCU's "Creature Commandos" over breakfast has been giving me the same joy and giddiness as watching "The Superfriends" back when I was 8 years old.

13.01.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I haven't fully given Meta up yet, but my posting isn't as strong there lately. Unfortunately, it's one of the few ways I can get info on upcoming events and shows right now. It's really gonna take a collective push and some big profiles to get people away.

13.01.2025 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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