For @winged and anyone else interested about Velvet Goldmine merch!
The artist is Unlovely Frankenstein, and the shirt is on their Teepublic account. They also have Brian stuff, as well as a whole bunch of really neat non-VG art.
you will feel so alive again.. like so incredibly alive. i dont know when that will be but it will be. u are gonna feel so alive that ur cheeks hurt from smiling oh man oh man i promise that day is coming. you do have a future, you do have good things coming, and you’ll survive everything that’s thrown at you until you reach that day
So excited to share this official fan art commission by new queer fantasy bestie, the fabulous and now NYT best-selling author Lex Croucher.
Had the best time reading the book and falling in love with these crazy gays and getting to put my spin on them has been a true joy and feels like a beautiful end to such a fulfilling year.
Prints and stickers up in the shop.
And pick up any of Lex's books (but especially this one) at all good booksellers x
These holidays I thought it would be fun to organize a Velvet Goldmine themed gift exchange. This event's tag will be #VGsecretfairy2023 feel free to use it!
How to participate
Whoever wants to participate can fill out this google form, that closes in a week, and will have until the 30th of December to work on a gift, the gifts can be fanarts, fanfics, analysis posts, web weavings, playlists etc...basically whatever your heart desires! I added a question for people that want to specify what character/s or scenarios they're interested in to make it easier for people to come up with a gift for them, if you want to be surprised simply leave it blank.
For any questions you can send an ask or message me any time :)
happy 25th bday to my favorite movie ever, velvet goldmine (1998)
i’ll try to keep this brief, as i’ve already expressed my love in this film with an insane amount of verbosity before, but for the 25th bday, i wanted to talk about my personal experience with the film!
i watched it for the first time only a year ago (almost to date). and i’ve seen it exactly 26 times since. i watched VG for the first time in the middle of a very mentally, socially, and academically rough semester. i was lost in almost every way a person can be. when i watched Velvet Goldmine for the first time, i was entranced by the visual aspects - of course - but i was captivated by the story, by the characters.
i was in a place in my queer identity where i was somewhere between proud and shameful. somewhere between performer and observer. somewhere between seen and in the shadows. velvet goldmine became a friend to me, it became a way to understand myself better.
i was surprised that nobody i knew had seen it before, and i was deeply excited to share it with with my IRL friends! through it, so much of the isolation i was feeling dissolved; i got to show people i cared about a part of me, and got closer to them through it. not to mention, the community of people here online who were also deeply passionate about the film! i got to surround myself with people who were just as crazy as i was, and for that i will forever be indebted to this wondrous community.
velvet goldmine is has, and will always continue to mean so much to me. it moves me so much that so many of you partook in this celebration. i hope you all had so much fun, and i hope you continue to spread this film - much like the alien gay sex gem.
so, so much love to you all. (and todd haynes.) happy 25 years ♥️