OPEN GRAVES

Open your graves to us. As self-identified adult goths, Vesta and Heather dig into the lives of adult goths and goth-adjacent friends. We get into the psychological and sociological experience of living in this subculture when it’s not a phase, mom (but on that note, tell me about your mother). You will not find music reviews or makeup tutorials here, but music, aesthetics, and club gossip will inevitably bleed into the conversation. Let us dig up the deeply human remains: Religion. Sex stuff. Gatekeeping. Substance abuse. Family. Being in the same clubs with all of your exes until you die.

OPEN GRAVES is a society podcast hosted by Vesta Vaingloria & Heather Noel, with 74 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Vesta Vaingloria & Heather Noel hosts OPEN GRAVES, a society show with 74 episodes published.

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  74 - On Dissonance and Resonance

  Jun 17, 202652 min

  Recorded from Jake’s white linen adorned home in his absence, Heather and Vesta discuss amongst many things, the recent convergence of so many goth events on one weekend, showing that what can seem like a cohesive community easily factions off into sub-groups, pulled between Thrill Kill Kult, Suicide Commando, Christian Death, and also amongst our regular club nights. We discuss whether hope still exists in the language and aesthetics of despair when words are spells, the idolatry and abjection of Rozz Williams, and what our need for ritual suggests about neurodiversity. And apparently we are going camping. Honorable mention to some deathrock clubs that slipped the mind at the time of recording: Purgatory, Batastrophe, Gallows

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  73 - Existential Dread (but you can dance to it) In conversation with returning guest DAVEY HAVOK

  Feb 13, 20261h 6mS0

  <p>The Black Sun is Bleeding Silver!</p><p>As Davey himself put it, AFI's newest album, "Silver Bleeds The Black Sun," is a litany of sonic flares honoring and signaling the Goth community. Or as Heather put it, "Shots Fired." </p><p>If you listen to our podcast as a fellow lover of that </p><p>"Dark, Gothy shit," (TM)</p><p> ........We IMPLORE you to listen to this album. STAT.</p><p><br /></p><p>Join us as we take a hope(less/full) look into the stark Abyss and discuss this new aural evolution for AFI, with...

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  72 - Memento Mori, Carpe Noctem

  Jan 13, 202643 minS0

  <p>Happy-ish new year. This was recorded in November 2025, and due to late publishing has become a bit of a time capsule, as things have changed since this recording. We revisit the topic of “memento mori” and the end of life, finding light in the darkness, relationship struggles and attachment, and surviving Halloween. Heather’s father has since passed, and we dedicate this episode to the memory of Bill Aldridge. </p>

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  71 - On Fashion, but Not Really with Mimi Sosa-Delcampo and Michelle Morales

  Sep 11, 20251h 57mS0

  <p>We are joined by an iconic duo, Mimi Sosa-Delcampo and Michelle Morales to focus on a topic that we have deftly avoided leaning too hard into: the role of fashion in the goth identity. We come at it from an angle that feels meaningful, questioning whether or not the subject of fashion is shallow or not, and what it means that something that can be construed this way also feels important and empowering. We explore how rebellion both is and is not relevant, whether competition is a thing or not, whose gaze matters, how gender expression shows up, how...

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  70 - “I Didn’t Even Drink My Bra”

  Jul 17, 20251h 16mS0

  <p>You’re in for a twofer! We are late to the publishing game of talking about Cruel World, so this is a download about Kite, Chelsea Wolf, Actors, Mareaux, Clan of Xymox, of course Nick Cave, the divisive topic of Garbage vs. Devo, the infamous wine-bra, and then some embarrassing feeling about Ministry. Apologies in advance that we do talk about the weather and food reviews, because unfortunately we are adults and as far as festivals go, Cruel World is a festival for adults. In the second half, we get into the sensitive topic of friendships, both inside and ou...

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