Tag: lgbtq
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TX2 – No Love Like Christian Hate
Punk never dies (but it smells that way) as the old joke goes, but every generation finds their own way to it, and it seems like Colorado-born Florida rocker and rapper TX2 has studied intensely at the School of Green Day and 00’s emo punk – and that’s not a criticism! Everyone is welcome in…
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If American Idiot Was A Bro Country Song
At the time I kind of liked American Idiot by Green Day but the band put me off…but in the years since I”ve realised how talented Billie-Joe Armstrong is and how it’s a very clever song. On the 6th of January this year, Alex Melton did a ‘Bro Country’ version of American Idiot as a…
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Disney and Don’t Say Gay
I’ve been watching several of these videos and they sum up not just what’s wrong in Florida and Disney with the Don’t Say Gay bill they helped fund (as did many other corporations including the new owners of Sky and Dreamworks) but also wider problems – with class, representation, and exploitation. The latter point is…
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Hot Homo Summer
Michael Henry has a new series about the unlocking of queer desire this summer called ‘Hot Homo Summer’ and I am here for it! It is really weird trying to get back into the swing of things after nearly a year and a half…
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RC 348: Pride and Prejudice (Mashup Show)
This one took a while to edit (a week and a half?) and is a Pride themed podcast with LGBTQ mashup artists and themes running throughout. Happy Pride! Also we say goodbye to a mashup artist, go very Crumplstrange in preparation for Crumplstock 9 later this month, and tracks from the three albums I reviewed…
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How Do I Look?
Michael Henry does it again, prodding the gay psyche and revealing the nasties within with this haunting wordless video on bad self-image and body fascism in the scene. As people get ready to go out and socialist after the Great Gay Pause, this is a good reminder of what the bad mental self-image spirals look…