Tag: Coming out
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Uncle Carl came out at Xmas
Gosh darn that made me cry…now this is how country should be, talking about real things and real situations. Aaron LaCombe made an Xmas song I can get behind – annoyingly I have just finished recording the non-mashup Xmas podcast otherwise this would be in it. More about this song, and the weird push-back he’s…
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Coming Out Part 2 – Falling Down
“The first time ever I saw your faceI thought the sun rose in your eyesAnd the moon and stars were the gifts you gave” And the second Coming Out part is about falling in and out of love…from the mid-90’s dance songs sampling Ewen Macoll’s ‘The First Time Ever I Saw His Face’ (via Roberta…
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Coming Out mix Part 1 – Coming Up
Is it asking too much, of my favorite friends,to take these songs for real.Is it asking too much, of my partner’s hands,to take these songs for real? It’s just over 20 years since coming out, so I thought given all the current 90’s nostalgia I’d (re)create a mix of music that I was listening to…
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Ancient Misogyny and Ageism online
I love Mary Beard and her work and do not hide that fact, so I love this interview with her by William Dalrymple. I’ve seen her face up to rude people on Twitter and yes, she does get them to back down usually…a force to be reckoned with! Her comments on the sexual violence of…
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Bowie memories
People are sharing their Bowie memories, and I think that’s a good thing to do…seems as others have said odd to mourn for someone you didn’t know, but as Lauren Laverne said, when someone’s music touches your life for so long, so many decades, it’s bound to make you feel something. I won’t then apologise…
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Sez me
Sez Me is so much fun – think Yo Gabba Gabba but with Charmin Ultra, a drag queen and for families that are less traditional, LGBTQ or just open and accepting. I wish when I was a kid this was around, it would have saved so many questions later about gender, drag, pronouns (I learned…