Tag: Counterculture
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RIP Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat
Sadly Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat has died aged 61 (on the right in the above photo). I can’t stress how important his band was – not only launching the career of Jimmy Somerville but also soundtracking my early queer experiences and being one of the few out queer bands – the only one that…
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Acid Sesame
Sesame Street was always a little surreal and psychedelic early on, but did Sesame Street have a tripped out LSD for kids episode in 1969? Reason I ask is I’ve just found in the first series they covered The Beatles ‘Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds’ which despite the band’s protestations is definitely lysergic. According…