Tag: Gay
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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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RIP Larry Steinbachek
2016 has a late result – Larry Steibachek of Bronski Beat (pictured, centre) died last month. With Jimmy Somerville and Steve Bronski he formed Bronski Beat, revolutionary as all band members were out and gay. He did keyboards and percussion..here is the last single they did with Jimmy, a complete mostly-unknown classic. A few more…
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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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Disco Queerness
I’ve been working on a disco mix using rare, camp/gay and psychedelic disco for the last few months, originally called Disco Sickness but it mushroomed into a two-part mix. Here’s the first part, an uptempo celebration of Pride month (it’s London Pride today, so yes it’s rather late!) and also the U.S. same-sex marriage Supreme…
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Gay Tempest – Happy Pride & US Marriage
We are partying up a storm at Radio Clash Towers – not only is it London Pride today, but on the other side of the pond, the Supreme Court ruled a few hours ago that same-sex marriage is legal across the U.S.A.! So here is the best image I’ve seen from the explosion of colour…