Tag: Lesley Gore
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Favourite albums / tracks of 2015
Ian Fondue asked me to post my favourite albums/songs of 2015. Not necessarily released in 2015, this year I tended to listen to older releases, Pitchfork and Stereogum are mostly confusing to me, the first year it’s mostly a bunch of names I have no idea who they are! It’s a long list, partly because…
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RIP Lesley Gore
Can’t stand the thought of people just posting ‘It’s My Party’ – so much more to Lesley Gore, like ‘The Old Crowd’ and the incredibly funky ‘Wonderboy’ with an amazingly cheesy video: Although ironically she was more about the ladies, she was an out lesbian and an activist for LGBTQ rights…she was with her partner…
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Zebra Katz
Really loving Zebra Katz, the “black, queer and ‘other’” rapper at the moment, especially this version of Lesley Gore’s ‘It’s My Party’ with Icona Pop, and his DRNKLNG mixtape and Soundcloud posts…Reminds me of the darkest parts of Detroit Grand Pubahs and a dash of Horrorcore brought up to date, minimal and spooky in a…
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RC 245: NSA (National Sunshine Allowance aka Who Stole The Sunshine?)
Who Stole the Sunshine and Show 244? Well it seems to be this little fellow, obviously working for the NSA (National Sunshine Allowance, not No Strings Attached). Thankfully the sunshine escaped the PRISM and is now back, but show 244 seems to be still in chains somewhere in Gitmo after a brief trip on a…