Tag: london Pride
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Dismantle the Metropolitan Police
This video projected on New Scotland Yard by Led By Donkeys says everything about Metropolitan Police corruption, violence and bigotry I’ve been saying since 2009 if not before. Certainly the likes of Ian Tomlinson and Jean Charles De Menenez, as mentioned in the video were a wake up call for me, as well as few…
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RC 328: Summer Always Happens When It’s Raining
Throwing out a queer life ring to those missing London Pride, Notting Hill Carnival and drowning under the constant rain – although yesterday the sun came back but we’ve had weeks of rain – the classic British Summer! Starts with a traditional summer jungle / drum and bass mix fromme, and then more downtempo with…
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Madonna Has A Kiki – drag queen version
OMFG I can tick off one of my bucketlist and die happy now, cos a drag queen had synched one of my mashups. A proper working queen, dollars and all. I missed this, I knew my Madonna Has A Kiki mashup has legs, but not amazing legs LIKE THAT…thank you Morgan McMichaels and crew, love…
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Caitlyn Jenner wins Arthur Ashe Award
Finally got around to watching Caitlyn Jenner and her Arthur Ashe Award speech (not for me the 15 second news churn, I take my time!). It’s amazing stuff. Don’t get the hate from certain people, yes I don’t like her Republican or reality show affiliations either, but it’s interesting how she’s used her platform to…
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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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Shame in the East
Well for the next couple of months it’s Pride season, traditionally June because of Stonewall but London Pride is in July and Brighton is in August. Prides in this country are fun mostly apolitical affairs (I’ve commented on that in the podcast before now). But spare a thought for those in countries where it’s still…