Tag: Stonewall
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RC 326: A Big Line In The Sand (Black Lives Matter Pt 1)
Brothers and Sisters…I don’t know what this world is coming to…. My response to the death of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter protests around the world and is to create a two-parter focusing on radical and revolutionary voices criticising racism, fascism and police brutality. So I pass the mic to celebrate and uplift the…
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RC 306: The First Pride Was a Riot And Other Stories
Just over a week ago was the 50th anniversary of the riot at Stonewall Inn, and today is London Pride, so the first half is a queer collection of revolutionary songs, from trans hardcore punk to dragapella, werk a pose to some acid banji realness and pansexual pop, and some folk tunes from the fabulous…
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We don’t have any real friends: Money vs Art
I’ve been trying for the last decade to explain the problem of money vs art, or audience vs product and that bastard Aaron Funk as well as creating some amazing music during that time nails it in ONE interview:. Fuck that whole game of what music is supposed to be right now. It’s so fucked…
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Commonwealth? Well not for the LGBTQ
With the Commonwealth Games nearly over and seem to be a success, the assumption is the Commonwealth is some happy cuddly family. Well not quite. This graphic gave me cause to pause* – 42 out of the 53 Commonwealth countries still have anti-gay laws on the books, making being gay/queer a crime, and are enforcing…
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Kleptonite report & a new video for Superstition (Monolith Remix)
(Picture is me VJing a Koyaanisqatsi vs Cosmic Voyage cloud sequence by Simon Payroll…nicked it off his FB but I’m sure he won’t mind 😉 Last night the Kleptonite VJ gig rocked and I’m definitely doing that again, lots of wowed people coming up to me after and I think 3-4 years of work kind…
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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…