Joining the resistance
Brighton has yet again made me proud #standuptotrump #brightonemergencydemo #brighton #resist Continue reading Joining the resistance
Author: Wildblood and Queenie
Wildblood and Queenie are exactly what it says on the tin. (Almost.) DJs, freelance journalists, cartoonist and queer writer who likes to wiggle, campaign and disco. Like they do.
Perfect Distraction: Per QX’s IOU on Big Love
Sometimes you just need to dance. Sometimes you just need some disco infused house. Thankfully Per QX has delivered for me this Monday with the fine grooves of his latest venture IOU for Seamus Haji’s Big Love imprint. I feel a Monday wiggle coming on. Per QX’s IOU out now on Big Love. Listen / Buy here Yes buy not steal. Remember kids, home taping is killing music. Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Per QX’s IOU on Big Love
John Hurt: Spending my life admiring the man
It was a repeat, I wasn’t the first, and it was way past my bedtime. But the night I first watched John Hurt’s performance in A Naked Civil Servant something clicked inside my adolescent head. Being queer was no longer a lonely path. Being queer (and oh so fabulous) was something to aspire to, no matter how fraught the journey. Sure your portrayal of Quentin Crisp wasn’t exactly … Continue reading John Hurt: Spending my life admiring the man
Home Service LGBT+ History Month Specials on RadioReverb
Celebrate LGBT+ History Month with two special Home Service shows on Brighton’s community radio station RadioReverb. Expect plenty of dance floor memories as Wildblood & Queenie delve into our glorious queer past and play tracks reflecting the 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. Expect soul, funk, disco house and plenty of camp banter (with added Polari!) as we remember dance floors past and … Continue reading Home Service LGBT+ History Month Specials on RadioReverb
Wildblood + Queenie’s February Gscene Wonders
This month the tunes are as joyful as the hopes only spring can bring, yes its time to get loved up and heartfelt. First up is the jazz-fuelled delight that is Songs For Knotty by Ishmael Ensemble on the tasty (sorry couldn’t help ourselves) Banoffee Pies label. One for the lovers. As are the minimal and ambient wonders of S.A.M.’s Dream State Of A Bellmaker … Continue reading Wildblood + Queenie’s February Gscene Wonders
Perfect distraction: Joe Goddard’s Music Is The Answer
Like the wonders from Werk For Peace I believe that music is the answer. It has to be. Doesn’t it? Okay maybe house won’t fix the nightmare coming from the US right now but community just might. So until the day we do make everything okay again I’ m gonna find inspiration in tracks like this latest beauty from Joe Goddard. Re-imagining Tenaglia for the 21st century. … Continue reading Perfect distraction: Joe Goddard’s Music Is The Answer
Celebrate and save The Sussex Beacon
I love Brighton for many reasons but up there at the top is our ability as a community to rally together, to support, to fundraise and to, in the case of The Sussex Beacon’s current situation, save. Its simple. Step up and support The Sussex Beacon or we will lose their vital services. Here’s the fundrasing bit: tickets are now on sale for Celebration, a gala to … Continue reading Celebrate and save The Sussex Beacon
Perfect distraction: Goldfrapp we can’t wait Anymore
So Goldfrapp have gone and dropped a wonder. And the tease is perfect. March the 31st can’t come soon enough. And if the forthcoming Silver Eye album opener Anymore is anything to go by then my non-Goldfrapp loving neighbours will be wishing I hadn’t made March’s must-purchase. Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory you right teasers you. Silver Eye, Goldfrapp’s seventh album is released on March 31 through Mute. Listen now on Spotify and … Continue reading Perfect distraction: Goldfrapp we can’t wait Anymore
Wildblood + Queenie’s Home Service: The Sybil-not-that-Sybil one
It’s time to get your ears round our latest Home Service as we keep the house bouncing, the innuendos Ofcom freindly and the skateboarding interference to a minimum. Like we do. We’ve some fine tune action from The xx, Daniel T, Marquis Hawkes, COEO, Denney, Carlo & Black Loops, our tune of the month from The Black Madonna plus a sprinkling of disco magic by Syreeta and a 25th WB … Continue reading Wildblood + Queenie’s Home Service: The Sybil-not-that-Sybil one
Don’t tell me not to live, just sit and putter! 10 Actions for the first 100 Days.
Where Streisand leads I’ll always follow. Chasing tugs, running after Doc’s rocks in San Francisco, and even Up The Sandbox (yep I’m that much of a dedicated fan!) Since K-K-K-Katie protested in The Way We Were I’ve always had a thing for Babs and a cause. She didn’t disappoint this weekend when her words took on Trump at the Women’s March in Los Angeles joining the many legends speaking out against Trump … Continue reading Don’t tell me not to live, just sit and putter! 10 Actions for the first 100 Days.
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