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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 Distractions

Perfect Distractions: Thomas Gandey ‘The Organ Track’ Southern Fried Records

Sometimes you just need a perfect distraction from the scribbling. Sometimes you just need a simple groove. Sometimes you hear a tune and you just know its gonna become a perfect addiction. Who said you need obvious breakdowns and regulation climaxes? Sometimes the simplest things are the most sublime. Indeed there’s no sometimes about this beauty as The Organ Track delivers a charming lesson in … Continue reading Perfect Distractions: Thomas Gandey ‘The Organ Track’ Southern Fried Records

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Remembering wash day with Whitney

It consisted of one stand alone spin dryer, a bunch of coins for the meter and a sweet gay lad called Mark. Wash day with Whitney in a kitchen in Guildford. Smalls thrown in the air with every ‘Ohhhh I wanna dance with somebody’, a much needed lesson in camp for an Essex dyke, heavy with political intentions but light on gay sensibilities. Whitney, like … Continue reading Remembering wash day with Whitney

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Wildblood and Queenie’s Winter Warmer Vol.7 – The loved up one

If music be the fuel of love then this, we hope, will rev you up in all the right places. Welcome to Wildblood and Queenie’s Winter Warmer Vol.7 – The LOVED Up One. With an emphasis on the sauce that only a decent tune can provide, this mix tips the wink to some of the finest tunes doing the business this February. It’s the kind … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie’s Winter Warmer Vol.7 – The loved up one

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Reasons to love Madonna No. 586230037020824: Super Bowl 2012

Never has a game of football seemed so long. Never has my Facebook chat been so camp or so fabulous. Last night I joined a mass of British gay men staying up way past their bedtime just so we could say we saw it live. And wow was it worth it. I may have had enough time to have knitted Gaultier’s cone Madonna bra whilst … Continue reading Reasons to love Madonna No. 586230037020824: Super Bowl 2012

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Perfect Distractions: Lovebirds feat. Stee Downes ‘Want You In My Soul’ (Original Mix)

Some Sundays just have to be about football, music and Queenie’s roast. This is my Sunday tune. A romantic’s dream soundtrack. Permission to feel loved up. Lovebirds featuring Stee Downes ‘Want You In My Soul’ (Original Mix) out now on Winding Road Records Continue reading Perfect Distractions: Lovebirds feat. Stee Downes ‘Want You In My Soul’ (Original Mix)

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Reclaim Brighton & Hove Pride: We’ve just gotta work harder, for the future, together

As word filtered through of Pride in Brighton & Hove revealing combined debts of over £200,000, I have to admit my first reaction was one of resignation. Can I really be arsed with a sad saga that keeps on keeping on? Well two coffees later and my resignation has been replaced by indignation. The debt is bigger than Brighton & Hove City Council were told. … Continue reading Reclaim Brighton & Hove Pride: We’ve just gotta work harder, for the future, together

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Charity Shop Treasure: Making things easy in an age of austerity

As the bills get bigger and times get tougher there’s nothing better than a bit of DIY. And when the results can be this beautiful whats not to like? Making Things Easy courtesy of 1977 and a certain Mr Ron Kidd is everything the budget squeezed home improvement buff could want. Don’t they look happy? Life was simpler then, okay maybe excluding wallpaper, but when … Continue reading Charity Shop Treasure: Making things easy in an age of austerity

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Wildblood and Queenie’s Fabulous February’s Wonders

If bass be the food of love, boom on! Yes its time to get seriously loved up with some sweet, sweet sounds. First up is Kinny and her sensational second album Can’t Kill A Dame With Soul on Tru Thoughts. You’ll not find a sounder sonic palette of on-the-button reggae, jazz and soul music this month. Another celebration of all things class comes courtesy of … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie’s Fabulous February’s Wonders

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Perfect Distractions: Verses ‘Lessons In Daft Punk’

I love it when my friends surprise me and so it is with Verses and the lively electro poetry that is ‘Lessons In Daft Punk’. Nathan Harris has demanded my attention since our first meet and he brings his honesty and understated grin to Verses brilliantly. Verses aka Nathan and Luke Mogford maybe questioning our nocturnal lifestyles but when Lessons In Daft Punk‘s Casio fuelled … Continue reading Perfect Distractions: Verses ‘Lessons In Daft Punk’

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