Feeling loved about Kylie Minogue, Grace Jones, LEGO and Brighton & Hove Pride – Official Page this Valentines. Like you do. Happy Valentines everyone. ©Queen Josephine 2019 Continue reading Spinning up to your bumper this Valentines
“I heard zips, I heard zips!” the immortal words my mother screamed one night back in 1984 as this misfit made the first mistake of her teenage life. Not the snog session under the coats piled up in my bedroom, there would be plenty of time to sort that mistaken sexual identity later, but throwing a teenage birthday party. End of. What was I thinking? … Continue reading 50 Tunes For 50 Years: Shannon
It’s wrapped in seen better days paper and is seriously battered, but like fish and chips on Brighton beach, it’s beautiful. And it’s all about Queenie. One of those slices of 7” joy she digs out every so often and proceeds to lose it to big time in our big f***ing room. The goosebumps it generates tell you all you need to know about the … Continue reading 50 Tunes For 50 Years: Gonzalez
Reading like a dream of a weekend (and a sight test you wanna pass with full marks) the latest line-up for Alfresco Festival 2019 has just been announced and we are disco thrilled to announce we’ll be there, doing our disco thing in the late May sunshine. With a stellar line-up of DJs, live performers, family entertainment and late night wonders including Joey Negro, 2ManyDJs, … Continue reading Alfresco Festival 2019
Club Barbra is back! Yep the gig where we get to share our never guilty pleasures, dancefloor delights and kooked up korkers is back this February for another session of dancing on the tables down at The West Hill Tavern. Yes expect nothing but good time vibes as we deliver the perfect Friday night soundtrack of loved-up funk, soul, pop, disco, divas, 80s electro, house and … Continue reading Babs is Back Baby!
Day 26 and I could cross the finish line of my #50tunesfor50years venture with nothing but Bowie. Sound & Vision, Low, Hunky Dory, Young Americans, Station To Station, The Next Day, Blackstar – each masterpieces that hourly rotate at the top of my favourite Bowie albums. Ask me to choose one track and I would be equally reticent to declare, feeling a sense of unfaithfulness as … Continue reading 50 Tunes For 50 Years: David Bowie Sweet Thing
It was 1977 and I had finally got my hands on my very own piece of vinyl. ABBA’s Arrival had, erm, arrived, its shiny-helicoptered pop stars starring out at me as I held a gatefold I would paw over for years. It would be a while before a Dare from Sheffield would supersede the Swedish superstars but until then I was devoted to Björn & … Continue reading 50 Tunes For 50 Years: ABBA
Alongside the Garrad deck and Wharfedale speakers in the lounge, our dining room also had its stereophonic installation. And what an installation. A sideboard come radio come record player piece of furniture, its valves took an age to “warm” up. But once it finally burst in radio static filled life it provided our dining room and kitchen (thanks to its hatch, an ever-present 70s addition to … Continue reading 50 Tunes For 50 Years: Minnie Riperton
This one is for my little sister Joanne. The lass I rarely see, the lass life has kept from me but the lass who will always be. Chalk and cheese, we never saw eye to eye on much, mine an awkward life not suited to her confident Essex ways. She was the sweet, I the sour, she the popular, me the acquired, her 70s brash, … Continue reading 50 Tunes For 50 Years: Average White Band
We’re back, baby! 1BTN’s annual all-day female takeover returns Friday 8th March for sixteen hours of femme-focused music and entertainment to soundtrack your International Women’s Day celebrations. The 1BTN International Women’s Day Takeover will feature a phenomenal line-up of female presenters and special guests. The IWD19 campaign theme #BalanceForBetter will be at the heart of the day, highlighting women’s achievements in the music industry, campaigning … Continue reading 1BTN International Women’s Day Takeover
Wildblood and Queenie 