Amazing what you find in the loft if you look hard enough. Tucked in with the flyers and laminated membership card, hiding underneath that oversized Coco Club tee, there it was. 90 minutes of joy courtesy of a Coco Club cassette. Continue reading Chris Coco live at Coco Club The Zap Brighton 1990
The Zap Club was always much more to me than just a name above an archway. Its influence on my life far greater than anything this wide-eyed queer suede head could have imagined back in 1990 when I first made my way to its famous if filthy Brighton dancefloor. The sea salt ingrained in the crumbling arches was as fundamental to my life as a … Continue reading Spirit of Zap Reunion
3rd in a series of flyer action from this flyer addict for LGBTQ+ History Month. The Candy Bar, 33 St James Street, Brighton 2001 13th July 2001. The Love Lounge with two not-so-old disco queers called Wildblood and Queenie makes their Candy Bar debut – over there at 33 St James Street, Kemp Town, Brighton. Bar stools for a booth, belt drive for decks, the … Continue reading LGBTQ+ History Month: Love Lounge at Candy Bar
Shameless Hussies may have been heading towards its final dance but a phoenix did arise from the disco ashes in 1994 –  dressed head to toe in flammable polyester as clubbing and tiaras and synchronised hair slides finally met on the dancefloor in the shape of Housewife’s Choice at Brighton’s The Loft Club – anew venue opening on Dyke Road where the old Reform Club … Continue reading LGBTQ History Month: Housewife’s Choice
Back in 1992 Queenie and Michele Allardyce aka Xi-Xi used to play live percussion at the Coco Club at the Zap on a Saturday night and decided doing the same at Shameless Hussies might be a good idea. Michele said to Queenie ‘ go on – phone up that Kate woman and ask if we can shake our maracas at the next one’. Suffice to say … Continue reading LGBTQ History Month: Shameless Hussies gets regal
First in a series of flyer action from this flyer addict for LGBTQ+ History Month. Shameless Hussies Fagins, East St and Reform Club, Ship Street Brighton 1992/93 Shameless Hussies was born out of two meetings – some lubricated by herbal tea…others not. A meeting made when this house music-obsessed soul found myself at Women Only night Venus Rising at the Fridge in Brixton where promoter … Continue reading LGBTQ History Month: Shameless Hussies Brighton
This LGBQ+ History Month I’m gonna be digging deep into my illustrator archives and sharing some of my portfolio of past wonders. That’s me, Queen Josephine. Drawing a queer crowd in pen and ink since 1984. Here is Bootsie Sue – a character I created back in 1992. They say to draw what you know. Well here I am – promoting an exhibition at Brighton’s … Continue reading LGBTQ History Month : Bootsie Sue
When you write a dissertation about gay night club flyer design and a certain Paul Kemp’s Club Shame and get cited in an academic article by your uni tutor from back in the day, the ever-brilliant Annebella Pollen. Back to back with my incredible university professor Paul Jobling. Yep, that’s me, that autistic school refuser who was told they’d never make anything with their words. … Continue reading Sliding into academia courtesy of Annebella Pollen
Queue Dance appearance on Saturday Superstore, a BBC TV program from the 1980s (1982-87) performing ‘Pow, Pow I’m In For It Now’. Cheggers the legend, Brighton the backdrop, Nick Goddard’s guitar the star, and Queen Josephine’s hair the perfect distraction. Well, it was 1987. Or 1985. Hence the ‘of it time’ excruciating post-performance interview. This episode of SaturdaySuperstore also featured Paul Daniels and Ballyregan Bob … Continue reading Queue Dance on Saturday Superstore 1987
A little flashback action to celebrate my Queenie – the baddest b**** when it comes to creating placards for the Brighton & Hove Pride – Official Pagel Community Pride Parade. Working with our 1BTN fam and the forever fierce The Illustrious Blacks to celebrate our disco saints Donna Summer, Sylvester, Carl Bean and the wonder that is Tom Moulton. I am forever amazed at what … Continue reading 1BTN – The Illustrious Blacks – Brighton Pride Parade 2022
Wildblood and Queenie 