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
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
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
For me the moment I love Brighton the best is on a hot summer day, haze coming off the tarmac as we drive along the seafront, windows down, tunes blaring. You know what I mean. Of course I’m omitting to mention the traffic jams, the eyesore that is the Odeon, nutters leaping out in front of the car, my lack of a suitably tanned and … Continue reading Two sides to Brighton courtesy of Caleb Yule and Sam Hiscox
Eve Arnold. A focused, truly wonderful, always inspiring legend who put the class into creativity and the balls into the male dominated world of photography. We’ll not see her like again. Continue reading Eve Arnold: A focused legend
Todays not been the brightest of days. January reality check and all that. But then when you realise your perfect distraction is actually your work, well, everything is dandy with the world again. This term I’ve been working on documentary photography of the 1930s and a lass called Berenice Abbott has me in her focused spell. Recording a change, the race to modernity, no matter … Continue reading Perfect Distractions: Berenice Abbott
So here we go. The countdown begins. Another year over, another list to compile, another set of wanna do’s and hopefully’s to guide me in to 2012. As for making them stick I’ve not a cat’s chance in Elle… But then why try to improve on what has been a vintage year? The tunes have been outstanding, the weather interesting, the struggles similar but, heck … Continue reading A year much appreciated
This year the Xmas budget was tight. Like it usually is. This year Queen Jo worked her arse off to ensure I could continue my studies. Like she does. This year I wanted to say thank you. Again. Like I always intend to do, but so often forget. So this year I got to work making QJ her Xmas presents. A Observers Book of Queen … Continue reading Being skint at Xmas is a good thing
Catch up with the best of our 2011 in Gscene’s Jan 2012 issue.In all good gay shops or online at gscene.com Read our tunes of 2011 here Continue reading Gscene January 2012 out now!
Just what makes your DJ tick? What tunes did those headphone-wearing lovelies listen to way back when? Here at GScene we thought it was time to find out. Hence the desert island. No palm trees, just decent tunes. This month it’s the turn of DJ Lonesome M. Never has such wonderful outfits accompanied such must dance tunes. 1. Johnny Burnette ‘Please Don’t Leave Me’ (1956) … Continue reading Desert Island Disco: DJ Lonesome M
Wildblood and Queenie 