Why Pride matters to me
This week I found myself being asked by Pride Brighton and Hove why Pride Matters. So I wrote. All personal like. Like I do. Read it here www.brighton-pride.org/pridematters Continue reading Why Pride matters to me
Perfect Distraction: Hifi Sean’s Record Box Mixtape
Today my perfect distraction is Hifi Sean. This finest of bearded ones has provided me with many a late night soundtrack. Keeping me grinning and wiggling till the early hours with his delicious house music. But today I’m revelling in his hidden depths. A (sound) and vision only available courtesy of his night Record Box at Soho’s Manbar. Until now. Until now when he rather … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Hifi Sean’s Record Box Mixtape
New Wildblood + Queenie Home Service Mix – Getting all deep, tech and filthy in the #Ouch House
Life in the Ouch House may mean a distinct lack of clubbing till QJ heals but we’ve been still getting our wiggle on to some right good stuff. This stuff. This month’s Home Service Mix is a celebration of late night partying and right proper house music. No lame chart remixes here. No rework of some pop princess you wished had stayed in Cowell’s closet. … Continue reading New Wildblood + Queenie Home Service Mix – Getting all deep, tech and filthy in the #Ouch House
Perfect Distraction: Jorge Savoretti ‘Bassuka’ on Rogue Society
I haven’t been out dancing for a while – the missus and her precious but not so well ear / arm / head / elbow have put paid to that. But when I do, its gonna be to this blinder. Jorge Savoretti’s Bassuka has me all a quiver. It hits you right in the short and curlies with its relentless bassline whilst its acidic undertones ensure … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Jorge Savoretti ‘Bassuka’ on Rogue Society
Time to talk, time to change
Today has been nominated as Time To Talk day by mental health campaigners Time To Change. The idea? Spark conversation and speak the words so many don’t want to hear. Words like I have a mental health issue. In my case chronic long term depression and borderline personality disorder. Words that, unlike the meds, aren’t easy to swallow. Words that condemn, spark gossip, fuel prejudice. Yep … Continue reading Time to talk, time to change
To Katya, a word from the Hunted
To Katya, Last night you graced the screens of British television in Dispatches’ Hunted. You seriously need a new agent. Your first starring role didn’t not go down well with audiences. There was no critical acclaim. Sadly for you your hatred and stupidity was there for all to see. You didn’t sell yourself well. You spend your weekends hunting gay men in so called safaris, … Continue reading To Katya, a word from the Hunted
Perfect Distractions: Tom Flynn’s Hootchie is a hottie
Get a dirty intentions ghetto booty vocal, add it to a gritty bassline and bingo. You have my attention. Whether the talk is of hoochies, mistresses or a glove that fits the groove perfectly, this EP from Tom Flynn for Hot Creation deserves your attention. Addictive simplicity is the name of Flynn’s game and he doesn’t disappoint ensuring any dancefloor worth its salt will soon … Continue reading Perfect Distractions: Tom Flynn’s Hootchie is a hottie
Hunted. A call to action
Come 11pm tonight and I shall be in tears. Angry, frustrated and horrified tears stoked by a sense of helplessness. Because I, like so many I know, will be watching Dispatches’ documentary Hunted and thinking there but for the grace of location go I. I’m lucky. I live in a society where the choices I make about the people I choose to love does not … Continue reading Hunted. A call to action
Perfect Distractions: Huxley & Sam Russo ‘Don’t Undastand’ on Leftroom Records
Sometimes you just wanna wiggle what your mother gave ya. Sometimes you just need an oooo oooo. Sometimes only Huxley will do. Which is lucky ‘cos his latest Leftroom venture with Sam Russo, Honey Dijon and Matt Tolfrey delivers on all fronts ensuring the wiggle is most definitely had. Get it and more when he comes to Brighton’s Audio this Friday. Wiggles guaranteed. Plus Charles … Continue reading Perfect Distractions: Huxley & Sam Russo ‘Don’t Undastand’ on Leftroom Records
Phillip Seymour Hoffman: The patch that could not repair
Another untimely death. Another social media storm of shock, pity and dismay. Grief pouring out of keyboards, lighting up radio phone-in desks and 24 hour news channels. All justified. But according to some tweeting away in the comfort of their safe so-called addiction free lives, souls such as Philip Seymour Hoffman deserve no compassion. The choices addicts like he made are just that, choices, and … Continue reading Phillip Seymour Hoffman: The patch that could not repair
Wildblood and Queenie 