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
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)
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 Well two coffees later and my resignation has been replaced by indignation.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
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
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
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’
DJ Idol? Kiss my decks Simon Cowell
We want it to be a hoax. We want the stories of Cowell’s DJ Idol to disappear in a puff of smoke, as forgettable as his next big things Matt Cardle and oh what was his name? See I’ve already forgotten. But if this ain’t no hoax then TV just killed the DJ. Take the XFactor formula and add it to the DJ box. Surely … Continue reading DJ Idol? Kiss my decks Simon Cowell
Horse Meat Disco Deviant with Severino and Pablo Contraband: 18.02.12
Nothing gets me hotter than a slice of Horse Meat Disco. Unless its Severino. Or Disco Deviant. Or partying at Audio. And when they combine well you have one happy Wildblood. Horse Meat Disco Deviant is rapidly becoming one of Brighton clubbing highlights and when Severino plays that highlight gets hot, hot, hot. Expect house of the Warehouse kind with Pablo Contraband joining Severino on … Continue reading Horse Meat Disco Deviant with Severino and Pablo Contraband: 18.02.12
I love Dungeness: No Lorries No Quarries
I first discovered Dungeness through the words of Derek Jarman and it has had a special part in my heart ever since. It’s beauty is simple. It does it for me in so many ways. Random yet wonderful, still yet strong, queer yet straight, it demands reflection and adoration. It is one of the many reasons why I will always be a seaside girl. The … Continue reading I love Dungeness: No Lorries No Quarries
Perfect Distractions: I’ll be your doormat
There is something about library doormats that get to me. I know, odd. Its a childhood thing. It maybe because the only decent thing bout Hometown-on-Sea was the library and they had one of these beauties at the entrance. Or it maybe cos I have thing for OCD. Or rubber. Whatever. I love finding them. Usually in libraries, this was at the back of Brighton … Continue reading Perfect Distractions: I’ll be your doormat
