Feeling the pinch: The Brighton Austerity Ball 2011
Yes you read it right. We’re DJing in our library!! Friday 25th March and the clocks go back as the organisers of the Lavender Ball bring you the LGBT Austerity Ball. They are promising a trip back in history as they recreate an underground LGBT venue. Dress in your most distressed to impress! Make do and mend, recycle and recline. Queen Josephine and I are on … Continue reading Feeling the pinch: The Brighton Austerity Ball 2011
Succumbing to shutter speeds: London Street Photography at Museum of London
A woman walking through a street market selling bric-a-brac. Corry Bevington. 1960. Yesterday I was wowed and sidestepped into a state of wonder at the Museum of London’s Street Photography exhibition. Sepia stunners sat alongside framed present wonders thanks to photographers including Valentine Blanchard, Wolf Suschitzky, Corry Bevington, Lutz Dille and Margaret Monck. 1880’s photographs taken on the back of a horse and carriage rubbed … Continue reading Succumbing to shutter speeds: London Street Photography at Museum of London
Greatest tune ever made? God only knows
I’m not gonna blow Melodica’s trumpet too much this week but to say my button was pressed by Coco’s bally-eric choice of The Beach Boys God Only Knows would be an understatement. For me its a kinda Xmas song – perfect with snow and kittens and baubles and the like but today, with the sun streaming through my window, it kinda fits. Again. No doubt … Continue reading Greatest tune ever made? God only knows
What’s this Fibro-malarkey? Being diagnosed a sensitive soul
Sometimes your head gets fried. Sometimes you forget what a lucky bugger you are. Sometimes you forget to celebrate what you have. It can be tough somedays. It can get to you somedays. I may have been officially diagnosed as a ‘sensitive soul’ and life with a new condition with a odd name may be what I have ahead but I know what a truly … Continue reading What’s this Fibro-malarkey? Being diagnosed a sensitive soul
Perfect distractions – Unofficial DIY Pop Video LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
Nowt much more you can say except this is perfection in eight minutes and fifty nine seconds. What’s there to argue with? LCD Soundsystem meets The Muppets meets Brighton equals happy Wildblood. More please. ‘Every night’s a different story. It’s a thirty car pile-up with you. Everybody’s getting younger. It’s the end of an era, it’s true. And you go. (Stop, stop, stop, stop). Break … Continue reading Perfect distractions – Unofficial DIY Pop Video LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
Desert Island Disco with DJ Brad Dykes
Just what makes your DJ tick? What tunes did those headphone-wearing lovelies listen to way back when? 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 new boy on the block, Brad Dykes. Never has one so cute played tunes so fine. 1. Cassie Ventura ft Lil Wayne … Continue reading Desert Island Disco with DJ Brad Dykes
Wildblood and Queenie’s March wonders – Dimitri, Chus, Penn, Ben Jamin, Art Department, Rick ‘The Godson’ Wilhite, Tensnake,
And so it arrives, our favourite month of the year. Warm earth, happy hearts and a soundtrack full of promise. March bounces into view and suddenly all is less chilly with the world. First up the disco explosive ‘Knights of The Playboy Mansion’ mixed by Dimitri From Paris & Bob Sinclar on Defected. A work of love from the lover boys this disco daze of … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie’s March wonders – Dimitri, Chus, Penn, Ben Jamin, Art Department, Rick ‘The Godson’ Wilhite, Tensnake,
Patience is a virtue…7 days with Radiohead’s The King Of Limbs
I’m a dark sod that doesn’t do horror, a Smiths fan that likes the sunshine, a cynic that clings onto hope. And I’m a Radiohead fan. Of course I am. From the moment Yorke sang Creep to me (and only to me) I was hooked. I find nothing more uplifting than a time spent with Karma Police or No Surprises. Paranoid Android has always been … Continue reading Patience is a virtue…7 days with Radiohead’s The King Of Limbs
Blushing – Dirty filthy daydreams revisited
Today I’m playing with my harddrive. Delete. Keep. Delete. And so I stumbled upon this. Blushing. A rude short story by me. A bit rude. A bit short. And still making me blush. Blushing. Filthy dirty day dreams. The kind that keep you awake at night. I couldn’t picture the venue, I could only picture her. I couldn’t explain the reasons; I could only see … Continue reading Blushing – Dirty filthy daydreams revisited
Department of Records – Maxxi Soundsystem ‘Criticize’ Kojak Giant Sounds
There’s tune I reach for after a session with a certain Coma cat. Maxxi Sound System’s Criticize is Sam Watts and Neal Lewis‘s charmed retake on the Alexander O’Neal 1987 classic. And boy is it good. The boys rocked Audio when they supported Tensnake earlier this month and this cheeky yet respectful remix is a sweet reminder that Brighton is ahead of the homegrown game. … Continue reading Department of Records – Maxxi Soundsystem ‘Criticize’ Kojak Giant Sounds
Wildblood and Queenie 