Sometimes, when the mood takes me and my eyes can cope with the strain, I make video edits. This summer I’ve handmade with love a promo for Dirty Sunset Disco. Inspired by a certain kiki and influenced by the lass I live with and the DJs I love dancing too, I reckon it’ll do. Rough round the edges with a camp heart and a decent … Continue reading Handmade with (Wild) Love for DSD
I’ve got my Pride back. We’ve got our Pride back. I’m not gonna waste my breath on told ya’s or what if’s and why the fucks? I’m thinking ahead, not backwards. And I’m celebrating the fact that Brighton Pride has been reclaimed for the community. That the essence of Brighton Pride, there since its tentative beginnings on The Level, since us few passionate souls marched … Continue reading Putting the proud back into Brighton Pride
This weekend a few like minded souls will be gathering in various establishments to shake what their Mama gave them to various young ladies and gents playing musical soundtracks of loveliness for Brighton Gay Dance Weekend. As usual Queen Josephine and I are incredibly chuffed to be involved and will be spinning discs of the house kind at the following rather marvellous parties… You can … Continue reading Our gay gigs for this gayest of weekends in Brighton
I’m expecting gays. Thousands of them. Loved ones and random ones. Dancing ones and drinking ones. Happy ones and very happy ones. Gays, gays, gays. Cos guess what its Brighton GAY Pride. It’s Brighton LESBIAN Pride. It’s Brighton BISEXUAL Pride. It’s Brighton TRANSGENDER Pride. Just so you know. The signs in my city announcing the fact the gays are coming to town have been lacking … Continue reading This weekend we’re all GAY, GAY, GAY!
No matter what shape or form the powers that be deem our Pride to be there are somethings they just can’t change. There are certain Pride traditions I’ll go with each and every year. The weeks of tune hunting, hoping to create that special terrace moment that will stay on my grinning mush weeks after the event. The last minute cash-flow induced rush for an … Continue reading A warm front is predicted – Queenie’s Brighton Pride weather forecast
Music brings the people together. Memories and moments of proud love that get you right there. So in the interest of science (and the love of a great tune) Gscene contacted the purveyors of your Pride soundtrack. This is some of our DJs and their classic Pride tracks. In no particular order but fuelled with love, pride and a desire to party. Happy dancing. Aretha … Continue reading Gscene Desert Island Pride Disco – The Top 20 and then some
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 we have a double Desert Island treat for you, DJ’s Jamie Hammond and Jamie’s Top 5 1. Iio ‘Rapture’ (Original Mix) Universal Records This was … Continue reading Desert Island Disco – DJs Jamie Hammond & Zack Burns
I’ve been meaning to blog on the latest chapter in the history that is Carry On Pride In Brighton & Hove for a few days now. The press releases popping into my email have been greeted with rage then, sadly, a resigned huff as the dawning realisation hits that nowt looks like changing. As I sit here I have to ask myself can I really … Continue reading Pride before a fall…Carry on regardless
So here we go – skidding, sliding and sleighing our way out of another sound year. A year full of surprises, wonders, the odd disappointment and plenty of Radio Jo. Every Xmas I’ve hit in the past 17 years I’ve faced the same wonderful dilemma – what to get the missus this time? Should the gift reflect the love, the laughs or the lust? Just … Continue reading Crash, bang, whallop what a year!
Pride In Brighton & Hove have asked for feedback. By 17.09.10. So we got on to it. Apparently if you feedback by today you’ll be invited to the official feedback event later this month. “(No feedback, no invite!)” See below our feedback for Pride’s requirement and the questions they want answered. Here’s ours. Something has to change. The event had so obviously outgrown both Preston … Continue reading Pride feedback
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