Aye, and it’s about bloody time we had a new strong female vocalist to grace the UK Top 40!
We Started Nothing is the first debut album from hotter than hot British pop duo, The Ting Tings. Hailing from Salford, England, Katie White and Jules de Martino are beginning to rock the foundations of the pop industry like [...]
May 29, 2008
Categories: Music Reviews . Tags: feminist rant, Fruit Machine, Great DJ, Jules de Martino, Katie White, Salford, Sophie Hammer, That's Not My Name, The Ting Tings, UK Singles Charts, We Started Nothing . Author: ashley . Comments: 3 Comments
In anticipation for their exclusive interview next week, I take a look at The Sarah Mac Band’s Myspace blog to see what they’re up too…
May 29, 2008
Categories: Music Reviews . Tags: Awakening, The Sarah Mac Band . Author: ashley . Comments: Leave a Comment
So, I watched ‘If These Walls Could Talk 2′ for the first time last night. The movie was released in the UK in November 2000 – better late than never, right?
‘If These Walls Could Talk 2′ is probably the most realistic portrayal of the development of lesbian identity I have ever seen. The film is split into three segments, [...]
May 28, 2008
Categories: Film Reviews . Tags: Chloe Sevingny, Ellen DeGeneres, Emmy Award, If These Walls Could Talk, If These Walls Could Talk 2, Jane Anderson, lesbian parenting, Marian Seldes, Michelle Williams, Sharon Stone, Sylvia Sichel, Vanessa Redgrave . Author: ashley . Comments: Leave a Comment
Following a recent disagreement between the two largest gay pride organisations in Scotland, Pride Scotia (Glasgow) Ltd has now broken away from Pride Scotia to form its own entity as Pride Glasgow Ltd. Both cities will now no longer co-operate to organise gay pride events in Edinburgh and Glasgow, traditionally rotating city each year. Pride Scotia, now only operating in the [...]
May 28, 2008
Categories: Edinburgh gay scene, Out and About, Pride 2008 . Tags: Edinburgh pride, gay flag, gay pride, Glasgow LGBT Centre, Glasgow Pride, Pink Paper, Pride Glasgow, Pride Glasgow Ltd., Pride Scotia 2008, QS Mag, the Pink Paper . Author: ashley . Comments: Leave a Comment
Female Gay Quarters? I think not.
So, word on the street is that GHQ are opening up a new ‘lesbian’ quarter. ‘Furburger‘ is to launch in the new female section of the club on Friday 13th of June. They’ve even gone to the lengths of naming it: FHQ. God, we’ve all worked out the acronym by now, [...]
May 28, 2008
Categories: Edinburgh gay scene, Out and About . Tags: Bebo, CC Blooms, CCs, Club Velvet, Edinburgh gay scene, Edinburgh pride, FHQ, Furburger, GHQ, Myspace, Picardy Place, Planet, Planet Out, The Regent, The Street, Velvet . Author: ashley . Comments: 1 Comment
Just as us Brits are desparately trying to catch up with the latest series of the U.S. Showtime smash hit The L Word, it seems appropriate that we pay homage to the arists who have featured on the show past and present.
Season four saw Bette (played by actress Jennifer Beals) make one of the most extravegant [...]
May 3, 2008
Categories: Music Reviews, The L Word . Tags: Accepted, Alecia Moore, Alice Pieszecki, Bette, Betty, Dear Mr. President, DIVA, Gush, Indigo Girls, Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig, Le Tigre, Leisha Hailey, Mototolla, Pink, Shiny Toy Guns, Showtime, Standing in the Way of Control, The Gossip, The L Word, The L Word music, The Murmurs, Uh Huh Her . Author: ashley . Comments: 2 Comments
In anticipation of their summer show in Glasgow, I take a look at the musical masterpieces of indie pop phenomenon - Tegan and Sara.
Just why are us Scots so captivated by this Canadian duo of identical twin talent? Maybe it’s the constant churning out of acoustic gold which has graced our ears for over a decade now. Or maybe [...]
May 1, 2008
Categories: Music Reviews . Tags: Canadian bands, Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage in the US, Glasgow ABC, I Was Married, Juno, Nineteen, So Jealous, Tegan and Sarah, The Con, Walking With A Ghost . Author: ashley . Comments: 2 Comments