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Released July 15, 2013
Electric is a return to form for the Pet Shop Boys. It’s a distinctive, sparking, intelligent and brilliant pop record.

“With Stuart Price’s bombastic, detailed and hugely gratifying production, this is an album that will see fans who have drifted from the fold instantly and overwhelmingly connecting with.”

Rocky Horror.

The pleasures of Rocky Horror audience participation are many, and Walter Beck has enjoyed them, from being in the audience to playing as part of the screenings’ shadow cast.

“I marched the Indianapolis Pride Parade as part of Transylvanian Lip Treatment, getting many hoots, hollers, and flat strange looks from the crowd. And as tends to happen with me, photos were taken that proved to be controversial later on.”

Last words.

It’s the end of an era as Scottie decides to calls it a night.

” I was wasting my time on the wrong type of guy, and he certainly wasn’t the first. I had been wasting my time on the wrong guys for years.”

July 10, 2013

The select committee are in session – Cartoon by David Shenton

History and Visibility.

Tony Fenwick, the co-chair of the UK’s LGBT History Month organisation, talks about how teacher training is in conflict with the negative influence of pop culture, and the popular use of the word ‘gay’ to mean anything bad.

“We should be using LGBT History Month together with all the other events in the classroom. It’s invisibility that creates prejudice and it’s that invisibility that makes teenagers so frightened and alone when they’re growing up questioning their sexuality.”

Literature and Music.

Laki Mera talk about their third album, Turn All Memory To White Noise, and the three words that describe their music: organic, emotional, electronic.

“Lyrically, Laura draws inspiration from many sources in everyday life including literature, art and design. Films can also be incredibly inspiring and make the imagination wander.”

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Released September 01, 2013
The return of MKS – Mutya Keisha Siobhan – leaves Nick Smith giddy, and wanting more.

“It’s not only wonderful that the original line-up is back, but that their adroit songwriting has not waned and is more mature, crisp and enigmatic.”

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Released June 17, 2013
Olympia is a beautifully crafted second album, and features very strong songs about difficult and painful human relationships.

“Austra have made an album that quietly but effectively incorporates early house music and melancholic disco.”

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Released August, 1996
A fitting tribute to the metal gods of old, and a powerful cry against laws that criminalized gay sex.

“Pansy Division have delivered a fitting tribute to the metal gods of old and the long-haired ten percenters who love their heavy sound.”

June 29, 2013

London Pride 2013, and Duncan’s using his whistle as an act of protest – Cartoon by David Shenton