Okay! The London reviews for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — The Musical are now in and the suspense is killing me like a pair of six-inch stilettoes stabbed into my cranium. Has anyone noticed the misogyny? Does anyone care that east asians are dissed in a way that would have the blogosphere yelling “homophobia” […]
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The stage musical version of The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert opened this month in London’s West End. I saw the original film when it opened at the 1994 Edinburgh Film Festival. I’d been looking forward to it as I’d always warmed to the men and women I’d met in the gay community
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Over at Slacker Chic, Mrs M makes this extraordinary find: Afghanistan’s only all-female musical group, The Burka Band. It’s amazing how art finds expression under the most oppressive circumstances. The music has a hypnotic almost dopey effect parodying the internal world these women are expected to have. “My burka it is blue”. How safe is
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More John Sinclair … John Sinclair performs “The Crossroads”, his poem about Tommy Johnson (not Robert) who is said to have acquired his mojo when he met a dark stranger at the Crossroads at midnight. John was the visionary manager of the MC5 who founded the White Panthers when the Black Panthers called for support
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Guest appearance by John Sinclair with Charles Shaar Murray & Buffalo Bill Smith: The Delta Sound at the Oval Tavern, 14.03.09. Video recorded by Anna Chen
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Guernica. Twinned with Gaza I’m not normally a fan of George Galloway but he’s done an amazing job getting aid to the Palestinians in Gaza while the world remains mute. The Viva Palestina convoy of 110 vehicles carrying a million quid in aid, has borne arrest, threat, assault and humiliation, not to mention a near
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