With a new guest every episode, Hannah talks with queer people about music. What inspires them, what moves them and what great memories they’ve got to share.

QueerSounds

It’s obvious I’ve been out of the running for a bit. I thought i had my research done right, but Neel kept on proving me wrong. Isn’t it wonderful to have so many international connections who teach you something at every turn? In this case, Neel points out the trans discourse when it comes to cultural differences between trans women and Hijra people in India. And that’s just one example.

Anyway, every now and again we’re tired of the trans discourse ™, but we can miss out on it as well. Me as much as everybody else. This isn’t related to the episode perse, but it is something I wanted to share with you. The limited social interactions I’ve had recently have been disappointingly cis. I’m blessed with a lot of friends but I do miss hanging out with other Queer folks. Relatable? Drop me a line through @Queersoundspod on Twitter or Instagram.

CW: Transphobia

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Flashback Track: Imon Chakraborty – Ajo Sakhi
Queer Artist Spotlight: Janelle Monáe – Make Me Feel
Best Live Experience: When Chai Met Toast - Believe
Most Recent Discovery: Phoebe Bridgers – Motion Sickness

Shownotes

Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality – Ashoka University: http://csgs.ashoka.edu.in/our-team/
Womxn Discourse: https://www.insider.com/using-the-phrase-womxn-doesnt-mean-youre-trans-inclusive-2021-3
Hijra 101: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/a-brief-history-of-hijra-indias-third-gender/
India Trans Recourses 1: https://www.instagram.com/nazariya.qfrg/?hl=en
India Trans Recourses 2: https://www.instagram.com/trains_trans/?hl=en

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Ajo Sakhi

Dealing with the Trans discourse

Sarya was born in the United States. For a large part they grew up in Taiwan before they eventually moved to Edinburgh to go to uni there. In the meantime, they got to know a whole bunch of stereotypes. In the end they proudly became one. Spoken word, music, theatre, Sarya can do all the arts.

Let’s lean into our stereotypes, shall we? Sarya loved the arts and theatre and as a result they would regularly get cast into genderbending creative type roles. In hindsight though, it’s hard to tell how much of this was actually an act. We could spiral into how much of gender is performative but let’s leave that for another time. Are there any stereotypes you like to lean into? Reach out through the contact form below.

Flashback Track: John Denver – Take me Home, Country Roads
Queer Artist Spotlight: Tami T – Fourteen
Best Live Experience: múm – Slow Down
Episode Special: Sarya – Professional Woman

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Shownotes

https://Saryaisok.com

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Cliché Arts Queer

High academic expectations among Asian students might sound like a tired trope, but Best experienced it first-hand. As an only child she had to live with the pressure of passing on the family name and provide for that family by getting an appropriate college degree. After she came out it was a challenge to overcome these family focussed expectations. School was not really a problem though. She turned out to be a real Diva in academia.

Thankfully, she had pop music to cope. Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, and all the artists played in this episode help her feel empowered. Whether it’s her alarm in the morning or just sitting at home trying to relax, Best has a pop diva for every occasion. Now you may think this is an over the top episode, however, Best shows how versatile the past decades of pop divas have been.

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Flashback Track: Whitney Houston – Greatest Love of All
Queer Artist Spotlight: Lady Gaga – Hair
Best Live Experience: Ariana Grande – Breathin
Recent Discovery: ETC – ไม่ต้องรู้ว่าเราคบกันแบบไหน (Mai Tong Ru Wa Rau Kop Gan Bep Nai)

Shownotes:

Academic Expectations: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225135833_Academic_expectations_as_sources_of_stress_in_Asian_students 
What trans and nonbinary people need to know about birth control: https://helloclue.com/articles/culture/what-trans-and-nonbinary-people-need-to-know-about-birth-control
Chiang Mai Keeps Breathing: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=198878794662262
Chiang Mai Pride: https://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/clg/our-city/lgbt/pride-prejuclices-ongoing-lgbt-fight/

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ไม่ต้องรู้ว่าเราคบกันแบบไหน

Diva in Academia

You might think being a trans parent is very different from parenting as a cis person but that’s just a bold assumption. Sure, there might be some issues to get out of the way, but after that small extra step being a trans parent is, to use Aubree Calvin’s words: Uneventful. Trips to the playground, the much needed night off, Bree has been through it all with as much love as any other Maddy would.

We totally failed to mention this on the pod, but I got in touch with Aubree through our mutual friend Leigh of History is Gay fame. I got the honour of co-hosting an episode of this wonderfully nerdy podcast, like Aubree has done before me. Check the links below to find out all about this and all her other work.

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Flashback Track: Tiffany – I Think We’re Alone Now
Queer Artist Spotlight: Chastity Brown – Whisper
Best Live Experience: Corinne Bailey Rae – Closer
Recent Discovery: Andrea Gibson – I Sing the Body Electric, Especially When My Power’s Out

Shownotes:

Southern Queeries: https://www.southernqueeries.com/
Tommy James and the Shondells – I Think We’re Alone Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFWhTqLSVzE 
A sample of Aubree’s writing in Gay Parent Mag: https://aubreecalvin.com/2021/07/07/july-2021-gay-parent-magazine-alternatives-to-mothers-and-fathers-day/ 
History is Gay feat. Aubree: https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com/listen/2020/08/15/episode-31-the-gaymother-of-rock-n-roll

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The Bored Trans Parent

It’s been a long time since the heights Eurodance Fad. Since then this specific subcategory of nineties and zeroes pop is surrounded by a stigma of poor taste and a lack of any credibility. Licia is here to throw all those preconceived notions right out the window. The enthusiasm with which Licia talks about subjects others might dismiss as a guilty pleasure is infectious. Nothing needs to make sense as long as you’re having fun.

What’s more in this episode: getting into hardcore punk while trying to hide your love for Norwegian pop, dealing people who don’t know how to act around blind people, and our guesses for the 2021 song of the year!

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Flashback Track: Dina – Bli Hos Meg
Queer Artist Spotlight: Limp Wrist – Want Us Dead
Best Live Experience: The Get Up Kids -Holiday
Most Recent Discovery: Pitsa – Avokaado (leidsin ta)

Shownotes

Finest fm: https://www.finestfm.fi/
Raadio 2 Aastahitt (viki); https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raadio_2_Aastahitt
R2 Aastahitt Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XbAXBJ9YSlDBGvrVN3WLF?si=f36c7b72803d41e0 

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Chaotic Good Eurodance Party

CW: Queerphobia, Racism and a brief mention of terrorism by right-wing extremists.

The Christmas Times are upon us! Personally I always link the holidays to Germany. Almost every year I would visit those typical markets with hot chocolate, deep fried snacks and fake snow. However, with all the over the top decorations and loud music I can’t begin to fathom what it must be like to not be invited to celebrate along with everyone else. Zuher has been so kind to give a bit more insight into what it’s like to be Muslim this Christmas.

On this stop during our tour through Europe we talk about what you can do to be a bit kinder to your friendly neighbourhood Muslim this Christmas. For example, did you know non-Christians also enjoy getting gifts? Shocking, right? What’s more this episode: German traditionalism, the value of Queer Arab parties, and certain internationally spread morning rituals.

Flashback Track: Warda – Batwanes Beek
Queer Artist Spotlight: Lil Nas X – THATS WHAT I WANT
Best Live Experience: Kalis, Andre 3000 – Millionaire
Recent Discovery: Kali Uchis, Jhay Cortez – la luz(Fín)

Shownotes

Walter Lübcke News: https://www.euronews.com/2021/01/28/verdict-expected-in-trial-of-neo-nazi-accused-of-murdering-german-politician
BBQ Podcast: https://linktr.ee/bbq.podcast

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To be Muslim this Christmas

This episode is the last instalment of the European tour we’ve been on for the past few months and what better way to end it with an MEP: Kim van Sparrentak. The European Parliament is a wonderfully complex bureaucratic mess. Although it’s fun for someone who likes political puzzles, it’s horrible to break them away from their capitalist and queerphobic ways.

It’ll be no surprise that this one is a very political episode. We talk about political dog whistles as well as being exposed to politics at a young age, and how sometimes you have to accept that the lesser of two evils sometimes is your best option, instead of always wanting to solve it yourself.

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Flashback Track: Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece of My Heart
Queer Artist Spotlight: Lady Gaga – Marry The Night
Best Live Experience: Janelle Monáe – Screwed
Most Recent Discovery: Ashnikko – Slumber Party (feat. Princess Nokia)

Shownotes: 

Kim European Parliament: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197870/KIM_VAN+SPARRENTAK/home
European Greens: https://europeangreens.eu/
Monitor Mechanism Against Backsliding: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200918IPR87418/european-values-towards-a-permanent-monitoring-mechanism-against-backsliding
Songs Covered By Glee Cast: https://www.songfacts.com/category/songs-covered-by-the-glee-cast

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MEP for LGBT

The new series of episodes starts with one close to home. A couple of days before recording this episode I saw Tick Tick Boom! So to take a piece of advice Rosa gives John in this movie: Stick to what you know. And as someone who is finally wrapping up my studies in journalism, what I know would be reporting. Mailani is a journalism student at Arizona State University and was so kind to talk to me about the differences between our college programs.

What’s more this episode: How do you stay focussed on making art and what makes something feel like home?

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Flashback Track: The Head and the Heart – Ghosts
Queer Artist Spotlight: Cavetown – Trying
Best Live Experience: Jason Mraz – Coyotes
Recent Discovery: Lily & Madeleine – Canterbury Girls

Shownotes

Mailani’s Art: https://www.instagram.com/maimckelvy/
Ghost boy by Mailani McKelvy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FnyMj-UchQ
Voice Pre-T vs on T: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aozkvTBp4zY

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Reporting Home

Watching TV at a young age Kitan already knew: sometimes they’re Sailor Moon, sometimes they’re a Power Ranger, sometimes both, sometimes neither. Their parents didn’t really keep a close eye on their gender performance. As long as they did well in school, there wasn’t much to worry about. Play with whatever toys you want, aspire to be Sailor Moon or whoever else, listen to whatever music you like, but bring home those A’s.

Despite all this, Kitan’s childhood wasn’t all good and well. In this episode we cover the good and the bad. They did not have the language to express their gender, they had to deal with high academic pressure, but thankfully there was always music to come back to. Punk, Metal and Visual Kei were, and still are, a comforting safe space.

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Flashback Track: GLAY – 誘惑 (Yuuwaku)
Queer Artist Spotlight: My Chemical Romance – Thank You for the Venom
Best Live Experience: Avenged Sevenfold – Bat Country
Recent Discovery: kiryu – utsusemi

Shownotes: 

Visual Kei (wiki) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_kei
A7X NFT’s https://www.altpress.com/meta/avenged-sevenfold-deathbats-club-nft-interview/
Non Binary in Japanese (forum) https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/68093/is-there-a-word-for-non-binary-in-japanese 

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Sailor Moon and Power Rangers

The title says it all. We're diving deep into medical issues trans people need to face. Davy is a med student in the United States so the perfect candidate to shine a light on the future of trans health care. For example: What hoops to people need to jump through in order to get the care they deserve and might capitalism actually have had a positive effect on gender affirming care? 

 Another big subject in this episode is the representation of medical issues for trans people in the media. Do you know any examples of positive representation of trans health care in the media? Get in touch through the contact info below. If you're not really in the mood for a heavy medicalised discussion, that's okay. There are a bunch of other episodes for you to enjoy. 

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Flashback Track: Mika - Love Today
Queer Artist Spotlight: The Klezmatics - Apikorsim
Best Live Experience: Rent - I'll Cover You
Recent Discovery: Stromae - Tous Les Mêmes

Shownotes

The Care We Dream Off: https://zenasharman.com/the-care-we-dream-of
Rent: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294870/

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Let's Get Medical

Over the years stand-up comedy has gotten a bad reputation. More often than not people are exposed to comedians trying to be funny by making fun of queer folks. Enter AJ. He helps stand-up comedians who are just starting out by providing feedback. This includes thinking critically on jokes that could be offensive. This way he hopes to create a space in which comedy can be fun for everyone. 

I'm really showing my age this episode. There actually was an entire section of the episode in which we talk about being on camera, something your trusty podcast host is not at all used to, never mind comfortable with. Besides, the questions about TikTok have real old person vibes. For example: asking what someone's favourite TikTok is? That's like asking someone for their favourite Tweet. Dang, we don't know. 

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Flashback Track: Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman
Queer Artist Spotlight: RuPaul - Sissy That Walk
Best Live Experience: Macy Gray - I Try
Most Recent Discovery: Encanto - We Don't Talk About Bruno

Shownotes

AJ and the Kweens: http://thekweens.com.au/
AJ's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ajlamarque
Surface Pressure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQwVKr8rCYw

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The Case For Comedy

This episode feels like a throwback of the earlier days of this podcast. Limited audio quality, a bigger focus on the local activists scene and most of all: just me chatting with a friend. Isabel used to live in the same city as me, before moving back to Madrid. Together we’ve always talked about mental health, pop-culture and how music heals.

What’s more this episode: nerding out about Spain in the 70s. Spain’s recent history has been quite different from the rest of Europe. I won’t get into details here, but I’ll leave some links in the shownotes.

CW: ableism, living under fascism, queerphobia

Flashback Track: Pat Benatar – We Belong
Queer Artist Spotlight: Kimya Dawson – The Beer
Best Live Experience: Las Grecas – Te Estoy Amando Locamente
Most Recent Discovery: Parkineos – Me Pican Las Venas

Shownotes: 
Spanish History- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_society_after_the_democratic_transition 
Movida Madrileña- https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/a-brief-introduction-to-la-movida-madrilena/

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How Music Heals

Ramadan Kareem! This time of year is an important time for Muslims. Ramadan is a period of spending time with loved ones. It’s for sharing the iftar with people who are important to you, and supporting each other in fasting. But what to do if you can’t be yourself around family? Or, in Mehdi’s case, your sexuality is not legal? It’s still possible to socialize as a queer person in Morocco, but you have to be careful.

Quite a chunk of the episode got cut because it would have required a bunch of content warnings in for a short section of the show. In this part we talked about a mass outing that happened in Morocco, initiated by someone who is some kind of internet famous. You can read about it through the link in below.

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Flashback Track: Beyoncé – Halo
Queer Artist Spotlight: Troye Sivan – You
Best Live Experience: H.E.R. – As I Am
Recent Discovery: Nicki Minaj – Pills N Potions

Shownotes

Mass Outing in Morocco:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-morocco-lgbt-crime-trfn-idUSKBN22P2UI 

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Socialize But Make It Sneaky

Diệu Anh, or Zoë to those who don’t want to butcher Vietnamese, talks about her exes so the conversation gets a bit uncomfortable at times. Whether it’s an ex partner, crush or friend, emotions rise high. Thankfully Zoë is very open about everything. She never shies away from getting out of her comfort zone in order to discover some deep rooted feelings, no matter if they’re positive or negative. Never before in the three years this podcast has existed, have I had someone on who talked to openly about the deep dark corners of their heart.

All thoughts and feelings aside, at the end of the day Zoë is just another queer trying to make the world a better place. Through her work at ICS she fights for queer rights in Vietnam. Check out the amazing work they do in the shownotes.

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Flashback Track: Avril Lavigne – How You Remind Me
Queer Artist Spotlight: Fletcher – Sex (With My Ex)
Best Live Experience: Tùng feat. Trang – Con Dế Mèn Hát Vào Mùa Hè
Recent Discovery: The Devils Sway – Director

Shownotes

ICS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toidongy.ido

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Ex-treme Emotions

Content Warning: Contains mentions of self harm, discussions of mental health and trauma.

Hopefully you’re ready to listen to me deal with my own internal issues. My therapist suggested I’d talk more about my own diagnosis so here we are. My personal sensory overload withs differently from Kris’ but I’m still very grateful he came on the show to talk so openly about his autism.

To be honest, I hoped this conversation would magically melt away all thought and doubts i had about my own diagnosis. Obviously it doesn’t work that way. However, if you’re dealing with some kind of neurodiversity, i hope this episode will help you. Even if it’s just a little bit.

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Flashback Track: Counting Crows – Round Here
Queer Artist Spotlight: Billy Porter – For What It’s Worth
Best Live Experience: Michael Franti & Spearhead – Say Hey (I Love You)
Recent Discovery: Ynairali Simo – My Own Drum feat. Missy Elliot

Shownotes

Kris at Art of Autism: https://the-art-of-autism.com/what-autistic-pride-tells-me-when-i-look-in-the-mirror/
Sensory overload coping strategies: https://thehealthsessions.com/how-to-deal-with-sensory-overload/

Sensory Overload and How to Cope

It’s the Summer of Sound part one! Have you ever wondered what’s the difference between a publisher and a publicist? So have I! And so has today’s guest Liv Dellanno. There was a little bit of confusion about what the difference between the two different music industry positions. Thankfully she is perfectly able to explain the main focus of this episode: what a publicist does.

I’m not gonna lie, I really enjoyed trying to be extra sharp with my questions during this talk. There’s just something about working with other industry professionals that makes me want to try my best. If that means i’m rude or even mean sometimes, I hereby apologise. (I also already said sorry to Liv, don’t worry.)

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Flashback Track: Queen – Killer Queen
Queer Artist Spotlight: Tash Sultana – Pretty Lady
Best Live Experience: The Vaccines – I Always New
Most Recent Discovery: Kenny Hada & The Others – Hair Trigger

Shownotes

Liv Dellanno PR: https://www.livdellannopr.com/
Music Publishing 101: https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-rights/how-do-publishing-rights-get-split/

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Publishing the Publicist

Content warning: Racism, queerphobia, misogyny, and a brief mention of self-harm.

In this second installment of the QS Summer of Sounds we’re giving you some insight in what it’s like to play festivals that attract more people than the population of your home country. As well as a short introduction to the Faroe Islands, its music scene and general public opinion on queer people. Be warned: it’s not great.

In order to shake things up a little bit, Joe and the Shitboys actively brand themselves as Bisexual. Under a false guise of neutrality people tend to think that conforming to the status quo is the best way to keep the peace. Joe and the Shitboys refuse to take part in this and bring some shock value to the Faroes because ” oh dear, they’re political!”

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Flashback Track: Slipknot – Wait and Bleed
Queer Artist Spotlight: Brimheim – hey amanda
Best Live Experience: The Dillinger Escape Plan – Prancer
Most Recent Discovery: Audrey Nuna – changes

Shownotes

https://joeandtheshitboys.bandcamp.com/

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The Reason for Hardcore Vibes

Save the Planet, You Dumb Shit

Bisexual Shock Value

he QS Summer of Sound continues. We Kick off July with Jess Jessica: a ridiculously productive house producer from Colorado. She releases new music more often that most and for this episode she brought on a track no one has ever heard before. So stay tuned for this QS-exclusive at the end of the pod!

Her endless curiosity and determination are what sets Jessica apart from other artists. As soon as she got behind a computer, she would try and figure out how producing en music software works. Her time playing Herbie Hancock in school band fun, but Jessica wanted to know more.Playing drums, bass and producing everything herself and releasing tracks basically every other week, Jess is one of the coolest names to watch.

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Flashback Track: Herbie Hancock – Chameleon
Queer Artist Spotlight: SOPHIE – BIPP
Best Live Experience: Claude VonStroke – Make A Cake
Episode Special: Jess Jessica – [Untitled 1]

Shownotes

Jess Jessica on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jessjessicamusic/

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From Hancock to House

As recommended by the QueerSounds collegian Maja, The QS summer of sound welcomes Eunice. She’s the bassist and singer for Vienna based band Curb, a pop punk Trio that she tries to get more and more queer, one song at the time. Together we discuss small easily digestible themes such as international politics.

With the current state of the world being what it is, more often than not we get our day ruined by whatever the twitter roit of the moment might be. Even as Europeans, we often get dragged into whatever is going on in American Politics. This podcast is also guilty as charged of some US-centrism, more than I’d like to admit. Which leaves the question: why should we care? (You can read this question in whichever way you like.)

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Flashback Track: Lights – Toes (Acoustic)
Queer Artist Spotlight: Kehlani – Honey
Best Live Experience: Skunk Anansie – Selling Jesus
Most Recent Discovery: Curb – Spit U Out

Shownotes

Curb IG: https://www.instagram.com/curbband/

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One Person V. International Politics

Whether we’re talking about a country’s march towards gender equality or one’s own personal progress, it always takes some effort. Latoya, or Toya K, is a singer-songrwiter from Namibia and she explains what she had to go through on a personal level, as well as what her experience has been as a queer artist in her home country. These things have in common that progress doesn’t always happen as fast as you’d want but rather one step at the time.

It’s been a treat to have Toya on the show. From the day we first met we knew this just had to happen and what better time to promote a friends art than during the QS Summer of Sound. Latoya hopes people learn something at her life shows and hopefully that also goes for listening to this podcast episode.

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Flashback Track: Nina Simone – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Queer Artist Spotlight: Brenda Fassie – Vuli Ndlela
Best Live Experience: Troye Sivan – Youth
Musical Feature: Toya K – On Time

Shownotes

Toya K’s info: https://linktr.ee/toyak 

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One Step At the Time

Something I’d Like to call the Harrison Ford effect is when people start a new career later in life. JD Danner used to work as an accountant but left Corporate America in order to pursue music. Now she has a professional career as an artist and she’s making quite a name for herself. Just like Ford, Danner proves that sometimes things take time.

Danner started her career in the 90’s, when Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman and other women making rock music were topping the charts. Her ambition to play in the same circles as these other women didn’t quite come true, but considering the transphobic brand of feminism that was common at the time that might just be a good thing. In the episode Danner reflects on how she lived through this era.

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Flashback Track: Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour
Queer Artist Spotlight: Melissa Etheridge – Like The Way I Do
Best Live Experience: Fleetwood Mac – Silver Springs
Episode Special: JD Danner – The Lover You Once Knew

Shownotes

https://JDDanner.com
Michfest (wiki): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Womyn%27s_Music_Festival

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Things Take Time

It’s no secret that your location can hugely impact your mood, mental state and creative inspiration. However, the timing of when you change your environment is often overlooked in this. Singer and songwriter Eric Terino will tell you all about it. He moved from a quiet New England area to New York City and then back to the New England woods. This all had it’s effect on his music.

What’s more this episode: How to recreate the typical Van Gogh paint style, dealing with loss, and how different vocal takes can make a huge impact on your art. No matter how arbitrarily different they might be.

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Flashback Track: Fleetwood Mac – Landslide (Live)
Queer Artist Spotlight: Joan Armatrading – Taking My Baby Up Town
Best Live Experience: Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave – There Is a Ghost
Recent Discovery: Eric Terino – I Din’t Live There

Shownotes

https://www.ericterino.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoraphobia

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The Timing of Change

This podcast episode deals with some dark subjects, albeit not all too explicit. Since the Taliban took over Kabul, roughly a year ago, the lives of plenty of women and girls drastically changed. The Young Afghan Women Movement offers support and solidarity for these women. Hameeda is part of this movement. In this podcast she explains what motivates her and how she deals with the big questions that come with dealing with political conflict.

More this episode: Hameeda’s unique view on gender. Sometimes gender is a physical journey, sometimes it’s a spiritual one. She shows how the weird intersection between gender, music and religion can be in beautiful harmony.

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Flashback Track: Linkin Park – What I’ve Done
Queer Artist Spotlight: David Bowie – Heroes
Best Live Experience: Parvaaz – Roz Roz
Recent Discovery: Hemant Kumar – Jane Woh Kaise Log The

Shownotes

Young Afghan Women Movement: https://www.instagram.com/yawm_afghanistan/?hl=en

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Sisters in Solidarity

The war in Ukraine has been going on for more than half a year, so people tend to forget about this issue and focus on their regular daily lives. Not Amy. They’ve been sharing resources, helping refugees and showed support to a point where it became a full time job. How did they take the shift from more general queer activism to a specific Ukranian Refugee flow? They’ll explain in this episode.

Of course we happen to talk about Eurovison too. It kinda becomes a yearly tradition to bring up the Song Contest in September. American, Asian and African listeners, share your thoughts on the matter!

Content warning: queerphobia, war, racism.

Flashback Track: Nosowska – Rozszczep
Queer Artist Spotlight: Mashrou’Leila – Aoede
Best Live Experience: Tami T – I Never Loved This Hard This Fast Before
Most Recent Discovery: Go_A – Shum

Shownotes

Amy’s Resources: https://allmylinks.com/amy-waliszewska
Black is Polish: https://www.instagram.com/blackispolish/?hl=en
Right-wing election win in Sweden: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swedish-pm-andersson-concedes-election-right-bloc-prepares-power-2022-09-14/

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Drastic Shifts

Suky is a booker and promotor for Queer As Punk, a queer music night in Edinburgh. Their political compass in booking gigs leads the way through a messy musical landscape. When bands and artists do the same, their paths might cross with a fun, safe concert for all parties involved. You can fuck off if you’re a racist, bigot, transphobe or just being a dick at shows.

What’s more this episode: cringey, unnecessary t.v. shows, a throwback to the very first QS episode and support from an unexpected corner of the UK.

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Flashback Track: The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go
Queer Artist Spotlight: Against Me! – True Trans Soul Rebel
Best Live Experience: Miaoumix – Putain
Most Recent Discovery: Sniff – Queer

Shownotes

Queer as Punk: https://www.instagram.com/queeraspunkedinburgh/
Pistol trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhxwG0eCiE

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Nazi-Punks Fuck Off!

If you want to go out and become an expert in salsa dancing, you will most likely be confronted with a fait amount of painful heteronormativity. Danyèla decided to not march in time to this tired beat. Instead she stubbornly kept correcting her dance teachers, and thus changed the language around salsa. From men and women to leaders and followers.

For the first time since the beginning of the show someone from France has found her way on the podcast. Something I’ve been trying to get done for four years. What’s more this episode: the importance of t.v. and a sudden realization.

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Flashback Track: Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan
Queer Artist Spotlight: Syd, Kehlani – Out Loud
Best Live Experience: Alicia Keys – Superwoman
Recent Discovery: Cubita – Mulher

Shownotes

Queer Salsa Paris: https://www.instagram.com/queersalsaparis/?hl=en

Leaders and Followers

Wouter Overman looks like an old school punk. A cigarette dangling from the corner of their mouth, green mohawk, leather jacket full of pins. This all obviously also shows in their music taste. What used to be an emo-phase, is now a more traditional punk attitude involving beer, squatting and a lot live-shows. However, it’s not the music that drew them into this scene. It’s the androgynous aesthetic that really appealed to this genderfluid booker.

Flashback Track: Panic! at the Disco – I Write Sins Not Tragedies 
Queer Artist Spotlight: Against Me! – I Was a Teenage Anarchist
Best Live Experience: Belgrado – Progress
Most Recent Discovery: Supernova 1006 – Gold

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1: "I'm the Chair Queer"

On the verge of graduating in Music Management Janneke Stam isn’t even sure if she wants to continue in the music industry. After a career that included co-founding a music website, an internship at Epitaph and time spend in London while working for RockSound, she is pretty much done with PopPunk and the party lifestyle.

Flashback Track: The White Stripes – Black Math
Queer Artist Spotlight: Trash Boat – The Guise of a Mother
Best Live Experience: Arcane Roots – Long & Low
Most Recent Discovery: Sigrid – Strangers

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Queer Sounds S1

2: "Everyone Was Sixteen Once"

Ambitious, but still enjoying that student lifestyle. Nina Pušić combines journalistic research with parties and festivals. Her music taste is largely influenced by two things: her family and movie soundtracks. More pop than alternative, more 70’s than contemporary, but always a whole lot of fun.

Flashback Track: Nena – Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann
Queer Artist Spotlight: David Bowie – Heroes
Best Live Experience: Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
Most Recent Discovery: Charles Bradley – Changes

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3: "She Was Extraordinary"

If there’s one thing that defines Iris, is that they know extremely well how to identify what they like and then act on it. Both in the professional sense, and in their musical preferences. Having friends who are into metal is cool and all, but that doesn’t mean there’s any less room for hip-hop, R&B and disco. A self-proclaimed scaredy-cat, but there’s a large amount of confidence and power lurking underneath the surface.

Flashback Track: Aaliyah – Try Again
Queer Artist Spotlight: Lizzo – Batches & Cookies
Best Live Experience: Scissor Sisters – Inevitable
Most Recent Discovery: Likeili47 – Tick Boom

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4: "Are you thinking about blue balls now?"

As a musicology graduate Fabian had to put up with a certain level of snobbery and elitism, but that never stopped him from enjoying some great pop-tunes. As someone who analyses music, with an extended encyclopedic knowledge this might be the most in-depth conversation yet.

Flashback Track: S Club 7 – Reach
Queer Artist Spotlight: Dorian Electra – Man to Man
Best Live Experience: Jungle – Busy Earnin’
Most Recent Discovery: Moeshop – Lovesick

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Vaporwave and the trans experience

TW: Explicit mention of racism, exoticism, depression

With mind all over the place and dito music taste, Jace is just trying to figure it all out. Childhood trauma and systematic oppression, on top of a good whole dose of being queer. It's understandable why they're having a hard time putting thoughts into words.  

Flashback Track: M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Queer artist Spotlight: Black Dresses - Death/ Bad Girl
Best live experience: PUP - DVP
Most recent discovery: Vektor - Recharging the Void

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Not the Easiest Google Trip

CW: Racism, Homophobia, Biphobia

As promised a couple of episodes ago, the chairperson of Maruf is my guest in this episode. Dounia Jari has a long and diverse resumé so all the more to talk about. However, her work for this queer Muslim organisation, might just be the most impressive. Rumor has it, that when i reached out to Maruf, Dounia and her colleagues had a little bit of an argument about who would be sent over to represent them.

I need to be careful with Dutch guests. I don’t want these conversations to get too in-crowd. But then again, i’m not even sure if you’re experiencing them that way. Either way, I couldn’t resist sharing one of my favourite Dutch Classics when Dounia mentioned that type of music as one of her dads favourites. Check it out in the shownotes below.

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Flashback Track: Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
Queer Artist Spotlight: Azis – Sen Trope
Best Live Experience: Amartey – Money
Recent Discovery: Otile Brown (Feat. Reekado Banks) – Jamila

Shownotes: 
Maruf website: http://www.maruf.eu/nieuws.html
Azis video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BplsGX5eLLo
A sample of classic Dutch music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynkxh80UlEI

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Maruf and the Crossroads of Identity

Music plays a huge role in queer life. With so many memories, anecdotes and other stories that have songs attached to them, it would be a shame if no one would ever share them.

Hannah van Rhee

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