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Not many people can say they owe their entire career to their local gay bar, but for comedian Sam See, that’s exactly the case!
His first brush with comedy happened while prepping for a talent show at Play Club in Singapore.
Performing in front of a queer audience gave him the spark to pursue comedy full-time.
We dug into what it was like growing up queer in Singapore, how his queerness shapes his comedy, and his experiences at an all-boys school (and yes, I think you know where that conversation goes!)....
I really got a lot out of this conversation, mostly because Sam and I have such a different perspective on things, and so much of what he reflected really resonated with me, and I think you'll really enjoy his stone-cold pragmatism.
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I would never wish the years of uncertainty, overthinking, and isolation on anyone navigating their queerness.
But, there's something magical about the person who comes out at the other end of all that.
And one of the best parts of Lost Spaces is getting to speak with people who have reached that place of self-assuredness, and who are so confident in who they are and the path they’re meant to be on.
But for this week’s guest, Jane Postlethwaite, who is a stand-up comedian and host of All the Terrible Things: A Paranormal Queer Comedy Podcast, it was a pretty long road. She didn’t realise she was a lesbian until well into her 30s,
And it was, in part, thanks to the warm, welcoming audience at the Indigo Club, a comedy night in Brighton, England, that she began to put the pieces together about her true self.
Find out more in the episode.
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I've just realised that, for a podcast that is for mostly about queer clubbing and nightlife, we don't actually talk all that much about drugs, drug-taking and the impact of that.
That's not a good or a bad thing, per se. It's just a little odd.
Which isn't to say that that is a huge part of this week's chat, but it struck me because, for this week’s guest, drugs were a key factor in helping her connect with others and, more importantly, with herself.
And who is this mystery guest that I'm referring to?
Why, it's Sinn Sage, who is an adult film star, and host of the Sage Advice podcast, where she interviews fellow performers about their experiences in the industry.
We caught up to chat about The Masterdome, a club in San Bernardino, California, and along the way, we touched on everything from Sinn’s experience of coming out in high school, crushing on 90s film stars, and rebelling against your small-town conservative roots!
Other episodes about lost Californian spaces
'I'm In San Francisco And Everyone's Dying From Sex' - with Daniel Nardicio (about Cafe Flore)
"Once I Get To College I'll Start Doing Gay Things..." - with Corey Sherman (about Faultline)
"Platonic Queer Joy" - with Sina Grace (about Flaming Saddles)
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When I first moved to London I had this friend who I would go to bars and clubs with. And, he was totally, 100% a friend of convenience. In fact, the only reason we spent any time together is because neither of us had any other friends.
But I always look back on that friendship with a great deal of affection — and I think that one of the gifts of being queer is that you end up making friends with people you'd never otherwise meet, and that can open up your world in surprising ways. It can push you to do things you wouldn't have otherwise done, like going to places that you wouldn't choose to go to.
Which brings us to this week’s guest—Nick Baker is co-host of the Incomplete Geeks podcast, a show for all your gay geeky needs, from TV shows to comics.
But many years ago he too was new to London and he too had a friendship of convenience, which led him to a club he wouldn’t have gone to on his own.
At the time he was into the fizzy, frothy pop of mainstream gay places like G-A-Y and Heaven, but this friendship exposed him to the much cooler Ghetto (honestly, I'm not exaggerating when I say that - if you speak to queers of a certain age in London, Ghetto was THE place to be).
Other episodes featuring lost London spaces
'The First Gay Place That I Went Inside...' - with Alex Iantaffi from Gender Stories Podcast
"I'm Such A Cliched Gay Of A Certain Age" - with Ty Jeffries
'My Queerness Is My Strength' - with John Sizzle
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You may have had some wild clubbing nights in your life, but were any ever as wild as obliviously walking around with a shit-stained t-shirt thinking that you were fabulous?
No, probably not.
But, that's exactly what this week's guest, Santana Sexmachine, managed to get up to in her lost space, Berlin's Greece-muller. (i hope I said that correctly. Sorry if you are German and I just slaughtered your language).
Now, you might know Santana best from her time as a contestant on Sweden's Drag Race, but before this she was a plucky 23-year old who moved from her hometown of Stockholm to Berlin to run away and become a new person.
And it's here where the adventure begins....
Other episodes with Drag Race alumni
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So, if we were to say that clubbing is a religion, then the club is the place of worship, the music is the hymn, and the DJ takes on the role of the Priest.
But what about the go-go dancer? Where do they fit into this clunky, overused metaphor?
Well, according to former go-go dancer, and current author and porn actor, Manuel Skye, the role of the go-go dancer is more than just eye candy—they’re the facilitators of connection.
We sat down with Manuel to talk about Parking, a legendary Montreal, Canada club that became a key part of his life after he moved there from Quebec City in the ‘90s.
For Manuel, it wasn’t just a place to dance or perform—it was a sanctuary for expression and liberation and he was gutted when Parking literally became parking, converted to a car park in the '00s.
Other episodes about Montrealian lost queer spaces
Tranna Wintour - Psychic City
'All These Gay Men With No Shirts On...' - with Van Hechter
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I think that I might have met my match.
For the last few years I've been feeling as though I'm the person who talks the most about lost queer spaces, but journalist David Kennerley might actually be ahead of me.
He loves queer nightlife so much that he's gone and written a whole book about the long-lost gay scene of '90s New York City.
The book, Getting In: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s, includes flyers that he collected throughout the '90s from legendary spaces like the Palladium, Limelight, Splash, and Tunnel.
But out of all of these lost spaces it was The Roxy that had his heart.
We caught up to talk about his book, his early days in NYC, and his journey with his queerness.
Grab a copy of Getting In: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s
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This week it's time to talk about love...
Now, I know what you're thinking.
Who am I to talk about love when all I seem to be interested in are firey, passionate, fleeting moments on a dancefloor?
Well, yeah, you've probably got a point there.... So, it's a good job that this is a conversation podcast and I have a guest to show me the way!
And who is that guest?
Why it is the author Neil Laird, who is currently promoting his new book 'Prime Time Travelers: a satirical MM Adventure', to tell us all about when he met his husband at the long-gone Caribou Coffee Shop in Chicago's gay village (often referred to as Boystown).
And you'll be pleased to hear that I demonstrate a smidgen of growth here, asking questions and trying to understand this love phenomenon and what it all means...
(baby steps! I'm getting there!)
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We get assigned a lot of roles in life depending on how we look, how tall we are, which family we're born in to...
Sometimes living up to these roles can be a total breeze, but other times can be an incredibly daunting, terrifying task, and overcoming these isn't in any way straightforward.
And so it's always really affirming when I get the chance to sit down and talk to someone who is on the other side of all of that and has taken the time to figure themselves out and be clear on what they want and what they don't, who they are and who they're not...
(I'm making this person sound a bit like the Dalai Lama here).
This week's guest is Matte Namer from the band The FMs.
Matte joined me to talk about The Bushwick Boat, which was an actual boat that was moored in Brooklyn, New York City, and became a party boat for over a decade. Or, as Matte described it, 'the boat with no rules'.
But, this conversation is about a lot more than a big ol' boat where people partied. After all, this is Lost Spaces, the podcast about how spaces and access to community shape who we are and who we become!
As well as the boat we talk about navigating family dynamics, embracing your kinkiness and surviving your 20s.
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What do you do if you think the scene isn't a welcoming place for you? If you don't feel particularly excited to be in spaces that are pumping out Top 40 chart hits and offering jell-o shots for £1 a go?
Well, you roll your sleeves up and you make your own night.
And that's precisely what this week's guest did (with the help of some friends, of course).
Before they were a 'self-proclaimed future award winning documentary filmmaker' Ames Pennington was discovering themself in Manchester, England, and found that the gay scene there wasn't really for them. So, before long they got going with their own club night, Disco Opposite Tesco (and, just quick side note - for those outside of the UK, Tesco is a large supermarket chain).
We caught up to talk about DIsco Opposite Tesco, but along the way there's this great conversation about leaping before you look, and attacking the things that terrify you head on.
For those in or around London who happen to be listening to this episode on the week it is released, Ames' new film TOPS is playing as part of the Queer Fringe Film Festival this Saturday 21st September at the Rio Cinema in Dalston - https://www.riocinema.org.uk/movie/tops-qa-fringe
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