QueerSounds

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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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/

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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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