Explore " gay icon" with insightful episodes like "Benidorm banging down the doors of Eurovision!", "58. Gay Icons: Our Friend, Dorothy", "41. Gay Icons: The Queen of Disco", "25. Gay Icons: My Name is Kylie" and "Esther Newton Made Me Gay: An Interview on the Documentary by Jean Carlomusto" from podcasts like ""Douze Points! - The Eurovision Podcast", "A Jaded Gay", "A Jaded Gay", "A Jaded Gay" and "HEALING WISDOM"" and more!
So many highs and lows this week. Shock veteran Eurovision powerhouses get denied another shot at Eurovision and one performer proves that if you just keep coming back you might just get that shot at Eurovision glory!
Meanwhile, Spain blows off the barn doors again as it releases its killer new track to Sugar Mommies everywhere!
#eurovision
Previously, we discussed our iconic pop queens and how their songs typically fit into distinct categories that hit an emotional button that appeals to gay men.
In this episode, we continue our Gay Icons series with none other than… Judy Garland. Known as the World’s Greatest Entertainer, Judy is remembered for her vaudeville roots, iconic camp performances, and personal struggles, which mirrored those of her gay audience.
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Previously, we discussed our iconic pop queens and how their songs typically fit into distinct categories that hit an emotional button that appeals to gay men.
In this episode, we continue our Gay Icons series with none other than…Donna Summer. Known as the Queen of Disco, Donna is the fourteenth greatest female soloist of all time (according to Billboard) and certainly left her mark on the disco scene.
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Previously, we discussed our iconic pop queens and how their songs typically fit into distinct categories that hit an emotional button that appeals to gay men.
In this episode, we kick off the inaugural Gay Icons deep dive with none other than…Kylie Minogue. The highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, Kylie’s career has spanned five decades and taught us how to be vulnerable and resilient.
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Esther Newton is an American anthropologist and pioneer in ethnography of lesbian and gay communities. We talk gender, drag queens, and the sexism she faced.
Why does it seem like pop icons have such an appeal to gay men? Are we simply drawn to the music, or is there a deeper emotional connection?
In this episode, we’re looking into some historically significant gay anthems while discussing our iconic pop queens and their gay appeal.
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In celebration of Pride month it’d be hard to find a campier, more brilliant light than THE Rufus Wainwright. The legendary queer performer and creator joins Why Here hosts Benton and Tristan to talk Pride, Lil Nas X’, Judy Garland (who he’s once again channeling for an upcoming show ) and he even sings a children’s song for us.
In the pop pantheon of stars taken from us too soon, few tales are as tragic – or as gruesome – as the tale of Selena.
The lead singer in a family band created by her ambitious father, Selena spent most of her young life on the road playing in restaurants and state fairs. Despite being a first-language English speaker, most of Selena’s music was recorded and performed in Spanish, and Latin crowds swiftly became enamoured by the singer’s voice and charm.
In early 1995, with four Spanish albums and a Grammy under her belt, Selena began to record Dreaming of You. The album was her long-anticipated cross-over into the English language music market. It was slated to be a career-defining moment for Selena, introducing her to new audiences and solidifying her as a global star. However on March 31, less than a month before her 24th birthday, Selena was shot dead by Yolanda Saldívar, an employee of Selena’s and the head of her fan club.
In this episode, Andy and Drew are joined by Selena stan and deep trans-Pacific friend of the pod Rícardo Garcia to discuss the life and legacy of the Madonna of Tejano music.
This week we’ve got TWO playlists for your nerve – check out both the official episode playlist and Rícardo’s playlist, a love-letter to Selena’s range entitled “Selena, con Amor”.
Follow the pod on Instagram at @auralfixationpodcast, the boys on @with.all.drew.respect and @andrewdoyouthinkyouare, or Rícardo on wtfisrcdo.
Mom, she is a rich man – and one of the fiercest icons in the queer canon at that. Cherilyn Sarkisian's inimitable force has carried her from 1965 to the present day. There really is no one like Cher.
A towering goddess of this stature couldn't be tackled by Drew and Andy alone, so we roped in long-time listener and huge friend of the pod, Matthew Harden – aka @slaydydiana. Slaydy dialled in from Melbourne to offer up a deeper understanding of Cher's place in the pop pantheon through the lens of her Believe album, possibly the most commercially successful comeback in music herstory.
Does the album (Cher's 22nd!) stand the test of time? Are the sporadic jumps from dance to disco to Latin to world music a result of Cher's legendary mind, or simply too many cooks in the kitchen? And what is it about the album's title track, specifically created for and marketed towards gay men, that resonated with our three hosts as queer pre-teens in 1998?
She's Cher, bitch. Snap into it.
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This episode's companion playlist was curated by Slaydy herself! Check it out!
We begin our third collection of musings on queer musos with a deep dive into Andy’s second favourite of all time, Mother Björk. Defiantly impossible to compare to pretty much any other artist, queers the world over have clasped Bjork to their alternative bosoms since her 1993 first album Debut, but what exactly is it about her body of work, visual language and legacy that appeals so directly to so many queer fans?
Drew and Andy take her commercial and critical peak, 1997’s Homogenic, as a starting point for a journey attempting to answer those questions, inevitably coming across many more along the way. Are the rewards worth the listening experience’s challenges? How much yarn can a drag queen unravel from her breasts? Why is there an Iceland supermarket in Iceland?
This episode’s companion playlist features all the songs we discuss, and serves as a nifty introduction to Björk herself if that is what you seek. Let us know what you thought by emailing at auralfixationpodcast@gmail.com, sliding into our DMs at @auralfixationpodcast, or even better, rating and subscribing on your podcast provider. Follow the boys at @drew_down_under and @andrewdoyouthinkyouare.
Join us for a look at a new artist that helped shape and form our LGBTQ musical history. We’ll hear their music, learn their contributions and hopefully walk away knowing a little bit more about where we came from. So, "pull up to the bumper baby", time to EDUCATE THE CHILDREN!
This week we talk JUDY GARLAND on REALLY QUEEN RADIO, the new weekly radio show segment Wednesdays from 6:00pm-6:30pm PST! on House of Pride.
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