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  • The London Ear #394 – Pride Edition

    The London Ear #394 – Pride Edition

    Welcome to The London Ear #394 – Pride Edition! Happy Pride y’all!! Firstly, again, I adore having a platform like 2XM to do things like this: An episode of The London Ear completely devoted to the LGBTQ community to celebrate Pride.

    I really enjoyed the chance to play some music I don’t normally play on the radio as well as chatting with Paul Maddern, Poet and Editor of ‘Queering The Green.’

    Chat with Paul Maddern, Poet and Editor of ‘Queering The Green’

    Screenshot of Poet, Paul Maddern, chatting to Nessy on Zoom For The London Ear #394 - Pride Edition
    Poet, Paul Maddern, chats to Nessy on Zoom For The London Ear

    ‘Queering The Green’ is a poetry anthology featuring 21 Irish Queer poets, edited by Paul Maddern. It was really lovely to speak to Paul. I’m not a huge poetry buff by any means but this anthology has some beautiful poems, gorgeous words, and meaning.

    Paul is a published poet in his own right, you can find his work on Templar Poetry. He also runs The River Mill in County Down which is a boutique writing retreat, which looks absolutely gorgeous

    ‘Queering The Green’ is published by The Lifeboat Press

    From The Vault: Boy George – No Clause 28

    George O’Dowd’s family hail from Co. Offaly and I think it’s important to remember his input into the LGBT rights movement. He’s the first gay person I ever remember on telly or radio. In 1998, Boy George released ‘No Clause 28’, which is basically a protest song against the ridiculous ‘Section 28’ law in the UK which basically made the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality illegal.

    I played the Pascal Gabriel Mix of Boy George’s No Clause 28.

    Sound Of The Underground: Joviale

    Sound of The Underground is the section of the programme where I introduce you to a London based musician or based with whom you may be unfamiliar. This week’s artist is Joviale, a truly unique artist who I’m overjoyed that I’ve found.

    Follow Joviale on Insta, Bandcamp and Spotify.

    The London Ear 394 – Pride Edition Playlist: June 24 22

    Here’s what was on this week’s Pride Playlist of The London Ear.

    Hour 1:
    George Michael: Outside
    Wallis Bird: F.K.K. No Pants Dance
    Elkae: Girls Like You Like Me
    Apollo Munroe: Sweet Tooth
    Sack: Angel
    Paul Maddern chats about Queering The Green
    Ailbhe Reddy: Inhaling
    From The Vault: Boy George: No Clause 28
    Viscose: Focus
    Oliver Sim: Romance With A Memory (Midlake Remix)

    Hour 2
    Scissor Sisters: Let’s Have a Kiki
    Pillow Queens: My Body Moves
    Sound Of The Underground: Joviale: UW4GM
    Pastiche: Disco Junkie
    Paper Tigers: Graceless
    Phoeno: Kelly Brook
    Big Daisy: Without Dreams
    Keeley: Shadow On The Hills
    Soak: Last July
    Josh McClorey: Puffin’ Clovers
    Matt Taylor: April 13th
    Bobbi Arlo: Fever Thoughts
    The Late David Turpin: The Hotel
    Years & Years: It’s A Sin
    Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield: What Have I Done To Deserve This

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  • The London Ear 345 // Irish Pride Playlist

    The London Ear 345 // Irish Pride Playlist

    Hello! Happy Pride! I genuinely loved putting together this hour of fantastic music, celebrating the Irish LGBTQ music community. It’s an honour to share all this exceptional talent with you. Being a part of the queer community myself, I believe that it’s important to highlight and promote our community. The visibility we bring to our community, the more we ‘normalize’ our community to others.

    I hope you enjoy this week’s show, don’t forget if you would like to get in touch send me an email nessy at nessymon.com

    The London Ear Playlist June 19 2021

    Here’s what on the Pride playlist for today’s episode of The London Ear.

    1. Elaine Mai / Ailbhe Reddy: Still Feel
    2. Josh McClorey: Puffin Clovers
    3. Elkae: Distraction
    4. St Bishop: Close
    5. Susie Blue: May God Forgive You
    6. Wyvern Lingo: Don’t Say It (Jason Agel mix)
    7. The Radiators from Space: Under Clery’s Clock
    8. Big Daisy: Shimmer (Chill Mix)
    9. FRUITY: Pidgeon Heart
    10. Pillow Queens: How Do I Look
    11. Keeley: Never Here Always There
    12. The Radiators from Space: Under Clery’s Clock
    13. Bitch Falcon: Gaslight
    14. Quin: Be Yourself Girl
    15. Jaime Nanci: Lost Boys of Turia
    16. PureGrand: Pictures
    17. Wallis Bird: Salve!

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    Thanks for listening, The London Ear is broadcast online and on your radio apps, in Ireland and around the world. You can listen to the show again on RTÉ 2XM on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Happy Pride!

  • The London Ear 298 // The Pride Edition // In Conversation with Dyvr

    The London Ear 298 // The Pride Edition // In Conversation with Dyvr

    The London Ear Show 298 // The Pride Edition

    Happy Pride!

    I’m delighted to be able to devote an episode of The London Ear to Pride and all things LGBTQ+ on today’s show.

    Pride is a little different this year as we can’t have parades and wave our flags but it’s still really important, even virtually, to remember why we have a Pride parade. It started as a protest march for equality for all LGBTQ+ people and it’s really important that we don’t forget that. Now, more than ever and no one is excluded.

    It’s great that I got to play an array of artists, International and Irish. This week’s #FromTheVault track was one I’m guessing hasn’t been played on Irish radio before, but is in my music vault as a great. It comes from a UK based act called Infamy, which basically featured George Michael, his cousin Andros and also Pepsi, of Pepsi and Shirlie, on vocals. I’m playing the Forthright mix of Infamy’s cover of Dead or Alive’s ‘You Spin Me Round’. Not sure you can get much more LGBTQ.

    Conversation with Dyvr

    I was truly honoured to chat to Dyvr for this week’s show. At first, the chat was going to be just about his new single. ‘Ocean’ with St. Bishop. But, the London born, Belfast based musician is more than a musician. He’s an activist, also working to provide LGBTQ+ musicians and artists with safe spaces.

    He’s also launched a range of ‘Quearrings by Dyvr’ and also runs a Queer storytime on Instagram every Saturday, where people talk about their lives and stories.

    You can find out more about Dyvr on Facebook, Twitter and Insta. You can listen to his music on >Spotify.

    The London Ear roundel in front of a rainbow pride flag.

    The London Ear 298 June 27 2020 Playlist

    Here’s the menu for today’s show.

    1. Scissor Sisters: Let’s Have a Kiki
    2. Pillow Queens: Handsome Wife
    3. The Late David Turpin: Fur
    4. Ailbhe Reddy: Time Difference
    5. Chat with DYVR
    6. Diana Ross: I’m Coming Out
    7. Chat with DYVR
    8. DYVR feat St Bishop: Ocean
    9. Zapho & Tolu Makay ft Jenny Browne: Collide
    10. Infamy (George Michael): You Spin Me Round

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  • Culture Café #7 //Scott De Buitléir // Founder of Eile.ie

    Culture Café #7 //Scott De Buitléir // Founder of Eile.ie

    Firstly, I have to apologise. I should have had this podcast online last week. Work was a bit mental and I was wrecked so apologies to this week’s guest Scott De Buitléir.

    So, who is Scott De Buitléir? Scott is the presenter of The Cosmo, a LGBT radio show on RTE Pulse and he also writes for The Huffington Post. More recently, Scott has founded Eile.ie, an Irish based online magazine for the LGBT community.

    Eile was founded in 2013 and during our conversation, we chat about why Scott wanted to set up the magazine and why he wanted to contribute a magazine to the LGBT community. We spoke about what stories are covered in the magazine and also about the podcast which is also attached to Eile.

    Scott was very honest and open about how the magazine runs, how it will always be free for readers and opening up to advertisers. I also thought it was pretty cool how he described Eile as a magazine you could let your Granny pick up and read.

    The website, Eile.ie, is updated every day and each month an online magazine edition is published.

    It’s great to have people with ‘get up and go’, that just aren’t all talk but are also actions. It’s also brilliant to know that everyone involved with Eile is a volunteer and having contributors across the globe gives a genuine world views of LGBT issues.

    Have a read of the August edition of Eile.ie in the widget below.