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Friday, April 26, 2024
3pm – 5pm ET (USA, East Coast Time)
Get ready to tidy up your space, declutter your life, and connect with fellow queers who share your passion for organization. Whether it’s clearing out your closet, organizing your digital files, or decluttering your mind, we’ll declutter together.
Let’s come together, support each other, and make room for a fresh start in the new year. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to create a space that sparks joy and reflects your true self. See you there!
This event is FREE for Homoground Patreon supporters at the Virtual Queer Coworking Community level. See the Patreon blog for the promo code or send a message to Casper on the Homoground Slack.
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CHAV / Wildcard Characters / Powderpaint / Bebop Rocksteady / Danielle Grubb / Odd!Drey / Arami [Episode #263]
By HomogroundPowered by RedCircle
Below are the artists featured in this episode in order of appearance. Their artist name, location and song featured is listed beneath their photo.
CHAV – Los Angeles, California – “Fashion Ho”
CHAV is a pop star from an alternate timeline who somehow found themselves in our today. They’ve come to remind us of who we are and who we could be, bringing with them a sweet and delicious taste of another world. CHAV currently chooses to communicate with this timeline through popular music, loading their verses with complex and nuanced ideas around race, gender, love and loss.
“As an artist with intersecting identities–black, queer, nonbinary, and someone who grew up with limited resources, I’m constantly having to prove how I’m viable in the music industry. Homoground using their platform to center the voices of people with marginalized identities is so in line with the community work that I do through Flat Pop Records, the label my partner and I started last year, as well as many of my other initiatives.”
Wildcard Characters – Worcester, Massachusetts – “Louder”
Music is dark matter. Magic is the stars. The future is x. Wildcard Characters is an unquestionably queer duo inspired by the nature of things that are fluid and ever changing. From gender and expression to exploration of things unknown, these characters leave things open to possibility and imagination.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has severely limited our ability to work as independent contractors. Between cancelled gigs and terminated projects, maintaining economic security has become a main concern. We believe that as queer artists, we are strongest when we raise our voices together. We grow and learn from sharing our experiences and our visions. Resources and community building platforms like Homoground are powerful avenues for the amplification of queer voices.”
Powderpaint – Brighton, East Sussex, England – “Fall Together”
“We want to be more visible as trans artists, celebrating queerness with big joyous tunes and danceable bangers. Particularly at a time when there is a national ‘debate’ in the UK orchestrated by high-profile TERFs who have set the agenda of every mainstream media outlet, we just want to be there to make our community feel like they can dance. If a few more queers out there get to hear us it’d be wonderful.”
Bebop Rocksteady – Brooklyn, New York – “Break in Case of Emergency”
Bebop Rocksteady is a radical nonbinary harm reductionist and drug policy reform advocate, activist, and philanthropist who DJs and makes music.
Danielle Grubb – Dallas, Texas – “Untitled”
The non-binary artist, Danielle Grubb, calls out to a lover in an attempt to deliver a message that they never sent. Their new song, Untitled, is an eclectic mix of classical piano motifs and pumping synths over house influenced rhythms. The song also presents the feeling of mourning in a less traditional sense.
“It’s the beginning of the loss of self into another person. I used to try to always paint the happy picture, and by doing so, left out the intricacies of what happens to a person’s identity when they fall in love,” says Danielle.
I just came out as trans masc, and it’s hard to get people to adjust to using my pronouns. I was recently misgendered on a radio show. And I thought to myself, this is probably no longer the platform for me. I’m having to navigate spaces all over again. It’s been a trip.
“I’m finally in the right emotional and mental state to make the music I’ve always wanted to be making, and I’m happy to be here,” Danielle says.
Odd!Drey – Jakarta, Indonesia – “Lofi”
“Just an 18 year old trying to put out my stories, and hoping that people will relate and find some semblance of comfort.
This track, Lofi, was inspired by my view on flings and passionate yet short-lived relationships and the word LoFi itself. The title itself is a wordplay. Lofi is the shortened form of Low Fidelity, a music genre that refers to music that is ‘low in quality or raw’. Fidelity itself means loyalty. I chose to use the word Lofi to imply low levels in loyalty. The song itself is slightly raw and lofi, in symbolism to those quick but passionate relationships I’m singing about. In this song, I let all my vulnerability be seen by the other person, and I hide nothing; but it’s because I have nothing else to lose since I won’t be with them for long. And thus with the music. It’s imperfect, but it’s real and authentic with nothing hidden.
I’d love to connect with people who I relate to, who are like myself, who are people I could look up to and want to grow with. I’d love to be heard by those very same people.”
Arami – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – “Whatcha Like”
“I am a singer/songwriter, producer, audio engineer, and poet from Philadelphia, PA. I’ve been making music for about 4 years give or take and I feel like my sound is Alternative Soul. I love all genres and take from them all so I try to implement that into my music. My influences come from everywhere but a couple of artist who have inspired me lately are Cleo Sol, REIYO, Alex Isley, and Victoria Monet.
I feel like I would be perfect for Homoground because I am a queer, non-conforming artist and I feel like we don’t get enough exposure in the media. Kids and teenagers only have “straight” music to listen to especially in the mainstream media and it sucks because not only is there better music out there but it’s really narrow minded and non-progressive.”
CREDITS
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Executive production and intro/outro by Lynn Casper
Homoground Theme Song by data.data.data
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Trumpet Wom – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Episode #268]
By HomogroundPowered by RedCircle
Trumpet Wom is a Philadelphia-based musician who combines trumpet, keys, & singing into original and badass music.
In this episode, Trumpet Wom speaks with musician and Homoground Producer Maia Macdonald about music process, inspiration, living in a capitalist regime, our responsibility to understand and heal our ancestral trauma, and of course… trumpet!
Songs featured in this episode: Smooches, Your Fool, TY FY, Protons and Electrons
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CREDITS
This interview was recorded and produced by Maia Macdonald
Executive Producer: Lynn Casper
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RSVP to Homoground’s Queer Podcasters Meetup on Sunday, April 25th at 3pm ET.
Hey Homoground listeners! I’m Anna, co-creator of PB&Qs (professionals, business, and queers), an online community for queer women, trans, and gender-nonconforming entrepreneurs and business professionals.
In addition to our Slack group, we host a monthly discussion series called “Thinking Out Loud.” On the first Wednesday of every month we dive deep into a topic, creating a space where we can share our stories and learn from each other. On May 7th we’re exploring the feeling of not being queer enough—whether you don’t have an undercut, got married and had kids, don’t know the latest label or trending phrase, can’t name a celebrity to save your life, or have to day-in and day-out confront the continued erasure of bisexuality from queer culture.Join us, a group of LGBTQ+ women, trans, and gender-nonconforming folk, to hear stories, get ideas, and remind yourself you’re not alone. Go to https://pbandqs.ck.page/join to learn more.Country Queers is an ongoing multimedia oral history project documenting the diverse experiences of rural, small town, and country LGBTQIA+ folks in the U.S. – across intersecting layers of identity such as race, class, age, ability, gender identity, and religion.
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Cruisin Records: Lonesome Leash / LAL / Holodeck Heart / Wizard Apprentice / Loamlands / Nana Grizol / Slashed Tires / ManDate / Danny Denial / Old Dark House [Episode #266]
By HomogroundPowered by RedCircle
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In this episode of Homoground, you’ll hear music from bands on Cruisin Records.Cruisin Records is a label created to support Queer artists. It is run by Theo Hilton (Nana Grizol), Clyde Petersen (Your Heart Breaks/ManDate) and Darby Cox based in New Orleans, Anacortes, and Philadelphia. The label emerged from long conversations between Clyde Petersen and Theo Hilton about how to support the amazing musicians they’ve met over years of creating music and touring.Theo, Clyde and Darby will be joining us at this month’s HomoTime event on Sunday, February 28 at 3pm ET to discuss what its like running a record label and answering any questions you have. We’ll also be joined by Cruisin Records artists: Danny Denial and Wizard Apprentice who are also featured on this episode. This event is free but you will need to RSVP to get the zoom link.Below are the artists featured in this episode in order of appearance. Their artist name, location and song featured is listed beneath their photo.
Lonesome Leash – Los Angeles, California – “Ghost in The Garden”
LAL – Toronto, Canada – “Wild Flowers”
Holodeck Heart – Seattle, Washington / Portland, Oregon – “Janeway & Seven”
Wizard Apprentice – Los Angeles, California – “Betrayal Internalized”
Loamlands – Durham, North Carolina – “How Do You See Me”
Nana Grizol – New Orleans, Louisiana – “We Carry the Feeling”
Slashed Tires – Seattle, Washington – “Lost Distance”
ManDate – Seattle, Washington – “Alternate History”
Danny Denial – Seattle, Washington – “White Tears, Fake Queers” (Feat. Rat Queen, Dirty Dirty, Slow Elk & Razor Clam)
Old Dark House – Seattle, Washington – “Through The Trees”
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This episode was produced by Casper
Homoground Theme Song by data.data.data
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On this episode you heard promo trailers from:
Queer Public A podcast about real-life queer life. Each episode asks critical questions about queer identity, queer politics and our queer culture. Their first season is available for binging!
Pixel Therapy Podcast A bi-weekly podcast bringing you new perspectives on video game culture and current events while centering the relationships queer folks, trans folks, people of color, disabled folks, and other marginalized players have with games.
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