Beaufort St Festival Edition 2015

This year’s line-up from Uh Huh includes local punk outfit The Tommyhawks, blues two piece Hootenanny, synth poppers Boys Boys Boys!, rock and roll collective Rag N Bone and a killer DJ set from the super talented Catlips.

Rag N Bone vocalist and event organiser Kiera Owen says it’s about celebrating local female talent.

“We’ve teamed up with Connections Nightclub on their regular Lesbian Mud Wrestling night and we’ve got some of the best acts together for an awesome show,” says Owen.

If you’re looking for a little taste of what to expect, head down to the Gage Roads Live & Local stage at 5pm and check out the awesome force that is Rag N Bone.

Lickmypalooza is at Connections Nightclub on Wednesday November 18th. Tickets $12 at the door.

Head down to the City of Stirling Stage at 4pm and get blind… folded for Crust’s pizza eating competition! Our buddies at Crust will be serving up some of their tastiest creations for your consumption – or whip up your own crispy concoction in their pizza making challenge.

Not into stuffing your face on stage? No worries! Crust will be providing pizzas for the audience so you can indulge in the cover of the crowd. Head down to the Stirling stage at 4pm and give the Crust crew a shout if you want a slice or ten.

Celebrating the Centre’s 21st birthday this year, Coordinator Dani Wright has seen the FC grow and expand its services to assist more specific and diverse groups over the past years.

“When I started volunteering, we mostly had same sex attracted young men and some women. GenderQ, our monthly session for trans and gender diverse people, started around the time I started – so that’s been going for a good 12 years now,” Dani says.

The sessions are established and run by the predominantly volunteer staff. Many of the sessions are open for people under 26 to drop in and try it out, and there are other specified activities for particular groups.

Sessions include Freespace (for all LGBTIQQ people under 26), Outspace (activity based sessions), GenderQ (for trans and gender diverse people), QCulture (for LGBTIQQ Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and culturally diverse people) and Junior aGender for trans and gender diverse youth under 18.

The centre also provides a plethora of free resources for LGBTIQQ youth, including a wealth of information from the Safe Schools Coalition, which assists in helping staff and students create more inclusive environments in schools.

Head down to the Freedom Centre @ 93 Brisbane Street, Perth from 12 – 5pm today for their annual open day. Grab a cuppa and check out all of the amazing services the FC has to offer the community.

Lickmypalooza is back once again this PrideFEST, bringing together some of Perth’s most talented LGBTQI ladies and their friends for one massive party at Connections Nightclub.

FreedomCentre Open DayPerth’s Freedom Centre provides a drop-in style safe space for queer and gender diverse young people to come together and share their experiences and seek support and information regarding their sexuality and gender.

Local community radio show ‘Beats Per Minute’ is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month. The late night - early morning dance music program first hit the airwaves of 6UVS on Friday November 8th 1985, starting off with an epic 24 hour long broadcast.

The man behind the program, Colin Bridges has played a phenomenal amount of dance music over the last three decades providing a soundtrack for people who enjoy a late Thursday night or early Friday morning party vibe. Since the show began the university station has transformed into the independent community station RTRFM.

Bridges, a much loved member of the LGBTIQ community, always makes sure the music hitting the airwaves is extra camp around the time Connections is closing its doors, so everyone can hear some great tunes on their way home.

The show’s 30th anniversary edition was a camp outing with a disco version of ‘Over the Rainbow’ and a sing-a-long to the theme from The Golden Girls.

Beats Per Minute 2am -6am Fridays on RTRFM 92.1 or listen online at www.rtrfm.com.au

Drink the can of V, you’re going to need your energy, invite all your buddies over, put on Take That’s Greatest Hits, just play ‘Could It Be Magic” on repeat, if one of your buddies argues for a different track ‘Relight Your Fire’ is acceptable, hey LuLu, but if they want anything else – give them the other copy of the CD and tell them to rack off and find a lamer party, rip of the sleeves of the checked shirt, put it and the denim shorts on, cover your eyes in dark eye shadow so you look like an owl, grab the Ouija board – see if you can contact Judy Garland, rip off the checked shirt, just go topless, cover yourself in glitter, leave the house.

For more reviews go to www.outinperth.com

MathasArmwrestling Atlas

Slowly over the last year Mathas has been releasing tracks from this album and they’ve all been first class from ‘Nourishment’ with Abbe May, ‘Doctorshopping’ to ‘Stone Cold Sober’ with Empty. The album maintains the quality from start to finish. Mathas has a lot to say, he’s a commentator and a story teller, so this album needs repetitive listening to take in what he’s saying- the words fly by at breakneck speed. The mix of sounds on this album are as much as part of its charm as the lyricism, it’s a great mix of classical violins, odd swirly sounds, choirs and the unexpected syncopation of beats. First rate.

Le1f – Umani/Water we can’t wait for Le1f’s debut album ‘Riot Boi’, and we love this new tune focusing on transgender issues Saint Germain – Sittin’ Here had to believe it’s 15 years since he released new music, this mix of jazz grooves and African vocals in divine Joni and the Moon – Tarantella this local band are so hot right now Dirty Chai - Latte Art a great collaboration between local artists Catlips’ Katie Campbell and Ham Jam’s James Ireland Phil Stroud – Yemaja flipside to his ‘Forrest’ 12inch on local label Good Company, percussive, meditative and contemplative Arca – Vanity if barbaric aliens made tunes maybe this is how they’d sound Seahawks – Islands

(Mike Simonetti’s Shipwrecked with Seakhawks Mix) it’s really subtle and laid back, chill out, relax your mind Lonely Boy – Mixed Signals danceable grooves to make you move The Communards - Don’t Leave Me This Way (Mega Mix) because everyone needs a 22 minute long version of a camp disco classic Dare 2B Dif’rent – Stand Up for Your Love Rights a new take on the Yazz tune from the ‘80s: an anthem for equality!

POP @

Conn

ectio

ns@

Love

Sund

ays

Happ

y Prid

e @ No

rthbri

dgfe

more photos at www.outinperth.com

Ingredients

3 buckets of glitter

Two copies of Take That’s Greatest Hits

black eyeshadow

1 pair of denim shorts

1 checked shirt

1 large can of V

1 Ouija board

Your best buddies