JD and Denise have a fantastic chat with Miami's Marky G, long time disc jockey, host, presenter and the main juggler of all things for the annual LGBTQ+ Film Festivals. We discuss this year's OutShineFilm Festival - going on NOW-and what it means to the community, running for 24 years in Miami and 13 years in Fort Lauderdale. Mark talks about how the festivals have evolved, what you can expect this year and how they've adapted during these Covid times. Denise and Mark reminisce a bit about how Mark gave Denise her start as a presenter over 20 years ago on an FM dance music station Party 93.1 when it was unheard of for a gay radio talk show to be on your radio. To view this show on our YouTube Channel, click this link.
JD and Denise have a midday catch up over drinks, JD having Bailey's in her toasted coconut coffee, which of course grosses Denise out, who's having Shanky's Irish Vanilla whiskey in her cream soda. The ladies catch up on their duties taking care of family with Covid last month, their birthday's, what they've been doing, reading, and watching when they've had the time. To view this on our YouTube Channel, click this link.
A long time friend of JD joins the ladies and we had a great time talking to Patti Davila, a cruise ship singer who's career was docked by COVID, so she re-invented herself during lockdown and became a real estate agent, staying afloat during lockdown. Now that venues are re-opening, she's back to singing and still selling real estate! Such an inspiration- wait until you hear about how she weaves philanthropy through her music, doing all kinds of fundraisers also, her journey with her husband, Jozay is really special. To view the show on our YouTube Channel, click this link.
JD welcomes her cousin AJ, a Tik Tok star from Georgia, to the show. AJ started trying British snacks and recording his reviews on Tik Tok, and became an instant sensation with views in excess of 500k in total. Denise brings a load of snacks to the table to compare notes and the two try Frazzles, and give them a thumbs down. Fun talk hearing of AJ's fan following and how it all started and where he hopes it's going. To view this episode on our YouTube Channel click this link. It's always better to view shows like this. C'mon. Our faces are priceless.
Welcome to episode 72 of the Lesbian Book Club, where Clare interviews UK author Laura Kay. Her debut novel “The Split” has been described as like “meeting Marian Keyes and Dawn O’Porter in a gay bar in Sheffield.” Laura tells us about writing it: “I wanted to write about a friendship between a queer woman and a queer man, and it was just a joy.” She also talks about how Sheffield is the worst place to run “crazy hilly and cold!”, and how she could never live on a houseboat.
Clare also does a run-down of the Amazon Lesbian Fiction charts in the US & UK, as well as updating you on the latest news from lesfic world. Her upcoming novel "Change Of Heart" is out in October, and the audiobook of "Big London Dreams" is coming in November. Get a free lesbian romance at: www.clarelydon.co.uk
JD brings us up to speed on her nurse maid duties with a family full of Covid, Denise gears up for her birthday and Tyler pops by with a delicious drink to honor the occasion. He creates a drink with two of Denise's favorites, Jameson whiskey and Rumplemintz along with Godiva chocolate & a special mixture of vodka chocolate milk expressly made by Mom, Judy, thus creating a spin on the old lady Grasshopper (thanks, dude!) and introducing The Lotus. These shows are always better to watch so To view the show on our YouTube Channel, click this link.
With JD still on the go taking care of family members, Denise spends some time with out British author Paul Burston ("The Gay Divorcee", "The Black Path", "The Closer I Get"), who not only has some top notch novels out, he's also created and hosts the very successful and long running "Polari Literary Salon" for years now, curating entertaining authors to read from their own books for audiences around London. Tune in and find out how he adapted Polari, during these trying Covid times and now expanded it with writing Work Shops, shows and a tour with pal, VG Lee, fellow author and stand up comedian. To watch the show on our YouTube Channel and see Paul in his cool Captain's hat, click this link.
While JD tends to her Covid ravaged family and their -thankfully-mild cases, Denise takes over to have a long awaited chat with NY's own Debra Barsha, a queer Broadway musician, musical theater director, composer and singer who's spent her adult life involved in Broadway music, and teaching, directing and writing. Currently bringing "Radiant Baby" back in a new revival, as well as preparing for "TINA", the Tina Turner story. They discuss Billy Porter, life in the theater, all the different musicals they've enjoyed over the years and the shows Debra has done. To watch the show on our YouTube Channel, click this link.
JD and Denise are almost at a milestone of 50 episodes, so we recap of some of our musical moments, featuring British musicians MiRi, the all girl band "Eeek" with Lucy and Mandy Burton and of course, the iconic Scottish musician Horse McDonald. It's a "Women Who Rock" special! To view this show on our YouTube channel, click this link.
JD and Denise catch up over a drink waiting on Tyler, only to realize JD hadn't sent the link. Awesome! So Tyler joins in, and has a special surprise - he created a cocktail for Denise's Mom! He also teaches us about balancing with citrus or bitters, sweets as well as the delicate art of muddling, all while building the perfect drink, starting with Bob Dylan's Heaven's Door whiskey. It's a "Marlini" because yes, my mother's name is Marlene. As always, these shows are best to WATCH, so click this link for our YouTube Channel.
JD and Denise hang out with L.A.-based comedian Jennie McNulty and discuss how things are supposed to be returning to normal except that the Covidiots are causing a new surge. Jennie tells us about easing back into live stand up comedy shows, with two regular gigs in Santa Monica and Ventura. We also find out what's happening with Jennie's video shows, and we learn more about the Women's Professional Football League and what's she's doing with that now. To view the show on our YouTube channel, click this link.
JD and Denise welcome British comedian and author Rosie Wilby joins us to discuss the recent success of her book "The Break Up Monologues", which spawned from a dumping that happened to her a while ago, launching her into collecting stories, facts and statistics regarding break ups- of course, with her own funny insightful spin. She's also got a podcast of the same name. Rosie's book is now available in Australia and The United States, so we discuss traveling during COVID times and all the adjustments that now come with promoting the book. Rosie also tells us about a few UK festivals she'll be attending. To watch the video of this show on our YouTube channel, click this link.
