Lost Spaces
lost queer spaces
If you were queer in London in the naughties then you would no doubt have spent an evening or two at Popstarz, the alternative institution that is most well known for being held at Scala in King’s Cross. I caught up with the host of the filthy, filthy Probably True podcast, Scott Flashheart, to talk […]
Listen & Subscribe for Free: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Everywhere Else Have you ever been clubbing on your own? Is it thrilling, exciting, or… terrifying? If you’ve had experience standing awkwardly against the wall, unsuccessfully striking up a conversation with a stranger, or loitering at the end of the evening in the hopes of […]
Where: 17 City Rd, London EC1V 1JN When opened: September 2010 When closed: 2018 History Dank, dirty, damp, loud and sweaty. East Bloc had it all. At the end of the 00s London’s queer scene started to migrate to the east. A reaction to the largely cis, white and overly commercial scene in Soho, the area […]
We caught up to reminisce about Too2Much, which was a theatre bar and club in Soho, London, open between 2004 and 2006 before changing its name to Soho Revue Bar. We discuss the t-word, army life, and the joys or packing your performance gear in to neat little bags! Follow Holestar on twitter and instagram […]
With regulars including Blur, Oasis, Pulp and Leigh Bowery, it was a club night that quickly became the place to be seen, and was thriving between 1991-1996 in various venues across London. To help promote his new compilation ‘Martin Green Presents: Super Sonics – 40 Junkshop Britpop Greats‘, I caught up with Martin to find […]
In the early 90s, after a decade of service, he left his role as a Salvation Army Lieutenant and started exploring his queerness at The Black Cap, an iconic drag bar in Camden, London. We caught up to talk about that transition, Regina Fong and other drag legends who performed at the bar, and what […]