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It was 20 years ago today…and I still miss Freddie

by on November 24, 2011 in Health, LGBT, Music & Popular Culture, Personal Narrative

Freddie Mercury was my John Lennon. I remember when Lennon was killed. I also remember the reactions of his fans. I liked The Beatles, of course, but they were a few years ahead of me. And Lennon’s solo work underwhelmed me. So it’s fair to say that I really didn’t get his importance to Baby […]

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Freddie: no mere flash

by on November 22, 2011 in American Culture, Arts & Literature, LGBT, Media & Entertainment, Music & Popular Culture, TunesDay

Since we’re reclaiming our stake on Freddie Mercury this week, I suppose we need to reclaim all of him—including the schmaltz-fest that was Flash Gordon. It’s common practice today for a band to accept a few bucks from someone who wants to appropriate its music for a soundtrack. Back in 1980, not so much. But […]

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Freddie Mercury

by on November 20, 2011 in Health, LGBT, Media & Entertainment, Music & Popular Culture, Scrogues Gallery, World

In 1995, only a year after South Africa’s first democratic election, I was working at a community centre in Nyanga, a shanty-town alongside Cape Town’s international airport. The centre had started a project which aimed to give HIV-positive single mothers a safe place to live and work. My self-appointed task was to assist with setting […]

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