Hot diggity dawg…it’s that time of year again, Filthy Dreamers! That’s right: stop doomscrolling, get off the couch, dust off those Pride flags, straighten out the leggings, thaw the frozen sausage links, grab the loudest, most jarring tee, do a backflip, ice your back, streeetch, grab those weights, smash them against your face, remove those sausage … Continue reading
Hark! Who goes there! Is that you, ghost of Christmas shopping mall past? Stepping out of the fluorescent glow of a shopping mall department store, Filthy Dreams’ Muzak Wish List Music Playlist has at long last crashed into the season like a Macy’s shopping bag full of discounted sweaters and gift wrap. Who says nostalgia … Continue reading
Gooble-ooble-gooble! *sniffs around spice rack* kee-yuk, kee-yuk..? YELP YELP!! CUCK!! AAAAAAAAAAAHH!! Hark! Something spicy lingers in the air. Why, it must be Thanksgiving, which means that it is time for yet another edition of our Filthy Dreams’ Thanksgiving music playlist! As Sylvester sings, happy days are here again! This year’s playlist revolves–like that … Continue reading
Peek-a-BOO!! **AAAAAAAAHH!!** Apologies for the lack of trigger warning, Filthy Fiends! Anyways, now that we have your attention, it’s so nice of you to join…even if it was a real SCREAM of an effort! Welcome yet again to another funhouse mirror season of despair, of disaster, of disappointment, of discouragement…of the Filthy Dreams’ HALLOWREEN music … Continue reading
In her piece on the The Catacombs, the 1970s San Francisco-based fistfucking club, Gayle Rubin provided a “music of the baths” playlist that was curated for its S/M loving patrons: “the party tapes relied primarily on disco and electronic space music, although there were also rock, soul, funk, and other genres.” Such spacey songs included … Continue reading
Mary Christmas! Here we go again, at the end of the year, sitting by the soot covered fireplace, rubbing our hands together while wondering if all the hardships this year have been worth it. Keep those embers lit and keep the faith; look to the dreary skies for a twinkle. That’s not Santa — Decode the twinkles! It says don’t give up… ‘til Heaven! Continue reading
Happy Pride! Dust off those disco balls and polish your favorite yellow patent leather shoes. It’s time for yet another installment of our Pride music playlists! Previous Pride playlist editions included odes to crime, to mommy issues, and to tired old queens. This year, after gawking at Pride-themed CPAP decorations, we realized it is time … Continue reading
Boo! Welcome, ghouls, to the 11th edition of our annual HALLOWREEN music playlist. That’s right–we’re entering into our second decade of doing the Frankenstein Two-Stomp and the Weird Watusi. A bit older, a bit more haggard, a bit more…MAD! How have we lasted this far while continuing on with our own version of queer world-making? … Continue reading
Haven’t you heard? It’s the time of the season–Pride season, that is! The past few years have tested the limits of our tolerance as on the one hand, corporate Pride became as ubiquitous as Hamburger Mary’s joints and RuPaul queens; while on the other hand, puritanical queers screamed about everything from kink in parades to … Continue reading
Bunny bunny bunny You’re so funny with your twitching nose! Bunny bunny bunny You’re so funny from your head to your toes. Bunny bunny bunny Your ears are funny they’re too big for you! Bunny bunny bunny Though you’re funny everyone loves you. Happy Easter morning! He is risen–and has appeared to us adorned with … Continue reading