Artful Thought

This is episode number 10 of Artful Thought, recorded live at the University of San Francisco’s KUSF studio, which aired on Saturday, June 29th, 2019.  This is Part 2, but not the finale, of a music-talk feature about the ongoing celebration and an address to current social issues of the LGBTQIA community. The mix consists of phenomenal new (and newish) artists as well as seminal figures, including Lou Reed, Le Tigre, Ezra Furman, Blood Orange, Girlpool feat Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange), Dizzy Fae, Courtney Barnett, Ssion, Troye Sivan, RuPaul feat. Kummerspeck, Janelle Monáe, Planningtorock and KUSF currents: Lucille Furs, Amyl + the Sniffers, Soak, and Razteria.  Between Pride Parts 1 and 2, I do a scattering of commentary on music from decades starting from the  1920s to current, as well as historical/cultural  landmarks, including the “Lavender Scare,” and personal ponderings about the other “Q.”  Both episodes come back to engaging with an ongoing question about gender-sexuality e