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June
2007
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Playlist
(airdate June 25th) Part 1 (42:20) Alexandra Billings - Rhythm/I Got Rhythm (2000) Beth Elliott - Lady on the Subway (1976) Beth Elliot - Ballad of the Oklahoma Women's Liberation Front (1976)* Roberto - He-She (1974) Roberto - I Am What I Am (1974)* Alexandra Billings Interview Alexandra Billings - Some People (2000) Alexandra Billings & Stephen Rader - The Grass Is Always Greener (2004) Alexandra Billings - I'm Not My Mother (2004)* Honey West & Alexandra Billings - Fifty Percent / I Know Him So Well (1997)* Part 2 (38:33) Steve Schalchlin - Brilliant Masquerade (2007) Lucas Silveira of The Cliks - Interview The Cliks - Complicated (2007) The Cliks - Oh Yeah (2007) The Cliks - Cry Me a River (2007) * = internet version only |
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Welcome to Part 2 of my Transgender Music Series. Of course I've got a some obscurities to share with you, but the main interview is a delight. It's with actress/singer Alexandra Billings, whose gotten acclaim on television and on stage, and has a couple CDs on her resume as well. She's very candid and funny, I know you'll like her. And capping off the show is a new act from Toronto, The Cliks, with transgendered lead singer Lucas Silveira. His interview gives his take on the band's music and TG issues.
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Above,
the mysterious Roberto is, I think, the writer/producer of the record,
Wilfred de Faria. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bethelliott And
from the TransHistory site, click
here for an interesting
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Alexandra
Billings Interview
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Alex as drag diva Shante, nestled between her 2000 and 2004 CDs
Above,
glamour shots and her 1999 Advocate cover; click on it to see the article.
http://alexandrabillings.com/
Above, Jim Brochu & partner Steve Schalchlin |
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The
Cliks Interview -- Lucas Silveira
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Above, the excllent debut release, "Snakehouse," by the Toronto band The Cliks. Below is lead singer and writer Lucas Silveira.
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TG
Sidebar
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During
the past few weeks on Queer Voices (the Houston radio show on KPFT that
I co-host), we've had two excellent segments on transgender issues. I want
to share both of those on this page. On May 28th Jenifer Rene Poole and
I interviewed two transmen, Chris & George, and their discussion was
interesting and informative. Click
to hear the 14-minute segment.
And google the name "Phyllis Frye" and you'll find ample evidence of her role as a pioneering, and present, leader of the transgender community, both in Houston and across the country. On June 4th Queer Voices Executive Producer Jack Valinski interviewed her, and I love the way this interview captures both the history and the activism of this remarkable woman. Click to hear the 21 minute segment. |
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You
may also enjoy these other QMH shows loosely relating to this theme. August
2000 - Transgender Music Special (1
hour) I
did the "math," and over the years on these 15 shows,
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