by Hot Cakes
So the buzz for the early part of the night at this installment of Dick & Fanny was all about its new venue, CAMP BASEMENT. I overheard many conversations early on comparing it to D&F’s former home … Continue Reading
by Hot Cakes
On Saturday afternoon I headed to Broadway Market to meet some friends for coffee, and, as usual, I bumped into/saw nearly every homo in East London. A recurring conversation was, of course, the night’s most popular party, Dick & Fanny: what time are you getting there and what ever are you going to wear? … Continue Reading
by Petit Fours
Dalston is firmly the centre of London’s gayland with a large number of nights happening on or just off the Kingsland Road including Twat Boutique in the Superstore and Other People’s Property in the Korsan Bar, and there’s a scattering of others at either end of that enormous thoroughfare – in lesbian classic Stoke Newington or Shoreditch, … Continue Reading
by Lemon Tart
Well, Monday exhaustion (predominantly caused by this night and its accompanying FUN) means that I’m going to be pretty brief with this review. I know most of you (especially the Tumblr linkers ;) ) skip my ramblings and jump straight to the pics anyway…
Suffice to say however, any night that has Lauren Flax AND Jerry Bouthier (Boombox/Kitsuné)
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Dick and Fanny happened last Saturday. By gum: it was darned good, evidently.
Who needs a review when you have a moment by moment account of the event… All hail this photographic tale of one cold January night at the Star of Bethnal Green, courtesy of Christa… … Continue Reading
by Petit Fours and Florentine, pictures Holly Falconer
The shift east happened so long ago it’s almost distant memory… and these days the Kingsland Road is surely better known for its raucous gay nights than its Turkish cultural events. Some good nights remain in Soho, but the scene has largely cut its fringe asymmetric and gets off the tube at Old Street. Here’s ten London lesbian club nights we’ll be going to in 2010 … and two old favourites that should be springing back into life. … Continue Reading
by Petit Fours
Singer for Hercules and Love Affair, creator of one of the New York Times’ best gay nights ever and master DJ of house techno, Kim Ann Foxman flew in from NY to play for Dick & Fanny, at the Star of Bethnal Green. Anna interviewed her, Holly took photos and Kim Ann bit a flower. … Continue Reading
by Lemon Tart
Some nights make you re-remember what is so great about putting a whole load of people in a big space, giving them alcohol or lollypops or whatever, playing some amazing music, and watching them dance. I think most people are searching for the first hit they got from this kind of thing (or at least I am), whether it was at a primary school disco in a barn with hay bales (ahem) or at a dodgy pub down the road from your parents’. … Continue Reading
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