#lee sutton

[frooogscream]

Gaaaah, guys! I just learned that my boy Joe Meek recorded songs with drag queen Lee Sutton & planed to release an album, titled "not for teenagers" with her! *exited gay noises*

Sadly like many of Joes projects it was never released & the songs stayed hidden away for half a century & even amongst Joe Meek fans -who loooove to speculate and debate about every obscure recording that could have possibly been made by Joe- there seemed to be barely any talk of this *cough cough* homophobia *cough cough*. But some absolut chad has uploaded five recordings to YT!

(Note that this dosnt sound like produced songs though, probably more test recording/them trying things out, as indicated by this one where Lee suggests to alter the tune). But any way *YEAY* to my boy recording drag artists, I love queer history!

[gtetrahedron]

Other Worlds, Other Gods

finished "other worlds, other gods" a '71 short story collection focusing on religion in science fiction. lots of it is real pulpy, with only the slightest hints of new wave shining through (mostly via john brunner), but its some good pulp. not a long or heavy read, only a day or two.

most of the stories were from the late 50s and early 60s, with a few from the 40s and late 60s. highlights include lee suttons soul mate, john brunners the vitanuls, anthony bouchers the quest for saint aquin, and damon knights shall the dust praise thee. 

i would recommend it with the caveat that theres nothing super weird, unfortunately (which would be my main criticism). it mostly stuck to christianity (primarily catholicism!) and pastiches of such, with a few jewish cameos and one of hinduism and buddhism each. no alien religions, really. weirdest one was definitely soul mate. nothing ubik-level, lol.

side-note if any of my followers is more learned in hinduism: id be curious about your reading of the vitanuls; im not sure how accurate of a representation it is, being written by a brit, but it seems decent enough? i have very little knowledge of the religion, though, and am supremely unconfident saying that.

[weirdlandtv]

"I have given you the chance to see into the future."

Lee Sutton cover art of John Brunner's Earth Is But a Star (1959).

[elcilantroo]

[madddscience]

Lee Sutton

[hyperwave]

If you ever make a trip to the green planet of Venus, the first thing you'll see will be the fifty-foot high statue of Venus' greatest hero.

[trailofdan]

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This is a truly remarkable document.  Recorded the year after homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK, Lee Sutton (billed as "A Near Miss") is a drag queen performing a series of songs that he wrote.  

This is hilarious, amazing and historical and well worth listening to.  It's also a nice document of things like Polari - the gay slang of London before the 60s. The classic song "Bona Eke" (Nice Face in Polari) is on side 1 of the Columbia Record.

Sutton's complete discography is available here and is well well well worth downloading.