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denimbex1986 · 1 month

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'Organisers of a legendary fundraiser for striking miners are returning to the same venue in Camden Town for a “good old bop” 40th anniversary event.

Tickets for the London Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners’ return to the Electric Ballroom, on May 16, are already selling out.

The Pits and Perverts line-up is yet to be finalised but it promises a night of music, dance, drag, political speakers and compered by cabaret and performance artist David Hoyle.

Synth-pop political agitators Bronski Beat headlined the original gig, in December 1984, which drew more than 1,500 fans, gay activists and striking coal miners from across the country to Camden Town.

The story of the LGSM and the night at the Ballroom has become iconic after it was retold in the 2014 film Pride and its glittering cast including George MacKay, Dominic West, Andrew Scott, Imelda Staunton and Bill Nighy among others.

One of the original LGSM organisers, Mike Jackson, told me this week how proud he was about the group’s role in not only supporting the miners – but also changing attitudes towards lesbian and gay people.

Mr Jackson, who lives in King’s Cross, said: “This is the only Pits and Perverts event we’ve had since the original. And it’s really pleasing to be back at the Electric Ballroom. It’s going to be a very diverse night and a good old bop.

“I hadn’t been back there since that day so it was a strange feeling to go in there when we were organising.

“There are lot of ghosts in the Electric Ballroom. So many famous acts have passed through.”

I last spoke to Mike when a signed original Pits and Perverts poster – designed by Kevin Franklin – was put up at the King Charles I pub in King’s Cross in 2022.

On Sunday he was up in Rotherham, Yorkshire, speaking to the miners at a 40th anniversary event.

He said: “I harked back to what it was like as a young gay man in the 60s and 70s. Nobody liked us: politicians, courts, police.

“We had no rights to fight back with. It’s great that things have changed so much with that – and to think how we played a role in it all.

“The unions played a role too.

“Because long before we got those rights enshrined in law, the trade union movement had been helping by starting to look at employment rights, and all the other things that trade unions do.

“When the equalities legislation came in with Tony Blair, there was already a worked-out template for employment rules thanks to the unions.”

Mr Jackson said the LGSM had been “reconstituted” following the Pride movie and that he was part of a group of four remaining working on the legacy.

“We’ve all this merchandise that is still incredibly popular.

“People love our T-shirts. We give the profits away to good causes. We don’t want to be a charity.

“We want to be political. It’s been great to work with the Lesbian and Gays Support the Migrants.

“They are like our next generation really.”

Mr Jackson, a horticulturist who worked at Camden Garden Centre for 16 years, said he was tiring a little physically in old age but still remained as angry as ever.

“The fire is still there. The anger is still there.

“What is this nonsense about people becoming more right wing as they get older? The older I get the more angry I get.

“Because in so much, f*** all has changed.

“I am 72 days before the gig. I can tell you what the news will be: housing, education, war, benefits, the welfare state, greedy capitalism.

“At the same time my best friend is my bed. Sometimes I scream at my bed: ‘I love you, bed.’

“So with all this I am a bit surviving on adrenalin. It’s a bit scary. We are a bunch of amateurs really and it’s a big venue to sell tickets for.

“With the original, we felt the same but once we secured Bronski Beat – I think their Smalltown Boy was No 1 – we knew it would be a success.”

And he revealed his latest theory on where the night got its very excellent name from.

Mr Jackson said: “There’s a great little video you can find called Framed Youth – The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts.

“It was a video project created by the Lesbian and Youth Project, as they were called then, where youngsters had been given training and access to making a video – it was a Ken Livingstone thing, I think.

“This was 42 years ago – two years before the miners strike.

“They go into Ridley Road market in Dalston and simply ask the question: Can you tell me what a lesbian is? It’s like ‘a murderer’, ‘a sex maniac’.

“It’s so comical, but also quite dark. The lesbians were p***ing themselves laughing.

“But that’s what we wanted to do – take the insult, neutralise it and throw it back at people.”

The film, which won an award, is available on YouTube.

The original concert raised more £5,500, which was distributed to families in need.

Tickets for the 7pm event cost £20 and are available on the Electric Ballroom website.'

#Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners #Pride #Pits and Perverts #Electric Ballroom #Bronski Beat #George MacKay #Dominic West #Andrew Scott #Imelda Staunton #Bill Nighy #Camden Town #David Hoyle #Mike Jackson #Kevin Franklin

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jasvvy · 6 months

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#gcw #game changer wrestling #charles mason #mike jackson

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getmybuzzup · 7 months

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Tiny & Heiress Harris Attend Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie Screenings Over the Weekend - Photos - This past weekend, celebrities and their kids gathered in theatres across the nation to see Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, for a sneak preview ahead of the nationwide premiere on Friday, September 29th. Celebrities included: Los Angeles: Amina Buddafly at Regal LA Live, 1000 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90015 for the Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie Screening on Sep 23. Atlanta: Tameka "Tiny" Harris and Heiress Harris, Rich Homie Quan and Kyla Willaims, Ralph Pittman, V103's Shamea Morton, and HGTV's Married to Real Estate Mike Jackson at AMC Madison Yards 8, 975 Memorial Dr SE Atlanta, GA 30316 for the Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie Screening on Sep 23. https://wp.me/p1PuJR-5AU7 Please Reblog!

#Amina Buddafly #Heiress Harris #HGTV #Kyla Willaims #Mike Jackson #Movie Screening #Paw Patrol: The Mighty #photos #Ralph Pittman #real estate #Rich Homie Quan #Shamea Morton #Tameka “Tiny” Harris #Tiny #V103 #Celeb Photos

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sanguinarysanguinity · 2 years

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Excellent interview about LGSM, solidarity, queer history, labour history, and the continuity with the present day.

#lesbians and gays support the miners #mike jackson #queer history #labor history #pride #pride 2017

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thisdastampdoesnotexist · 2 years

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Mike from pride (2015) with a fun background (non-epileptic please). Thank you!! :))

#da stamps #deviantart stamps #stamp #request #mike jackson #pride 2014

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grayblurcards · 2 years

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Mike Jackson (NWA '83)

2022 Wrestling Authentic Signature

#Mike Jackson #NWA '83 #2022 Authentic Signature

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hggtvscreenstills · 7 months

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Married To Real Estate

#married to real estate #egypt sherrod #mike jackson #df fadelf #hgtv

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cagesidepress · 7 months

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Bench warrant Issued for Jake Shields in Conjunction with Mike Jackson Incident

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#Jake Shields #Mike Jackson

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kittykat-pikachu · 6 months

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list of things about mussed up houses

house of leaves by mark z. danielewski

skinamarink by kyle edward ball

the house in the ocean by mister manticore

myhouse.wad by veddge

this house has people in it by alan resnick (possible? its more like the people are the strange thing)

monster house by gil kenan (maybe not messed up in the right way for this list)

burning down the house by the talking heads (only in passing)

additions:

the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson (book)

the haunting of hill house by mike flanagan (tv adaptation of the book)

rose red by stephen king

vivarium by lorcan finnegan

changing planes by ursula k. le guin (not a house, but thematically close)

charlotte markham and the house of darkling by michael boccacino

slade house by dave mitchell

little, big by john crowley

the inner room by robert aickman

phantom architecture by phillip wilkinson

bite size terrors: erobos heaven by anoverthinker (seems like possibly the house isnt whats strange? but i dont know for sure i havent played it)

anatomy by kitty horrorshow

childhood homes (and why we hate them) by qrowscant

the house next door by annie rivers siddon

white is for witching by helen oyeyemi

haunted by poe (album counterpart to house of leaves??? holny crap)

the house with a clock in its walls by john bellairs (also has a movie adaptation)

p.t. by hideo kojima

coraline by neil gaiman (more like the creature is making the house messed up but yeah ill count it)(EDIT: okay yeah that house IS just messed up. forgot the beldam didn't make the other house)

starling house by alix harrow

the witch's house by fummy

house (hausu) by nobuhiko obayashi

the house is alive and the house is hungry by the paper chase

my house walk-through by nana825763

control by sam lake

house of bones by jeffery scott lando

lungbarrow by marc platt

if anyone knows of other things that fit this niche, any type of media, feel free to add on. i'll edit and add it to the original post. i just really like this specific niche

thank you to @bas-fish, @eggmixercortex, @ohiotpke, @posteriorpeasantpresents, @hadoom, @dougielombax, @lite-weaver, @mimillion, @elvriskastello, @apotheoseity, @hauntedhousez, @sophiewooloo, @jumbledthemes for contributing :3

i should sort this + add links putting that on my to-do list

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just-merce · 2 years

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UFC Grasso vs Araújo Fight Card

Fans and media are finally allowed back into the Apex this weekend as the UFC presents UFC Vegas 62: Grasso vs Araújo. The main event will see the number fifth-ranked Flyweight Alexa Grasso taking sixth-ranked Viviane Araújo. Seasoned veteran Cub Swanson meets Jonathan Martinez in a Bantamweight bout, and Australian fighter Jacob Malkoun fights on the prelims. UFC Vegas 62 Main card Alexa…

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god-imdelulu · 22 days

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girlhood is obsessing over a character and then never ending that obsession

#its tough out here #jason todd #steve harrington #coriolanus snow #peeta mellark #hunger games #redhood #nightwing #dick grayson #eddie munson #cillian murphy #idk who else to put #percy jackson #maze runner #star wars #harry potter #mike schmidt #josh hutcherson

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coachtfd · 2 years

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And coach Mike Jackson moonwalks Burnley out of the relegation zone. Seems there was a coach behind the manager the whole time. I’m quite intrigued, really thought sacking Dyche would backfire, but it’s working. 🤷🏾‍♂️