What You Might Hear on the ‘Paw – 9th February 2010
On this show we’ll also be discussing queer children’s books aimed at the early childhood audience. Some of the books we’ll be talking about are Jenny Lives With Eric and Martin, Heather Has Two Mommies, Daddy’s Roommate as well as And Tango Makes Three. The latter is based on real life male penguins in an American zoo who raised a baby. Recent news might clear the way for a sequel based on lesbian albatrosses.
Alex will also reflect on Maurice Sendak’s recent comments about his homosexuality and being a children’s author. Alex heaps praise on Sendak’s classic Where The Wild Things Are,
and bemoans why he was never given it to read as a child.
We’ll catch up on some writing news, including the Booker Prize that Australian queer author Patrick White is in the running for, despite being dead for twenty years (Patrick White was apparently not that into prizes, and was probably more into milking cows).
Sam and Alex talk about some of the best (and worst) queer books that have been turned into movies. Expect us to talk about stuff like Before Night Falls, Brokeback Mountain, Maurice, Orlando, Head On/Loaded and Myra Breckinridge.
Well, while we’re talking about Myra Breckinridge the movie, we may as well talk a bit more about Gore Vidal who wrote the book. We said we’d do it last week, but ran out of time. Above is a young and pretty Vidal, and below, a no less handsome Vidal, sitting by the pool with his walking stick looking looking very regal and not at all pervy. 
Our feature musical act will be Hüsker Dü who were a American hardcore/punk band in the 1980s. Their two songwriters, Bob Mould and Grant Hart, are both queer (and not the guy pictured below with the moustache), and their music was a touchstone in bridging hardcore to indie, influencing bands like Nirvana and The Pixies. Grant Hart is touring Australia this week so check him out.
Sam reviews the launch of BanQuet Press’s new publication Banquet2010, ‘a feast of new writing and art by Australian queer women’. Sam also reviews a zine that was part of another recent Midsumma event Secret Files From The Working Men’s College.
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