Wyrd Ways Rock Show CDXXXII featuring Porcelain Victoria

Before we get going with this week’s Wyrd Ways Rock Show, Porcelain Victoria (this week’s guest) asked me to pass on her apologies for misgendering Bambie Thug.  They identify as “they/them”, not “she/her” as Victoria said during the interview.  No offence meant.

So I had a little bit of a fanboy moment when recording this week’s show.  I’ve been listening to Porcelain Victoria‘s podcast, Behind The Paddle for a while and have learned a lot from it.  I was somewhat shocked when she agreed to talk to me over Zoom about her love of Metal.  I needn’t have worried, Victoria was fantastic.  I would love to have her on the show again sometime.  Massive thanks to her for agreeing to the interview.

You might be wondering why I’ve been interviewing non-musicians on The Wyrd Ways Rock Show.  It’s a music show, right?  There’s a very good reason.  This music we call Metal unites a lot of people from across the world.  Metal is for everyone.  We are a community and we should be looking after our own.  Some of our siblings are being silenced, legislated against (or threatened with it) or being “othered” by society at large, and it’s past time we all stepped up and helped.  I’m doing that by listening to them and magnifying their voices by getting them on the show to talk about the thing that unites us all – Metal.  It’s a lot harder to “other” someone who shares your tastes.  It also helps us to be reminded that people in marginalized communites like women, POCs, queer people, trans people and sex workers of all types are just as human as we are and deserve to be treated in the same way.

I’m using my cis het white guy privilege and my platform, such as it is, to stand up for any of my siblings (as a human being and a dyed-in-the-wool Metalhead) who are being downtrodden by bigots, right wing politicians, TERFs and SWERFs.

The rest of the show is the usual mix of high quality brand new Rock and Metal, served just the way you like it with a bit of a chat about the Sexplicit event, run by PDSM I went to last weekend.

Here’s the Acast player:

And here’s the playlist:

Zand – Toes!
Faster Pussycat – Motorbike
Ida Maria – Lazy
Lucie Sue – Reckless
Midnight – Steel, Rust and Disgust
Heaven Shall Burn – Empowerment
Cryptosis – In Between Realities
Igorrr – Blastbeat Falafel
The Medea Project – Dance Of The Void
Primus – Mr Krinkle
Dogma – Forbidden Zone
Death Pill – Phone Call
Curse Of Cain – Achtung
Blax – Doctor Love
Malevolence – Salth The Wound
Porcelain Victoria – Interview
Korn – Coming Undone
Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue
Megadeth – Peace Sells
Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
Britney Spears – Toxic (Metal remix by bliix)
In This Moment – Sex Metal Barbie
Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction – Prime Mover