Queer Control Records Video Showdown underway

Over on Queer Control Records‘ Web site, you can vote on one of five videos for their Video Showdown. We’ve made our choice but we’ll be mum about it. Don’t want to influence your vote.  The DIY-ness gives them some refreshing perspective against your everyday music vid and some innovative art direction makes some of the vids overly interesting. And the songs are killer. We wish QCR released a mixtape of these ditties as well. Vote now. Polls close June 14.

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4th Annual Queer People of Color Conference this weekend in CA

We’re officially sad because this conference looks like one of the most interesting ever. Not only does the Queer People of Color Conference “honor the advances made by queer people of color amid various geopolitical, sociological, and institutional pressures that have informed our individual consciousnesses and the structures of our supporting organizations” but it also has a heck of a lineup of workshops. Here is a sampling:

“Don’t Be a Dick”: Queer phobic Insults

Today’s Queer Asian Cinema

For Faith, For Love, Forever: A screening of the upcoming documentary about the Black Church and Prop 8

“That’s So Gay”

Topics range from politics to pop culture to immigration and the arts. We took note because Queer Control Records mentioned they will be hosting the workshop, The QPOC Unicorn: Where are all the Queer PUNKS of Color? presented by Jeremy Alva, Marlene Melendez, and Jocelyn Wong.If anyone can find out, it’s going to be the peeps at QCR.

Not only is the conference all workshops and caucuses, they also have musicians and entertainment on hand, an open mic and an art gallery. And it should be noted that their keynote speaker is Trinity A. Ordona, Ph.D. who was named one of the 20 Most Influential Lesbian Professors by Curve Magazine. Not too shabby.

Better yet, the conference is freakin’ free! At least according to the flyer. How they can pull that off is beyond us but congrats to them for the accomplishment. The conference runs tomorrow and Saturday over at the University of California @ Davis.

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Queer Control Records releases 2009 artist roster

Something old, something new, something probably not borrowed and if something’s blue it may be emo. Queer Control Records has added to its small but already impressive roster and they are giving you the heads up. Personally, we’re a bit excited about Shenandoah Davis. After this quick bio and listen, she’s on our gaydar. We don’t know how we missed her the first go ’round. Most definitely our mistake.

Here’s their official (thought not many) word:

We are psyched and proud to introduce to you our new 2009 QCR line-up!

Some new, some old, all with the same love: music!

Pariah Piranha

Nancy FullForce

Once A Pawn

Tough Tough Skin

Shenandoah Davis

and our new 2009 Distro Artists!
Box Squad

Princess and the Criminals

For music and info on our 2009 roster please visit queercontrol. com.

QCR Music Podcast will be released March 15th so keep a look out!

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Queer Control Records recalls ’08 w first podcast

The peeps and bands over at Queer Control Records made good on their promise to deliver video podcasts. Last week they debuted Podcast 1 with label mates Pariah Piranha, Box Squad, Tough Tough Skin and Eight-Inch Betsy and some of the staff remembering the year that was for each of them. And a good year it sounded like. Hear them wax not so poetic but oh so fun about their tours, recordings and whatever else pops out.

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