About this episode
BRUCE LABRUCE is an iconic filmmaker known the world over for his uncompromising approach to cinema… & a legendary zinemaker. Today on the show Damian sits down with one of his most anticipated guests to discuss the conception of Queercore & manifesting the punk you want. Listen in as the two discuss: the Toronto Zine Scene, Gavin & Vice, Nazi violence, Robin Wood’s cultural impact & tons of other stuff! NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!!!! Also Touched On: Growing up in small town Ontario Seeing a punk with fully charged hair in Toronto for the first time Into the fashion first Just Desserts: a place for rich people to eat cake and freaks to work Meeting Fifth Column and a world opening up MRR Partying backstage with Husker Du Disco and Folk CKEW out of Detroit Gucci’s Queercore line Fanzine: The Ephemeral Art form Nirvana before the boom “Queering everything”: Creating Queercore out of reclaimed and found elements of punk Trying to create a new gay culture The Mumps Vaginal Davis and “Fertile Latoya Jackson” Pat Loud cooking for the punks The rightwing appropriation of punk atheistic and strategy The Vice days DBDTD The having to deal with Neo-Nazis Skinheads in Toronto Loving Can-rock Rough Trade Will Munro, Vazaleen and making the JDs fiction real The Gun Club at a boozecan Zuzu’s Petals Getting punched while covering the Dead Kennedys The 1988 Anarchist Unconvention in Toronto Robin Wood: more radical than the punks Cineaction being deprogrammed by punk Pissing on the Cinema of Transgression & SO MUCH MORE!!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy