Laura May
Personal Brief
i do some things, i can seperate them nicely.
i dj at all kinds of hot little houses. these include motherfucker. unit 22. the dress up box. blah blah blah. chopped banana. and our own charming evening, 'the slaughter house'. we are called Ladiez Di(e.
i try and approach this aspect of my life with a great sense of maturity and commitment. Unfortunately, i usually end up wearing a childrens hat and ugly leggins, writing on myself in felt tip, and then getting confused when nobody else wants to dance to SO SOLID, and BILLIE PIPER.
but they still ask us back.....
I am a writer. This takes place in an assortment of venues. Right now i'm trecking around kentish town writing full time for DIVA , interviewing the likes of beth ditto and spending way too long penning the 'hot or not' sections. I can't use kim wilde references anymore...the obsession is almost unhealthy.
I write for other things too, this is one.
oh and i perform graphically sexual poetry to uk garage beats whenever people allow me.I used to be the lead singer of a riot grrl band called 'mary luxembourg and the black bats' we had fun, but then realised we were quite shit.
Oh well.
I miss my art projects. we made waves in seasisde towns with shock-status-live-art. I wore a strap-on harness containg a whisk one time whilst a crowd of people prodded me whilst i remained still, that was a bit tricky. I'm interested in creating big things again.
so mainly i cut up t shirts. listen to uk garage. talk about judy chicago and kim wilde. and rant about dehydration.
Artists on your radar, shout them out!
make time for these little iced-gems...
so loud!
frank music
psychofags in binbags
the glamour soundsystem
best fwends
kids on tv
we heart kinney
bolt action five
the XX
O lousy tired gal
miss odd kid
the cleft pallets
Ladiez Di(e)
obviously i like big things too:
SMD
Bunny rabbit
surkin
duke dumont
uffie
the beastie boys
cher
human league
lisa maffia
Wu tang
diane cluck
laura viers
lil' kim
the ripps
the teenagers
hang on the box
sleeper
lo-fi-nk
Which is your number one location – and what’s it best for?
ASDA AT 4AM. we are blessed with a 24 hour supermarket. it's best for greek salad sandwiches, trifle and fags.
bardens boudoir:
because twice a month it get's slapped by motherfucker. which is a theatre of pop-riot-trash-bleeps-grime-slams-body poppin-wall sweatin-beat eating-
party fun.come.
the custard factory- birmingham puts everything good that's ever existed into one weird building. it makes my accent come out too.bonus.
‘Getting creative’, what’s it all about?
spooning with clever people.
smashing things and making better things.
hospital radio charity shops.
proud to be pop.
Your Life, Right Now – what’s the soundtrack?
oochie wally wally..
oochie bang bang....
&
remember i told ya, i'm a soldier...
&
gypsy, death and you...
&
tell me. what you're thinking about when you got me waitin patiently...
oh and my dads toyah wilcox vinyl.
What is your idea of a jolly good time?
What happened the last time you were a complete disgrace?
In this city, where is your most romantic spot?

