Podcast: Am I Straight or Gay – A Conversation with Snax

(Featured Image: That Poster, 1981; © Warner Bros.)

This episode, I’m taking a little break from the University of Salford Purple Reign conference to talk to musician Paul Bonomo, a.k.a. Snax. We discuss Prince’s professional and personal impact on Paul, of course, but we also speak more broadly to the two-way flow of influence between Prince and gay culture–an area that’s been vastly underexplored in the popular discourse around the artist. I’m excited to see the extended conversation that comes out of this frank and at times provocative discussion.

Next episode, we’re returning to both Manchester and queerness with two presenters from one of the Purple Reign conference’s Gender and Sexuality panels: independent scholars Chris Aguilar-Garcia and Natalie Clifford. In the meantime, remember that you can subscribe to the d / m / s / r podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play; you can also stream individual episodes on Mixcloud. If you like what you’ve heard of Snax, you can also follow him on Facebook and check out his new album, Shady Lights, when it releases on October 27.

00:00:00   “Just as Long as We’re Together (Snax’s Extended Ending Edit)” by Snax, 2017

00:02:02   One of the Earlier Episodes with Jane Jones

00:07:10   “Delirious (7” Edit) (1983 single, available on 4Ever)

00:11:30   The Cover of Dirty Mind, 1980

00:13:09 “Do It All Night” (from Dirty Mind)

00:19:22   “Automatic” (from 1999, 1982)

00:25:06   “Chocolate” by the Time (from Pandemonium, 1990)

00:27:02   “If a Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up)” by Vanity 6 (from Vanity 6, 1982)

00:35:18   “3121” (from 3121, 2006)

00:37:52   “Tasty Love” by Freddie Jackson (from Just Like the First Time, 1986)

00:40:00   “Movie Star” (1986 Recording, available on Crystal Ball)

00:42:25   Prince and Jerome Benton: Way More Chemistry than Prince and Kristin Scott Thomas

00:45:37   Here’s the Prince Podcast Episode We’re Talking About

00:49:30   “Jack U Off” (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, 1982)

00:52:10   Troubling Prince Quote Number 1

00:52:47   Troubling Prince Quote Number 2

00:54:40   Prince’s Totally Heteronormative Performance at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards

00:55:52   Previous Episode with Erica Thompson

00:57:25   “Let’s Pretend We’re Married” (from 1999)

01:04:25   Our Facebook Thing

01:06:09   Paul’s Website

01:06:20   Shady Lights on Facebook

01:06:29   Snax on Facebook

01:06:49   “Turn It” by Snax featuring Mavin, from the Upcoming Album Shady Lights