For One Night Only

24 Jun 2022

Mark Aistrope – Bus Driver, Embalmer, Producer & Out Proud JOY Volunteer – Part 1

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Mark Aistrope – Bus Driver, Embalmer, Producer & Out Proud JOY Volunteer – Part 1

In Part 1 of this episode of For One Night Only (FONO), Pete Holmes talks to his very special guest co-host, Mark Aistrope about his mixtape. Mark has worked as a bus driver and an embalmer but is now retired and is a proud JOY volunteer and one of the producers for JOY Breakfast. Mark has been out and proud for many years and married to Richard. His mixtape and story lead us on a journey that explores his life over the years and includes some of his favourite gay songs of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. And, yes he can sing!

Here’s the list of Mark’s songs but you’ll have to listen to find out more about each song:

Play Order	Song Title	Song Artist	Year Released
1	Lost in Space Theme	John Williams	1965
2	Tiptoe Through The Tulips	Tiny Tim	1968
3	Sixteen Going on Seventeen	Sound of Music Soundtrack	1965
4	Delilah	Tom Jones	1967
5	Yellow River	Christie	1970
6	Sweet Transvestite	Soundtrack Rocky Horror Show	1975
7	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	1976
8	The Killing of Georgie	Rod Stewart	1976
9	Redondo Beach	Patti Smith	1976
10	When I Need You	Leo Sayer	1977
11	He’s So Fine	The Chiffons	1963
12	Wuthering Heights	Kate Bush	1977
13	I Can’t Stand the Rain	Eruption	1977
14	Are You Old Enough	Dragon	1978
15	Real Men	Joe Jackson	1982
16	Karma Chameleon	Culture Club	1983
17	It’s Raining Men	The Weather Girls	1983
18	Walking On Sunshine	Katrina and the Waves	1985
19	The Crying Game	Boy George	1987
20	California Dreaming	The Mammas and the Pappas	1965
21	Baby You Were Born this Way	Lady Gaga	2011
22	Your Funny Uncle	Petshop Boys	1988
23	Iam King, Iam Queen	Jack Vidgin	2022
24	Wonderful World	Louis Armstrong	1967
25	Purple Zone	Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys	2022

For One Night Only is a late-night show on JOY 94.9 and a podcast where people from our rainbow communities get to talk through the mixtape of their lives so far.

Note: This podcast is only available to our Australian listeners due to music copyright requirements.