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For One Night Only

14 Jul 2023

Venetia Brissendon – Out Proud Bi-Sexual JOY Presenter, Musician, Social Worker

Music, Society & Culture

Venetia Brissendon – Out Proud Bi-Sexual JOY Presenter, Musician, Social Worker

In this episode of For One Night Only (FONO), Pete Holmes talks with one of the hosts of JOY’s 70s music show, Living in the 70s, Venetia Brissenden – Pronouns she/her. Venetia was born in Canberra, and initially came out as lesbian at the age of 19 because bi-sexuality wasn’t really an option back then but has now claimed that as part of her identity. She’s done public radio in Canberra, played in a band, and moved down to Melbourne to become a rock star which hasn’t happened yet! Had a background of depression so did a degree in Social work so she could help others and has worked in the drug and alcohol field for many years including 5 years at Thorne Harbour Health. She married her wife in the early 2000s in the Netherlands and had some difficulty getting divorced prior to the introduction of marriage equality in Australia.

And does she have a mixtape for you? Think Billie Holiday, Olivia Newton-John, Joan Armatrading, The Bee Gees, Joni Mitchell, James Brown, and many, many more.

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

Play Order Song Title Song Artist
1 Strange Fruit Billie Holiday
2 Hoochie Coochie Man Muddy Waters
3 If not for you Olivia Newton-John
4 Union City Blue Blondie
5 Kissin’ and a Huggin’ Joan Armatrading
6 Staying Alive The Bee Gees
7 Just How Many Times Cold Chisel
9 River Joni Mitchell
10 The Great Curve Talking Heads
11 The Thrill is Gone Renee Geyer
12 Living in America James Brown
14 Inner city blues Marvin Gaye
15 Pull up to the bumper Grace Jones
16 Edith and the Kingpin Herbie Hancock

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 exclusive to our Australian listeners due to music copyright requirements.

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