For One Night Only

14 Jul 2023

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

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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.