Queer TV theme songs – Show #118 (part 2), 25 August 2019
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After playing her k.d. lang track of the week, Katie chats to Miss Chatelaine’s US correspondent, Mark Blankenship, about folky-rootsy themes for queer-inclined TV shows, including the recent BBC/HBO series Gentleman Jack, Netflix favourite Orange Is the New Black, Pretty Little Liars, True Blood and Please Like Me. Here is the playlist:
- Crying – Roy Orbison & k.d. lang
- Gentleman Jack – O’Hooley & Tidow
- You’ve Got Time (chamber version) – Regina Spektor
- Secret – The Pierces
- Bad Things – Jace Everett
- I’ll Be Fine – Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes
Mark Blankenship is a New York–based podcaster and writer who, among other things, co-hosts the podcast Mark and Sarah Talk About Songs (MASTAS) with Sarah D. Bunting. Visit MASTAS’s Patreon page and follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. You can also follow Mark on Twitter.
Above: Sophie Rundle as Ann Walker and Suranne Jones as Anne Lister in BBC/HBO’s Gentleman Jack; photo by Jay Brooks/HBO
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