Today (February 27) the trans grassroots organisation and healthcare fund We Exist is holding a star-studded event to raise urgent funds for trans people in need across the UK. Titled
Trans Day of Joy, the event was “conceived out of the fact that all other significant days in the calendar for trans people are often based on our trauma and not on our joy,” We Exist tells Dazed. “We wanted to make an event that focuses on trans excellence.”
Accordingly, Trans Day of Joy brings together a stellar, all-trans lineup of performers, musicians, filmmakers, and artists from its trans residency with The Koppel Project (meet some of those artists here). Among the performers are
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Happy
Harlecore. Harnessing the transcendental power of trance, the record is divided into four sounds, each represented by a room in Harle’s interactive, eponymous virtual Club Harlecore, which opens tonight. There’s the maniacal makina of MC Boing, whose “Boing Beat” and “Car Song” hark back to the halycon days of Crazy Frog; the uplifting hardcore of DJ Danny’s “On A Mountain” and DJ Mayhem’s gabber-fuelled “Interlocked”. These high-intensity sounds are punctuated with otherworldly soundscapes courtesy of DJ Ocean, whose “Ocean’s Theme” and “For So Long” offer a slice of restorative ambience. So, what are you waiting for?
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Wednesday (February 24) marked the annual celebration of the day Agent Cooper arrived in the town of Twin Peaks back in 1989 – affectionately known as Twin Peaks Day. Last year, Kyle MacLachlan celebrated by joining TikTok and lip-syncing his iconic entrance on the show. This year, the actor returned to the platform to duet fans’
In one clip, MacLachlan shows off his merch from the cult David Lynch series; in another, he reacts to a freshly baked cherry pie; and in one, he sips coffee while another user lip-syncs the scene where Cooper reacts to his “damn fine cup of coffee”. In his final video from the day, MacLachlan joins a TikTok trend by asking fans to “tell me you’re a
From his music to his manner, LD embodies the endless complexities of what drill has come to be – as his LP Who’s Watching drops, the drill godfather addresses his relationship with the police, his past, and the contemporary scene