Obsession Has Memory

For singer-songwriter Harvey Lancaster-Rous, Lana del Rey is more than a fleeting obsession. She’s an idol, a genius, and a mirror - the pivotal influence in finding his voice as an artist.  Drawing parallels between darker aspects of the queer male experience and Lana’s wayward woman motif, Harvey traces a journey from dedicated choirboy to gallivanting circus act, from working in gay saunas to g...

As a teen Hailey Maxwell met Conor Baird when he was ‘already cool’. But what followed was still a journey of coming of age together and finding connection through each other's obsessions.  Hosted with a LIVE audience at Glasgow Project Room, Hailey interviews Conor about his new film ‘Femme Disturbance’ and how important Action Heroines were during his closeted adolescence. Hailey recalls mem...

Surprisingly Meredith MacLeod Davidson had initially kept Miley Cyrus at arms length, despite being intrigued enough to watch Hannah Montana over her younger sister's shoulders. But by overcoming her internalised misogyny Meredith was not only able embrace Miley, she became OBSESSED. We discuss Meredith’s new zine ‘Miley’, which positions Meredith’s own coming of age and Miley’s continual esca...

Ruby Lawrence had always been interested in animals. But the 1993 film Free Willy sparked an intense passion for whales and a desire to know everything about them. Crushes on characters Jesse and Nadine sure did help… or confuse things! Whales became the ultimate living thing, resulting in some magical encounters across the world. Ruby tells us how she identified with this game changer of a trilog...

One Summer long ago, giacinta frisillo found themselves home alone making a VHS copy of the 1994 film Maverick, so that they could watch it every day. In secret. Every. Day. In this episode giacinta opens up about their journey in living with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and the ways this can manifest. We go ‘all in’ on Mel Gibson’s titular character and the supporting ones: Graham Greene’s...

Artiste Ross Fleming and I pop some proseccs and revisit Return to Oz, the 1985 feature film starring a young Fairuza Balk -  seen as the darker but less successful sequel to Wizard of Oz. We share our similiar coming out experiences and finding your queer superhero power within. Hear how the dark-camp-fantasy genre is a staple in Ross’ work, such as his new perfumey film project ‘No Place Like Ho...

Our ultraspecial guest this time round is Steff Baird - my sister no less <3! She’s been so obsessed with the ultraviolent Battle Royale that it’s been included in her gamertags and online usernames for almost 20 years: @RinoaTakako. We talk about our family ties, the bedroom as teenage sanctuary, gothic girls in catholic schools, obsession hand-me-downs, Japanese horror, and of course all iter...

hello 1ST EPISODE! hear our lovely debut guest Maxine McKay (who is she? where did you find her?!) chat all about the golden years of Big Brother UK. reality TV may be Maxine's medicine but does she have what it takes to be your new housemate?