The OJays

The reason why this entry happens to here is because it was the story of the OJays and specifically their recordings in my own music library predates my main blog.

The OJays have a long history but it wasn't until Gambol and Huff produces take them into their Philadelphia International label in the early 1970's that they broke big and it was around that era that I first got to hear of them.

Strangely enough once source of hearing them was the journey to school as one of the drivers who took me always had their stuff plus a shedfull of other acts on that label playing out of his car stereo.

Several things hit you of which the first was the production being sparse allowing the musicianship to rise and the vocals to come through clearly.

The second was the arrangements with a strong jazz influence and finally them words - the OJays famously had had 'a message in our music' talking about the state of society - family breakdown, integrity, backstabbers, racism, the importance of love and so on in what in other respects was a cynical no future era. 

In the OJay's world you could rise above what maybe holding you down.

They were played also on the radio in the metropolitan area nearby.

I was late into getting anything buy the OJays on compact disc and the first title I did get was "Collectors Items" originally released on lp in 1977 which is a collection of special mixes of their earlier songs. 

Shortly afterwards in the States a number of their early albums got issued by Sony legacy but these were very hard to find and in fact I've only just completed my set with the Backstabbers, Ship Ahoy and Survival studio albums plus the Live In London album issued in 1974.

In late 1998 it was announced that WestSide were to re-issue all their post 1976 albums in the UK the following year and in that period I bought each issue as soon as it came out.

They came in the form of either 2 albums on a single cd or three on 2 cds with one album kind of split between the discs which wasn't ideal but they had very good notes about what was happening with the band, all the singles issued with their 'b' sides and so on.

There were all re-released by Edsel in 2004 in the much better 2 album on one cd format.

A year of experiments

2010 was an important year where with encouragement I did pick up my baton and run with it which was better than the period before where I just didn't feel anyone actually understood this whole thing.

It was more like "You want to be a girl then?" or people thinking you were a transvestite and there was enough arguments in the LGBTQI camp between those two without bringing into it that you might be mainly male and pretty happy with that but with some feminine traits people had issues with wanting to stick you at the extremes.

At the end of the day what were were is just a piece of cloth cut and sown different that's all.

I experimented a bit with shorter skirts as most of skirts I ever got to wear were more just above the knee or longer  wanting to see just how I felt as the only really short stuff I wore back then was very brief gym shorts we had to at school  that left much leg bare.

I came to conclusion I wanted to do mix more of this in with wearing shorts because I just felt better looking like the child I feel.

Christmas 2010

It's Christmas here which is why posts are a bit off the usual schedule.

For as long as I remember Annuals have figured in my Christmas's with these two being up with being the longest from boyhood adding something to the weekly comic experience which normally include a Christmas  week special.

In my LSG life it is the same and for the same reasons, they have same connection, making me happy because it's just about the mixture of boys and girls interests within.

I like the anime Ben 10 Alien Force which is an adventure series shown on tv and had this years annual.

Then beyond super heroes there was annual for gurls like me too.

I did have some money which will put toward some cds in the near future be the classical or pop, a recording of Anne-Sophie Mutter playing the Brahms Violin Concerts, vouchers and a book token all of which will come in handy for when the roads clear and it's possible to travel into town as the snow melts.

Season's Greetings

 

It's fast approaching Christmas here where apart from reading the Nativity story we're going to busy with writing our Christmas Cards, visiting our friends and generally preparing for Christmas Day itself so we'll be taking a break here on the Feminine Boy until the New Year.

Our blog is like us unapologetically Junior minded steeped in life and likes of being a Junior even if by our age we are older than our years and that is and was what we're about our child-like innocence.

So with all that we'd like to wish you a very happy Christmas and New Year.

Making the most of the season

 

The year has seen so much happen with me both on the inside and the external presentation side Christmas will have an element of this mixed in with all my other stuff as the best present for Tammy is knowing she's just a Sissy Gurl.

Miss D mentally undressing me revealing all my sissy traits was the best present of all.

Raves from the grave!

Well I have eventually started to tackle the question of what to do about tracks I really liked from my mix tapes back in the 80's that I don't have either cds or even vinyl copies of cos I was skint at the time. They were tapped straight off of the radio on my Pioneer GhettoBlaster - a big somewhat expensive stereo radio cassette recorder that handled all sorts of tapes and had dolby to cut tape hiss for good measure.

I have decided to chase them on various music download sites and in time to group them in files.

So far I have gotten:

Billy Satellite: Satisfy Me Aug 84

Ratt: Round and Round July 84

Night Ranger Sister Christian June 84

Dwight Twilly Band: Girls April 84

Twisted Sister: We're Not Gonna take It '83)

Twisted Sister: I Am (I'm Me) (UK April 83)

Twisted Sister: I Wanna Rock (84)

Twisted Sister: Stay Hungry (84)

Twisted Sister: Leader Of The Pack

Twisted Sister: Come Out and Play

Preparing for winter

Winter usually is a time where I tend to go walking through the local woods quite a bit because I do enjoy being out of doors taking fresh air although though my social anxiety makes it hard at times to feel confident by myself.

Equally, with my physical disabilities not least cerebral palsy, I find walking about difficult even in flat shoes so I could never wear heels to walking never mind actually run around in although believe me I do so enjoy trying to hugging trees cos they they make me feel good and also it's part of game I've played since childhood starting in the school playground that had a big tree at the corner near a gate where played our games back then.

I just love dashing about feeling the fresh air on my skin dressed in a pretty skirt.

That was the most fun I could have then and still love now.