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West Midlands (UK) based Photographer/Videographer 📸 🎥 Panasonic GH6
Horror and cult movie obsessive 💀
Trans and bloody proud 🏳️‍⚧️.

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Tonight’s show is a mix of music to chill the atmosphere around you! Featuring ambient to spine tingling tracks that’ll get you in the mood to be scared! Tune in at 9pm to @wzml929 or online via the link on my bio •3-

Featuring work by Access to Arasaka, Bacta Drop, Cheryl Johnson, Death Leopards, Delerium, Dolorem, Faux Sang, Ghost Cop, Hour, Meat Beat Manifesto, Mika Vainio, MMK, Mr Mansion, Opera Benezet, Princes of the Sun, Richard Hamilton, Rik Schaffer, Scorn, Scra-ches, The Birthday Massacre, The Ruin of Friendship Orchestra, and X-Fusion, etc.

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For those of you that love your usual spot, but enjoy occasionally stepping out of the everyday norm. The Duke is the place to be TONIGHT! 🫶

Our Alt Dj’s @theritualimage & @imogen.k.baker will be playing fantastic obscure beats for you to delve into this evening ✨

This is a final call out for those of you who want to experience something a lil different, new and super cool 😎

Tech Noir starts at 7pm TONIGHT in The Pub Garden 🍻💃🪩

We can’t wait 😎

📆Friday 21st August
🕰️7pm -1am
🎟️FREE ENTRY, OVER 18’S ONLY

📍The Duke William, Stourbridge

#technoir #thdukewilliam #stourbridge #realalepub #beergarden

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It has been a week since The Birth of KINGSKIN+🌟

After the big boxing battle, Tom & Pube ending up bumming in the skip 🔥

We cannot thank everyone enough for cumming and making it such a beautiful, sexy, hot + fun evening!! 💦

Pics from the night coming soon😘
(as well as some feedback forms)

Love you all,
The KINGSKIN+ Team 💚

📸: @theritualimage

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Hey icon, can I call you icon?

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Queercore in the Second City 22/08/2025, 17:30

Like this poster? You’re in luck! Grab yourself a free ‘Queercore in the Second City’ movie poster tomorrow evening at the premiere.

Designed by Chris Gallagher (@miserytakeme)

24 hours to go, here’s what you need to know:
Doors @ 17:30
Intro @ 18:00 (upstairs)
Screening @ 18:15, approx 30 minute run time
Q&A @ 18:45
Afterparty with 0121Queercore (@0121queercore), Blythe Blade (@blytheblade0121), Without Blood (@withoutbloodhc), Luxury Nan Smell (@luxurynansmell), and Leibniz (@leibnizband) @ 19:30 (downstairs)

Queercore in the Second City is a documentary following the Queercore scene in Birmingham, commissioned by the Royal Geographical Society’s (@rgs_ibg) annual conference.

“Queercore in the Second City explores the countercultural movement rooted in DIY ethics and community. The scene creates a space where individuals, particularly those marginalised by mainstream culture, can express their identity, confront societal issues, and find solidarity through shared experiences.”

Directed and produced by Centrala
Executive producer, Lexi Bushell (@cameragirllexi)
Filmed by Ryley Morton (@ryleymorton_photography), Kimberly Barber (@kimncamera), and Spence Hackett (@theritualimage)
Edited by Lexi Bushell

Limited tickets are available through the link in our bio.

See you there!!!!

#centralaspace #birmingham #digbeth #ukqueercore #ukqc #queercore #ukhc #hardcore #ukhardcore

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Queercore in the Second City 22/08/2025, 17:30

The documentary Queercore in the Second City launches in just over a week and we cannot wait! The documentary explores Birmingham’s thriving Queer Hardcore (Queercore) scene, a subculture rooted in punk’s DIY ethos, community building, and queer resistance. Produced by Centrala and commissioned by the Royal Geographical Society (@rgs_ibg), the film captures a unique moment in time where music, identity, and place collide.

After the screening, we’ll keep the celebrations going with an afterparty in collaboration with 0121Queercore (@0121queercore), with Leibniz (@leibnizband), Luxury Nan Smell (@luxurynansmell), Without Blood (@withoutbloodhc), and Blythe Blade (@blytheblade0121), from 19:30.

Following the launch we have a new exhibition ‘Queercore in the Second City: Loud and Queer’, featuring photographs documenting some of the Queercore gigs by Ryley Morton (@ryleymorton_photography), from 23/08 - 14/09/2025. Morton’s work offers an intimate portrait of a community built from DIY ethics, political defiance, and the urgent need for spaces where queer people can be loud, visible, and unapologetically themselves.

More info in the link in our bio!

Photo by Ryley Morton

#centralaspace #birmingham #digbeth #ukqueercore #ukqc#queercore #ukhc #hardcore #ukhardcore #QueercoreInTheSecondCity

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My noisy return to Notts is less than 2 weeks away... Sat 16 Aug at @wemakeourway alongside the incredible @soborgnost & @gixnthxxd @spandex__ tickets £7 advance £10 door - which includes food... Bargain!! BYOB 🍻 Come fill your belly & shake a leg with us! @hellothorrecords 📸 @theritualimage

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Collection of spirit bright & bold, it's time to spook the system! Please join me on tour to celebrate the release of my next project, 'Apparitions'

🌟14.08 @sidneyandmatilda supporting @liambailey.music
🌟16.08 @wemakeourway @hellothorrecords
🌟29.08 @supersonic_fest
🌟17.10 @theratandpigeonmcr @__empireevents
🌟18.10 @instagranary @mothevents
🌟29.11 @wharfchamberscc

This tour is powered by the incredible @helpmusicians & @djmagofficial - thank you for your support!

See you on the road <3
📷 by @theritualimage

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Queercore in the Second City documentary launch and gig, 22/08/25, 18:00 @ Centrala

Queercore in the Second City is a documentary following the Queercore scene in Birmingham, commissioned by the Royal Geographical Society’s (@rgs_ibg) annual conference.

“Queercore in the Second City explores the countercultural movement rooted in DIY ethics and community. The scene creates a space where individuals, particularly those marginalised by mainstream culture, can express their identity, confront societal issues, and find solidarity through shared experiences.”

Doors @ 17:30
Screening @ 18:00 approx, 30 mins (upstairs)
Gig @ 19:30 line up TBA (downstairs)
Free entry for the screening, but you will need to book a space (link will be made available next week)

Donations welcome for the gig!

More info in our bio!!!

Directed and produced by Centrala
Executive producers, Lexi Bushell (@cameragirllexi)
Filmed by Ryley Morton (@ryleymorton_photography), Kimberly Barber (@kimncamera), and Spence Hackett (@theritualimage)
Edited by Lexi Bushell

Photos by Ryley Morton

#centralaspace #birmingham #digbeth #ukqueercore #ukqc#queercore #ukhc #hardcore #ukhardcore #metalcore

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A storm is brewing…

22/08/25, 18:00

Directed and produced by Centrala
Executive producers, Lexi Bushell (@cameragirllexi) & Ryley Morton (@ryleymorton_photography)
Filmed by Ryley Morton, Kimberly Barber (@kimncamera), and Spence Hackett (@theritualimage)
Edited by Lexi Bushell

Commissioned by the Royal Geographical Society for the annual conference at the University of Birmingham, 2025 (@rgs_ibg)

More information is coming at the end of this week.

#centralaspace #birmingham #digbeth #ukqueercore #ukqc#queercore #ukhc #hardcore #ukhardcore #metalcore

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SAVE THE DATE

22/08/25

Directed and produced by Centrala
Executive producers, Lexi Bushell (@cameragirllexi)
Filmed by Ryley Morton (@ryleymorton_photography), Kimberly Barber (@kimncamera), and Spence Hackett (@theritualimage)
Edited by Lexi Bushell

Commissioned by Professor Pat Noxolo on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference at the University of Birmingham, 2025 (@rgs_ibg)

More information is coming soon.

#centralaspace #birmingham #digbeth #ukqueercore #ukqc #queercore #ukhc #hardcore #ukhardcore #metalcore

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