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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hot Mess Autumn-Winter 2026-27 Glasgow Poetry Club 10 October 14 November 12 December 31 December 13 February Edinburgh Sneaky Pete's 2 October 6 November 4 December 30 December 5 February BIG HOT MESS HALLOWEEN - 30 October, Biscuit Factory

A painting of some gnomes dancing round an open fire beneath some huge beech trees. It's overlaid with text:

Hot Mess
Autumn-Winter 2026-27

Glasgow
Poetry Club
10 October
14 November
12 December
31 December
13 February

Edinburgh
Sneaky Pete's
2 October
6 November
4 December
30 December
5 February

BIG HOT MESS HALLOWEEN - 30 October, Biscuit Factory

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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

wonderful glasgow bookshop Category Is Books is less than £1k away from their fundraising goal to repair their smashed windows and install shutters, consider donating and buying some books

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's bisexual visibility day! So here I am. When I identified only as a queer man, everyone assumed that I was gay. Academics call it "monosexism" - the idea that people can only be attracted to one gender. It's a pervasive, powerful concept. But it's bullshit! Being bisexual is great. Join us!

A middle-aged man with curly black hair, a moustache and a hairy, broad chest stands in his bedroom wearing nothing but a pair of white y-fronts. He's bisexual.

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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Beloved local bookshop Category Is had their window smashed at the weekend; we are running a fundraiser with all ££ going to help them get shutters. One off mashup of two popular tours, Queer Glasgow and Radical Print Cultures. Tickets £20-£25-£30 if you fancy it! www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-glas...

eventbrite.com

Queer Glasgow x Radical Print

Fundraiser for our pals at Category Is Books

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Here's what I played at Hot Mess on Friday.

A picture of a crowded dancefloor in a small nightclub. It's dark and the people are partly illuminated in a red light. Most people have their tops off. A person in a black bra and their hands aloft is at the front of the photo. The picture is overlaid with text that says:
Hot Mess
Friday 4 September 2026
Here's what I played at Hot Mess on Friday.

1. Waffles: Gaufre
2. Angelillo et Hamel:
Je Veux Te Dire Une Chanson (Steef Edit)

3. Dexter Wansel: The Sweetest Pain (OOFT! edit)

4. Wally Badarou: Novela Das Nove
5. Pete Herbert: Wally Dub
6. Ketiov: SU105BPM
7. Talking Heads: Burning Down The House (LNTG edit)
8. Joe Yellow: Runner (OOFT! edit)
9. T: My Mind (OOFT! edit)

10. Melba Moore: Standing Right Here

11. Tony Orlando: Don’t Let Go

12. White Lies: Vol 1
13. Styloo: Pretty Face (OOFT! edit)

14. Alexander Robotnik: Problemes D’Amour
15. Jack Frost and the Circle Jerks: Shout (PH edit)
16. Droids: The Force (Serge Santiago edit)
17. Dorothy’s Fortress: Krylon
18. Roman Flügel: Horns
19. Tronik Youth: Acid Claire
20. Ketiov: Rhythm #2
21. Björk: There’s More To Life Than This (Bonar edit)

22. Alaska: Bailando (PIEK remix)
23. Ketiov: JE 125BPM
24. Butch le Butch: For Your Love
25. Anita Ward: Don’t Drop My Love (Captain’ edit)

26. Orbital: Chime
27. Clark: Dirty Pixie (Marcel Dettmann edit)
28. HN03: Doughnut Dollies (Ton Globiter edit)

29. Midnight Magic: Beam Me Up (Paula Tape casa mix)
30. Paul Johnson: Follow This Beat (edit)
31. DJ Koze: Pick Up
32. Jepe: Vocoder
33. Ian Pooley: CompuRhythm (Dixon 4/4 treatment)
34. Josh Wink & Ursula Rucker: Sixth Sense (Louie Vega mix)
35. Slam: Positive Education
36. LFO: LFO

37. Corona: Rhythm Of The Night

38. Sylvester: Do You Wanna Funk?

39. Tomas Andersson: Washing Up (Tiga remix)
40. JKriv: I Feel Amor

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

You can tell you're getting on when you look at these posts and think "32 years ago - is that all?"

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I dug a pond in my garden two weeks ago, put a few plants in last week, and yesterday I discovered a new resident 🐸

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Playing to 800 people tomorrow! The sun is due to shine and I'm sharing the bill with some of my favourite people. I'm particularly excited about hitting the on-site sauna before my closing set 🥵💦

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Remembering William Orbit's Bass-o-matic performing Fascinating Rhythm on Dance Energy and wanting to petition BBC4 to show an episode of that gem of a show every Friday night after TOTP

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Did I tell you it's the Hot Mess festival special this Friday, the 7th of August? 11pm to 5am at Sneaky Pete's, with yours truly playing all night long

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Two firsts for me on Friday: 1. I DJed at a sauna 2. I didn't drink while DJing for the first time in my 30-year career. It was deeply satisfying and enjoyable, and here's what I played.

A picture of the exterior of Glasgow Community Sauna, taken in the twilight. Its stained-glass window, showing a sunrise, is radiating warm light.

The text on the photo says:
Hot Box
Glasgow Community Sauna
Friday 31 July 2026

1. Tomita: Claire de Lune
2. Stars of the Lid: Tape Hiss Makes Me Happy (edit)
3. Beverly-Glenn Copeland: Light Of The Heavens
4. Stars of the Lid: Requiem For Dying Mothers, pt 2
5. Whin: Solstice
6. Beverly-Glenn Copeland: Old Melody
7. This Mortal Coil: Song To The Siren
8. Chromatics: I'm On Fire
9. Vangelis: Abraham's Theme
10. The Roches: Losing True
11. Ana Roxanne: Suite Pour l'Invisible
13. Gulab Afridi: Raag Yaman (II)
14. Kali Malone: All Life Long (for organ)
15. Beverly-Glenn Copeland: Old (New) Melody
16. Robert Wyatt: At Last I Am Free

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A truly beautiful bit of music by @midlandsound.bsky.social. Hits the sweet spot between playful and sexy, as evidenced by how it went down with the Hot Mess crew last night. Thanks Harry!

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hot Mess is back at the Poetry Club on Saturday 13 June

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

BIG HOT MESS: A queer warehouse party with Marie Davidson, Optimo (Espacio), Olof Dreijer, Accident Machine and my fellow Hot Mess resident Colin. Saturday 22 August, the Pitt, Edinburgh. Tickets on sale Thursday

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Illuminated by the skylight in my new home 🌞

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hot Mess is back at the Poetry Club on Saturday 13 June

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hot Mess is back at the Poetry Club on Saturday 13 June

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Hot Mess, my consistently magical and ecstatic queer dance party, returns to Sneaky Pete's on Friday 5 June, when I'll be playing all night long

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I'm not allowed to tell you who to vote for, because I'll get sacked if I do, but I encourage you to vote in Scotland today

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 07/05/2026

Polls open until 10pm for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election (an hour ago, thanks for not posting the scheduled polls open post, Buffer xoxo); the earlier you vote the better, don't let the day get away from you! Pop in en route to work, after dropping weans at nursery, or coming back from gym!

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Absolutely loved seeing all the people whizzing around on Voi bikes in Glasgow in the sun yesterday. So much fun and joy on the streets!

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Just putting on my best jeans for tonight's Hot Mess show on Radio Buena Vida. Tune in at 7pm!

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Just backed this. I absolutely love @julesscheele.bsky.social's work and I'm very excited about his take on Orlando.

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Hot Mess returns to Sneaky Pete's on Friday 1 May, when I'll be playing all night long.

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Holly Casio @hollycasio.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Imagine being a punk or an activist and not using your local public library on the reg. How embarrassing for you.

Illustration with coloured pencils. Two people are sitting round a campfire at night in the dark telling spooky stories. The first person says "It's your turn to tell a scary story." The second person holds a torch under their face for spooky effect and says "Most people you know don't have library cards. But they love to tell you about mutual aid and community. And they fucking love free little libraries." The first person replies "Nooooooo!"

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Hot Mess is back at the Poetry Club on Saturday

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This is going to be the biggest Hot Mess ever and half the tickets are gone already

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Delighted to announce that the next Big Hot Mess is a day party on Easter Sunday with guests Horse Meat Disco. Tickets go on sale Wednesday morning.

A picture of a bear-type guy wearing an outfit that one of the members of Labelle might've worn circa "Lady Marmalade", standing in front of a blown up photo of the moon. The text says:

Big Hot Mess
with guests
Horse Meat Disco

5pm-10pm
Easter Sunday
The Biscuit Factory

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Delighted to announce that the next Big Hot Mess is a day party on Easter Sunday with guests Horse Meat Disco. Tickets go on sale Wednesday morning.

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I'm back at Sneaks on Friday 6 March, when I'll be playing all night long 🐈‍⬛

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Hot Mess returns to the Poetry Club on Saturday 31 January

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UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

on the topic of car violence, I can't help wondering if the aggy mood of the country isn't exacerbated by a) half of cars being TOO BIG and b) headlights being TOO BRIGHT so everyone on the road constantly feels threatened or hassled

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The Winter Solstice alignment at Stonehenge today. Photo credit: Nick Bull x.com/i/status/200...

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Best wishes for Yule and Winter Solstice. 🪵 ❄️ 🖼️ Margaret Tarrant

A group of children participating in a festive procession, the illustration features six children dressed in historical or old-fashioned clothing:
A child on the left carries a sprig of mistletoe or a similar green plant.
A taller child carries a large Yule log over a shoulder.
Another child holds a bundle of holly with red berries.
A child in a red hooded cloak leads the group, holding a lantern aloft on a pole.
Two children on the right carry bundles of firewood or kindling.
The scene is set against a dark blue background with some greenery visible. Text at the bottom of the image reads, "Sing heigh ho! unto the green holly."

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Ready for the party season ☃️

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Beverly Glenn-Copeland (2025) Joanna Newsom (2010) Living Colour (1989) My Bloody Valentine (2008) Spiritualized (1997)

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

And the Edinburgh Hot Mess Christmas party is a week on Friday. I'll be decking the decks with boughs of jolly all night long. Tra la la la la, bitches and butches!

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Tickets are now up for the Glasgow Hot Mess Christmas party, at which we'll be joined by the delightful @johnloveless.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/hotme...

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

This was a nice feeling. Thanks to the 400 people who came to Big Hot Mess last night. You made an old man very happy!

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Had a refreshing time at the Glasgow community sauna the other day

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

🖼️ Franz Marc

Two foxes, green foliage, star, sun? Painting, cubist, abstract style.

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I am once again dancing in my pants because it's Hot Mess tonight

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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Glaswegians, did you know the library has a decent app (better than the website) where you can request books from any city library be sent to your local one for pickup? There's also a barcode scanner which lets you check in the bookshop if they have the book in the libraries. Really useful!

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Hot Mess @hotmessdisco.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

HOT MESS: Autumn-Winter 2025-26 Glasgow Poetry Club 15 November 13 December 31 December - HOTMANAY 31 January 14 February Edinburgh Sneaky Pete's 7 November 5 December 2 January 6 February BIG HOT MESS 21 November Fruitmarket Gallery Warehouse

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