Ep#199 - Louise Distras - Cancelled By The Music Industry

This week on The Knight Tube , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to musician Louise Distras (@LouiseDistras) 0:00 Intro 0:37 About Louise 1:00 On the perception of 'cancel culture' and a bad childhood. 6:13 Policing the language women are allowed to use in this debate 7:13 The political climate in the music industry. 11:20 What first got you in to trouble on the gender debate? 13:28 Being banned from Bandcamp and dropped from her booking agent. 20:27 Is Louise able to record new music now? 22:02 The Smiths singer Morrisey 25:26 Online trans activist mobs 26:55 What happened with Billy Bragg? 30:02 Religious and cult-like behaviour 32:20 Is there a class issue in all this? 35:44 Would Louise keep quiet about this issue if she could go back in time? 39:08 The power of smears and cause for optimism? 43:06 Has your fanbase increased? 45:19 The problem with Spotify This conversation was recorded before Louise was arrested in December 2023. Stephen Knight's Substack: Support the podcast at Also available on iTunes , Stitcher , YouTube & Spotify.

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Ep#199 - Louise Distras - Cancelled By The Music Industry is an episode from The Godless Spellchecker Podcast by Godless Spellchecker.

This episode is 47:34 long.

This episode was published on May 17, 2024.

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