{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep#199 - Louise Distras - Cancelled By The Music Industry","description":"   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 \u2018cancel culture\u2019 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\u2019s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com  Support the podcast at www.patreon.com\/gspellchecker Also available on  iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube &amp;amp; Spotify. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Godless Spellchecker Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/gspellchecker.wordpress.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/31349152\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/31349152"}