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Have you ever felt like you\\u2019re ever-so-slightly less-than? Do you ever get the sense that you\\u2019re living in someone else\\u2019s shadow? Have you, too, experienced that niggling sensation that there is somebody else \\u2013 somebody more successful than you, more recognised, more universally revered \\u2013 consistently beating you to the punch? OF COURSE YOU DO! You\\u2019re queer for christ sake, those feelings of inadequacy are literally engrained in us during childhood because of the systemic patriarchal dictatorship we\\u2019re born into!
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Aaaanyway, the silver lining that comes along with the feeling of never being quite good enough is that we get to identify with icons such as the legendary Miss Dannii Minogue. Persistently eclipsed by the dazzling fluorescence of her sister, the other Minogue has always struck a chord with members of the queer community due to her resillience and penchant for a filthy dancefloor banger.

Neon Nights is her magnum opus. Fresh from the success of solo release "Who Do You Love Now?", Dannii worked with a swathe of dance producers to create an album that epitomises turn-of-the-century clubbing. Reminiscent of her fellow Class of 2003 alumni Stonebridge, and Angel City, Neon Nights boasts modern classics like "Put the Needle on It', "I Begin to Wonder" and "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling". But how does the rest of the album stand up over 15 years later?

It seems impossible to squeeze any more iconnery into one episode but somehow we've managed it, because this fortnight the boys are joined by bona fide pop prince Tom Aspaul. Known for collaborations with Viceroy and Aeble, and his I.C.O.N.I.C. cover of Brandy's "Full Moon", Tom pulled up a mic to discuss what Dannii means to him, and life as an out queer artist.

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