Ash Koosha, Beyonce, Anohni, Roma brass bands and militant jazz … June’s tracks of the month
A plethora of amazing albums was released last month. Here are a few of my favourites…
Spurs 4 – QPR 0, and the gay pride flag at White Hart Lane
Sometimes football delivers up 90 minutes of perfection: the sun is shining for the first home game of the season, your team serves up a four-goal feast, you watch wonderful fast, flowing football as four exciting attacking players – Adebayor, Lamela, Eriksen and Chadli – weave in and out and surge towards the opponents’ goal.
Group H: Homophobia, Islamophobia and democratophobia!
Welcome to the final post in our series, an alternative look at the eight groups that make up the first round of the World Cup. Phobias – the governments of the Group H countries have them all! The most important thing to remember is that trade unionists, civil rights groups and campaigners in those countries oppose their every move.
DJ Sprinkles: Joy and Pain
DJ Sprinkles’ new album, Queerifications and Ruins, is as sublime as it is thought provoking.
Video: Millwall players speak out for Football v Homophobia
Well done Millwall FC, who have released this brilliant video, with their players speaking up for the Football v Homophobia campaign.
The right take to the streets in Paris
On Sunday according to the police – 80,000 and the organisers – 500,000 took to the streets of Paris in support of the ‘traditional family’. These bigots were united in their opposition to gay marriage and adoption. Some are saying that this march is part of a wider development of a new right wing movement.