We rewind, once again, to 1978 and 1979 and a trio of record reviews I wrote for the New Music Magazine. It actually makes me feel uncomfortable when I go back and read these reviews as my humour was sophomoric, the writing was weak, and in a lot of instances I really missed what was important, or not important about some of these records. I was young.
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Roxanne Tellier: To Russia With Love
Posted in Opinion with tags Adam Lambert, Anna Gutmanis, Bronski Beat, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elton Motello, Frank Ocean, Gay Anthems, Gay Ban, Ivri Lider, Matt Alber, Melissa Ethridge, music, music videos, Putin, Records, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Rufus Wainwright, Russian Olympics, Soft Cell, Tom Robinson, Toronto, Tracy Ullman on August 18, 2013 by segarini“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything” – Alexander Hamilton.
I stand for human rights. Apparently, Russia does not.
On June 30 this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill banning the “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations to minors.” A certain segment of Russians decided that this bill allowed them to lure, torture, beat and otherwise harm other humans.