This is the first and last positive reference to football on this site as a favour to Mark.
Philosophy Football present The ‘Long Hot Summer Night of 1968 Inspiration’ party on Friday 13 June. It takes place at the superb bar and gallery space provided at Offside, 271 City Road, London EC1, see http://www.offsidebar.com. Nearest tube is The Angel, 5 minutes walk.
Doors open at 5.30pm, with food. The night’s amazing line up includes Music from Tymon Dogg and the Quikening ( see www.myspace.com/tymondoggandthequikening) Rockin the Barricades DJ set from the legendary Scratchy ( see www.scratchysounds.co.uk) plus DJ Aretha in support.
Poetry from one of the stars of the performance poetry circuit, Polar Bear (see http://www.myspace.com/polarbearspoken)
Poetry from 1968 beat’ legend Adrian Mitchell
Exhibition all the way from San Francisco, and designers of the party poster, the extraordinary silk-screen posters made famous by their work for Jello Biafra and others, the Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company, see www.myspace.com/ukrockposterexplosiontour Introduction by writers Lynne Segal and Sheila Rowbotham
Roundtable with Red Pepper editor Hilary Wainwright, Mike Marqusee, (see http://www.mikemarqusee.com), Guardian columnist and Newsnight Review regular John Harris and Aisha Maniar of the London Guantanamo Campaign (see www.guantanamo.org.uk)
Visuals by Simon Green (see www.eventful.org.uk)
The party is organised by Philosophy Football in association with Red Pepper magazine (see http://www.redpepper.org.uk) and the Fire Brigades Union (see www.fbu.org.uk)
Advance booking essential. Tickets cost just £5.90, which will be refunded in full if you buy a T-shirt on the night, making the party in effect FREE! To book your place visit http://www.philosophyfootball.com and click on ‘events’ or call us on 020 8802 3499. Call if you want to book a table of 5 or more and take advantage of the bulk discount on tickets of £1 off per head, £4.90 instead of the usual £5.90





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