The Dave Russell Interviews reborn ( Notting Hill Arts- 1967-72)

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If you go back in time to my earlier entries you will find some interesting stories about Notting Hill in the 60s and 70s and also Anti-Media activities in the 80s , bits about the gigs before Club Dog etc….
However I have been having problems with technology and [...]

July 7, 2008
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My Adolescent Weekend & the Power of Gatherings(Part Deux)

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After my last entry which attracted a lot of readers , I thought I’d cheer things up a bit.
In the media the knife crime and violence is taking up every spare moment of our consciousness and although it is obviously important I think I need to brighten things [...]

July 3, 2008
Categories: Amy Winehouse, Behaving stupidly although you should be older and wise, Creative Lunatics, Dave Russell, Freedom, Hawkwind, Hippie, Hurry on Sundown, Hyde Park, Indian Music, Led Zeppelin, London, Nelson Mandela, Peace, Rock against racism, The Big Chill, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide, counterculture, gatherings, hope, music, sitar, society . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: born2rant . Comments: 4 Comments

On London Youth Crime

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This is a comment I put on a Channel 4 blog in response to the “Disarming Britain” programmes last night which I thought I would copy here. I hope my son doesn’t mind that I write about him but then he asked me to write this blog [...]

July 1, 2008
Categories: Disarming Britain, Ethics, Hippie, London, Love and peace, School, Single parents, Thatcher, Youth Crime, counterculture, politics, society, television, video games . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: born2rant . Comments: 7 Comments