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I am a musician living in London. I spent the early years of my life in Chelsea in a guest house off the King’s Road. I was surrounded by 60s and 70s music and the hippie counterculture which my parents hated. This was a positive lifelong influence.
I have always been interested or obsessed with new music, education, alternative lifestyles, creating a better society and have done things that go against the grain.
In this blog I rant about the old and new and tell stories from my past of alternative happenings I was part of.
Thanks for reading.
p.s. that blurred photo I put at the top is of The Stonehenge Festival in 1983. The third one I attended. If you look towards the horizon on the left of centre you can see a blurred Stonehenge .The Anti-Media people were not directly connected with free festivals (except for me) but it was part of the whole 80s counterculture .
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I’m really impressed!! Keep up the good work. I’ll have a serious rake out of old flyers n’stuff for you soon.
Thanks Arnold!!!!
I hope to see you in a couple of weeks . I thew away some things myself last Summer when trying to de-clutter.If you have any flyers of the Hampstead Town Hall gig the night before the battle of the bean field and anything else please bring it or e-mail jpeg to me if possible.
Thanks
Born2rant!
Oh! It’s an old. Arnold is better!
Hi… I’m the one who uploaded that Ozric video you linked to!
Loved reading about the old gigs in the Crypt, unfortunately I was only a little kid in primary school in those days (26 now) but oh how I would love to have been around then. Nothing like that happens these days!
Funnily enough I have a recording of an Ozric gig from the Angel Centre in Tonbridge, just before Halloween ‘86 where one of the band memebers actually announces the fact that the following week they would be playing wtih two lineups in two places at the same time!!
Cheers and see ya out there
Hello Grerman
Thanks so much for your comment and for your clip which I borrowed without asking!
Thanks for making contact. You will see I write about the Ozrics in other posts and will probably write more.
There ARE still things like that going on!
Like at certain psychedelic hippie festivals and recently I went to a club in Hitchin called “Born to Go” and they had a fantastic set up with great visuals and “Omnia Opera” and
” Peyote Mothership” 2 really impressive live psychedelic bands. The club and both bands have myspace pages and ” Born to go” do all their publicity on myspace. If you can travel to Hitchin get down there it’s worth it.
In the 80s we thought nothing was going on and that it was all over after 1973 or so but that was until we created our own scene and found others. None of it was in the papers or on the internet it was all word of mouth or just people setting something different up together because there was a need for something different.
Anyway thanks so much for contacting me and for supplying that bit of film.
Love and peace
Born2rant
Ello Born2rant,
I just came through the Stargate from Plant Gong thread link on Steve Hillage.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your food for thoughts about him and other articles you have provided for us to see, read and share with us. . I was also at Hyde Park back then. I have been an Electrik Gypsy since 74′. I was based across the pond 74-76′ then again in 85-93′. I am now over on this side of the pond South La Petite Roach, Arkansas. I will be crossing the pond once again in March for the System 7 gigs. I plan on stopping in Born to Go club for a pint during my trekking upwards North for Phase 4 gig of System 7. I am little tired and need to hibernate for those up coming gigs. I shall return. Drop me an email line if you want to chew the rag…Once again, thank you, for sharing some of this Golden Vintage Voltage Dazes…
Peace and Keep Zee Faith
CK
Hello CK
I’m glad you found me and my blog. Nice to hear from you and glad you enjoyed what I’ve been writing about.
Maybe we will bump into eachother but anyway do stay in touch and thanks again for the kind comment.
Peace and Keep Zee Faith too!
Born2rant
Interesting blog. You might like to check out my blog The Way Back Machine. http://thewaybackmachine.wordpress.com/