…to Solfest, not a review, but some thoughts…

At Solfest,you can pretty much have the experience you want, whether you have small children,don’t have children, love acoustic music, want to go to various excesses of toxicity, want to be healthy and coherent and attend yoga workshops, want to rock, listen to live world music, chill out all night in a psychedelic way or want to dance.

My Metaphorical Comfort Drug: Gong and a bit of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah

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Are you sitting comfortably?
Well before we begin since I don’t have anything specific to urgently talk about let us listen to our first hippie anthem of the day to warm up our cockles on this cold evening ( dancing or waving arms about or playing along with wild [...]

A (relatively peaceful) Revolution!

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I am still here, excuse my absence due to hard work, change and constant illness.
Today is both Maggie Thatcher’s birthday ( don’t ask me how I know this) and the death of Thatcher’s vision.
I am not sure of what state of mind or coherence she is in due to [...]

Solfest (Cumbria) 2008…a personal journey

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(there may be some editorial mistakes I missed still swimming about)
( this post is very long to save your eyes from going funny copy it & print it!)
I am still coming down from the high of going to Solfest where although there were some initial stresses a thoroughly [...]

Drug Dealers of Notting Hill ( and nearby) plus dope culture 1979-1981 (part deux)

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My rambling blog is going to attempt at some form of confused continuity by continuing my stories of drug dealers . Please refer to my calendar on the right and click on June the 27th to [...]

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 [...]