I saw a woman around my age who was standing on her own behind me, she was holding up a notepad on which she had simply written in biro :” Parents Against Student Debt”.
| Howard on Steve Hillage always looking t… | |
| born2rant on About me…. | |
| Anonymous on About me…. | |
| born2rant on About me…. | |
| jumblymamba on Who killed the hippies? |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Aug | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||

I saw a woman around my age who was standing on her own behind me, she was holding up a notepad on which she had simply written in biro :” Parents Against Student Debt”.
December 12, 2010
Categories: 2010, alternative lifestyles, Banks, Bob Marley, Britain of the Future, counterculture, free speech, Freedom to protest, gatherings, hippie revival, Inequalities, Joni Mitchell, London, Love and peace, News, police, Political Intelligence, politics, Poverty, student protests december 9th 2010, Students, The Future, there is no age or class limit on being a hippie, You Can't Kill The Spirit, Youth . Tags: 2010, alternative lifestyles, Banks, Bob Marley, Britain of the Future, counterculture, free speech, Freedom to protest, gatherings, hippie revival, Inequalities, Joni Mitchell, London, Love and peace, News, Parliament Square, police, Political Intelligence, politics, Poverty, student protests december 9th 2010, Students, The Future, The Way it is, there is no age or class limit on being a hippie, You Can't Kill The Spirit, Youth . Author: born2rant . Comments: Leave a Comment
Hello Good people who might come across this blog or have read it in the past… ( this post is still being edited!) Back in the seventies a common “joke” usually made by tittering Times readers was ” the students are revolting” as a comment on both their frequent protests and the state of their [...]
November 25, 2010
Categories: 2010, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, BBC News, Dave Brock, David deCameron, democracy, Education, experimental music, free speech, Freedom, Freedom to protest, gatherings, Greed, Hawkwind, Hippie-phobics, hope, Inequalities, just ranting really, London, London Student Protests November 2010, media hypochondria, Millbank Tower, Money, music, Musical parody, Nik Turner, Our Love Is Getting Nowhere, Political Intelligence, politics, Poverty, Protest, psychedelic, Stamp Out Mutants, Students, Treatment, Uncategorized, University, Youth . Tags: 2010, alternative society, bankers, BBC News, counterculture, Dave Brock, David deCameron, democracy, Education, free speech, Freedom to protest, gatherings, Greed, Hawkwind, Hippie-phobics, hippies, hope, Inequalities, just ranting really, London, London Student Protests November 2010, Millbank Tower, Money, Our Love Is Getting Nowhere, police, Political Intelligence, politics, Poverty, Protest, protest songs against protest songs, psychedelic, Stamp Out Mutants, Students, Syd Barrett, Tiananmen Square, Treatment, University, You Shouldn't Do That, Youth . Author: born2rant . Comments: 1 Comment
Hello Good People who read this blog I am listening to music over the headphones while I write this, to keep me focussed and calm,so I might as well start by sharing what I am listening to. Some English sixties folk, Sandy Denny with an acoustic home recorded demo version of Who Knows Where the [...]
December 31, 2009
Categories: 1968, 1969, 2001 a space odyssey, 2010, 60s, advertising, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, Apollo 11, Britain of the Future, CCTV, Climate Change, collaboration, creativity, Dark Side of the Moon, DJ Shadow, eclipse, Endtroducing, Environment, fashion, file sharing, Freedom to protest, Greed, green politics, hope, How To Stay Alive, intimidation, Introducing, Iraq Invasion, Jimi Hendrix, just ranting really, Kraftwerk, London, music, paranoia, Peace, pink floyd, police, Political Apathy, politics, Protest, robots, ROCK, Roger Waters, Sandy Denny, Satan Cowell, Sci-fi, September 11th, sixties London, The Future, the noughties, timewarp, Tomorrow's World, transformation, Understanding, Who Knows Where The Time Goes? . Tags: 1968, 1969, 2001 a space odyssey, 2010, 60s, advertising, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, Apollo 11, Britain of the Future, CCTV, Climate Change, collaboration, creativity, Dark Side of the Moon, DJ Shadow, eclipse, Endtroducing, Environment, fashion, file sharing, Freedom to protest, Greed, green politics, hope, How To Stay Alive, intimidation, Introducing, Iraq Invasion, Jimi Hendrix, just ranting really, Kraftwerk, London, music, paranoia, Peace, pink floyd, police, Political Apathy, politics, Protest, robots, ROCK, Roger Waters, Sandy Denny, Satan Cowell, Sci-fi, September 11th, sixties London, The Future, the noughties, timewarp, Tomorrow's World, transformation, Understanding, Who Knows Where The Time Goes? . Author: born2rant . Comments: 6 Comments
Hello Good People who read this blog just a little entry today. Thanks to all the people who contacted me by various means about the little documentary I made, cheers for all your kind and generous comments. I came across this video montage via the Organ fanzine myspace site and wanted to share it with [...]
October 4, 2009
Categories: 1977, 1978, alternative lifestyles, Alternative London, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, anti-media, CCTV, counterculture, Creative Lunatics, experimental music, Fake Policemen, free speech, Freedom, Freedom to protest, Hippie, Inequalities, Live Herald, London, miquette giraudy, Mirror System, Organ magazine, Searching for the Spark, steve hillage . Tags: 1977, 1978, alternative lifestyles, Alternative London, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, anti-media, CCTV, counterculture, Creative Lunatics, experimental music, Fake Policemen, free speech, Freedom, Freedom to protest, Hippie, Inequalities, Live Herald, London, miquette giraudy, Mirror System, music, Organ magazine, politics, Searching for the Spark, security services, steve hillage . Author: born2rant . Comments: 5 Comments
Hello Good People who read this blog ( this is a revised version of earlier entries. I do this sometimes when I think of extra things…sorry if it is irritating) To begin some more meditative music to generate peace in the world I forgot how completely amazing this piece of music was until I just [...]
May 14, 2009
Categories: 1978, 2008 Kingsnorth, alternative lifestyles, BBC News, Blank Space, brainwashing, Climate Change, democracy, Egg, Environment, Freedom, Freedom to protest, gatherings, green, green politics, Here & Now, Hippie-phobia, Hippie-phobics, intimidation, Joie Hinton, journalists, law, Meanwhile Gardens, music, Personal paranoia!, police state, Political Intelligence, politics, Protest, psychedelic, punk, rock guitar riffs, society, spiritual music, steve hillage, Terrorist Policemen, The Androids of Mü, The O'Roonies, You Can't Kill The Spirit, Youth, Youth Crime . Tags: alternative lifestyles, BBC News, Blank Space, brainwashing, Climate Change, democracy, Egg, Environment, Floating Anarchy, Freedom to protest, gatherings, Grant Showbiz, green, green politics, Here & Now, Hippie-phobia, intimidation, Joie Hinton, journalists, Kingsnorth, law, Meanwhile Gardens, music, Personal paranoia!, police state, Political Intelligence, politics, Protest, psychedelic, rock guitar riffs, society, spiritual music, steve hillage, Terrorist Policemen, The Androids of Mü, The Civil Surface, The Glorious Om Riff, The Polite Force, You Can't Kill The Spirit, Youth, Youth Crime . Author: born2rant . Comments: Leave a Comment
Hello Good People who read this blog… (I have just realised that I’ve been taken off the Google search engine..a bit weird…anyone know why?) I thought I’d post a quickie about the police assault on Ian Tomlinson, who died as a result. Even though now I know for sure that my emails are copied and [...]
April 12, 2009
Categories: BBC, Bullshit Excuses, counterculture, Disarming Britain, free speech, Freedom, Freedom to protest, G20, Hippie, intimidation, Jimi Hendrix, journalists, London, music, News, Peace, police, police state, Political Intelligence, politics, propaganda, Protest, scared, society, Terrorist Policemen . Tags: BBC, Bullshit Excuses, Disarming Britain, free speech, Freedom to protest, G20, Hippie, intimidation, Jimi Hendrix, journalists, London, music, News, Peace, police, police state, Political Intelligence, politics, propaganda, Protest, scared, society, Terrorist Policemen . Author: born2rant . Comments: 4 Comments
It’s hard to find anyone under forty in London who is not totally apathetic about fighting the system to make this world a free place where individuals can do something positive and feel they have some basic control over their lives.
March 22, 2009
Categories: 1990s, advertising, alternative lifestyles, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, anti-media, cannabis, counterculture, creativity, democracy, Drugs, Education, Electric Gypsies, feminism, folk clubs, free festivals, free speech, Freedom, Freedom to protest, Greenham Common, Hippie, Hippie-phobia, Jimi Hendrix, London, Love and peace, Meanwhile Gardens, Media, miquette giraudy, music, Music Licensing, Political Apathy, society, steve hillage, TV, University, You Can't Kill The Spirit, Youth . Tags: advertising, alternative communities, anarchy, anti-nuclear, Drugs, Electric Gypsies, Fordham Park Free Festival, free festivals, Gong, Greenham Common, Hallucinogens, Hendrix, Ideology, London, Meanwhile Gardens, music, Music Licensing, New Worlds, Political Apathy of Young People, Sectarianism, steve hillage, Student Politics, Tibetan Horns, TV, Universities, Us and Them, You Can't Kill The Spirit, Youth . Author: born2rant . Comments: 2 Comments
Hello once again Good People Who Still Read This Blog Hawkwind -”Space is Deep” a great song and a great little film (apologies for environmentally unfriendly rockets but they are cool) How are you all? If there is a name for a really terrible blogger who has deserted their dedicated readers like an auntie they [...]
March 6, 2009
Categories: 1979, 2009 year of spiritual psychedelia revival, 60s, 70s, alternative lifestyles, Alternative London, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, aviation pollution, BBC News, Born To Go (Hitchin), CHANGE, Coming full circle, counterculture, Creative Lunatics, Dave Brock, Dave Russell, direct action, experimental music, Fat Freddy's Cat, Freedom to protest, gatherings, Gong, green, green politics, Hawkwind, Hippie, hope, Ladbroke Grove, Led Zep T-shirt, Lemmy, Matthew Wright, Media, Michael Moorcock, Mick Slattery, miquette giraudy, Mirror System, music, Nik Turner, Notting Hill, Nukli, Peace, Peyote Guru, Plane Stupid, police state, politics, Portobello road, Psychedelic Warlords, Rainbow Dome Musick, Rizzla Teeth, rock guitar riffs, Shom, Solfest 2009, Space is Deep, Space Ritual, spiritual music, steve hillage, strobes, Terry Ollis, the environment, the perils of dope cake, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . Tags: 1979, 2009 year of spiritual psychedelia revival, 60s, 70s, alternative lifestyles, Alternative London, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, aviation pollution, BBC News, Born To Go (Hitchin), CHANGE, Coming full circle, counterculture, Creative Lunatics, Dave Brock, Dave Russell, direct action, experimental music, Fat Freddy's Cat, Freedom to protest, gatherings, Gong, green, green politics, Hawkwind, Hippie, hope, Ladbroke Grove, Led Zep T-shirt, Lemmy, Matthew Wright, Media, Michael Moorcock, Mick Slattery, miquette giraudy, Mirror System, music, Nik Turner, Notting Hill, Nukli, Peace, Peyote Guru, Plane Stupid, police state, politics, Portobello road, Psychedelic Warlords, Rainbow Dome Musick, Rizzla Teeth, rock guitar riffs, Shom, Solfest 2009, Space is Deep, Space Ritual, spiritual music, steve hillage, strobes, Terry Ollis, the environment, the perils of dope cake, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . Author: born2rant . Comments: 2 Comments
Hello Good People who read this blog Now please forgive me for writing about a well-known tv presenter in spite of my anti-media roots but I have my reasons. Recently Matthew Wright has discussed in a positive way alternative lifestyles, squatting of long-term derelict buildings owned by property investors abroad, on Friday he had criticised [...]
June 16, 2008
Categories: alternative lifestyles, anti-consumerism, counterculture, Freedom, Freedom to protest, Frestonia, Hippie, just ranting really, Matthew Wright, Personal paranoia!, police state, politics, society, Squatting, Stop the War, television, The Wright Stuff, Tony Robinson . Tags: 42 day detention, alternative lifestyles, anti-consumerism, censureship, counterculture, Freedom, Frestonia, hippies, Matthew Wright, police state, politics, society, Squatting, television, The Wright Stuff . Author: born2rant . Comments: 8 Comments
Hello good people who read this blog First of all you might see I got another comment from Matthew Wright of The Wright Stuff on Channel 5 ( scroll down to recent comments or go to “Freaky coincidence” post June 5th ) . Thanks a lot Matthew unfortunately I only saw your comment to be [...]
June 14, 2008
Categories: counterculture, democracy, Freedom, Freedom to protest, intimidation, Joni Mitchell, London, Matthew Wright, paranoia, police, police state, politics, scared, society, Stop the War, television, terrorism, The Wright Stuff, Tony Robinson . Tags: democracy, Freedom, Freedom to protest, intimidation, Joni Mitchell, London, Matthew Wright, paranoia, police, police state, politics, scared, society, Stop the War, television, terrorists, The Wright Stuff, Tony Robinson . Author: born2rant . Comments: 2 Comments
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Aug | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||