I am on a lonely road and I am travelling, travelling, travelling…

Hello Good People who read this blog in my absence…
(This blog entry was written after listening to hours of Joni Mitchell on my travels…)
I thought of you all on Solstice morning . The light was shining through the curtains of my guest room not long past 4 a.m. , unable to sleep I looked out [...]

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

Hello Good People who read this blog
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 [...]

(Episode Four) Dave Russell – Notting Hill 1967-1972 The Free School, Destruction in Art Symposium, Friends/Frendz magazine and the Rural Retreat

(Episode Four) Notting Hill 1967-1972: an interview with Dave Russell – More about the Crypt ( arts and community centre), The Free School, Destruction in Art Symposium, Friends/Frendz magazine and the Rural Retreat
*I mention “Friends magazine” but it seems that they also spelt it “Frendz magazine”. For more info on the magazine including examples of [...]

(Episode Three) Notting Hill and the Arts 1967-1972: an interview with Dave Russell – Jazz, Psychedelic Rock Bands, Poetry, Frestonia, Release and Pete Brown’s Battered Ornaments

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(Episode Three) Notting Hill and the Arts 1967-1972: an interview with Dave Russell – Jazz, Psychedelic Rock Bands, Poetry, Frestonia, Release and Pete Brown’s Battered Ornaments.
Hello Good People who read and contribute to this blog!
Thanks for waiting, there have been technical problems galore which after complaining to TalkTalk and reformatting the computer [...]

Notting Hill and the Arts 1967-1972: an interview with Dave Russell – Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Gong and more…(Episode One)

Interview with Dave Russell on the Arts and Community Centre Notting Hill in the 60s and 70s( Part One)
I first met my good friend Dave Russell in 1993 at “Bunjies” in Litchfield Street, off Charing Cross Road.
We both used to perform there regularly in their legendary folk cellar.
When I ran my own acoustic and poetry [...]

Psychedelic Crypts!

Hello Good people who still come to read my blog.
Sorry if it’s a bit bare here of late.
I was starting to do a bit of research on The Crypt in Deptford but ended up interviewing Dave Russell on a totally different Crypt in Notting Hill.
The Crypt of the Methodist Church in Lancaster Road was [...]