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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 evidently still read this blog… I keep trying to give up this blog for good but it’s up there in cyberspace without me, just like the millions of photographs of teenagers on Facebook, who may at some time, rue the day they allowed photos of, and information about themselves, to be [...]
September 7, 2010
Categories: 2010, A Sprinkling of Clouds, alternative lifestyles, ambient, anti-media, bebop, Behaving stupidly although you should be older and wise, brainwashing, club dog, counterculture, Creative Lunatics, David deCameron, Dogs in Space, Drugs, eat static, Electronic Music, electronica, Facebook, festivals, free form jazz, Gong, green politics, Guy Evans, Hippie, hope, How To Stay Alive, individuality, Inequalities, Jim Nield, John Fairhurst, just ranting really, lightshows, live performance, Love and peace, Marley Chingus, Media, Megadog, music, Myspace, Newspeak, Nigel Mazlyn Jones, Party, patriotic military propaganda, Peace, politics, propaganda, psychedelic, Ray Davies, Review, Richard Barry and The Chaps, Rock against racism, security, sitar, songwriting, Stonehenge Free Festival, strobes, Techno, The Damned, the greatest UK hippie festival, there is no age or class limit on being a hippie, Travel broadens the mind or at least cures a nervous breakdown, Uncategorized, Van Der Graaf Generator, yearly gathering festival, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . Tags: 2010, A Sprinkling of Clouds, alternative lifestyles, ambient, anti-media, bebop, Behaving stupidly although you should be older and wise, blogging, brainwashing, club dog, counterculture, Creative Lunatics, David deCameron, Dogs in Space, Drugs, eat static, Electronic Music, electronica, Facebook, festivals, free form jazz, Gong, green politics, Guy Evans, Hippie, hope, How To Stay Alive, individuality, Inequalities, Jim Nield, John Fairhurst, just ranting really, lightshows, live performance, Love and peace, Marley Chingus, Media, Megadog, music, Myspace, Newspeak, Nigel Mazlyn Jones, old hippies, Party, patriotic military propaganda, Peace, politics, portaloo, propaganda, psychedelic, Ray Davies, Review, Richard Barry and The Chaps, Rock against racism, security, sitar, Solfest 2010, songwriting, Stonehenge Free Festival, strobes, Techno, The Damned, the greatest UK hippie festival, there is no age or class limit on being a hippie, Travel broadens the mind or at least cures a nervous breakdown, Van Der Graaf Generator, yearly gathering festival ., Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . Author: born2rant . Comments: Leave a Comment
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the hurricane of electronic sounds and the dedication of the musicians to blow your mind into the ultimate psychedelic experience makes an “Acid Mothers Temple” concert an unmissable cathartic event.
June 3, 2010
Categories: 2010, A.M.T., Acid Mothers Temple, alternative lifestyles, Chambers of the Heart, Everything Louder than Everything Else, Fake Policemen, gatherings, Gig, Hippie, How To Stay Alive, Japanese Noise, live performance, Motorhead, music, Oxford, psychedelic, Review, Rizzla Teeth, ROCK, rock guitar riffs, spiritual music, strobes, Students, The Glorious Om Riff, Trance, Travel broadens the mind or at least cures a nervous breakdown, Uncategorized, World Music, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . Tags: 2010, A.M.T., Acid Mothers Temple, alternative lifestyles, Chambers of the Heart, Chris Squire, early Hawkwind, Everything Louder Than Everything Else, Fake Policemen, gatherings, Gig, Hawkwind, Hippie, hippies, How To Stay Alive, Japanese noise, live performance, Motorhead, music, noise, Oxford, psychedelic, rock guitar riffs, Space Ritual, Stearica, strobes, The Glorious Om Riff, Trance, Travel broadens the mind or at least cures a nervous breakdown, World Music, Yes, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . Author: born2rant . Comments: Leave a Comment
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
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.
September 8, 2009
Categories: alternative lifestyles, Ashan Project, Behaving stupidly although you should be older and wise, Beki Bondage, blah, Chill-Out, counterculture, Creative Lunatics, creativity, Drugs, festivals, free festivals, gatherings, Hawkwind, Hippie, individuality, just ranting really, live performance, music, Music Biz, Narcotics, Party, personal blogging, ROCK, society, Solfest 2009, The Orb, Urban Gypsies, World Music . Tags: alternative lifestyles, Ashan Project, Behaving stupidly although you should be older and wise, Beki Bondage, blah, Chill-Out, counterculture, Creative Lunatics, creativity, Drugs, festivals, free festivals, gatherings, Hawkwind, Hippie, individuality, just ranting really, live performance, music, Music Biz, Narcotics, Party, personal blogging, ROCK, society, Solfest 2009, The Orb, Urban Gypsies, World Music . Author: born2rant . Comments: 5 Comments
Hello Good People who read this blog , (to anyone who read my Guilfest post, I have just added a video clip of Alice Armstrong at the end of it) Just a note to say that I just got an email from my son telling me that “The Big Green Gathering“, probably the official festival [...]
July 26, 2009
Categories: alternative lifestyles, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, art, cabaret, Chill-Out, counterculture, Creative Lunatics, Environment, experimental film, festivals, free festivals, gatherings, green politics, Hawkwind, Hippie, law, live performance, Michael Dog, music, Peace, police, psychedelic, Solfest 2009, The Big Green Gathering, The Charlatans, the environment, The Orb, You Can't Kill The Spirit, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . Tags: alternative lifestyles, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, art, cabaret, Chill-Out, counterculture, Creative Lunatics, Environment, experimental music, festivals, film, free festivals, Freedom, gatherings, green politics, Hawkwind, Hippie, jazz, law, live performance, Megadog, Michael Dog, music, Peace, police, psychedelic, Solfest 2009, The Big Green Gathering, The Charlatans, the environment, The Orb, You Can't Kill The Spirit, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . 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
This morning it’s time to prove hippies still want to change the world. “On 28th March thousands will march through London as part of a global campaign to challenge the G20, ahead of their 2nd April summit on the global financial crisis. Even before the banking collapse, the world suffered poverty, inequality and the threat [...]
March 28, 2009
Categories: counterculture, democracy, Environment, Freedom, gatherings, Hippie, Inequalities, Jimi Hendrix, London, Media, music, News, police, politics, Poverty, Protest, Put People First, society, The Credit Crunch, Woodstock, You Can't Kill The Spirit, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . Tags: alternative lifestyles, anti-consumerism, Anti-Materialism, Environment, Freedom, G20 Protest, Hendrix, Hippie, music, Peace, Peaceful protest, politics, Protest March, Put People First, sixties London, society, steve hillage, Woodstock . 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 Where have I been ? I hear you cry ( actually you don’t exist and neither do I!) Ha, ha I am writing from the Underworld via the internet. I am suffering from attacks by many winter dieases….. You can tell by the beginning of this post that [...]
December 8, 2008
Categories: alternative lifestyles, bees kidnapping people, conceptual musical instruments, Hippie, modern life is rubbish, music, propaganda, Rizzla Teeth, Rock against racism, rock guitar riffs, Sting, The Grateful Dead, Tibetan Monks, Uncategorized, World Music, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . Tags: alternative lifestyles, bees kidnapping people, conceptual musical instruments, Hippie, modern life is rubbish, music, propaganda, Rizzla Teeth, Rock against racism, rock guitar riffs, Sting, The Grateful Dead, Tibetan Monks, World Music, Your essential entertainment & lifestyle guide . Author: born2rant . Comments: 2 Comments
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