Is Everything OK?

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 you.
It [...]

AWOL

Hello Good People who read this blog, I just wanted to say that I am sorry I haven’t managed to put my little radio prog up here yet. It means a few hours work putting it up on youtube with photos and captions and I am just too busy to do it at the mo.
To [...]

The Big Green Dispersion and Solfest 2009

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 most like [...]

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 [...]

“Political Intelligence” versus sitting around to watch the world end.

Hello Good People who read this blog
I make no apologies for this entry being political.  This is THE most important time to think about politics.

I went on the Put People First G20 March on Saturday.
I had such a great time. I joined the Oxfam group rather than march alone. I have done quite a lot [...]

Peaceful Protest (we hope) G20 London

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 of climate [...]

A (relatively peaceful) Revolution!

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

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 [...]

The Unexpected Disappearance of Matthew Wright

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 his fellow-panellists [...]

Police Force (intimidation of Londoners by the police)

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 moderated after [...]