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Reviews Issue 36 "The Idler" "Your Money or Your Life". ISBN 0-091-90513-3 £9.99 Polytantric Circle Reunion A meeting on Max’s land in Wales, of
the original crowd from Friday to Monday August bank holiday this year.
Fran and Max are arranging it, lets get high and talk about old
times…. At the Hayfield, Llwyn Piod (It’s the hippy
community’s 30th Birthday). A special shed has been raised to
preserve Dutch Martins truck, which took the first stage to the stones
in the Summer of 1975 at the New Kings Barrows site, plus many other
times later, Dr. John Pollard, Berkeley Cal., now UCL took it in 1976
with us, after the second Trentishoe free festival in Cornwall, in his
big army truck. In 1977 it was back to Martins truck. History of
Stonehenge Stages – It was playwright Heathcote Williams idea,
Steve Herman told us & Max John’s truck. Me (Willy x) &
my home made lights & the white panthers generator (sister
organization of the black panthers) plus, Alice, Arthur Wally &
others put the 1st stage on, plus radio Caroline & a local band
from Amesbury called “never bend over” for the winter
solstice 1974, it was foggy & with the lights manually flicked on
& off fast a fantastic psychedelic strobe Effect (perhaps the acid
helped) plenty of bands said they would come but this taught me a
lesson for the next year when radio Caroline pulled out as the main
advertisers as well as Wally hope incarcerated & a main Wally Jeff
moonlights mysterious death I went over board to get enough bands to
show & Zoorch also, not wanting to play our stage set up their own
stage, the west London L.S.D.band were notable for their stamina &
enthusiasm to the point of falling off our stage more than once. It was
5 foot high & based on h frames scaffolding, whereas zoorches was
Much more ambient & on the ground, less work for my crew as for
once our stage was put into 2nd place after a few days when zoorch
suddenly turned up. We had copied festival organiser guru at the time,
Bill Duyers 10 days Windsor festivals. It was a good reunion at Max's lots of old faces including DR JOHN POLLARD Berkley/ California USA UCH London. Orrible Ian. (Old Convoy) contributed a poem check poems. The shed for the truck is half built with roof financial contributions are needed for Max. Fran (Old Polytantric, now a film director) came over from Ireland and might be making a film of The Polytantric Circle Reunion. I stepped in a blim caravan next to the old sheep drove that goes past Max's land. This sheep drove although out of use is the way the shepherds used to take the sheep to market. Bristol, Birmingham, London leading to London where they would be fattened up at Highbury Islington, and sold at the market for slaughter where after this the shepherds would drink in the Caledonian Arms with their takings before setting out for the long walk home. The train and the lorry ended this practice. A lot of new age travellers have stuck to
these droves and the ancient rights of way that were hard fought for.
Even though they had to claim squatters rights due to the modern law
challenging the ancient rights of way laws. Unfortunately their got
evicted in their droves. VH2 Video Channel had the old convoy 2000 DS Posse on it recently late at night a few days ago. A book called Stonehenge Celebration &
Subversion (ISBN 1 872883 76 1) by Alan Worthington, launched Saturday
19th June 2004 at the 491 Gallery, Grove Green Road, Leytonstone,
London. Accompanied by an exhibition with Tash's photos & Neil
Goodwin's legendary Battle of the Beanfield video operation solstice,
plus posters and old festival lists . I think it is the most detailed
so far about the modern history of Stonehenge, with lots of good photos
& snippets of information.
The Battle of the Beanfield, Book, ISBN (0-9523316-6-7) Edited by Andy Worthington, with a photo of Rose and her baby on the front cover as well as photos and contributions by Alan Lodge, Tim Malyon, Neil Goowin, Garth Morris, Alan Dearling and Others. This book is a combined effort of a large
number of people who feel passionately that only through reaching an
understanding of what actually occurred before, during and after "The
Battle Of The Beanfield" can a proper closure take place for those
involved and the many people who have in some way been touched by it.
Davey Graham Davey Graham is the original guitar hero from the late
50's- early 60's, Part of the Alexis Corner Soho Jazz Posse, a man who
revolutionised the way the instrument is played. Its not hard to see
that Davey is a well travelled man with global influence. Having had
the opportunity to meet with Davey and see him play a few songs I
observed that Davey is not only a 1st class guitar legend, but also an
individual with an amazing memory of experiences through his life with
fantastic story telling capabilities which are just as entertaining
and vibrant as his musicality, know by people through the world. Keep
On Rockin Davey, We Luv Ya !!! |
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