Music
Something of a musical and cultural institution in East London. It’s a club, a real and on-line community. Like many other music and cultural centres (and music pubs) it’s also under threat from property development.
Passing Clouds is celebrated for bringing together musicians from a diverse range of international backgrounds to collaborate through the universal language of music and a collective desire for peace and harmony on the earth.
In this way, Passing Clouds celebrates the true diversity of culture in Hackney, London and the world and provides a living demonstration of the ability for people of all backgrounds to come together in love, respect and understanding.
North American site linking up activist musicians with audiences, songs and beyond.
They say, “We represent many social, racial, cultural, and ethnic communities as well as a great variety of musical and political interests. We are anti-racist activists, children’s activists, feminists, labor organizers, lesbians and gays, and more. Our network stretches across the U. S. and Canada and includes other international members.”
Planet Gong is a great site to find out lots of info about the sadly missed Daevid Allen and the extended and extensive Gong family (early, and ever-evolving musical visionaries).
PM Press is a radical distributor and publisher based in the United States. Alongside books, they have T-shirts, CDs and DVDs.
Favourites of the road protest camps, street busking and alternative UK festies.
We ARE all the Pixie People and Faery Folk! Links to Pook of Pok (poet/singer/muso with the Spacegoats) – rants, links and songs, and to a separate video not on Pok’s site (Pok with John) Crazy Man Michael and more.
Pull up a chair and throw another log on the fire! Sam’s website which aims to educate, entertain and inspire. Lots of things here including information on New Travellers, Ancient sites, Festivals, Music, Sustainability, Spirituality and much more!
Facebook community site celebrating the vibes and music and images of the 60s, especially the festival scene. Woodstock, Isle of Wight, Monterey and Altamont and more. And the couple from the Woodstock cover are still together all these years on. Awesome and all probably highly illegal!
This is the link to the albums and there is a separate set of photos too.
‘Closed’ Facebook group celebrating all manner of psych music and more.
You have to make a request to join.
They say: “The Sweet Shop is a place for everyone to forget their worries and have fun!! Therefore the rules of the group are quite simple, no porn, no buying or selling of drugs, no petty arguments or criticising other members posts (they might not appreciate your tastes either)….although there is a lot of freedom in what music is posted here, please remember the title ‘The Psychedelic Sweet Shop’ so it would be appreciated if the roots of the group can be maintained. Thank you, and enjoy!”
From 1976 the burst of energy that was punk broke the boring bubble that had become the corporate music arena.
Here’s a Facebook public site that tries to keep the spirit alive.
Rainbow gatherings. Apparently the largest grouping of non-members on the planet with a variety of websites and on-line pages. Also, here’s a link to a film of one gathering in Portugal in 2011.