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The iconic (wupes - I said iconic - too late to edit out) pyramid stage for the second Glastonbury Festival (yclept Fair) was positioned on Michael Eavis' farm at the point where the dowsing wands crossed over a blind spring, because 1971. Bill Harkin's stage design was a one-tenth scale replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and although it has to be said one pyramid looks pretty much like another, his research into the proportions and positioning is impressive. Bill wisely eschewed stonework, opting for scaffolding and sheet metal. You really do have to rush over here to read his story. I'm not kidding with this. It's a great insight into how counter-culture worked, bringing people together to create something bigger than the constituent parts [holism - Ed.], and incorporating Arcane Knowledge of the Ancient Mystics. Only don't tell 'em we sent you - Old Hippies can get suprisingly litigious if they find you giving away their free festival.
Today's absurdly generous offering made possible thru th' ægis of Lupine Assassin and Altoid, in whose path we strew the rose petals of Heliogabalus.
We have Nic Roeg's movie, the soundtrack album, and a portfolio of swell artwork just sitting here.
ReplyDeleteBut where is "here"? I have struggled with reality for half a century, and I am proud to say I have finally won.
DeleteYou may be interested to know that a Mr. Grimsdale cargo cult is flourishing on th" IoF©. A raggedy-assed procession of swivel-eyed believers parades through the jungle, bearing your framed likeness aloft and singing of the time you will return to the Isle O' Foam© in your Black Morris Minor. An ting.
DeleteI, unlike Mr. Grimsdale and his rabid band of "Grimsdalites," am still losing the struggle with reality but share their meditation on the eternal riddle of "where is 'here'"? (i.e.( where's the link, fink?!)
DeleteMrDave frankly shows the rest of the Four Or Five Guys© what a bunch of mannerless bums they are with his elegantly poised request!
DeleteThis is your link, MrDave. Anyone else clicking on it is just a lousy freeloader.
I am the friend of glamour models and racing-car drivers, academics, card sharps, and meths drinkers. My lifestyle encompasses all of the above, plus more. Though in style and demeanour I aspire to being a minor accounts clerk in a 1950s printers, inside I am a cross between Cyril Burt and Timothy Leary. WE ARE EVERYWHERE.
DeleteThe video is recommended viewing for the Terry Reid footage as well as Family's performance. The scaffold pyramid is just awesome to see as well. Thank you, Farq. This is as close to 1971 as you'll ever get again.
ReplyDeleteDon't get too close to 1971 -- it's been dead for 50 years, and smells like a pyramid of Portaloos.
DeleteOoh! Fussy!
DeleteI have a pair of pantaloons that smell like a pyramid of portaloos.
DeleteI bet those pantaloons would look absolutely smashing with whatever the fvck dapper Doug Henning is wearing! I'm guessing that pmac's pungent pantaloons (patent pending) might look like someone lost their Lucky Charms -- with yellow stars, brown moons and bile-green clover!
Deletethat three elp set never gets to far from my turntable for the last 40 yrs or so
ReplyDeleteDidja make the cut-out pyramid huh didja? Didja huh?
Deleteunfortunatly it was second hand
DeleteYou did better than me - I was only ever able to find the Mighty Baby disc in a white inner bag. But I did make a pyramid out of balsa wood to sharpen razor blades. Because 1971.
DeleteIt's the Fairport set in the movie that does it for me. The audience shots, the girl dancing, the raven. Dave Swarbrick taking a puff and changing up a gear. Another world.
ReplyDeleteI agree Fairport is quite an energised performance. Great film, and so few people in the audience (compared to Woodstock/IOW). I attended Glastonbury festival about 10 times from 1987 to 2007, it got bigger every year. 2007 was a 'muddy one', I was exhausted, and left early on the Sunday afternoon, so I could get home and watch the tv footage of The Who headlining. Watching the footage at home, I made a good choice, it was torrential rain for their set.
DeleteThese days I like small festivals, too much walking at Glastonbury. Hash cakes anyone?
I'll be in the recently installed IoF Orgone Accumulator if you need me (you won't)
ReplyDeleteNo fair, MrDave's in the orgone accumulator? How come he got to go first? I heard it's a one man isolator. It's no social integrator. But it's a back brain stimulator, and a cerebral vibrator. I hope we see him later, when he's through with the accumulator. But we may have to wipe it down before anyone else gets a turn.
DeleteI think I'd rather spend time in a Glasto Portaloo than follow MrDave into th' Orgone Accumulator.
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