Sunday, 28 October 2012

gonna B good

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See me at The Montague Arms..Saturday Nov10th ..289 Queens Road, SE15 2PA London. 

Edgar Broughton, Chris Bowsher(RDF) solo, The Balloons and Psycho Yogiplay at this legendary venue in aid of  

ALDLIFE.ORG. 



It's nearly time to get together with my MAD PRIDE friends for another instalment in the fight against welfare benefit cuts and the increasingly punitive policies of this coalition against the poor and the vulnerable.
''Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief's.'' 
William Blake

When I was a young and ernest rebel Blake’s words were noble and golden and fired me with purpose and inspiration. He was a visionary and commentator of huge significance.

His great understanding and exploration of the human condition was always fascinating to me and in my callow youthfulness I aspired to make poetry and music that provokes thought and awareness of the issues of our time. Like Blake I want to see the poor uplifted and transported from their drudgery and hardship.

I want to live in a civil society that values the difference in people and protects the weak and vulnerable. I believe that how well we succeed, as a society, in this respect, will prove to be the basis on which we are judged by those to come in England’s green and pleasant land.



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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous30 October 2012 at 00:34

    Busy boy aiming to do the right thing while leaning to the left. I hope both gigs are fab. Good luck to all.

    Angela
    x

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  2. Anonymous31 October 2012 at 15:37

    William Blake, a great Englishman. I wonder who people might think is todays equivalent artist, if indeed there is an equivalent.
    Rock on Edgar. We chatted at Leeds. What a brill performance that was.
    Tom Bellamy


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  3. Anonymous31 October 2012 at 19:28

    The north London gig is a bit of a trek for me so see you at the Monty. Its a lovely place to hear good music. I thought we'd seen the last of it but get it while you can I say. Should be a good night.
    Peace
    Drog (the bounty eater)

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  4. Dean Butler2 November 2012 at 19:45

    Going to try and make it to this. Dean

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  5. Anonymous5 November 2012 at 19:50

    lets just hope romney burns at the stake for his delusions of power.

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  6. Dean Butler6 November 2012 at 21:24

    What time do you think you will be playing at the Montague Arms? We are going to a Firworks show earlier on in the evening and just wondering if we could get down for your set?

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  7. edgar broughton6 November 2012 at 23:29

    Hi Dean
    I reckon not before 10pm. It doesn't finish until 12 mid night.
    Hope you can make it. Looking forward to chatting T-shirts etc some time. I have a couple of other ideas we could look at. Any way if you come - safe journeys.

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  8. Anonymous6 November 2012 at 23:35

    Let's hope and pray, if you think it will help, that Romney is deluded. Bush was enough.

    Let's stop burning effigies of Guy Fawkes at the stake. It was a practice encouraged by the state to deter us all from an insurrection which is long overdue.

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  9. edgar broughton6 November 2012 at 23:36

    Hi Dean
    I reckon not before 10pm. It doesn't finish until 12 mid night.
    Hope you can make it. Looking forward to chatting T-shirts etc some time. I have a couple of other ideas we could look at. Any way if you come - safe journeys.

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  10. Anonymous8 November 2012 at 18:28

    Wooohooo !, just had a email from HMV to tell me the Edgar Broughton Band live in Hamburg 1973 cd is on its way...yippee .
    cheers
    tony

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