Posted in 138 Station St, Nepean High School, tagged Blue Mountains, cinema, Glenbrook Theatre, hippies, Richie Havens, Woodstock on October 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Glenbrook Theatre
Small cinema, small Blue Mountains village.
Unprecedented crowds in
Numbers & character.
No seats, bring cushions,
Cinema floor fills with
Young people relaxed, colourfully robed,
Atmosphere aromatic, communal, sharing.
We are here, now, together
Absorbing 3 hours of sound & vision
Hoping for our piece of 3 Days of Peace & Music.
Extra:
There’s so much extra I could put in here but I can recall being unexpectedly stunned by the opening performance.
Posted in 138 Station St, Penrith South Primary, tagged generation gap, growth, hippies, parents, The Beatles on June 13, 2012| 1 Comment »
Between The Beatles of 1964 and 1967
A chasm defined by parental questioning.
During Australian tour 1964:
“Why are they screaming?”
By 1967 – Strawberry Fields:
“You wouldn’t want to look like them, would you?“
Beatle suits, boots & mop-tops were one thing … this was entirely different.
More judgement than question
Anxious to please …
My head shakes but
My heart throbs.
“Between the emotion and the response falls …”
365 Short Memories 