local freedom to express yourself

[Mark Arram]

Hello forumites, mark arram, otherwise known as Sly of Sly and Reggie here, the only roving reggae broadcasting sound system to operate in your local neighbourhood. I am, frankly, a bit miffed by not being allowed to conduct myself as your local sound system preacher on the May festivities coming soon on Goose Green. We are under house arrest by the local authorities, not allowed to express ourselves as Sly and Reggie on this May day festival. I find this appalling and not much different from the China artist Wu Wei who was imprisoned for self expression but we are not living in China are we, but oh so chic East Dulwich which appears to have a very conservative streak that is more in keeping with Bromley than East Dulwich....we may have cafe culture but we are no collection of bohemians in an artistic paradise...I suggest an alternative festival, a fringe festival if you like where left field artists like myself and Reggie can gather at a suitable and secret location provide a lovely evening of entertainment for gallant troops of people who are fed up with the cup cake banality of the goose green fair....

[hellokiran]

Why are you on house arrest?

[Loz]

Crimes against music?

[dulwichgirl2]

You can't go to another location - you are under house arrest.

[Mark Arram]

not allowed to take truck out to make music in case we upset the cup cake and aerobics brigade on goose green

[Mark Arram]

our music expression is under house arrest but we can move around lordship lane as long as we dont plug in our sound system....

[kford]

Go unplugged

[goodgirldulwich]

I hear there is a music festival taking place this summer in dulwich - you need to be at that - i like cupcakes , aerobics and your music....

[Jeremy]

Mark Arram Wrote:

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> the China artist Wu Wei

Do you mean Ai Weiwei?

[Loz]

Bob Dylan once had a girlfriend called Wei Wadi Wei

[Cedges]

Common sense policing like this is why I live here.

If people want to hear your music then surely you can set up some local gigs - that way the people who want to hear your music can, and those who don't, don't have to. Thats not opression, thats common decency and exercising consideration for other people.

There are plenty of artists around here if you are interested in that sort of thing.

[maxxi]

At last the local authorities do something right.

[pipsky2008]

Cedges Wrote:

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> Common sense policing like this is why I live

> here.

>

> If people want to hear your music then surely you

> can set up some local gigs - that way the people

> who want to hear your music can, and those who

> don't, don't have to. Thats not opression, thats

> common decency and exercising consideration for

> other people.

>

> There are plenty of artists around here if you are

> interested in that sort of thing.

Well said

[pablogrande]

Cedges Wrote:

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> Common sense policing like this is why I live

> here.

>

> If people want to hear your music then surely you

> can set up some local gigs - that way the people

> who want to hear your music can, and those who

> don't, don't have to. Thats not opression, thats

> common decency and exercising consideration for

> other people.

>

> There are plenty of artists around here if you are

> interested in that sort of thing.

My reading of the OP is that he is not allowed to play at the goose green festival? I think there should be a bit of everything otherwise the festival will turn out to be the usual shite of hand made birthday cards and Peruvian cardigans why can't someone organise something decent around here

[Vick]

Free the East Dubwich Two

[tallulah71]

what pablogrande said

[chichirara]

Sly and Reggie rydim come forward or even down Barry Road

[Muley]

in case we upset the cup cake and aerobics brigade

Personally, I'm suspicious of anyone using the condescending term 'brigade' as a means to belittle those with opposing views, clearly meant to dismiss those who disagree as a mindless, herd-like collective whose values are without reason or intelligence.

What are you, a Daily Mail reader?

[mr garcia]

big up for Sly and Reggie!

[the-e-dealer]

Do you actually make music or just play someone else's? were you responsible for the occasional distorted Bum titty bums we heard last year?

[Alexander_john]

Hello,

My name is Alexander, new on this forum.

I join this topic to say hey to all old members of this community, i hope you all guys will enjoy here.

[uncleglen]

I live in ED and I love Death Metal but I accept that others may not so I would not dream (well I would dream that everyone loved it and it was piped round M&S etc but hey ho) of saying what you have Mark. Hire out a pub backroom, get on facebook and drum up a fan-base and do your own gigs for peeps who love your genre.\m/

[Cedges]

pablogrande Wrote:

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> My reading of the OP is that he is not allowed to

> play at the goose green festival? I think there

> should be a bit of everything otherwise the

> festival will turn out to be the usual shite of

> hand made birthday cards and Peruvian cardigans

> why can't someone organise something decent around

> here

Because this is the forum, I shall first prelude this response that it is not made in anger!

Firstly yes you are right, the OP was specifically referring to the festival but 'know your audience' as a philosophy would probably stand the OP in good stead. I am sure the organisers know what vibe/atmosphere they are looking to create and I would assume that the OP does not fit into that vision. So why be a hater - this isn't going to change, goose green is goose green, not notting hill et al.

Secondly,pablogrande and the OP, if you don't like it, why not try to organise something yourself to your tastes? You can't please everyone all of the time, but it doesn't mean that there can only be one event to the exclusion of everyone else. Variety is the spice of life after all.

Personally I love a bit of good ol' Country and Western but I won't be holding my breath for much in the way of that sort of festivities round here and I'm far too lazy to try to organise something myself!

[Earl Aelfheah]

Big up the dub

[Curmudgeon]

You could express yourself in your cellar or garden shed with the all the other mid-life crises blokes ?

just sayin'

personally I think that this http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/24/middle-class-dub-reggie-sly kind of answers your question as to why you're not wanted to play "middle class dub" (shudders)