Dancin' in the Street

Yeah Man! On Saturday we celebrated all that was good about the hippy era in San Jose's (anyone could come) annual Flower Power fest. Just like in the real 1967 everyone had unfeasibly large Afros, headbands and flowers and were dressed in tie-dye string bags. The only thing that was missing here on clubbin' isle was the US National Guard!So, a perfect recreation of Haight-Ashbury, but flawed in only one aspect, the music. Unfortunately, the draft dodging middle class white kids who thought up hippyhood as an excuse not to go to Vietnam, just couldn't dance (it's still the same today - just go to any Uni hop or Pacha and you'll see.)

Whilst I love the Airplane's 'White Rabbit,' it's not something I could get down to on the dance floor, and my 60's outings to dances were accompanied by Sam and Dave, Mel and Tim, and Bob and Earl.
Anyroad, we had a great time regardless, DJs in the church square, Glen's band and good ol' Mr. (Andy) Wilson in Raco Verd, and on the stroke of 12.45, Abbey road, the Beatles tribute band, rolled up on the back of a lorry.

One photo we have that will remain in our 'private' collection is of us accompanying Status Quo with our air guitars just to prove we'll dance to any old shite with a few Bacardis down our necks.

Any road, here's a vid of draft dodgin' Eurodisco classic, Cuba, made in France in 1978