Nearly Normal Nimbin

My friend, the Scottish writer  Alastair Macintosh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_McIntosh wrote me last month:   

 " Hello John, A couple of Nimbin people – Nell and Nicola – prompted me to look out the greatest Ozzie movie of all time: NEARLY NORMAL NIMBIN

What an era that was, it felt like, for a few years, the way was opening, instead of being bunkered down and bombed the way it seems to be now. But such are times when we need to be here. In Quaker meeting this morning I pointed out that last nights bombing was by B-2 Spirit bombers, what a perversion of the ruach of the Holy Spirit.

 Alastair. "

I realised that I hadn’t seen THIS FILM myself for 10 years or more and that I’d love to share it, feeling nostalgic after more than 30 years around there.

 I’ll bring my guitar and bookend the film with a couple of Nimbin songs.

 To be followed by a discussion about any implications for our community to-day (if any 😊).

 However, BE WARNED! Sex, drugs and rock and roll feature prominently along with death and birth, if you’re not ready to discuss these with your kids, please leave them at home. Here’s a 4-minute trailer https://vimeo.com/79845563   so don’t say I didn’t warn you.

 Its in 3, hour-long parts and part 1 will screen at the Village Hall from, 7pm this Thursday 24th.

 Entry by (tax-deductible) donation to indigenous survival in Kerala https://www.fundmyplanet.org/campaign/30/seeds-of-resilience-restoring-indigenous-practices-in-india (Check this out and feel free to donate even if you can’t make it to the screening.)