A day of Glej and Action for Culture

Started the photography part of the day with a lunchtime session with the Glej people... (or at least the ones that were not too busy working :) ) 

Then run to the Action for culture protests just to tell the world that we need to change this world before we all end up bodies outlined in chalk.

and then rushed to a tea-time opening of the Glej designers. 

There I was

standing in Parliament Square, trying to push world peace a tiny step forward

 for most of us know that war is not the solution to the problems we face in the 21st century (I know I just repeated the message from the photo there, but as I am listening to The Clash's London Calling played on BBC 6 music, it makes me all that more aware that some messages need to be repeated, just to sink in).

 And then we all heard a very energetic call for ceasefire (excellent, energetic version of the song, unfortunately I forgot who did the original)

 and a speech delivered by Francesca Martinez (got to love her for her energy).

and it made me think how come there are so few of us? 

Did we plan to combat the MPs one on one and we were afraid somebody might call in an unfair fight if we came in larger numbers?

Or don't we care no more?

Or don't we believe in changes?

My dear Londoner's, I'm terribly sorry, but this just won't do.

It really won't. 

We need to do something about the situation in this world

and there ain't no point in waiting

as tomorrow we might all be dead. 

At the end of the protest, in a feeble attempt to at least try and restore some order to my life 

 I went to listen to Lucas & King

and Roxanne de Bastion (who performed with a broken ankle and a huge smile) 

play to us at The Lexington

15o continues

and this time they had the support of the demolition group. Surely, getting a band called Demolition Group to join 15.october protests in front of the Ljubljana (well Austrian really, just to show you how these financial things go) stock exchange can not be a coincidence. I mean, how could it be? So, there we were, waiting for the demolition to start. You could just feel the anticipation in the air.Some people even stayed at work late just to see what is going to happen (yes, the lights on the 2nd floor).
But then they got the news. 'Boys, there is going to be no demolition today. You can play a few songs, but no bricks will be moved. After all this is a peaceful protest.' And this sure brought the guys down. They were sad and did not know what to do, because they came here to do their job and they wanted to do it right, so what are they to do...? As the old ones seemed to be a tad lost, the young generation took charge of things and showed us that there is a future ahead of us all. As long as play the music, things are going to happen.
And yes, as always when hope is restored, or in times of desperation, in good times and in bad times, whether happy or sad, blue or green, young or old, one always ends up in bed, so why should this blog be an exception?