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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Attended farewell concert, Cream, 1968, and the two final European
concerts of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1969, all at the Albert
Hall, London. Hyde Park Free Concert, also 1969. Addressed 200
dockworkers, Portslade, Sussex, 1973, and 100 French miners, Pas-de-
Calais, France, 1974.
Played and sung a Lou Reed song in a Hanover bar, 1979.
Interviewed Malcolm McLaren, 1981. In Prague, witnessed Lanterna
Magika’s multimedia production of Odysseus in 1988, just a year
before Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution.
Bought drinks for Shakin’ Stevens at Dingwalls, Camden, and for
Commander Cody, California. Researched the clubbing scene in Ibiza
for The Times. Journal article, ‘Play as the Main Event in International
and UK Culture’, Cultural Trends, 2003. Critical article in advance of the
2012 London Olympics, 2008.
Professional speaker at major conferences. Visiting professor of
forecasting and innovation at London South Bank University.
Website: www.Woudhuysen.com
All the way from Ohio:
American youth practices
for London’s New Year’s
Day Parade, 2019
Photo: Karen Harvey
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