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 Monday November 18, 2002 03:48 by darren - direct action against apathy directactionagainstapathy at yahoo dot co dot uk
 Your ticket for a free ride in a world without borders Squatting in the Bushes is a new book from the Direct Action Against Apathy camp. The authors have created an audiovisual performance with their band Devils Bit Scabious and are taking it on tour around the country to launch the book in November /December The performance contains music vision & spoken word on issues, including national identity & the concept of borders, global days of action, the war on terror, and some some songs about hitchhiking... Squatting in the Bushes: Book Launch Tour Squatting in the Bushes is a new book from the Direct Action Against Apathy camp. The authors have created an audiovisual performance with their band Devils Bit Scabious and are taking it on tour around the country to launch the book in November /December The performance contains music vision & spoken word on issues, including national identity & the concept of borders, global days of action, the war on terror, and some some songs about hitchhiking... Hitchhiking can bring such an enormous sense of freedom & illuminate the wondrous extent of human generosity to strangers. It can also plummet you to the depths of despair, & illuminate the dull ache of boredom that nibbles at your toes when all you’ve got is time on your hands. Setting out on their trusty thumbs and desire for the unknown, Tina & Darren hit the highroads & lowlife of Fortress Europe in search of adventure & a comfortable ditch in which to rest their weary heads. Squatting in the Bushes is crammed fuller than their backpacks with d.i.y. travel tales, personal reflections & socio-political ramblings. With top tips for cheapskates & freeloaders, & thoughts on national identities, it will leave you questioning your own ideas of what travel is all about. From fun & frolics with Food Not Bombs in Finland to days of dandering with a donkey in sunny Spain, they encountered many people along the way. With more than a sideward glance towards history, Stonehenge, Normandy, Versailles, Berlin, Warsaw, Auschwitz, filled their brains with information and ideas. Squatting in the Bushes is a tale of freedom, a document of travel, a testimony of personal growth & political yearnings. Devils Bit Scabious play powerful, political, songs of revolution acoustically with passion. The band play a range of instruments including guitar, accordion, darbouka, bodhran, & throw in the occasional sample. To date Devils Bit Scabious have released 2 cd’s and are currently working on the third to be released in early 2003. Wexford Arts Centre 21st November 8.30pm Read extracts from the book & find out more about direct action against apathy at www.geocities.com/directactionagainstapathy
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Jump To Comment: 1The gig in Galway on Sun 24th Nov will be in
O Malleys, Prospect Hill.
The book is available so far from the following places, priced £6 or 10euros:
Belfast:
Giros, Donegal St;
The Bookshop at Queens, University Rd; No Alibis Bookshop, Botanic Ave
Dublin:
The Secret Record and Book Shop, Wicklow St;
Connolly Books, Temple Bar
Order it from your local library ISBN 0-9543806-0-6, published by Direct Action Against Apathy.
You can also get it directly from us at DAAA, PO Box 3345, Belfast BT9 7LP, please include 2 IRC’s to contribute to postage.