vale damien lovelock.

damien lived about three doors down from me, i'd known him for 30 years, he used to be the only person who regularly donated stuff to the youth refuge at xmas. a good man and he was a character indeed.
one day he came to my place and i noticed a photo of the dali lama i had defaced with 'do not adjust your karma, tune in to the dali lama' which he loved as it was a lyric from his song. i had no idea but we laughed about it for years.
later i saw him play with the church when he jumped on stage at the venue in dee why and sang electric lash. for years i teased him, that was the best gig he ever played. he couldn't stand hearing it, he would go on and on about steve.
every year he and the rifles would play a harbor cruise to which i was always invited, he played a song for me, 'electravision mantra' as i loved it so much. damian was cool guy although i teased him a lot about his gig with the church, he got into yoga and became quite serious about it but the guy had opinions about everything, he was a contradiction, kinda hard not to love the man.