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Thank you for your addition to psych folk. Unfortunately the prose is a little more colourful than is appropriate for Wikipedia. As well I am having trouble establishing the notability of Urmin Spindle, and other elements of the addition. Information about living persons is also required to have sourcing if it might controversial. As much as I wouldn't be offended if some one thought I talked to my housecat, others might take offense to the implication I'm not sane, and so the bit about Jeffreys must be sourced. I'm including the text here so that your work isn't wasted. It'd be great if you could tone it down a little, and include sources/citations establishing the notability of those entities involved, and sources confirming the bit about Jeffreys. Thanks. - BalthCat (talk) 18:17, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Acid folk has always benefited from its underground status. Music that avoids mainstream legitimacy began to thrive again in the late 1980s as a dyspeptic reaction to manufactured pop. The Mean Fiddler venue, then in Harlesden, was very supportive of bands such as The Flying Tractor Band, Tatterdalion, Chocolate Vatican and Urmin Spindle. The latter took their cue from seminal 60's groups such as The Incredible String Band, reflecting their literary concerns and eclectic instrumentation coupled with weird harmonies and fey subject matter (talking hedgehogs, an adult male who grows creatures in his hall, sex and philosophy and a full blown Latin fiesta in Nursery Rhyme). Urmin Spindle played regularly from 1987 -1989 singing songs such as Bag of Acid to a chemically altered audience bathed in blue and pink lights. Hallucinogenic drugs took their toll on founder member, Daniel Jeffreys, who was convinced that people lived in sausages and putting cutlery in your mouth was impolite -to cutlery! Their excursion into the dark heart of the hippy dream via pastoral countryside poisoned by pesticides and psychotic elves made uncomfortable listening. The acid folk revival ran out of steam as the electronic rave culture took hold and yet they both enjoyed using the same drugs, acid and ecstasy. Both were interested in created an edgy listening experience, simulating elements of a bad trip and communicating the confusion of psychic meltdown.
