(antiMusic) Rich old hippies don't die, they start universities. While most "normal" universities are up to their ivy in aging hippies masquerading as professors, a 60s icon has decided to start a university devoted to transcendental meditation. A movement that lost a lot of hippy cred when the Beatles famously fled after a short flirtation with it (Ringo didn't like the food but George actually stuck with it).Now Donovan, who's best work may have been in a Alice Cooper song (Billion Dollar Babies), wants to build the Invincible Donovan University. The man that gave us Hurdy Gurdy Man" and "Mellow Yellow," now thinks the world is ready for the enlightenment. Or at least Glasgow or Edinburgh might be ready for it. He still hasn't decided which fine city will host his "oommmm" factory according to the Associated Press.
"I know it sounds like an airy-fairy hippie dream to go on about '60s peace and love," said Donovan." But the world is ready for this now, it is clear this is the time." It appears that his guru told him to build the university way back in 1968 but he's just now getting around to it. "The Maharishi told me during that 1968 visit that I should build a university in Edinburgh. I went to my room and drew a beautiful dome-shaped place of learning," he said Friday. You'll never guess who he teamed up with for this project. Will give you a hint the partner said of this undertaking: "For a country the size of Scotland it would take only 250 students meditating to protect Scotland from its enemies and to bring peace, to stop violence and drug abuse." While we try to stop laughing, you can find out who the mystery man is - more on this story
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