OFF/HW: Cybernetic Love with your Orgasmatron

[Stephen Swann]

In article <3.0.2.32.19971120012818.00761350 at online.no>, Christian
Mumford <cannibal at CUTEY.COM> writes
>At 00:16 20/11/97 GMT, you wrote:
>
>>Maybe there's a future for Ron Tree's robot after all   8-)
>
>Not only that but it would write better lyrics and sing in tune,
>keep a steadier rhythm on the bass, and would be cheaper to keep
>running perpetually fuel wise.

How strange.  I think Tree is the best thing to happen to Hawkwind's
live show in years (haven't heard him yet on album).  I love the fact
that he brings a lot of Calvert's work back into the mix, and I think
he does it with a real flair for the poetic/dramatic element in
Calvert's spoken word pieces - something that's very hard to do well.
I tend to see poetic recitations during rock concerts as being fairly
ridiculous in general, and only a certain combination of audacity,
showmanship, and inner conviction will carry it off well.  Calvert had
it.  I think Tree has it, too.

His singing voice sounded excellent to me at the two NYC show a couple
of months back, he sounded positively dangerous during Hassan I Sabha
and Reptile Vision (?).  I'm not sure about the quality of his own
lyrics; it's tough to pick out the lyrics when you hear them for the
first time at a live show.  If that's his greatest weakness, then
I'll still be glad to have him, even if only as a Calvert stand-in.

Steve
swann at panix.com