HW: OFF: New A-I.com issue is up

[K Henderson]

Doug points out...

>On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 22:07:31 -0400, K Henderson <henderson.120 at OSU.EDU> wrote:
>>The July issue of Aural Innovations: The Global Source For SpaceRock
>>Exploration is now online. Aural Innovations covers spacerock, psychedelia,
>>related electronic music, plus lots of "out there" jazz and progressive
>>rock. The new issue includes:
>>
>>Adrian Shaw (profile/interview)
>
>Keith - great job on this article!  It was a fantastic read for the subway
>ride home from work last night.

Thanks.  Karen K. deserves some credit for instigating it in a sense.

>I hope you don't mind if I nit-pick on a couple of tiny points in public ...

Yeah, yeah...

>1) If you're going to interview bassists who play space/psychedelic music,
>you need to spell the master's name correctly.  It's Jack CASADY.

Hey, this was done via e-mail...you know who to blame!  :)  I shoulda caught
it though...if you had asked me, I think I'd have gotten it write.  :)

>Now, go
>pick yourself up a copy of the Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship (despite the
>moniker, it's a Kantner solo album, and not the gawdawful arenarock band
>that he founded a few years later) album 'Blows Against the Empire' (or, if
>not, try any live album by Jefferson Airplane, or their 'After Bathing At
>Baxter's' or 'Crown of Creation' LP's), put on "Sunrise", the first track
>on side 2, crank the volume, turn the bass up to "11", sit back & relax,
>and experience what I felt here in the Bay Area in October '89.

Actually, this is the only thing I have from that entire family.  You mean I
have to go back and listen to this unremarkable thing now?  :)

>2) Hopefully someone can correct me on this if I'm wrong, but I don't
>believe that Adrian Shaw *ever* played "Death Trap" with Hawkwind.

Maybe true, can't remember.  I know I pulled out my vinyl copy of PXR5 to
look at the breakdown of performers, but then later I actually wrote that
paragraph, and of course, it only mentions "Death Trap" as being on that
album (and being recently revisited), and not specifically tied to Shaw's
contributions.  So no egregious error I suppose.

>No other lineup
>of the band has ever played those songs as well as the original versions,
>wheras I'd say that several lineups (current one included) have done
>versions of "Hassan i Sahba" that are up there with the original (except,
>perhaps lacking the violin).

What did you think of the version of Wind of Change from "Thrilling"?  Simon
House on stage w/ violin (as we hear in Steppenwolf just after (?)), but he
doesn't play the melody from the original version!!!!  But then Brock's
guitar bits are so awesome and energizing that I think this version is
perhaps the best (or maybe 'tied' with the original).  Well, I liked the
Nottingham version also, but haven't played it in years.  (People are still
auctioning this CD on the web...despite the fact that it won't exist
until.....when, Andy Gee?)

>3) No mention of "Jack of Shadows"?!?  (Adrian's lone songwriting credit
>with Hawkwind!)

Really?  I hadn't noticed that.  I do like that song, but didn't want to
appear overzealous about HW in the article, just two years (if that) out of
his entire career.

Adrian's son Aaron is really good...I could see him being a crucial element
to Hawkwind: The Next Generation, say in 2012 or so.

Grakkl (FAA)