No Dope + Hawkwind??????

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

Hey - the one thing I realised for the first time in a long while at
Brixton - there sure ain't no stereotypes for this band no more - but
semi-vegetarian? Not sure if I can cope with that? Tried vegetarianism
once - lasted about ten weeks then caved in at the supermarket!!!
Andy G'b.
----- Original Message -----
From: "flossbac" <flossbac at NLCI.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: No Dope + Hawkwind??????


> This is an interesting topic you have brought up.  I think it's evident to
> anyone familiar with Hawkwind that they are considered by many to be a
"drug
> band" whatever that means....but certainly most fans I've run into have
been
> potheads at the least, and most were interested in consuming other
> substances as well.  For myself, I've never used any drug, nor have I ever
> been drunk, nor do I smoke.  I just never saw the point as far as I was
> concerned... I like Hawkwind just fine without chemically altering myself.
> I'm also semi-vegetarian (I mean to say that I have a reduced meat diet...
I
> rarely if ever eat it), and I'm gay.  So I don't imagine I fit most of the
> stereotypes of the typical Hawkwind fan.
> John Majka
> flossbac at nlci.com
>
>
> > I watched the last couple of songs @ Hawkestra,Brixton from the circle.
> > At the end,as everyone started leaving their seats,a guy stumbled into
me
> > from behind looking in a bad way.....
> > "Are you OK mate?",I asked
> > " Ugh...errrrr.....Have you got any dope?" he asked. To which I
> replied........
> > "No mate.....I'm not into that".
> > "Then what the f**k are you doing here!",he replied
> > "I've never needed it", I said
> > "Ahhhh...f**king bollocks!",was the response.
> >
> > Now.......some questions for all you Hawksters out there.
> > I've been following HW since 1972.......and......(this is the
truth)....I
> > have never taken drugs ( ie Dope,LSD,etc).
> > In fact the most lethal concoction I used to consume prior to a HW gig
in
> > my late teens was a few pints of Whitbread Trophy........( Now beat that
> > for pure shit!!!!!)
> > Am I mad? Is it really possible to enjoy HW without the aid of mind
> > altering drugs?
> > Are there any other fans out there that 'get off' on HW without getting
> > 'stoned'?
> > Or........am I the odd one out? All my mates at college use to say to me
> > that the only way anyone could enjoy HW was to get 'stoned'.
> > I didn't agree then and at 43 yrs old now I still don't agree.
> >
> > Are there any other 'non druggies' out there that are into HW?
> > Or am I alone?
> >
> > Mel
> >