No Dope + Hawkwind??????

[Michael Blackman]

I agree - you do not need to be stoned or tripping to enjoy hawkwind at all

Hawkwind is completly enjoyable in any state of mind.

However I did have a brownie a few hours before the show 8>)

Very rarely do I indulge these days.....

Michael B

----- Original Message -----
From: Melvyn Vincent <mel at MVA.U-NET.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: No Dope + Hawkwind??????


> 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
>