No Dope + Hawkwind??????

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

Conversely, doesn't make you odd if you don't. Never have - never will.
Andy Garibaldi.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Clark" <tclark at PETRONET.NET>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 2:58 AM
Subject: Re: No Dope + Hawkwind??????


> Good music always touches the soul, whatever the state of mind, drugs or
not.
> It's OK, dude!
>
> LSD once in a while is good for the soul, though, in my true belief, and
makes me
> laugh at myself and human nature and the formality of it all.  Everything
becomes
> quite absurd and hilarious all at the same time .
>
> Doesn't make you a bad person, though,  that you didn't try it once or
twice or
> several times.
>
>
>
> Melvyn Vincent wrote:
>
> > 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