here & now Alert!! Karma Kanix

[dave hall]

Apologies for the lateness, the Twink doppelganger was also on synth for
Gong for a while - I think
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Captain Bl at ck <starfield at SUPANET.COM>
To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: 16 August 2001 22:22
Subject: Re: here & now Alert!! Karma Kanix


>I was talking to a member of the band last night about the infamous 'Tim
>Blake Dumped At Hotel' episode - not to mention the slightly less
well-known
>but equally memorable 'Tim Blake Thrown Out Of Vehicle In Tottenham Court
>Road' saga.
>
>He recalls 'Twink' being Tim's synth roadie at the time.  This Twink was
>definitely not the Pink Fairies John Alder.
>
>He also remembers several heated exchanges 'post-sacking' regarding the
>question of Tim getting his gear back, as it continued the tour without
>him...
>
>Captain Bl at ck.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jill Strobridge <jill at THETA-ORIONIS.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
>To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 11:16 PM
>Subject: Re: here & now Alert!! Karma Kanix
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: g.m.wright <g.m.wright at TINYONLINE.CO.UK>
>> >
>> > WOW!!!!
>> >    I dont think twink was with them whem i saw them, he was busy with
>> the
>> > pinkwind project, also playing the festival. I remember Kharma Kannix
>> as a
>> > guitar based band, I dont recall kbs/synth, but then memory is a
>> strange
>> > thing. Yes I think that would be the twink.
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, please, somebody, but I think there are two
>> Twinks.   The Twink of Pink Fairies and occasionally Nik Turner plays
>> drums.    The Twink who stood in briefly as a Tim Blake replacement was
>> a roadie of that name.      Without knowing anything more than that I
>> would suggest that the synth player mentioned is more than likely to be
>> the other Twink rather than the Pink Fairies Twink.
>>
>> Confusingly
>> jill
>> <who has decided not to go camping after all and will sleep instead in a
>> comfortable bed in Canterbury!   So there is one free tent space
>> available at the Farm now, if someone else hasn't already taken it>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> Jill Strobridge <jill at theta-orionis.freeserve.co.uk>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: david hall <dave at PARMA29.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
>> To: BOC-L at listserv.spc.edu <BOC-L at listserv.spc.edu>
>> Date: 15 August 2001 18:34
>> Subject: Re: here & now Alert!! Karma Kanix
>>
>>
>> >Saw Karma Kanix at Stonehenge 84. Managed to buy a tape from the band!!
>> You
>> must be the only other person who has heard of this mob. A 'Twink' is
>> listed
>> as synth player I think...is this the same guy who filled in when Tim
>> Blake
>> left?
>> >
>