OFFish : Please help make the Cambridge show a reality!!

[Jon Jarrett]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Zeitgeist sent what Mike Burro wrote:

> I am writing this note with regard to the proposed one day/night
> festival type event being planned for Cambridge in March.
>
> Here's the current situation as it stands ( to my knowledge)
>
> The event would take place in March, probably March 15th ( I hope, or I
> probably won't be able to play).
>
> The venue which the Cambridge Rock Society, seems to have secured is,
> "The Boat Race";
> http://www.boat-race.co.uk/index.html

        It will certainly be there when and if it happens. However...

> Now the lineup of bands is still somewhat unclear, but this is how it is
> begininng to appear:
>
> Bedouin (Alan Davey of Hawkwind). Although Alan has been called a number
> of times by the organizer, they have not been able to get in touch with
> him, and or he has not responed to messages or something because he has
> not confirmed or denied the date(s) March 2nd is also under
> consideration, but not for me, as I'm teching Philosophy  at the local
> college, and can't get away until the "spring break".

        We waited for two weeks for Alan to call because we do need a band
that will draw a crowd and were hoping Bedouin were it. As a result of
this waiting and an over-long chain of communication we lost the March
slot. We're now trying to regroup for something in April, but don't yet
know whether Bedouin are interested. I'm trying other possibilities too.

        Part of the problem (apart from Alan not picking up the bloody
phone) is that we want something in term-time to maximise the crowd; Mike
of course doesn't, because then he'll not be able to make it. Hopefully we
can find a good gap.

> Woronzow ( Adrian Shaw, The Bevis Frond etc)
> I don't know much about the status of Adrian's partipation in this show.
> Your guess is as good as mine.

        I hoped I'd sorted this one out, but: Woronzow is a label, _not_ a
band. Adrian Shaw is part of the label but _won't_ be playing, and
probably not present though he did ask what the beer was at the venue
(Flower's, FWIW). We are trying to get one of the bands on Woronzow, The
Alchemysts, to play as they kick arse. Not sure what the new situation is
there though.

> Sloterdijk: UK debut show. I plan to perfrom a very rocking set,
> utilizing the harder spacerock tunes from the "Integration" cd, plus
> several new tunes ( many also quite guitar oriented) from the
> forthcoming cd "Uranium Zone".

        I would like to see this and this is one of the reasons why I'm
trying to hedge dates so it can be done, but I can only work with the
dates I'm offered.

> "Judge" Trev Thoms ( Inner City Unit)
> I contacted Trev about getting involved in this event, and he was very
> interested. That was just a few days ago, and we have not conferred over
> it again. It is my hope that he will become involved. I don't know how
> he will approach it, but he will definately be invited to guest with
> Sloterdijk.

        I've let Trev know what's going on; he was talking about doing an
acoustic set or jamming with another band, which would be nice but I think
given the size of the venue and what sort of time they're prepared to give
us I doubt we can get Trev on as a separate appearance, and thus maybe not
at all. On the other hand if Bedouin can't make it but ICU can, well :-)

> Dr. Hasbeen: To my knowledge confirmed

        Mark has been kind enough to say they'll come, yes, but with the
new timeframe I don't yet know if this is still true.

> The Alchemysts: To my knowledge confirmed; big favorites in Cambridge.

        Well, Carl and I like them :-) I don't know that anyone else has
heard of them. But yes, they're in subject to availability on the new
date.

> At the bottom of this page is a link to the Cambridge Rock Society. They
> have a bulletin board for members only, however you can request to have
> a non member posting considered via the administrator. Drop the rock
> society a note and let them know that this show is worth scheduling.
> Another way to reach them is: rocksoc-committee at chiark.greenend.org.uk

        Right, can I say, please DON'T do this. The guy I'm working with
on the Committee is doing everything he can for this event (among a number
of others). Mails of support from people who would come are useful
information but I'm not sure that the reaction to large numbers of
unsolicited mail urging us to do something that isn't in our hands will
help the attitude of the committee.

> If you would like to write to the person who is trying very hard to make
> the event go, then drop a note of support to:
> jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Jon has to work around a tremendous amount of red tape, and was "The
> Person" who first took a stab at making this thing happen.

        Also appreciated, but it won't make me work any harder ;-)

> Also, if you'd like you can drop a line to "The Boat Race" telling them
> that you would like to see this event happen and ask that a confirmed
> date be released as soon as possible, so that people can begin to get
> the word out.

        Well, we could have had March 15th if we'd had a lead band, but we
didn't. Mailing them can't do any harm at least, but they haven't so far
been a problem. Wait till the money comes in for that I imagine :-(
Anyway, that's how it is at the moment. Hopefully I can find out from Alan
very soon what the state of play is and from the Boat Race what other
dates they can offer us. Thanks for the interest (if you had any), yours,

Jon

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