FW: hawks/fantasy

[Nick Medford]

In message <200105021039.LAA14017 at holyrood.ed.ac.uk>, M Holmes
<fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK> writes
>
>It was 1981. Hawkwind played Stonehenge on the Friday and Glasters on
>the Saturday. I remember that clearly, even though, As Captain Dave
>pointed out, my memory banks of the Saturday evening were somewhat
>corrupted by a gallon of organic scrumpy.

Ah yes- I think that exchange took place before I joined the list but I did
read it in the archives. The "Hawkwind riot"...it was you wot done it!
>
>> Agreed- and we're not talking non-crimes like low-level drug stuff
>
>Oh there's always been a certain amount of that.

Get away! I'm shocked. But the obvious gangsterism is a relatively recent
development, no? (unless I was just too stoned to notice it in my younger
days).

>
>> or
>> little outbursts of, uh, over-exuberance, are we? The atmosphere at
>> Glasto can be downright ugly at times.
>
>yep, and it can be very fine.

Sure, I'm not such a curmudgeon that I never enjoyed it there when I used
to go! I just found that over the years, the aspects I enjoyed were gradually
outweighed by those I didn't. Had a lot to do with the vast crowds and the
dramatic increase in commercialisation and rip-offs.

>last time.

Agree with all the rest of your post, but snipped it for the benefit of our
Digest Mode friends.
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Nick Medford