From the London Evening Standard

[Kevin Perry]

They'ev got the date wrong though (it's on the 11th according to the tickets
and the RFH Web site!).

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Kevin Perry
The Mountain Grill
http://www.mountaingrill.co.uk/

"It is the business of the future to be dangerous;
and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its
duties."

----- Original Message -----
From: Sebastian Welton <sebastian at WELTON.DE>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:23 PM
Subject: From the London Evening Standard


> Going to London this weekend and wanted to see what was happening and
> this popped up
>
>
> Head south for head trip
> (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/visitors.html)
>
>
> by Arva Haider
> Looming big wheel aside, the South Bank isn't the first location you'd
> think of for a 'sonic trip'. But it is the setting for Mind Your Head, a
> festival exploring altered states in music between the 1960s hippy era
> and the present day.
>
> The trip commences on Wednesday, with headliners The Orb demonstrating
> the blunted ambient house that defined post-rave and which continues to
> inspire accolades from the chill-out set. Judging by their tour earlier
> this year, Alex Patterson and Co remain on fine form live, with a dreamy
> visual backdrop and probably a neverending rendition of their 1992
> smash, The Blue Room. They're supported by somewhat hoary cosmic rockers
> Gong and Japanese 'new earth worshippers' Acid Mother Temple. Mind Your
> Head also expands to prog-rock legends Hawkwind with mental contemporary
> electronic combo Add N To (X) (Oct 10), satisfyingly terrifying
> krautrockers Faust (Oct 12) - hopefully they'll keep their clothes on
> this time - culminating with Pretty Things and The Soft Boys (Oct 19).
> The venue promises excellent acoustics and there's a healthy sense of
> humour. However, it's a shame the bill concentrates so heavily on
> flashbacks and throwbacks; more modern perspectives could've been
> fascinating. Perhaps the drugs really don't work like they used to.
>
>  Mind Your Head. Until Oct 22, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank SE1, The
> Orb, Wed, 7pm, £12.50 to £17.50.
> Tel: 020 7960 4242
> www.rfh.org.uk
> Tube: Waterloo/Embankment
>
>
>
> MfG / Best regards
>
> Sebastian Welton - sebastian at welton.de
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