FAO Hawkwind Band: NikWar Spam

[Michael W Blackman]

Hi Mike,
Sometimes, because I live all the way over here in oz, I feel much alike a Hobbit merrilly living my life blissfully unaware of the events occuring in the land of the Hawk.  I have found your emails to be most enlightening on the subject where one or two others have come across as simply slanderous (if that is not to strong a word perhaps?)

If Uncle Nik is indeed planning a benefit concert to fund a court action against Dave Brocks right to use the name Hawkwind them I, also, would be 100% in favour of boycotting such an action.  I don't really know what help I would be over here.  But the intention would be well directed.
Lets hope it all just fizzles out and life goes on.  But if it doesn't then by all means keep us informed of the facts as you have them at hand.
If it comes to choosing a side(masque) then we are on the same side here.  I choose the side that supports the preservation of the name Hawkwind and the music of Hawkwind.  We all know who has kept that spirit alive dont we.  DB.

Mb




In a message dated Tue, 13 Aug 2002 02:22:22  AEDT, M Holmes <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK> writes:

> Colin Allen writes:
>
> [Re: suggestion to can it...]
>
> > A very sensible suggestion Michael; as all this is still the subject
> > of legal process the Hawks are, very sensibly, saying nothing until
> > the case is resolved.  Perhaps we should all do the same rather than
> > reacting to what can only, at the moment, be conjecture, rumour,
> > hearsay and propaganda.
>
> That's fair enough, except that one side is trying to involve us
> directly by holding a "Benefit" to raise cash for the summoning up of
> lawyers.  I think it's a reasonable topic of discussion as to whether we
> ought to persuade those who might attend to balance off any artistic
> merits against making contributions to such a purpose.
>
> Not that I'm suggesting a boycott of Nik's band. As I've mentioned, I
> saw them at Glastonbury. However, in this case any profits will go to
> attempting to gut Hawkwind of their very name, and the tenor of the
> recent spam indicates that any support is all too likely to be quoted as
> support by the fanbase for Nik's Court claims.
>
> In the case of this specific "Benefit" gig, I think conscience tells me
> that I have to personally stay away and furthermore encourage advocacy
> of others to do the same.  I have a gut feeling that what's really at
> stake isn't just who carries the name. The real effect of removing
> "Hawkwind" from Dave would possibly go a lot further than that.
>
> I intensely dislike being put into a position where I effectively have
> to choose a side, but it seems to me that one faction has now put me
> into that corner.
>
> I'm therefore choosing my Masque.  The simple fact is that there's no
> "Benefit" to me in what's being planned and I'll not only not
> contribute, I'll proselytise against doing so.  I vote we don't go and
> we don't contribute.  I very much doubt that the lawyers will starve.
>
> FoFP