Time Captives

[Rich Warren]

Anyone who likes 'Time Captives' should try and pick up the Mother Durga CD Single by Astralasia.

It has a wonderfully intense live global trance version with female vocals record  at Whirl-y-gig one year.

Rich W


>  from:    John Cartledge <John.Cartledge at SUNDERLAND.AC.UK>
>  date:    Mon, 09 Dec 2002 11:26:45
>  to:      BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
>  subject: Re: Opening Night In Newcastle
>
> Just a few observations.
>
> Overall I came away a bit disappointed, as I thought HW were well below
> their usual standards.
>
> They certainly weren't helped by the sound quality, which was bloody
> awful at times (even in the middle of the stalls where I was) with high
> levels of distortion and all instruments blurring into a single noise at
> times. Tim Blakes keyboards were completely inaudible for most of the
> set. He seemed to be having a lot of computer hassles though, so that
> won't have helped.
>
> The set list was uninspired (and short -- about 1 hour 25mins). Angels
> of Death wheeled out yet again. Assassins of Allah -- why? Surely this
> one needs retiring for a while. It's not as if they are short of
> material. What about some new stuff?
>
> It was good to see Arthur Brown, although he definitely needs to
> familiarise himself with the material a bit more. He certainly added a
> touch of colour to the proceedings (and I don't just mean his gold
> trousers!).  He did Sonic Attack really well, and it was good to see and
> hear him doing The Gremlin.
>
> One final point. What has happened to Huwy? He seems to be a shadow of
> his former self these days and I found it a bit sad watching him
> bumbling about on stage hitting bum notes and noodling away  in his own
> little world (Eleanor Rigby in the middle of Assassins!!). Judging from
> some of the other posts I'm not alone in thinking this.
>
> Plus points. It was good to see Dave enjoying himself and cranking out
> the riffs. Alan and Richard were excellent as usual. Songwise, The
> Watcher and Shouldn't Do That were the highlights for me (the cover of
> Time Captives was a nice suprise -- always liked that track).
>
> Sorry if this sounds really negative. I'm just calling it as I saw it.
> Hopefully they'll be flying for the Xmas gig.
>
> On a more positive note (and apologies if this is common knowledge).
> Looking at Nik Turners website, it seems that him and Dave have reached
> an amicable settlement over the Xhawkwind shenanigans:
>
> > Nik turner offers the hand of friendship to Dave Brock at Exeter Court
> > and Dave accepts as there are no winners in this fight amongst current
> > and ex-members of Hawkwind except the people being paid in the legal
> > system!
> >
> > All references to any dispute are systematically being removed from
> > all websites related to Nik Turner.
> >
> > A message from Nik:
> >
> > All hail, beings of another cosmos!
> >
> > You'll be happy to hear that Nik and Dave have managed to sit down and
> > settle their mess amicably, trying to cut through the crap and act
> > like big people, shaking hands even, in order to promote goodwill and
> > limit the damage in a situation where the only people that score are
> > the legal professionals.
> >
> > Nik says there is talk of a 'joint' concert to raise money for their
> > costs. What do you think? So let's make a fresh start, and let bygones
> > be bygones, in the spirit of progress and brotherly love.
> >
> > Nik has agreed not to use the name Xhawkwind.com or exhawkwind or
> > ex-Hawkwind since Dave has trademarked the name Hawkwind, and is the
> > only one allowed to use it or give permission for the use of it, and
> > the use of these names may infringe on Dave's rights.
> >
> > Spaceritual.net is a pretty cool name anyway, in the right spirit. Nik
> > wants to thank everyone for their support and vision, the fans, the
> > band, the dancers, the crew and Mr. Chris Hewitt for their continued
> > help and support, and Blaiddwyn - for his impartial temperance.
> >
> > Nik also mentioned that the Spaceritual.net are performing a concert
> > at Wrexham Central Station this Friday, November 29, so be there!
> >
> > Stay cool,
> >
> > Thunder Rider
> >
> > Make sure you see Spaceritual.net on their tour and also see Hawkwind
> > on their tour!
> >
> Good news. Maybe we will see the Hawkestra stuff in some shape or form now.
>
> Cheers
>
> John