HW: Hawkfest 2003

[Andrew Garibaldi]

Yes - I spoke to Phil of PXR-1 and he personally thanked the 30 or so people
who turned up to watch them. He said that he wasn;t displeased with the way
things went and was actually grateful that Hawkwind started late so it meant
the band could actually catch the last half hour of hawkwind's set. He was
also pleased at the people who came in just to say hi even tho Hawkwind were
playing.
So, even tho' I missed it all,I reckon sympathy vote of the weekend goes to
PXR-1.
But there will be some great music of theirs to follow soon.
Andy G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "M Holmes" <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Hawkfest 2003


> Henderson Keith writes:
>
> PXR1: yeah, strange to put them on at the same time as Hawkwind.
> Someone would have to be very pointedly annoyed at Hawkwind to go and
> see a cover band 50 yards away while they were playing.  Did this also
> mean that the PXR1 guys missed the Hawkwiwnd gig?
>
> > P.P.P.S.  OFF-topic wandering: Can anybody explain the logic behind
> > the alphabet-shuffling of the CA guv'ner ballot, and how it makes it
> > more 'fair' if they randomi(s/z)e it beforehand (rather than just
ABC...)?
> > Doesn't it just *change* who gets the 5% boost at the top of the list
> > rather than eliminate the bias?
>
> I'm a little more cynical perhaps but I suspect that the thinking was
> that Gray Davis might poll few enough votes that if a Mr. AAAAArdvark
> consistently got the Lazy Bonus then Davis might be out just by dint of
> that. Varying the ballots helps prevent this.
>
> > What, were they afraid that candidates were
> > going to start changing their legal names to "Joe Aardvark" or "AAA
Heating
> > and Cooling"?  Maybe I'm stupid, but I would have thought that printing
> > an equal number of ballots with *each* of the candidates listed at the
top
> > would have made the most sense.  Although now with 6000 candidates (or
> > whatever it is) for one stupid election, the printing costs would start
> > to get extreme, now wouldn't they?
>
> Indeed. Note though that however much this election is going to cost the
> taxpayers, it's going to be trivial compared to the costs of the
> California bonds downrating due to the fiscal mess, and the ultimate
> costs of the screwed up elecktrickery deregulation (you can't fix what
> someone charges and leave open-ended what their suppliers charge them
> without there being a very obvious failure mode) will probably dwarf
> even that.
>
> > Anyway, in this crazy world where
> > people are looking to organized religions (of all things) to figure out
> > whether it's 'OK' or not to be homosexual
>
> If 100 years I fully expect whatever rump is left of christianity to be
> heatedly arguing about whether an android can be a Bishop. If their
> arguments weren't so pointless, I'd join just for the recreation of 'em.
>
> >  Oh yeah, and how
> > 'bout that Marsrise at Hawkfest?  Just wait until the upcoming New Moon.
> > Almost close enough to have HF'04 there, yeah?
>
>
>
>
> Waves of red sand cover the lakes
> but Hawkfest Four's on Mars
> Album covers make the same mistakes
> but Hawkfest Four's on Mars
> And everyone here is gonna eat hash cakes
> But Hawfest Four's on Mars
>
> It's on Mars.
>
> Layers of smoke in the atmosphere have made the tent to hot to bear
> There might be some dessert soon but Arthur left and took the spoon
>
> Hawkfest Four's on Mars
> It's on Mars
>
> They're gigging for dreams on the red sand
> We've got our tickets and shades in our left hand
> They're gigging for dreams
> We're looking at lights
>
> We've got Crum on jamming and wine afterwards
> And thunderstorms on Sunday
> We've got our pipes and the stars
>
> And Hawkfest Four's on Mars