Exeter 25th October

[Colin J Allen]

The new material is there, it is just not allowed out to play yet:).

It was a bit of an odd gig; the promoters (Future Sound of Exeter) put on
regular events at the Phoenix and try to get an eclectic (and full) line-up;
I also thought that the guitarist in the bar band was very good, although I
thought that Dbkaos was the guy in the hall before Hawkwind went on; the
band in the bar were (I think) Sembalance with the Iconoclast.  The food at
the Phoenix was worthy of mention as was the lovely, lovely (and virtually
unique) mixing desk; it was just such a pity that they kept such a careful
eye on the latter after the gig:(.  Now that I would not have minded lifting
and pushing to the van!

Colin



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jill Strobridge" <jill at THETA-ORIONIS.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: Exeter 25th October


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Blackman" <michael_1968 at OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:53 AM
> Subject: Re: Exeter 25th October
>
> > There ought to be a page at Mission Control just for the roadies and
> all
> > those fine individuals who work so hard behind the scenes to make the
> gigs
> > happen.
> >
>
> Yeah - there definitely should.    I must confess to a twinge of guilt
> sometimes when I leave a venue and look back at the stage - empty of
> people but piled high with equipment - knowing that some poor folks have
> still got to dismantle all that lot and pack it away before the evening
> is really over.
>
> Anyhow I finally introduced my sister and her family to a Hawkwind gig -
> Hawkwind People here are my relatives - Relatives this is Hawkwind.
> Thankfully it seemed to go ok - no Damascenian conversions sadly - the
> neices have been too brought up on mainstream I'm afraid but the eldest
> has learned how to get work at Glastonbury (thank you Merrick!) so her
> horizons might broaden a bit and everyone seemed to enjoy the
> experience.
>
> A strange mixture of a gig though - there was a DJ in the main hall
> right up until Hawkwind played, with a very trippy visual show but not
> much else by way of inspiration.   The support band (who
> were.........?dbChaos) set up in a tiny cramped corner of a smallish bar
> space and the lead guy played (to my ear) some fairly decent guitar.
> But it was very very packed and everyone was standing on everyone else
> so there wasn't much room to hang around and socialise never mind relax
> and listen.    Everyone managed to squeeze into the main hall -
> just -but there was no way I was ever going to see much of the stage so
> it was a question of watching the lights (which were flashy and dramatic
> but clearly not the Chaos Lightshow - it was a real shame about their
> computer failure) and listening to the sound - which was good and
> powerful without being excessively loud - very well balanced.    I found
> it difficult to separate out the different guitars (but then I don't
> have the ear of experience)  but thought that overall it had a nice
> depth and surroundsound feel to it and certainly everyone around me was
> having a wonderful time!
>
> I'm (selfishly) glad there wasn't much new material but I confess I was
> expecting more - in fact I was expecting a lot more!    Where has it
> gone then??
>
> Anyhow - hi to everyone I met - everyone I recognised and didn't know
> the name of, everyone I would have known the name of but didn't
> recognise and everyone for whom I managed to get both right.
>
> Ah dear - signs of senility.........
> jill
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