HW: tour

[Muad'Dib]

Cool.  Next trip I'll be checking it all out.  I laughed when you said you
were sad to see all the tourists.  What about you!!  ha-ha

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephe Lindas" <lindas1 at ADELPHIA.NET>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: HW: tour


> I went there last time I was in the UK for Hawkfest. They are very cool.
The stones outside of the circle were more impressive. Can't recall the
name, but worth the look. I liked them more than Stonehenge. It was sad for
me to see all the tourists etc.... Oh well, Cheers Stephe
> >
> > From: Jill Strobridge <jill.strobridge at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK>
> > Date: 2004/09/22 Wed PM 05:27:09 EDT
> > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> > Subject: Re: HW: tour
> >
> > there are dozens of prehistoric sites between Liverpool and London!
> > But if it's Bronze Age stone circles you want then probably the
> > best bet would be the Rollright Stones just south of Birmingham at
> > Chipping Norton which would only be a slight detour on the way
> > south to Swindon if you are travellling by car.
> >
> > For web pages of interest try here:
> > http://www.digital-brilliance.com/hyperg/history/rollrite.htm  or
> > here:  http://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/welcome.shtml
> >
> > but do a Google search on the topic and you'll find loads of
> > others.
> >
> > jill
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Henderson Keith" <keith.henderson at PSI.CH>
> > To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 3:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: HW: tour
> >
> >
> > > Subject: HW: H For Hawkwind
> > >
> > > OK...
> > >
> > > (Hmmm...this message was rejected due to the subject heading,
> > that
> > > the LISTSERV thought was some sort of admin. message...Odd.
> > Anyway
> > > the subject header is now here at the top, and I put something
> > more
> > > innocuous in the true subject line.)
> > >
> > > >Damn Straight. If I had to choose 3 stone circles to visit.
> > Callanish,
> > > >Avebury, and Castlerigg would be my choice.  Callanish is
> > fantastic I would
> > > >recommend anyone to take the time and go there.  And the missing
> > trees are
> > > >weird, the Orkneys are the same, it takes a while to figure out
> > what's
> > > wrong
> > > >with the picture.
> > >
> > > So, where are all these?  Sounds like islands in the north
> > (Scotland),
> > > unless I'm mistaken.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I'm looking at the early few dates for December touring,
> > and
> > > thinking about a flight over to the UK.  Because Basel now has
> > service
> > > on EasyJet to both Liverpool and Luton, I can think about a
> > 'triangular'
> > > trip from Liverpool, catching the two shows at:
> > > Dec 9th - Telford, Oakengates Theatre
> > > Dec 10th - Swindon, Oasis
> > > which would lead me to the London area without much problem.  And
> > then
> > > the prog band iQ plays at the Mean Fiddler on Dec. 11th, so I
> > would
> > > plan to catch that show (OK, so I like sappy progrock, sue me)
> > before
> > > heading home.
> > >
> > > I just wanted to know if these two places (Oakengates and Oasis)
> > were
> > > good venues to see a show.  Anybody know?  Acoustics, stage
> > size/height
> > > (for visuals), beer quality/price, venue size (cramped or
> > spacious).
> > > That sort of thing.
> > >
> > > Dave Brock said at Herzberg that the "Christmas show" was
> > probably
> > > going to be at Exeter this year, and so that last date (the 18th)
> > fits
> > > with what he told us.  So maybe that would be a slightly more
> > special
> > > gig (?), but this plan seems to work better all things
> > considered.
> > > And if any one of these stone circles was in the region between
> > > Liverpool and London, that would be cool as well.  (Of course, I
> > had
> > > thought to stop at Stonehenge if I were to go to Exeter.)
> > >
> > > But I'd like to know about the venues ahead of time if I could.
> > >
> > > BTW, he mentioned that *perhaps* Arthur Brown would be back to do
> > > some of these late 2004 shows, but when we asked about Simon
> > House
> > > he said pretty much 'No chance.'  Can't remember, but I think Tim
> > > Blake was a 'maybe'.  But anyway, I think I'd like to see Cap'n
> > Black
> > > turn up again (hint), based on a recent discussion here that
> > seemed
> > > to suggest that he has some of Tim's old equipment.  And so that
> > > explains my experience (as I remember it) at Hawkfest '03 and how
> > > impressed I was by the return of the Blake synth sound to HW
> > (which
> > > I attributed then to Blake, who was there on stage).  Whereas it
> > now
> > > seems to be the case that the other guy over there crammed onto
> > the
> > > stage left area (who I wasn't paying much attention to, 'cause I
> > didn't
> > > know who he was then), was the *real* Blake sound, aka our own
> > Keith
> > > Kniveton.  Since then, I haven't seen him play with HW, and now I
> > > would like to see that rectified on this next trip to the UK.
> > Any
> > > word from the horse's mouth?  Are you going to play on this tour,
> > > Cap'n Black?
> > >
> > > And any Litmus (or similar-types) gigs planned for mid-December
> > around
> > > this time?  Will they be with Hawkwind on any of these?
> > >
> > > Grakkl* (FFA)
> > >
> > > *Quiscalus Quiscula (sadly, non-existent here in CH from what I
> > can tell)
> > >
> > > ObCD: Pothead - Tuf Luv (I picked this up at the Swamp Room
> > Happening
> > > in Muenchen this past weekend, where I saw ColourHaze, Hypnos69,
> > and
> > > Liquid Visions, and it's a damn good CD!  Kinda short, but the
> > riffs
> > > are everything I remembered from seeing them live at Herzberg
> > after HW.)
> > >
> > > P.S.  Did anyone else note that Marillion (to keep up the sappy
> > progrock
> > > theme) was on that same plane with the artist formerly known as
> > Cat Stevens
> > > that got diverted to Bangor, Maine?  As if it weren't already
> > hard for
> > > bands to get permission to enter the US...now they're even
> > thwarted as
> > > innocent bystanders!
> > >
> > > P.P.S.  Who's seen Nektar/Caravan in the US?  Any interesting set
> > changes
> > > since Nearfest?  Anything from Journey yet?  Any of the new
> > album?  Did
> > > anyone buy it at the shows?  (I think it's available, yeah?)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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