HW Space Ritual

[mike coleman]

real quick:
Nik's relationship carried on with Barney after Hawkwind's ended so Nik is
the man for this memorial
maybe they will have Trev and Steve do a huge amount of ICU on top of the
appropriate HW interpretations.....


On 12/18/08, mike coleman <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just turn the thing over to Elvis Costello and have any prior Hawkwind
> members make certain to play ONLY their own material or other musical cover
> versions that Barney would have had a happier memory with, and to show the
> integrity of the event and that it is not an act of war (AGAIN)  be that
> intentionally or non-so
> how's that for some BS????
> nik's not getting younger, may he have a great time and all who attend
> I guess enjoy anything offered while the precious moments still exist on
> earth....
>
>
>
> On 12/18/08, bernhard.pospiech <bernhard.pospiech at t-online.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi again Colin
>>
>> I am sure that they will play a much better gig after
>> they have rehearsed for a couple of days.
>>
>> We have here a lot of excellent musicians !
>> If Nik remembers that he is a musician as well then we will get
>> a great show !
>>
>> The problem with HAWKESTRA was that we had at least 30 different
>> personalities
>> with 30 different interests on stage.
>>
>> Unfortunately to much politics in this life !!
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Bernhard
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Colin Allen
>> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 4:37 PM
>> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>> Subject: Re: HW Space Ritual
>>
>> Hi  Bernhard,
>>
>> I strongly suspect that it will be much better; the line-up that played at
>> Herne Bay had not rehearsed at all yet still produced some incredible
>> moments.  With a few solid rehearsals under their belts, the results could
>> be quite amazing.  I certainly believe that this will be a lot better than
>> the chaos that was the Hawkestra event.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>> --- On Thu, 18/12/08, bernhard.pospiech <bernhard.pospiech at T-ONLINE.DE>
>> wrote:
>>
>> From: bernhard.pospiech <bernhard.pospiech at T-ONLINE.DE>
>> Subject: Re: HW Space Ritual
>> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>> Date: Thursday, 18 December, 2008, 1:06 PM
>>
>> Hi Colin
>>
>>
>> >Were you at the Herne Bay gig, Bernhard?
>>
>> No, but all I have here is an audience recording from this show.
>> I know that just a recording is not the same like beeing there.
>> But it is a good chance only to focus on the audio part and not be
>> affected
>> by the visuals I also know that a COMPLETE gig/show is the video AND the
>> audio part.
>>
>> I am talking about the AUDIO part here
>> A fine selection of tracks but they have played not together but against
>> each other
>>
>> Have listened a couple of times to this show.
>> As I mentioned before the best musician on stage was Jerry
>>
>> Again I am very sorry to be so negative.
>>
>> Most of the musicians from this show are good musiscians and great people.
>> But they performed on this day a crap gig.
>> Perhaps they did not have the time to reherse. Who knows ?
>>
>> My very private oppinion is that Nik Turner is the problem.
>> Listening very carefully to this show you can hear that everytime when NT
>> is
>> taking action the quality of the performance goes down.
>> Not only at the HB show but also during most of the other SR shows they
>> did
>> over the last couple of years.
>>
>>
>> Lets hope that SR2009 will be better than Herne Bay
>>
>>
>> Bernhard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 18/12/08, bernhard.pospiech <bernhard.pospiech at T-ONLINE.DE>
>> wrote:
>>
>> From: bernhard.pospiech <bernhard.pospiech at T-ONLINE.DE>
>> Subject: Re: HW Space Ritual
>> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>> Date: Thursday, 18 December, 2008, 12:31 PM
>>
>> Hi there
>>
>> This show is a good idea but if they play as bad as they did in Herne Bay
>> than it will be a waste of money.
>>
>> It was an absolutely crap performance.
>>
>>
>> The only highlight was Jerry Richards
>>
>> I only see one chace for this event to be successfull.
>> Playing without Nik Turner
>>
>> He is the one who ruins every gig.
>> I am sorry to say it but it is the truth
>>
>>
>> Bernhard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Ian Abrahams
>> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:14 PM
>> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>> Subject: Re: HW Space Ritual
>>
>> I've got no real insight, but I think the band we are talking about is
>> basically the band as performed at Herne Bay for the Calvert tribute,
>> playing the music of the Space Ritual... seems like an excellent prospect
>> to
>> me and I have absolutely no problem putting money into Nik's pocket (and
>> the
>> rest of the guys involved)... in fact, given the performance at Herne
>> Bay...
>> personally I'd be delighted to put money in their pocket! :)
>>
>> --- On Thu, 12/18/08, SHLL (Scott Heller) <shll at HAGEDORN.DK> wrote:
>>
>> From: SHLL (Scott Heller) <shll at HAGEDORN.DK>
>> Subject: HW Space Ritual
>> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 10:55 AM
>>
>> Hej
>>
>> How I would love to come and see this but seeing as it will hardly have
>> any
>> of the original band:
>>
>> No lemmy, no calvert, no brock, no stacia, most likely not Simon King that
>> means it will be:
>>
>> Nik, maybe Del Dettmar, Dik Mik.. probably only Nik... I don't actually
>> see
>> the point except to put some cash into Niks pocket and those surrounding
>> the
>> event.....
>>
>> And I will not likely travel from Denmark to see it.. Let's see what the
>> details bring...before making final judgement.
>>
>> scott
>>
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