OFF!!!: (HW) and "the trend"

[mike coleman]

On 8/5/10, Markvb <mark.von-bargen at o2.co.uk> wrote:
>
> No you're too damned straight mike ;)


I'm mentally open to a lot of things but taking a wild bucking motorbuckeroo
by the ponytailed curlies and taming that beast was NEVER in my agenda. You
are so right.
as I go to have a dryheave, I thought it should be announced that Hawkwind
collectors are needing cash and it is uncool at the moment not to just keep
the 45's from your own country and dump the others....



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>
> On 4 Aug 2010, at 23:37, mike coleman <insect.brain at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > If I catch any of the Motorbangers-but-not-Hawkwind freakazoids hoarding
> the
> > USA Kings Of Speed 45 for love of the fist version, I'll kick their
> > ass....(or try hard)
> > My theory is that when people say "Space Rock's Not My Thing", it's BS
> they
> > are not even aware they are spewing.
> > It is simply that the majority of people are barcoded sheep and require
> > radio-hype to back up the bands they "wear".
> > But of course I could be very deluded and probably am.
> >
> >
> > On 8/4/10, Owen O'Neill <owen.01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> "I can't believe I used to not even know what they sounded like... I
> >> mean, I guess I'd been into Motorhead for a few years and read
> >> somewhere that Lemmy used to be in this other band, kind of a sci-fi
> >> theme and trippy electronics, so I made rounds of my city's record
> >> stores and then somehow a month later I've got a serious technology
> >> habit and I can't have a conversation with anyone I used to be friends
> >> with, in high school, for a while I didn't think I could go go in
> >> every day without a picture of Rob Calvert duct-taped to my chest, I
> >> managed to go dry for a year but all I could think about was how
> >> wonderful it would be once the year's up and i've proven whatever, so
> >> I can go back to Hawkwind. Then forcing it on other people without
> >> making it seem like I was so I could have my H-friends around to
> >> reinforce the whole web of lies, I built hypnotizing goggles that
> >> responded to an audio source, was going around with electrodes on my
> >> head thinking it was OK. ... ... <shots fired>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:30 PM, mike coleman <insect.brain at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> oops one more thing.....I got the local shop to "front" me the double
> >>> CD......and I can't see going without the live tracks.
> >>> maybe that helps...
> >>> also, I'm thinking about starting up the world's first "Hawkwind
> Addicts
> >>> Annonymous" since everything else has a support group, and I thought it
> >>> might be nice for some people wanting to make the journey back to
> >> everyday
> >>> living, to get a chance to recover in steps....
> >>> back to the smack and sex addictions first, and then go from there.....
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 8/2/10, mike coleman <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 8/2/10, Keith Henderson <khenders64 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Mike said...
> >>>>>> Unfortunately Starshine is also fantastic so if your format
> >>>>>> lacks it you are handicapped.
> >>>>> Is Starshine on BOTE identical to Starshine on the 40th anniv.
> Memorial
> >> to
> >>>>> Jason CD?  That would make my decision about which version to buy
> >> simpler.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't know!!  But _I think_ I "politely borrowed" the music from
> that
> >> CD,
> >>>> and I will check it when I get back from lunch...
> >>>> of course if anybody answers first great....
> >>>> Cheers and have a blast at that Hawkfest.......I can't pack a suitcase
> >> much
> >>>> less leave my cocoon
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> .:.;:'¬;˚˚∆:;:,:;';,,';':;.:,:;:;',,':;.';:¬;;';-,,`⁄,
> >>
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