OFF: Nektar/Brainticket/Huw shows

[mike coleman]

oops, you all knew I meant "Hawkwind-junkie 'bum'" of course
and with that I seriously ask, because I am not as gray as some of you
quite yet:
brockett or smeeton??
who was King supreme, leaving bias out.
all I know is I once got loaded up with free stuuf when delivering
furniture to this hot lady who worked in the biz, just by mentioning
Smeeton, but apprently the Nektar guy was awesome.
also, what about the Calvert ringmaster out-takes on the 2005 (DTE) CD version??

On 8/18/11, Hawkwind Junkie Bum <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks keith for breaking the deafening silence, thanks Eli, of course
> I was expecting you, and TOTALLY ABSOLUTELY NOT SERIOUS BS MODE FULL
> ON:
> You guys know what you have to do right??
> It ain't pretty and I dislike it more than you, but in the name of Huw
> what were the names of those 2 female skaters
> Harrigan??
> I forgot,
>
>
>
> On 8/18/11, Elipxr5 <elipxr5 at aol.com> wrote:
>> Tour spoiler alert. Don't read further if you don't want show details. As
>> an
>> all out space rock freak I couldn't help but love last night's show at
>> B.B.'s. The crowd was respectable, but not quite a full house. Jim Lascko
>> of
>> Strange Daze fame handled the light show, and had obviously put a lot of
>> work into loading lots of Nektar iconography (album
>> covers,graphics,logos)
>> into his visual library. The light show ran for all the bands, but was
>> stylistically different for each act, with lots of Egyptian themed
>> visuals
>> for Brainticket. Huw Lloyd Langton was on first, and played an all too
>> brief
>> 35 minute set, solo acoustic. He did a bit of between song banter, and
>> seemed to be trying to assess whether anyone knew who he was, or who
>> Hawkwind was. The crowd let him know they were well aware. He played and
>> sang great. Songs included War Is The Hobby Here, Rollin' and Tumblin'
>> (since we were in a "blues" club), Hurry on Sundown, and in answer to my
>> shout out a great rendition of Rocky Paths. I'm sure I'll think of a few
>> others later. After a very short break, Brainticket was up. Joining
>> original
>> member Joel Vandroogenbroek, (not totally sure on that spelling) were
>> Tommy
>> Grenas on bass, and Len Del Rio on keys and synths of Pressurehed,
>> Farflung,
>> Nik Turner's U.S. Space Ritual band, Anubian Lights, The Brain and
>> others.
>> It was great to see these guys again, as I've always really enjoyed their
>> brand of space rock. They were augmented by the current drummer and lead
>> guitarist of Farflung, who's names I don't know. They were fronted by
>> female
>> vocalist Abby Travis from L.A., who provided lovely chanteuse style
>> vocalizing against the spacey sounds of the guys. She had two costumes,
>> one
>> based on Egyptian ceremonial garb, and one more like as Asian courtesan
>> complete with Peacock feather headress. She has a great stage presence,
>> and
>> a voice powerful enough to rise above the wail of the cosmic sounds of
>> Joel
>> and the band. Joel played synths, keys, sitar, and flute during the set.
>> I'm
>> not that familiar with their song titles, but I recognized material from
>> Celestial Oceans and some other early material. Brainticket played a
>> little
>> under an hour. A DJ played lots of nice space rock between sets. Nektar
>> came
>> on at nine sharp and played until a quarter to eleven. The line up was
>> Roye
>> on guitar and vocals, Ron Howden on drums as always, Klaus Henatsch on
>> keyboards, and brand new bassist Lux Vibratos, who is a member of helios
>> Creed's band out of L.A. The new guy is a monster and totally had his
>> parts
>> down. In my opinion he's the best bassist Nektar's had since Mo Moore
>> departed a few years back.The band sounded really good, although it had
>> that
>> first night of the tour vibe, and you can just tell this show will
>> improve
>> with repeated performances. I didn't take any notes but I do remember
>> they
>> played (in totally incorrect order) A Day In The Life of A Preacher,
>> Kings
>> of Twilight, Dream Nebula, Man in the Moon, Dr. Cool, Remember the Future
>> Pt.1. I'm definitely leaving out some great tunes. I forgot what they
>> opened
>> with but it was a classic killer. The encore was a real treat, "Good
>> Day."
>> Nektar seems to be looking good in 2011, and I think the new line-up will
>> satisfy the old fans. Roye seemed happy,excited, and very with it, and
>> seems
>> to still shine with talent. All in all a great night, a great tour, great
>> music, great lights, and in my case great company..shouts to
>> Cyndee,Jeff,the
>> Finally Balanced crew,and the Stewarts. I'm heading out to Sellersville
>> PA
>> on Sunday to do it all again and I'm stoked.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Keith Henderson <khenders64 at YAHOO.COM>
>> To: BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
>> Sent: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 10:00 pm
>> Subject: OFF: Nektar/Brainticket/Huw shows
>>
>>
>> Hey...
>>
>> Tonight was the opening night of the big US tour in NYC...Who went, and
>> how
>> did
>> it go?  What did/How long did each act play?  etc.  Inquiring minds want
>> to
>> know...plan to make it to the Lancaster PA show this weekend.
>>
>> Ciao...Keith H.  (back after a bit of a break...)
>>
>>
>>
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