HW: NIK: The upcoming North American tourS

[mike c]

quick, somewbody paypal me some cash :) :)

what am I supposed to do
this is bloody annoying

On 9/27/13, Jonathan Smith <smithjm77x7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sort of amusing. It says Nik Turner's Space Ritual on the site. But
> enough...
>
> I was tempted by the extra mixes too-- I am sucker for that kind of thing.
>
>
> On 27 September 2013 12:55, mike c <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Keith
>> thank you VERY much for causing me to visit Nik's site and see there
>> is a box set of Space Gyspy with extra mixes, etc.
>> I am really bad about looking at sites, (lack of) money tend to cause
>> that, thanks.
>>
>>
>> On 9/26/13, Keith Henderson <khenders64 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Hey Folx...
>> >
>> >
>> > Let's see...I haven't really read all the nonsense about the namewars,
>> but I
>> > wanted to at least see what the hell Nik's tour is going to be, in case
>> it
>> > would be worth another road trip in short order.
>> >
>> > OK, so it certainly isn't Nik Turner's Hawkwind.  We knew that.  But
>> > now
>> I
>> > realize that it isn't even Nik Turner's Space Ritual!!  'Cause I've
>> > just
>> > been to the Space Ritual website, and "they" (minus Nik himself,
>> apparently)
>> > are swearing that they have absolutely nothing to do with the
>> > album/tour.
>> > So, no Terry Ollis, Mick Slattery, Dave Anderson/Jerry Richards, Tom
>> > Crimble,
>> >  etc....
>> >
>> > Which is confirmed at nikturner.com, since he points to the following
>> > partial lineup as being his US touring band:
>> >
>> > Nik - Sax, Flute, Vocals
>> > Nicky Garratt (of UK Subs) - Guitar
>> > Jeff Piccinini (aka Geoff Myles) (ex-Chelsea (UK*), currently
>> Revenant**) -
>> > Bass
>> > Juergen Engler (of Die Krupps) - Synths, 2nd Guitar (?)
>> > Unknown Drummer (presumably there will be one)
>> >
>> > Given the punk (and/or industrial) pedigree of these folks, it would
>> > seem
>> > this would be more like an Inner City Unit-type ensemble than anything.
>> > Which is just as much a Cleopatra emphasis as space rock/prog ever was,
>> if
>> > not more so.  So marketing this band as anything HWish or
>> > SpaceRitualish
>> is
>> > kinda false advertising, although maybe they will play MotU and
>> Brainstorm
>> > in the old ICU style, in addition to all the new stuff from Space
>> > Gypsy.
>> > (When does that come out?)
>> >
>> > *not to be confused with the US Chelsea, with Peter Criss (of Kiss)
>> >
>> > **I'm listening to a
>> >  Revenant (US-based?) tune right now (first time) "Dark Church" that
>> sounds
>> > like The Cult (not half-bad) - other tunes are not quite so
>> noteworthy....
>> >
>> > Well, they are playing Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, so maybe I might
>> > make
>> > the effort if early reviews are promising.  Last time I saw Nik
>> > (opening
>> for
>> > Gong w/ Hillage in London in 2010), he seemed a lot slower and older
>> than I
>> > remember from just a few years earlier...hope he's got the energy for
>> > an
>> > ambitious long-distance tour schedule.  The US is a big place.  All
>> > those
>> > long, lonely freeways and intersections we've got up here.
>> >
>> > As far as the actual Hawkwind tour is concerned, it looks like I will
>> > be
>> > heading to Philadelphia, Washington DC, & Cleveland for (reasonably)
>> sure,
>> > with Chicago being a game-time decision (the venue there looks pretty
>> > interesting...kinda looks like the hall in London where they did the
>> > 40th
>> > anniversary show in 2010.)  Hope to see some folks
>> >  there.  Sorry to be missing Toronto, but I have to work those days.
>> > Is
>> it
>> > really sold out??  Is that venue rather small or something?
>> >
>> > Keith H. (State College PA)
>> >
>>
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