HW: NIK: The upcoming North American tourS

[mike c]

I have to buy it before the captain forbids it and before the rest of
you suck it up :)
sorry another one :)

keith does this kind of anwser your question, I mean if my mails are
not auto-deleted.

On 9/27/13, mike c <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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