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[Keith A Henderson]

Chris sayz...
>
> Yeah, well as Captain, Brock apparently threw most of the original crew
> overboard!
> My question: Since Brock was clearly not the sole inventor of the Hawkwind
> phenomenon,

Which HW phenomenon...the 1969-72 HW, the 1973-75 HW, the 1976-79 HW, the
1980-1987 HW, the 1988-1994 HW, or the current 1995-96 HW???  Ah, now you see,
does the name's essence lie in it's embryonic state?? Or the evolved state??  I
tend to favour the latter, and since Brock has been a part of *all* of those
entities, that's where the name belongs....IMHO

> what gives him exclusive rights to the name?

Doug Smith....he says so. :)

> As for the Grateful Dead analogy, if Garcia were the sole remaining member of
> that group,
> I GUARANTEE he would never be presumptuous enough to refer to it as the Dead.
                                                                          ^^^^
Well, I believe he *is* entitled to the name, because he's exactly that - he
and the keyboardist fellow, that is....

Keith H. (FAA)

ObSolo - Steve Wilson (PT): 'Small Fish'