Fw: HW: FWIW

[Jerome Kekatos]

>"By the shores of Lake Michigan, where the hawk wind blows so cold,
>an old Cub fan lay dying, in his midnight hour the toll.
>
>"IT was a bitter January day, Chicago's infamous winter wind - "The Hawk" -
>was sweeping down Michigan Avenue like a thousand razor blades, cutting
>through countless layers of clothing to chill to the bone."
>
>-Andy
>
two comments I can add to this thread...

yes, the winter north-easterly off the lake is called 'the hawk'. The term
originated in the 30's-40's, from the chicago jazz (buzzed) subculture...

A government printed glossary of drug slang I have also pins the 'the hawk'
as a street term for strong psychedelics ie lsd, for the blown-away effect
while peaking.

baseball and drugs and jazz and hawkwind! oh no!

leaving the Auditorium after both the november 73 and march 74 (1999) shows
in chicago, I noticed the sky was filled with fiery bright stars, hanging
just atop the skyscrapers, and the hawk was blowing, but i was already
gone...