HW: Distand Horizons/Dave Brock etc

sprawl sprawl at BLACKBOARD.COM
Mon Feb 2 22:54:04 EST 1998


LN1GJT wrote:

> Hi rj,
>
> Great things these discussion lists!  Sorry man, didn't mean to get personal in
> my response to your posting at all - I hope I didn't offend you - that was far
> from the intention, it was meant to be a general response.

not at all! i feared you would take it the wrong way. lately, i've been a bit
paranoid, because not too long ago it seemed no matter what i posted it was
mis-received.i only replied, because i dint want to be taken as having slandered
ol' dougie. it was my phrasing that i was worried about.  reading over it, i
couldnt determine the over-all tone!

> Well-volunteered on organising the US tour indeed! I'd bet that if you
> considered doing it on a full time basis, Doug would be really pleased , as he
> would dearly love to have a full-time tour-manager/organisrer.

after careful consideration, i must politely decline this gracious offer. ;)

> Agreed again! - I know that the band were pissed-off with the cover to DH, and
> Doug got the blame for that one (as commented on at the UK London gig!). I
> don't really know where the blame lies for the cover, but as Dave B. said
> himself, it looks like a gravestone! As to the wishy-washiness to the content I
> wholly agree. As I said in  a previous posting, the four great tracks should
> have been released as an EP, and then it would have been acclaimed as a huge
> success, a milestone in the Hawkhistory - just like the Earth ritual EP was
> back in 1984.

to blame for the cover:  the recent absence of alan authurs, i'd say. (just a
guess.)

> only other contribution to HW vid releases was the Brixton 1992 show, and I
> feel a bit embarassed by that one.

i think i have this. just the trio, right? all orangy and everything?

> Keep on Hawkin' and sleep well (you'll be in the land of nod when you get this)

my cats dint let me sleep. guess i'll sleep tonite.rj

>
>
> Guy T.



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