HW: Private gig

[M Holmes]

Chris Croughton writes:

> Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
> >
> > On fre 5 jun 1998 12.17 +0100 "M Holmes" <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK> wrote:
> > > I've just had email from someone regarding the possibility of running a
> > > Hawkwind stream at an SF Con. I've invited this person to join the list
> > > and talk to us. I'd say this sounds like a promising possibility and
> > > that with some work from us, it could be made to happen.
> > > Comments?
> >
> >      I'm for it :)
>
> Thanks - I'm the person FoFP mentioned.  Short bio:

Also Ali has mentioned interest concerning the London Con in July 1999.

>   I first came across Hawkwind at university, '75-'78.  I like the band but
>   I don't know details about them (like who's in or out of the band at the
>   moment etc.), so I guess I'm not a 'fan' in that sense <g>.
>
>   I am an SF fan, and specifically a filker (filk, in short, is SF music
>   created by SF fans).  I'm also a (sound) techie, I've run sound and
>   recording for one small filk convention and been involved in sound tech
>   at several others.  In October I'm running tech for a filk convention in
>   Germany with a filk rock band.  I have a fair bit of my own tech stuff
>   (but no PA, we hire that if it's more than we have in fandom).
>
> FoFP said that you're thinking about a smallish gig, possibly 200 people or
> so, next year.  That sounds feasible to me.  I'm willing to do liason with
> the SF community and tech (either liason if the band have their own tech or
> run tech if they want someone else to do it).  Things I don't know about are
> venue and finance (you really don't want me doing financial things, trust me!),
> but I know people who do know about such things from the SF fandom side.
>
> Now I need to find the archives and see what you've all said so far <g>...

Could you update Chris please Bernhard?

> Chris C

FoFP