HW: Cornwall

[Doug Pearson]

On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 11:13:56 +0200, "SHLL (Scott Heller)" <SHLL at NOVO.DK>
wrote:
>Hej,
>        How was the HW gathering? Any reports? Did you all meet up and have
>a great time?

Yeah, enquiring minds wanna know!  Does anyone have a report?  (or is the
list down again despite the two test messages that made it through?)

On a vaguely-unrelated note, I was recently thumbing through a (the?)
Throbbing Gristle/COUM bio at a friend's house (COUM was the vaguely
performance art group that Genesis P. Orridge and Cosey were involved with
before TG), and there were a couple of Hawkwind references.

Apparently, early on, COUM did a few performances as a musical (rather than
artistic) collective, one of which was in the opening slot for Hawkwind in
late 1971 (if anyone is interested, I can go back and look up the date/venue).

Also, in an interview (from 78 or 79 IIRC), mr. P. Orridge mildly disses HW
by giving them as an example of a band NOT making "real" future music, as
opposed to TG, who were.  (Ironically, of course, both Hawkwind and
Throbbing Gristle have been hugely influential on today's music, both to
the point where many musicians today probably don't even know that they
were influenced by one, both, or the other).  BTW, the book (can't remember
the title) is a great read - essential for anyone into the "industrial"
genre, and still damn entertaining for anyone into anything remotely
"countercultural".

        -Doug
         ceres at sirius.com