HW: SD 2000

[K Henderson]

Doug offered...

>It looks to me like the SD2k lineup still isn't 100% finalized (and I would
>guess/hope that Jim is still trying to figure out a way to get Dave over
>for the event; if so, I'd expect him to keep quiet about that unless
>something is actually confirmed).  The list of American bands, even,
>doesn't seem to have been set in stone yet.

True!

>And right now, all the website links are broken, so it's probably being
>currently updated with (hopefully!) new information.

Mostly deletions I imagine.  :(

>I was pretty excited when the initial anouncements indicated that Nik would
>be there, and that he, Grenas, Del Rio & co. would have some new/different
>material worked out.

Well, Nik has another commitment to some other festival in the UK (in Wales
I think...though prolly not the same one that Andy G. just posted), so he's
not coming.  And now Jim tells me that because the Grenas/Del Rio lot just
got a recording contract with some label, they have to have a new album
cranked out by September and so they've just now pulled out.  And Simon H.
couldn't apparently get a visa, so he's out also.

So, I'm afraid it's the same old story for Jim.  A lot of bands seem to want
to do it, but then the time comes, and there's always something else going
on or some other problem.  I can't blame the Farflung guys tho....they've
been every year to date, and having them get a contract for something
significant (I don't know who it is...I'm hoping Man's Ruin or something
similar) is good for the 'scene.'  I wonder why "The Myth of Solid Ground"
(which I don't think is out yet, is it?  Big Jesus is too small to even have
a website.) isn't something they could provide this new label though.

Well, anyway, as of now, the headliners are:
Fri. night - University of Errors
Sat. night - Richards/Chadwick/Taylor/Hayes

and the rest are probably still in a state of flux.

Given that the University of Erros has been known to do things like Fohat
and other Gong tunes in addition to the cool stuff of their own, and that
the HW spinoff (and Harvey too) will likely do some HW tracks (like
Hippy/SMD, Alchemy, etc.) here and there, I can't see why this festival
wouldn't still be really attractive.  Though I wonder if the people will
come out still.

>From what Jim says, the Ozrics are out (wanted *way* too much money) and P.
Tree is only looking at maybe doing shows in NYC and LA.  (Huh?)

Grakkl (FAA)