an intimate post ofF Under Constant pressure to Komply OFF

[Mich@el B]

Just missed Erics birthday by a week
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Regarding dissapointm,ents mentioned below - REMEMBER that you should never
build up an event with expectations of what it will be, how it will be or
anything.
It almost allways leads to disapointment because our imaginations are very
creative

Personally I prefer to undertake such adventures without any thought of what
will or won't be
That's why I'll never go up in a plane with the intent of jumping out with a
parachute-
I've been very creative with that one 8>)   also have a friend that survived
a failed parachute opening
screw that

and it's also why I had such a ball at the Hawkestra.

Peace


----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Siegerman <erics at TELEPRES.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 5:19 AM
Subject: Re: an intimate post ofF Under Constant pressure to Komply OFF


> On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:49:30AM +0100, Samantha Kirwan wrote:
> > This is a really sad story.  It was my 30th birthday on 29th December
2000.
> > Ring any bells  - yep, Astoria, Charing Cross Road - should have been
the
> > best day of my life.  I've been going to see Hawkwind as often as poss.
for
> > 15years now and just my luck that this would be my sh1t gig.  We were
let
> > down with the happy beans - I felt rough so couldn't even have a drink
and
> > then we got one of the worst places in the place to sit (yes it was that
bad
> > I was actually sitting at a Hawkwind gig).  I was soooooooo sad the next
day
> > - everyone else seemed to have had a great time and I'd had a really
pants
> > time - gutted.   It was probably partially my own fault - I'd really
built
> > myself up for it and was convinced it would be as good as Brixton the
> > previous month.  Oh well - Hawkwind were not at fault that much I do
know
> > but I never want to turn 30 again!!
>
> I can sympathize, Sam, believe me!  That's pretty much how I felt
> after the Hawkestra.  No birthday, but I'd been waiting *decades*
> to hear Lemmy and Simon H play with HW, and flew from Toronto for
> the occasion, and ...  had a mediocre time.  Besides the problems
> a lot of people had with that gig, I had shitty foam earplugs
> chopping out all the highs and midrange; I was right at the back;
> as you say, I'd built it up into something the band couldn't
> possibly live up to (in retrospect, rereading Time of the
> Hawklords was a BIG mistake); I was probably already fighting the
> flu that clobbered me a couple of days later; I was in a bad mood
> because of stuff that had happened the previous week ... Fuck, if
> I'm honest, that night wasn't mediocre, it was pretty lousy for
> me.
>
> Part of why the Astoria was so excellent, brilliant, amazing by
> contrast:  Brixton got the anticipointment out of my system.  Oh
> yeah, it also convinced me to stop procrastinating and buy good
> earplugs in time for the Astoria gig.  Hideously expensive ones,
> but the best $300 ($200-ish U.S.) I've spent in years.
>
> BTW, 26-May-58, as mentioned.
>
> --
>
> |  | /\
> |-_|/  >   Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont.        erics at telepres.com
> |  |  /
> With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not
> necessarily a good idea.
>         - RFC 1925 (quoting an unnamed source)
>