OFF: Survey for free music

[K Henderson]

Hi Folks...

OK, I been coming to the conclusion that we all are (myself included)
getting just a bit too obsessive about just one band (blasphemy!) at the
expense of a slew of others that are far more active.  And yes, some of
these have even put out material that IMHO is better than the tiny bits of
new stuff emerging from the mothership.  I remember that each time I talk to
Jim L. about the sagging attendence numbers at his excellent events (Nobody
gives a shit about Strange Daze 2001? Yet people fly half way 'round the
world to see 100% old tunes? Hey, I did it myself last October, so I'm just
as guilty.), he always says, "You know, people out there have to realize
that Dave's not going to continue on forever." It also struck me the result
that Doug P. came up with that HW have only been doing gigs the past five
years at a rate about 10% of that in the beginning.  And so now the two guys
that were actually writing new material are out (I guess), and so now we
have the 1986 Hawkwind back again.  Anyone else get this strange feeling
that HW have now entered some sort of new 'cruise control' territory that no
longer seeks new fans/new ideas, but instead are focussed mainly on archival
releases, special 'reunion' events, etc.?  I mean, I really like Alan, Huw,
et al., and it would be great to see a new studio album (of any kind!) come
out next year with major promotion/tour support, but other than Alan maybe
(w/ Beduoin) and Keith too (w/ Starfield), I just don't see much 'energy' in
the band left.  'Distant Horizons' and a couple tracks from 'In Your Area'
(mostly Ron & Jerry works) are pretty much all we have to speak of from the
recent past.  Even BOC is writing/releasing more new stuff!

Well, anyway, I realize that this is a Hawkwind/BOC list, and why shouldn't
we obsess about HW?  But I think the best thing about this list is what I
find out about other bands that I can learn about with a "Hawkwind
perspective" in common to judge them by.  I know a few others here that
think likewise, as I end up trading with them a lot, but I don't know about
a lot of others, esp. the lurkers.  I always scoffed at Grateful Dead
fanatics that I never believed were really 'music fans' in any way, given
that they had a collection of 1000 cassette tapes, and 994 of them were the
Dead.  I lived with one of these guys once.  (I suppose the best thing that
ever happened to the careers of bands like Phish, Dave Matthews (?), etc. is
the death of Jerry Garcia.)  I don't really believe Hawkwind fans are like
that...I hope not!  So I'd like now to find out.  So...I've decided to make
a 2xCD-R collection of American (sorry, no Canadiens this time out) space
rock bands that I really like and feel should get a lot more support.  I've
specifically not included some that are already pretty well known and often
discussed here, like MM, Farflung/P-Hed/A.Lights, Chrome/H. Creed, ArcMet,
A.P., Melting Euphoria.  I think most folks don't need introduction to these
entities (although there is essentially a Farflung title on Disc Two here,
but that was just because that was the only thing short enough to fit onto
the very end of the 74-minute CDR).  I've also had to leave off a lot of
really good bands that I just didn't have room for!  There really is an
amazing amount of great music being made around the world over the past
decade - but hardly anybody notices I often think.

I'm in the process of burning up 10 sets of these CDRs, and will send them
to the first 10 people that respond with a completed survey.  Nothing
expected in return, unless you feel obliged to.  I'll send without jewel
boxes and I bought a box of 100 CDR's for $26 closeout recently, so the
entire material cost per person would only be about a dollar (domestic)
anyway.  Beyond that, I may or may not be inspired to burn more, so no
guarantees.  Of course, you would be welcome to copy them amongst
yourselves. You can indicate to me in your responses whether you might be
willing to make copies for others, and I'll keep track of that in case those
interested reach significant numbers.  Also, if you don't care to have a
copy of this because you're one of the very few that know almost all of this
stuff already, well then, of course, I would still be happy to have your
survey response (so as not to 'skew' the results towards a negative
conclusion!) - just put down that you don't actually need a copy.

This is for my own curiosity, and to see whether my 'preaching' really does
any good.  I mean, are you all converted yet?  :)

Grakkl (FAA), aka Keith H.

P.S.  I apologize to any of the artists who mind that I'm 'pirating' their
stuff.  I hope that it's for a good cause.

P.P.S.  I never had much luck with the boc-l tape/CDR trades, especially
this last one when I never got anything from the person who was supposed to
send me something.  But then I got two CDRs from someone unexpected (Arin I
think?), which I still have and would send to someone on that original 2000
list if you mention it.  (I have 'Big Cheery' and 'Dom'n'us Forbiscuits', so
if you haven't already had them once...)  Anyway, the point is...I'm just
forging out on my own now and doing a direct person-to-person 'tape trade' -
I really don't need much of anything these days (I can hardly listen to what
I already have) - the benefits of being involved with A-I.com for three
years or so.

P.P.P.S.  There was supposed to be a 'theme' behind the two discs - the
first being more classic, heavy-blanga jam style, the second more modern,
experimental/electronic style, but some of it got a little mixed together.
Anyway.....

America's Best Space Rock

Disc One: Space Jam

No. Artist (State)     -      Title (Album)                        Yr  Time
1. ST 37 (TX) - Ghosts of Tempera Nymphs (The Invisible College)   91  4:05
2. Walk on Water* (MI) - The Vortex Inside (Solvent Based Melodies)98  3:47
3. Maximum Coherence During Flying (TX) - Polestoker (MCDF)        99  3:25
4. Sky Cries Mary (WA) - Deep Sunless Sea (This Timeless Turning)  94  6:50
5. F/i (WI) - Just to Get Us Off (Space Mantra)                    88 10:04
6. DunLavy (TX) - Kirk, In Time (Thaumaticron 2)                   97  5:55
7. Space Cadet Elroy (OH) - Volt Age (Metaphorical Fire)           00  4:48
8. The Phoebe Cates (OH) - ...and Further Down this Hole (Turn
                                        on the Phantom)            99  8:31
9. Abunai! (MA) - Rolling of the Stones (Round Wound)              00  6:21
10.Burnt Noodle (CA) - We've Reached the Ocean (The Noodle and
                                        the Damage Done)           98  4:00
11.Einstein's Secret Orchestra (OH) - Trans Lunar Injection**
                                        (Witch Disco)              99  5:52
12.Salamander (MN) - Old Mr. Jones (Red Mantra)                    98  9:54

* Walk on Water now goes by the name Novadriver
** Different tune than that by ST 37
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Disc Two: Space Exploration

No. Artist (State)     -      Title (Album)                        Yr  Time
1. 7% Solution (TX) - Revolve (All About Satellites and Spaceships)9?  7:07
2. Salaryman (IL) - My Hands are Always in Water (Karoshi)         99  4:04
3. Quarkspace (OH) - Psionic Rift (Spacefolds 5)                   99  3:07
4. Salomé (IL) - Tarantula (a.m.)                                  9?  2:45
5. The Asteroid #4 (PA) - Kate and the King (Introducing...)       98  9:14
6. The Helio Sequence (OR) - Transistor Radio (ComPlex)            00  5:23
7. Liquid Sound Company (TX) - A Splash of Color (Exploring
                                        the Psychedelic)           96  4:43
8. Sabalon Glitz (IL) - The Lonesome Death of
                                        Elijah P. Woods (Ufonic)   9?  6:38
9. Tristeza (CA) - Auroura Borealis (Dream Signals in Full Circles)00  4:40
10.Rubycon (MO?) - Dusting Christ (Rubycon)                        00  5:20
11.The Cosmic Joke (NY) - Sloth Waste (The Cosmic Joke)            99  3:55
12.Mazinga Phaser (TX) - Scattered Smothered and Covered
                         (Dissatisfied Customers of Hallucination) 00  5:39
13.Nebula Trip (CT) - Causes of Riots (Birth)                      99  5:20
14.Vas Deferens Organization (LA) - Reverie (Sweat Your Cheeses,
                                        but Not in My Salad)       96  3:45
15.Spirits Burning* (CA) - Arcturus (New Worlds by Design)         99  2:32

* with Tommy & Len of Farflung
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SURVEY (mail to henderson.120 at osu.edu)
(Try to use Courier Font to make columns align properly)

NAME:
SHIPPING ADDRESS:
E-MAIL:

Willing to burn extras? Y/N?

1. Primarily HW or BOC?

2. Total # of CDs in collection (est. to nearest ~100) - (include new LPs
purchased in the last 10 years if a significant number)?

3. Approximate # (or %) of those specifically of space-rock/psychedelic/
krautrock/electronic/post-rock nature?  One number for all is ok.

4. Approximate number of CDs in collection from the immediate Hawkwind
family (include solo Brock/HLL/Blake/House/Nik/Harvey/Calvert/Swindells/etc.)?

5. Indicate your level of familiarity (best estimate) with the groups on the
compilation in the table below.  (Samples given).

                                     HAVE MOST/ALL   HAVE HEARD  NAME IS
Artist (State)                       THEIR ALBUM(S)  SOME STUFF  FAMILIAR  WHO?

Spl.Farflung (CA)                          X
Spl.Anubian Lights (CA)                                   X
Spl.Bionaut (MA)                                                    X
Spl.Dr. Fuggy (OH)                                                           X

1.  ST 37 (TX)
2.  Walk on Water/Novadriver (MI)
3.  Max. Coherence During Flying (TX)
4.  Sky Cries Mary (WA)
5.  F/i (WI)
6.  DunLavy (TX)
7.  Space Cadet Elroy (OH)
8.  The Phoebe Cates (OH)
9.  Abunai! (MA)
10. Burnt Noodle (CA)
11. Einstein's Secret Orchestra (OH)
12. Salamander (MN)
13. 7% Solution (TX)
14. Salaryman (IL)
15. Quarkspace (OH)
16. Salomé (IL)
17. The Asteroid #4 (PA)
18. The Helio Sequence (OR)
19. Liquid Sound Company (TX)
20. Sabalon Glitz (IL)
21. Tristeza (CA)
22. Rubycon (MO?)
23. The Cosmic Joke (NY)
24. Mazinga Phaser (TX)
25. Nebula Trip (CT)
26. Vas Deferens Organization (LA)
27. Spirits Burning (CA)