HW : Hawkwind Dreams

[Nick Lee]

At least I wasn't in that one.  Didn't know whether to feel flattered or
slightly disturbed at my appearance in Mike's.

Nick
- not making any jokes this time about Trev Hughes turning up ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List
> [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET] On Behalf Of Alan Taylor
> Sent: 19 December 2003 19:12
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> Subject: HW : Hawkwind Dreams
>
>
> I had a Hawkwind dream the other night, no doubt due to my
> impending Astoria trip.  I'm no dream analyst but there are
> some roots to these dreams which I will mark in square brackets.
>
> It was a summer's night and the venue for the gig was in an
> English town (dunno what it was called, but let's call it
> Nottingcesterham).  The venue itself, dunno its name but I
> had been there in previous Hawkwind dreams.  It was bounded
> on both sides by 2 roads and inside there was a modern swing
> door foyer.  At the back you had to go up a small round stone
> staircase to get out.  This had a kind of balcony and it was
> nicely painted in black, purple and orange stars and things.
> The hall itself had a low stage.  ( just checking if anyone
> else recognises it.)
>
> The gig itself was strange.  I was running around trying to
> take photos but my flash wouldn't work [this is probably
> because I'm thinking my disposable camera photos will be
> crap].  Dave, Alan and Richard were sitting round a table,
> surrounded by fans, and were playing er, no instruments.  I
> forget the first numbers they played but they finished with
> an a capella version of Golden Void. [As far as I am
> consciously aware, I have no desire to hear an unplugged Hawkwind].
>
> After that I saw the new album and I remember being
> distinctly dismayed that Sunray and Slide weren't on it, but
> a few re-hashed oldies were on it. [I know exactly where I'm
> coming from here - I think Sunray was fabulous and would like
> it to become a mainstay of the live set, but that'll never
> happen as it can only ever be played when Arthur's there.  A
> bit like my feelings for Xenomorph in that it's a "Ron" song.
>  Anyway I digress.  I think Slide I thought of cos it's in
> the website, and the title intrigued me, even if it's a
> working title.  And the re-hashed oldies bit - that's dead
> obvious - it's all about Spirit of the Age and my feeling of
> dismay that it's the single, when the current live version is
> one of the poorest  renditions I've heard].  Maybe I'll be
> pleasantly surprised by the single when I get it.
>
> That's about all I can remember apart from that I met some of
> you there.  One of you had your wife with you and she was
> small and had long dark wavy hair. We always seemed to start
> talking at the same time and she got really annoyed with me
> interrupting.  Also, I was supposed to get a lift from
> someone from the airport to the venue, but I had somehow made
> it to the venue myself with no recollection of the journey
> (as happens in dreams).  I was trying to phone my lift when....
>
> And then I woke up.
>
> Cheers
> Alan
>
> See you in WC2.
>