HW: tour

[Stephe Lindas]

I went there last time I was in the UK for Hawkfest. They are very cool. The stones outside of the circle were more impressive. Can't recall the name, but worth the look. I liked them more than Stonehenge. It was sad for me to see all the tourists etc.... Oh well, Cheers Stephe
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> From: Jill Strobridge <jill.strobridge at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK>
> Date: 2004/09/22 Wed PM 05:27:09 EDT
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> Subject: Re: HW: tour
>
> there are dozens of prehistoric sites between Liverpool and London!
> But if it's Bronze Age stone circles you want then probably the
> best bet would be the Rollright Stones just south of Birmingham at
> Chipping Norton which would only be a slight detour on the way
> south to Swindon if you are travellling by car.
>
> For web pages of interest try here:
> http://www.digital-brilliance.com/hyperg/history/rollrite.htm  or
> here:  http://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/welcome.shtml
>
> but do a Google search on the topic and you'll find loads of
> others.
>
> jill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henderson Keith" <keith.henderson at PSI.CH>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 3:46 PM
> Subject: Re: HW: tour
>
>
> > Subject: HW: H For Hawkwind
> >
> > OK...
> >
> > (Hmmm...this message was rejected due to the subject heading,
> that
> > the LISTSERV thought was some sort of admin. message...Odd.
> Anyway
> > the subject header is now here at the top, and I put something
> more
> > innocuous in the true subject line.)
> >
> > >Damn Straight. If I had to choose 3 stone circles to visit.
> Callanish,
> > >Avebury, and Castlerigg would be my choice.  Callanish is
> fantastic I would
> > >recommend anyone to take the time and go there.  And the missing
> trees are
> > >weird, the Orkneys are the same, it takes a while to figure out
> what's
> > wrong
> > >with the picture.
> >
> > So, where are all these?  Sounds like islands in the north
> (Scotland),
> > unless I'm mistaken.
> >
> > Anyway, I'm looking at the early few dates for December touring,
> and
> > thinking about a flight over to the UK.  Because Basel now has
> service
> > on EasyJet to both Liverpool and Luton, I can think about a
> 'triangular'
> > trip from Liverpool, catching the two shows at:
> > Dec 9th - Telford, Oakengates Theatre
> > Dec 10th - Swindon, Oasis
> > which would lead me to the London area without much problem.  And
> then
> > the prog band iQ plays at the Mean Fiddler on Dec. 11th, so I
> would
> > plan to catch that show (OK, so I like sappy progrock, sue me)
> before
> > heading home.
> >
> > I just wanted to know if these two places (Oakengates and Oasis)
> were
> > good venues to see a show.  Anybody know?  Acoustics, stage
> size/height
> > (for visuals), beer quality/price, venue size (cramped or
> spacious).
> > That sort of thing.
> >
> > Dave Brock said at Herzberg that the "Christmas show" was
> probably
> > going to be at Exeter this year, and so that last date (the 18th)
> fits
> > with what he told us.  So maybe that would be a slightly more
> special
> > gig (?), but this plan seems to work better all things
> considered.
> > And if any one of these stone circles was in the region between
> > Liverpool and London, that would be cool as well.  (Of course, I
> had
> > thought to stop at Stonehenge if I were to go to Exeter.)
> >
> > But I'd like to know about the venues ahead of time if I could.
> >
> > BTW, he mentioned that *perhaps* Arthur Brown would be back to do
> > some of these late 2004 shows, but when we asked about Simon
> House
> > he said pretty much 'No chance.'  Can't remember, but I think Tim
> > Blake was a 'maybe'.  But anyway, I think I'd like to see Cap'n
> Black
> > turn up again (hint), based on a recent discussion here that
> seemed
> > to suggest that he has some of Tim's old equipment.  And so that
> > explains my experience (as I remember it) at Hawkfest '03 and how
> > impressed I was by the return of the Blake synth sound to HW
> (which
> > I attributed then to Blake, who was there on stage).  Whereas it
> now
> > seems to be the case that the other guy over there crammed onto
> the
> > stage left area (who I wasn't paying much attention to, 'cause I
> didn't
> > know who he was then), was the *real* Blake sound, aka our own
> Keith
> > Kniveton.  Since then, I haven't seen him play with HW, and now I
> > would like to see that rectified on this next trip to the UK.
> Any
> > word from the horse's mouth?  Are you going to play on this tour,
> > Cap'n Black?
> >
> > And any Litmus (or similar-types) gigs planned for mid-December
> around
> > this time?  Will they be with Hawkwind on any of these?
> >
> > Grakkl* (FFA)
> >
> > *Quiscalus Quiscula (sadly, non-existent here in CH from what I
> can tell)
> >
> > ObCD: Pothead - Tuf Luv (I picked this up at the Swamp Room
> Happening
> > in Muenchen this past weekend, where I saw ColourHaze, Hypnos69,
> and
> > Liquid Visions, and it's a damn good CD!  Kinda short, but the
> riffs
> > are everything I remembered from seeing them live at Herzberg
> after HW.)
> >
> > P.S.  Did anyone else note that Marillion (to keep up the sappy
> progrock
> > theme) was on that same plane with the artist formerly known as
> Cat Stevens
> > that got diverted to Bangor, Maine?  As if it weren't already
> hard for
> > bands to get permission to enter the US...now they're even
> thwarted as
> > innocent bystanders!
> >
> > P.P.S.  Who's seen Nektar/Caravan in the US?  Any interesting set
> changes
> > since Nearfest?  Anything from Journey yet?  Any of the new
> album?  Did
> > anyone buy it at the shows?  (I think it's available, yeah?)
> >
> >
> >
>