HW: Astoria gig review

[Charlie Grant]

the gig got a 5 out of 5 star review in todays Independant, praise indeed.

.......CtGB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Jarrett" <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Astoria gig review


> On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 04:11:56PM -0500, Nick Medford typed out:
>> I thought last night was absolutely magnificent. I almost didn't go- only
>> bought my ticket the day before. I hadn't been to see HW for two years,
>> and
>> for some time have had the impression that the band were in terminal
>> decline, an impression reinforced by the long-awaited but distinctly
>> underwhelming (IMHO) new album.  Tom Byrne's post (hi Tom) on the other
>> list
>> saying it was the best he'd seen in 30 years made me sit up and take
>> notice,
>> and I then talked an old gig-going mate into it.
>
>        This makes me sorry I didn't try harder to mke it myself. I let
> shortage of cash and tiredness convince me that if I did go I wouldn't
> enjoy it or give a fair review, but I wasn't actually expecting the cynics
> to find it good. I'm sorry I missed it now, but glad to have the review. I
> think that at the moment I am fairly solidly plotting to catch them at
> Roadburn this year, along with whatever is left of the Ozrics and likewise
> of the Bevis Frond. Seems like it's going to be alarmingly heavy on that
> kind of `past glories' kind of acts but should clearly still be done for
> all that.
>
>        I'm glad Hawkwind have still got something to make people excited
> anyway. I'd more or less decided there was no point in hoping for that by
> now. Yours,
>            Jon
>
> ObCD: Harvey Bainbridge - _Red Shift_
> --
>        Jonathan Jarrett                Birkbeck College, London
>                 jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
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