British Prog-Rock Documentaries

Nice ... very enjoyable, although I do not think that it added anything to how I felt and thought about HAWKWIND. I do think/find that the thing between Nick and Dave is sad, and would love to see it resolved before they depart, but in the end, sometimes, bitterness lives on, and people can't get past that.

It was nice to see/hear Lemmy talk about it all, and saying the things that he did, which made the whole thing stronger and better, and yeah, I was there during SPACE RITUAL, and saw that show in Santa Monica, I think in late 1972 or early 1973 ... can't tell you exactly right now ... and it still is one show that is imprinted in my memory, and something that I would love to "direct" on stage (I did something similar later with a play!), because the ability of rock music to liven up the audience and their view is second to none. SECOND TO NONE ... but sadly, too many bands do not understand/recognize what that means and even Michael Moorcock said that ... 

Love this one ... now we need one on another free band that was quite next to Hawkwind on the free show circuit ... The Edgar Broughton Band ... and then another one on Roy Harper, before he leaves us.  Also interesting would be Kevin Ayres but I think that too many folks would want to relive his sleeping it off with someone else's wife ... which is really funny in some ways, because of all those folks in those days, EVERYONE was involved in that in one way or another!

..... actually, we were talking about Robert Wyatt's book and documentary ... his book DIFFERENT EVERY TIME is fantastic ... with one very big problem ... it will drive "progressive rock/music" folks out of town completely ... specially when you read the comment on Syd Barrett.

It just bothers me that a lot of folks here do not like to credit "improvisation" and "free form" and music that is beyond the scope of notes, and various staves of music ... people that can take sounds and make music out of it ... even going as out of form as Faust and other sound effects folks in the early days ... the fear is incredible ... because it's as if those sounds "don't talk", and tell you what they are about! Wtf for? Aren't the sounds enough to tell you what they are that you have to be told?

And I think that folks forget how much this kind of thinking has helped music develop in the 20th century, going even as far back as Stravinsky ... it's just astounding, really!

Read his book ... it's 10000000000 times better and it has some of the tastiest material ... and my favorite of all ... the one I mention that drives many folks crazy here ... the one on Syd Barrett!

... only the madmen know .... (Steppenwolf)