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"And that toe tapping number was by a new beat combo from the Ladbroke Grove area of London, England by the name of Hawkwind, and the song was called Silver Machine!" |
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"And that toe tapping number was by a new beat combo from the Ladbroke Grove area of London, England by the name of Hawkwind, and the song was called Silver Machine!" |
The main aim of this page is to eventually house the recordings of Dave Brock reading from the Hunter S Thompson classic "Fear and loathing in Las Vegas" which should have been in my possession by now had it not been for our illustrious postal service, who appear to have lost them (bas****s). So for the time being here are the details of DJ's who to my knowledge have a vested interest in Hawkwind, so why not drop these people a line, who knows we might get the band mentioned more often and if we're lucky perhaps we can get some other stuff played on the radio other than the obligatory Silver Machine. MATTHEW WRIGHT |
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only the latest in a long line of Hawkwind vocalists, ok, so at present he's only guested
with the band at the Astoria, but apparently plans to repeat this feat at the Hawkfest, as
well as recording with the band in the near future if your to believe the man himself. As well as being as being a raving "Hawkfan", up there with the best of us, Matthew also has a regular Saturday morning radio show on the independent London station LBC. Whilst mainly covering currant affairs and the latest celebrity gossip (it's primarily a talk show), a couple of months ago the show was graced by none other than the captain himself, Dave Brock , and for anybody who listened in you could tell it had to be one of the highlights of Mr Wrights broadcasting career. The pair reminisced about Hawkwind and Stonehenge for nigh on 2 hours and it was during this time that the idea was first muted that Matthew appear with the band at their then upcoming Astoria gig. The show goes out on a Saturday morning between 10.00am and 01.00pm and to get in touch with the programme, simply click on the logo and follow the links. If that's not all, Matthew also host's a daily chat show on Channel 5, named the Wright Stuff! (if you ever read this Matthew, it'd be good to know where the original title for the show came from, any connection with the Calvert song from Capt. Lockheed?). Regular viewers will be aware that he tries to mention Hawkwind as often as possible, so I'm sure a few more e-mails from avid Hawkfans would not go amiss. To contact the TV arm of Mr Wright's empire, click on the mugshot on the right. JANICE LONG |
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OK,
so she might not be the Hawk nut that Matthew most definitely is, but all the same she
apparently has an invite to the Hawkfest and has vowed to play more Hawkwind after the
"pile" of emails she received after playing "Silver Machine" recently,
so obviously the more correspondence that you send the more chance their has to be of the
Hawks getting played on the "nation's favourite". Janice's show goes out between
midnight and 03.00am BST from Sunday night through to Thursday and can be contacted direct
by clicking on the logo on the right. MARK AND LARD |
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Regular
visitors to the site will already be aware of our Mark Radcliffe page and the fact that
curator Dave especially, is a big fan of their broadcasting talents (or lack of!). I'm
sure that with a bit of prompting from good people such as yourselves we could get them to
play some Hawkwind on daytime radio 1, which when put like that has got to be worth 5
minutes of anyone's time to write an e-mail. Their show goes out between 01.00pm and
03.00pm Monday to Friday and can be contacted by clicking on the picture on the right. ARTHUR BROWN |
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Yes you read correctly, starting on the 27th July and continuing on for the next five weeks, Arthur is standing in for Iron Maiden warbler Bruce "air raid siren" Dickinson on his Freak Zone show on BBC Radio 6. With this mans credentials, surely it has to be worth dropping the show a line and "DEMANDING" he play some Hawkwind. The show goes out between 21.00 and 00.00 BST and can be contacted by clicking on the image on the right or via e-mail at bruce.dickinson@bbc.co.uk or on the phone 08700 100 600 or on text 07940 100 600 |
If anybody can think of any other DJ that could be added to the list then please e-mail with the details. They don't have to be British, the only entry qualification is that with gentle persuasion they might find it in their heart to play some Hawkwind! |
AS PROMISED (AT LONG LAST!)
Fear not good people, fear and loathing is coming ( and very good it is to ) but for now how about the interview segments from when hawkwind appeared and Mark Radcliffes late night show back in the early ninties. The fisrt part is especially worth listening to as the hapless radio 1 jocks give their own special tribute to the hawks and believe me it's not to be missed.
The files are in the format that they will work fine with Windows Media player, for a fuller description of this and the links to the appropriate downloads from Microsoft I suggest you visit the Hawkwind cinema which has all the relevant information.
Happy
Listening
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Click above to hear a Hawkwind classic played in a very different way. It's Stranglers frontman J J Burnel's interpretation of Quark Stangeness and Charm I
presume from the sound quallity that it's a bootleg, but I can't be sure so I really
cannot guide you on how you enjoy this performance (do you copy it or not!, what a
dilemma). By way of a compromise I would suggest that you visit the Stranglers own site by |
