LAB COAT LUNACY
"HAVING NOT BEEN TO A HAWKWIND GIG IN SOME 10 YEARS (I KNOW, SHAME ON ME!), ONE THING THAT I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED AS I LOOKED AROUND THE AUDIENCE ON THAT COLD DECEMBER NIGHT IN WALTHAMSTOW WAS THE DISTINCT LACK OF THAT OF THAT SPECIAL HAWKWIND FASHION ITEM, THE TRUSTY LAB COAT.
UNLIKE MOST PEOPLE (ESPECIALLY SCIENTISTS AND LABORATORY TECHNICIANS) WHO SAW THE GARMENT FOR WHAT IT WAS - A FUNCTIONAL AND PRACTICAL ITEM OF CLOTHING THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE SEEN DEAD OUTSIDE OF YOUR PLACE OF WORK. TO YOUR AVERAGE HAWKWIND FAN IT WAS SOMETHING FAR MORE, IT WAS TO MANY (SIMON INCLUDED) A CANVAS WITH WHICH TO WORK WITH, COUNTLESS HOURS SPENT PAINTING OR EMBROIDERING EVER MORE ELABORATE DESIGNS, ALMOST AS IF TRYING TO OUT DO EACH OTHER. ON ONE OCCASION I EVEN REMEMBER SEEING A COAT ADORNED WITH BATTERY POWERED LIGHTS FOR THAT ADDED IMPACT.
AT THE MUSEUM WE FEEL THAT IT IS TIME FOR THE LAB COAT TO ONCE MORE REAR ITS HEAD, IF ONLY ON THESE PAGES! SO GET UP IN YOUR LOFTS, POP ROUND TO YOUR PARENTS OR WHEREVER ELSE IT MAY BE RESIDING, DUST IT DOWN AND GET A PICTURE OF YOUR "MASTERPIECE" SO THAT IT CAN FORM PART OF THIS EXHIBIT. TO GET YOU STARTED WE PRESENT SIMONS 3 "WORKS OF ART""
DAVE
CO-CURATOR
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WELL, IT TOOK SOME TIME BUT WE'VE FINALLY FOUND ANOTHER
COAT TO ADD TO THIS EXHIBIT, ALTHOUGH REGULAR VISITORS TO STARFARER'S SITE WILL NOTICE
THIS IS THE SELF SAME BLOKE WHO FEATURES IN HIS CANTERBURY FAN PICTURES, WHICH LEADS US TO
BELIEVE THAT HE MUST BE THE ONLY CHAP WHO STILL WEARS ONE!
ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THIS ONE WAS SENT BY OUR GOOD FRIEND DR OZ
HARDWICK WITH HIS HAWKON COLLECTION, BUT FELT IT WAS BETTER SUITED AND MORE AT HOME HERE
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That's the latest addition on the right, now this has got me thinking, the new "Take ME To Your Leader" tour is apparently based around a laboratory stage set with the band, or at least Dave and Alan getting their own lab coats out of retirement, this is surely going to encourage a few other out for an airing, so if you're one of those or you happen to see one at a gig then please try and take a snap for inclusion in these pages.
SO COME ON THEIR MUST BE MORE OUT THERE, IF YOU CAN HELP THEN
