On 06-03-97 WILL MCAVENEY wrote to KENNETH NEWMAN... 
 
 WM> -> Fair enough, but if it happens again you have to buy us 
 WM> -> all the imaginary beer we can drink. 
 WM> -> 
 WM> Hmm... better wait until my imaginary 21st birthday six months from 
 WM> now. :) 
 
        That's ok, you can just give me some imaginary money and 
        I'll go buy the imaginary beer for you. 
 
 WM> Familiar (obviously) w/ Fripp and Hammil... should I know Hillage and 
 WM> Turner? 
 
        Hillage was the very cosmic guitar player in Gong during 
        their middle and most proggy phase (Planet Gong Trilogy - 
        Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg, You) and has done some pretty 
        decent solo albums, though some are better than others. 
        _L_, recorded with Todd Rundgren's Utopia as the backing 
        band, is highly recommended, as is _Fish Rising_ which 
        has a more canterbury sound to it. 
 
        Nik Turner is from Hawkwind as you know. 
 
 WM> Is the CD an official release or a bootleg of some sort?  It sounds 
 WM> interesting... does it have a title? 
 
        It seems perfectly legit. It's title is The Stranglers 
        and Friends _Live in Concert_ on a UK budget label called 
        Hallmark (serial no. 302902). I bought it at Wal-Mart for 
        $4.88 canadian, which is about $3.25 US. I think it's 
        worth it for Fripp's leads alone. Definitely a weird 
        album, though. I'm still not sure whether I like it, it's 
        so schizo. THe notes also credit a "Richard Jobson" but I 
        wonder if it isn't Eddie Jobson and they just got the 
        name wrong. They also had a Rock Wakeman anthology at the 
        same label and price, and a collection of old unreleased 
        jams by Santana (which was pretty good). 
 WM> Ha, what a smart boy am I... I looked on one of my CDs... a Hawkwind 
 WM> album.... I knew I'd seen the name Nik Turner before! :) 
 
        See, I told you you knew him. :-) 
 
                                Cheers, 
                                Kenneth 
 
 
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