HISTORY AND UPDATES

HOW I'VE MANAGED TO NOT ANNOUNCE THIS FOR 2 DAYS, LORD ONLY KNOWS, I'M STILL IN A STATE OF SHOCK, BUT A BIG THANK YOU MUST GO OUT TO NONE OTHER THAN MR DAVE BROCK HIMSELF WHO GAVE THE MUSEUM A PLUG DURING THE GIG AT CAMBRIDGE ON SUNDAY, WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY BUT "CHEERS MATE!!". HONOUREE MENTION MUST ALSO GO TO NEIL AND MARIE OF CHAOS ILLUMINATIONS
FOR BEING SO HELPFUL, NICE ONE!!!!

WELL WHAT A WEEK IT'S BEEN, FIRST MR BROCK NAMECHECKS US AT CAMBRIDGE, THEN A FORMER MEMBER DROPS US A LINE AND TO TOP THAT OFF WE NOT ONLY WENT TO THE ASTORIA GIG THIS SUNDAY JUST GONE, BUT WE ALSO GOT INVITED TO THE AFTERSHOW PARTY, PHEW. THIS MOST EVENTFUL OF WEEKS IN THE MUSEUMS HISTORY HAS BEEN NICELY TOPPED OF BY RECEIVING OUR 2000th VISITOR THROUGH THE TURNSTILES. FINALLY THANKS AGAIN TO MARIE FROM THE T-SHIRT STAND, NOT ONLY FOR REMEMBERING ME FROM LAST WEEK, BUT ALSO FOR KINDLY ALLOWING US TO PUT SOME FLYERS ON THE STAND AS WELL, NICE ONE! SO ALL WE NEED TO DO NOW IS TO START GETTING ON WITH BRINGING YOU SOME OF THIS LATEST STUFF -

"That Hawkwind Museum site is a riot. I got a big kick out their account of
Hawkwind's Hollywood films. Great sense of humour and helps set them apart
from the many Hawk related sites out there."

Richard Chadwick's ironing service... HA-HA-HA!!!!!!!!! You guys are a riot.

A couple of ego inflating comments from none other than "Aural Innovations" Jerry Kranitz who's excellent site can, not only be accessed by CLICKING HERE, but has also been added to our LINKS PAGE. While were on the subject, anybody else out their who wants us to add their site, drop us an e-mail and we will happily do a trade!
E-MAIL HERE

THEY CAN BE BOTH GOOD FUN AND HELPFUL AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT WHY NOT MENTION THAT YOU JOINED THANKS TO THE MUSEUM, AND WHILST WE'RE ON THAT SUBJECT FEEL FREE TO PLUG THIS SITE AND ANY OF THE ARTICLES THAT YOU FEEL MERIT PARTICULAR ATTENTION! I'M SURE OTHER LIST MEMBERS MUST GET SICK OF MY BLATANT PLUGGING SO INDEPENDENT SOURCES ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. GEEZ, THAT WAS A LONG ANNOUNCEMENT SO ON WITH THE SHOW!!!

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, FIRSTLY I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR 8000TH VISITOR HAS NOW PASSED THROUGH THE TURNSTILES, HOWEVER I'M NOT MAKING QUITE SO MUCH OF A SONG AND DANCE ABOUT THIS AS I KNOW THAT I'VE CONTRIBUTED QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THIS FIGURE WHAT WITH HAVING TO CHECK STUFF AS THE RE-BUILD WENT AHEAD, BUT ALL THE SAME WE'RE "JUST" ABOUT ON SCHEDULE FOR 10000 HITS BY THE TIME CHRISTMAS IS UPON US! AS FAR AS THE RE-BUILD IS CONCERNED I'VE TODAY RE LOADED THE VIDEOS FOR THE HAWKWIND CINEMA WHICH WAS THE LAST MAJOR JOB LEFT TO BE DONE, SO I FEEL THAT IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THE MUSEUM IS NOW VERY MUCH BACK UP TO STRENGTH. ONE LAST THING I'VE ADDED A FEATURE TO THE HOMEPAGE WHEREBY YOU CAN NOW ACCESS THE RARE BAND PHOTO PAGES INDIVIDUALLY WHICH HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU MAY FIND USEFUL.

A COUPLE OF THINGS TO MENTION, FIRSTLY IT'S THANKS AGAIN AS WE HAVE PROUDLY WELCOMED THE 9000TH VISITOR THROUGH THOSE TURNSTILES, AT THIS RATE 10000 BY CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE A REAL POSSIBILITY. SECONDLY IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY COULD YOU PLEASE BE SO KIND AS TO FILL OUT ONE OF OUR VISITOR PROFILES, THE RESPONSE HAS ALREADY BEEN VERY GOOD BUT OBVIOUSLY THE MORE REPLIES THAT I GET THE BETTER. FINALLY PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT THE REQUEST FROM A FELLOW HAWKFAN JUST BELOW WHICH I AM SURE MAY BE OF INTEREST TO MANY OF YOU.

A COUPLE OF THINGS OF NOTE, FIRSTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WE'VE PASSED THE 10,000 VISITOR MARKED, SOMETHING I HOPED TO DO BY CHRISTMAS, SO IT'S BEEN DONE WITH A WEEK TO SPARE, SECONDLY DON'T FORGET THAT THIS SUNDAY, THE 21ST IS HAWKWINDS CHRISTMAS GIG AT THE ASTORIA, HOPEFULLY I'LL SEE SOME OF YOU THERE AND IF YOU REQUIRE TICKET DETAILS THEN, AS ALWAYS VISIT THE OFFICIAL SITE
HERE

JUST A QUICK NOTE TO SAY OBVIOUSLY "I'M BACK", BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY A MAJOR MILESTONE WAS PASSED YESTERDAY AS WE WELCOMED OUR 20,000 TH VISITOR THROUGH THE TURNSTILE, KEEP COMING BACK AND HOPEFULLY WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND HELP IT'LL BE WORTHWHILE

01.04.04 - LET IT NEVER BE SAID THAT THE MUSEUM DOES NOT KEEP IT'S PROMISES, THIS STORY IS SO BIG I'VE HAD TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IN RED, BE PREPARED TO BE SHOCKED AND MAYBE EVEN TO HAVE YOU WHOLE OUTLOOK ON HAWKWIND CHANGED FOREVER - PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT
DAVE BROCK ANNOUNCES NEW LINE UP
AND MAKE YOUR OWN MIND UP! (FEEDBACK GREATLY APPRECIATED)

JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK FACTS AND FIGURES, IN THE LAST 24 HOURS THE MUSEUM NOT ONLY SAW IT'S 40,000TH VISITOR THROUGH THE DOORS BUT IN WHAT HAS TO BE PURE COINCIDENCE ALSO ALSO NOTCHED UP THE 100,000TH PAGE VIEW - PHEW. YOU PROBABLY GET BORED WITH ME KEEP SAYING THIS BUT THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT IT'S BEEN QUIET OF LATE BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO RECTIFY THAT SITUATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THANKS AS EVER
DAVE

Further to the news that Matthew Wright was to preview the new Hawkwind single "Spirit Of The Age", here's a brief review of proceedings.
As the show started Mr Wright donned a lab coat and gave the audience a sneak preview of said song. This consisted of a video clip some 30 - 40 seconds in length showing the chorus with Matthew and Dave trading lines, the footage also included close ups of both Alan and Richard. The piece was too short to make any real comment only IMO it had something of a retro feel to it by way of colours and textures.
What followed was a bit of light hearted banter with his guest panel with a Mr Ed Vassey (some sort of conservative political commentator, I think) suggesting that Mr Wright had made "Three ageing hippies look talented!", well he is a tory, nuff said
And that was pretty much that, a bit short and sweet, but better than nothing and probably the most exposure the band has had to the masses in many a long year.
Oh, and finally, according to Matthew the single is set for release on the 23rd August, so barely 3 weeks to go!
**DON'T JUST READ ABOUT IT**
CLICK HERE
TO TAKE A LOOK

AND FOR THOSE NOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SUCH A PHONE HERE'S A NEW LINK FOR YOU
CLICK HERE

ANOTHER RELATIVELY QUIET PERIOD OF ACTIVITY FOR THE MUSEUM RECENTLY BUT FEAR NOT I'M STILL HERE AND MORE UPDATES ARE ON THERE WAS AS WELL AS TODAYS AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT VISITOR FIGURES FOR THE SITE HAVE NOW TOPPED THE 55,000 MARK, PHEW!

WELL, WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY, VISITOR TOTALS NOW EXCEED 60,000, "THANKS" THAT'S WHAT I CAN SAY!

I'M SURE MOST OF YOU WILL BE AWARE BY NOW BUT IN CASE YOU DON'T, GET YOURSELF OVER TO THE BANDS OFFICIAL SITE WHERE THERE'S EXCLUSIVE CLIPS FROM THE UPCOMING TAKE ME TO YOU LEADER ALBUM
CLICK HERE
CLICK ON THE LATEST INFO AND IT'S THE FIRST ITEM ON THE PAGE
WHAT DO YOU RECKON, ALL FEEDBACK APPRECIATED! LET US KNOW BY
E-MAILING HERE

06.10.04 - RIGHT THEN, BACK TO BUSINESS WITH YET ANOTHER PAGE OF
RARE BAND PHOTOS

I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF, IN REALITY I'VE GOT FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE DOING AT THE MOMENT, MY HOLIDAY IS FAST APPROACHING SO EXPECT THIS TO BE THAT LAST UPDATE FOR GETTING ON FOR THREE WEEKS BUT DON'T DESPAIR I WILL BE BACK.

AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE HAWKWIND START TOURING IN EARNEST THIS WEEK-END IN SUPPORT OF THE STILL TO BE RELEASED TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER ALBUM, DON'T FORGET THAT THERE'S SAMPLES ON MISSION CONTROL AS ARE THE LATEST DATES ON THE TOUR WHICH I'VE STILL TO POST TO MY LIST.

PLEASE DON'T LET THIS TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF UPDATES STOP YOU FROM SUBMITTING GIG REVIEWS PLEASE SEND THEM IN AND I'LL MAKE SURE THEY APPEAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHEN I GET BACK, BUT FOR NOW THIS IS ME SIGNING OFF! SEE YOU SOON

A VERY QUICK COUPLE OF POINTS, CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH AT THE MOMENT BUT I'M HOPING TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING "VERY SPECIAL" IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND, OH' BY THE WAY THE MUSEUM HAS NOW RECIEVED MORE THAN 70,000 VISITORS THROUGH IT'S DOORS - SHEESH I'M BEGINNING TO SUFFER FROM VERTIGO FROM THE HEADY HEIGHTS THAT THE SITES ACHIEVING AND SO AS I ALWAYS SAY KEEP COMING BACK, YOU MAKE IT ALL WORTHWHILE.

FIRSTLY MAY I TAKE THIS OPPOTUNITY TO WISH EACH AND EVERY VISITOR TO THE MUSEUM A HAPPY, SAFE AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. I'VE BEEN A BIT QUIET OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AS I DECIDED I NEEDED A BREAK FROM THINGS BUT REST ASSURED THINGS WILL BE BACK UP TO SPEED SHORTLY. DECEMBER HAS TURNED OUT TO BE ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING MONTH, ONCE THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN SEE IN 2005 WE SHOULD HAVE RECIEVED OVER 8000 VISITORS THROUGH THE DOORS AND THE OVERALL TOTAL NOW STANDS AT OVER 83,000, AT THIS RATE WE SHOPULD HIT 100,000 WELL BEFORE EASTER! AS EVER THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

13.07.05 - YES IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BUT LETS JUST GET ON WITH THINGS, CHART TREK IS ONCE MORE UP AND RUNNING AND THERE'S BEEN TWO UPDATES THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY CLICKING
HERE AND HERE

18.07.05 - A FEW PROBLEMS WITH LINKS TO PAGES (I'M HAVING TO RE-TEACH MYSELF THE BASICS OF SITE MANAGEMENT) SO IF THIS PERSISTS JUST GO TO THE CHART TREK PAGE AS THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE ACTION IS AT THE MOMENT BUT HOPEFULLY
THIS LINK
WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT THERE

19.07.05 - SLOWLY GETTING THE HANG OF THIS AGAIN, ANOTHER UPDATE CAN BE FOUND BY
CLICKING HERE

26.07.05 - THINGS ARE STARTING TO M0VE REALLY QUICKLY NOW, CHECK OUT THE SINGLE DETAILS BY
CLICKING HERE

28.07.05 - THINGS ARE MOVING FAST AND FURIOUS NOW AND WE NEED YOUR HELP, FIND OUT HOW BY
CLICKING HERE

04.08.05 - I'M OFF ON ME HOLS SHORTLY BUT PLENTY'S HAPPENING ON THE CHART TREK FRONT, TO FIND OUT MORE HAVE A LOOK AT
A BRIEF UPDATE

15.08.05 - WELL I'M BACK AND THANKS HAD A LOVELY TIME BUT IT'S BACK TO BUSINESS WITH A NEW
UPDATE

22.08.05 - A WEEK TO GO TILL SOTA IS RELEASED THINGS GETTING HECTIC, A QUICK UPDATE
HERE

25.08.05 - A BIT OF A TEASE THIS BUT CHECK BACK REGUALRLY TODAY AS THERE'S A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS IT!

26.08.05 - PATIENCE THEY SAY IS A VIRTUE SO THERE'S A SLIGHT DELAY ON THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT (BUT IT IS COMING) SO FOR NOW AN IMPORTANT
UPDATE

02.09.05 - BLIMEY SOMETHING DIFFERENT SURELY NOT! BUT YES HOW ABOUT SOME PICTURES FROM YESTERDAYS
ALBUM LAUNCH
OH AND AN
UPDATE

06.09.05 - POST MORTEMS WILL HAVE TO WAIT REGARDING THE FAILURE OF SOTA TO CHART BUT LETS CHEER OURSELVES UP WITH MORE PICTURES AND A REPORT OF LAST WEEKS ALBUM LAUNCH BY
CLICKING HERE

08.09.05 - WELL IT WAS EIGHT YEARS IN THE MAKING, WAS IT WORTH IT? FIND OUT BY READING OUR WORLD EXCLUSIVE -
TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER ALBUM REVIEW

09.09.05 - IT DOSEN'T GET MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS, A REVIEW OF TMTYL IN THE UK'S BIGGEST TABLOID, TO READ
CLICK HERE

11.09.05 - WHAT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE I HADN'T UPDATED THE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES -
UNTIL NOW THAT IS

12.09.05 - I REALISE THAT YOU'RE ALL TOO BUSY LISTENING TO TMTYL BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A SPARE 5 MINUTES THEN PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT THE LATEST
CHART TREK UPDATE
THERE'S STILL STUFF TO DO!

16.09.05 - SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A LONG WHIL ON THIS SITE, SOME NEW
LINKS

23.09.05 - MUST ADMIT RETURNED TO SOMETHING OF A STATE OF HIBERNATION BUT STILL KEEPING ME HAND IN, THIS IS A VLAST FROM THE PAST AS IT'S A NEW ADDITION TO
DO YOU REMEMEBER THE FIRST TIME

25.10.05 - A COUPLE OF QUICKIES, WITH AN ADDITIONAL
TOUR DATE
AND A NEW, AND ESSENTIAL
LINK

02.11.05 - THIS IS BIG, POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST UNDERTAKING OF THE MUSEUM EVER!, INTERESTED?
CLICK HERE
TO FIND OUT MORE

06.11.05 - WELL THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED FOR WEEK 1 AND ALREADY OPEN FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WANT TO FIND OUT IF YOUR FAVES STILL IN THEIR AND CAST YOUR VOTE? OF COURSE YOU DO, SO -
CLICK HERE

09.11.05 - VOTES ARE FLOODING IN FOR WEEK TWO OF THE RIGHT TO DECIDE, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, MAKE YOUR CHOICE BY
CLICKING HERE
AND AS AN ASIDE A NEW AND INTERESTING LINK CAN BE ACCESSED BY
CLICKING HERE

13.11.05 - IT'S SUNDAY, SO THAT MEANS ONE THING - VOTING IN WEEK 3 OF THE "RIGHT TO DECIDE" HAS BEGUN
CLICK HERE
TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT!

15.11.05 - VOTES ARE FLOODING IN ON WEEK 3 OF "THE RIGHT TO DECIDE" IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN PART THEN
CLICK HERE
BUT IF YOU HAVE THEN HERE'S A NEW
LINK

20.11.05 - A BIT LATE AS PROMISED BUT HERE IT IS, WEEK 3'S VOTING SLIP IN THE
RIGHT TO DECIDE

23.11.05 - WITH ALMOST 72 HOURS STILL TO GO IT LOOKS LIKE BEING ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING WEEKS VOTING IN THE
RIGHT TO DECIDE POLL
ALSO CHECK OUT THE REGULARLY UPDATED
PIE CHART
THAT GIVES THE CURRENT PERCENTAGE OF EACH SONG, ONLY ONE SNAG, I'VE OMMITTED THE TITLE SO YOU'LL HAVE TO TRY AND GUESS!

27.11.05 - HERE WE GO AGAIN, I'LL SO NO MORE THAN THAT FOR FULL DETAILS AND TO CAST THIS WEEKS VOTE GO TO
RIGHT TO DECIDE POLL
AND ONCE MORE HAVE YOUR SAY!

02.12.05 - DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THIS WEEKS RIGHT TO DECIDE POLL BY CLICKING
HERE
AND ALSO THERE'S AN UPDATED PIE CHART THAT CAN BE VIEWED BY CLICKING
HERE

04.12.05 - YOU KNOW THE PROCEDURE BY NOW, THE VOTES ARE IN AND COLLATED AND THE NEW VOTE HAS STARTED IN THE
RIGHT TO DECIDE

10.12.05 - THERE'S A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE
RIGHT TO DECIDE
PLEASE READ EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED SO FAR, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET INVOLVED!
(SCROLL DOWN TO THE PIECE MARKED "IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT" IN RED)

11.12.05 - AND FOR THE FINAL TIME THE POLLS ARE ONCE MORE OPEN FOR THE
RIGHT TO DECIDE
YOUR FINAL CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR SAY SO PLEASE VOTE, THIS WILL DECIDE THE FINAL SONG!

15.12.05 - THAT'S IT, FINNITO, THE POLLS ARE SHUT AND THE VOTES COUNTED, HOWEVER THERE IS A NEW MESSAGE ON THE
RIGHT TO DECIDE
PAGE

18.12.05 - JUST A QUICK ADDITIONAL UPDATE TO THE
RIGHT TO DECIDE PAGE
THAT I ASK YOU ALL TO READ - THANKS

30.12.05 - DON'T PANIC I'M NOT COMING OUT OF HIBERNATION JUST YET BUT HERE'S AN INTERESTING
LINK
TO THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE INDEPENDENT NO LESS"