This is a one-time BCC spam post to multiple elists on this matter. I
apologize in advance for that. It's forwarded from:
www.melosprogbazaar.com and www.progressiveears.com
where there are discussion threads about it. It's not intended to be a
discussion topic on these elists, but it is a request for help.
I can't speak for the facts of the case, but I'm on board with the
idea that Blake might be getting railroaded and is in need of help to
pay for his legal defense in France. Most of the artists pitching in
are prog-rock or progressive emusic or spacerock.
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Tim Blake former member of the bands Hawkwind & Gong has serious legal
hassles. He was in an accident several years ago and the other person
died. The other driver was drunk, not wearing a seatbelt and was
driving with bald tires. Tim almost died in the accident as well.
The other driver who died in the car crash was driving blind drunk
WELL OVER the legal limit. He was Not tested for drugs; he was not
wearing a seat belt; his car was unroadworthy with bald tires. The
man had been drinking all night - the car crash occurred just after
8am, nearly two years ago. Tim had just left home to drive into the
town that morning.
A short distance from the crash site a woman had been narrowly missed
by a red Polo driving at high speed (NO ATTEMPT has been made by the
Police to locate this witness)
Seconds later a red Polo crashed into Tims car it happened on what we
would class as a B Road, and is made worse by a blind summit.
Tim died at the site. He was bought back to life by the Helicopter
Ambulance paramedics.
The Police report from the accident stated that they could not
determine responsibility. Amazingly the Policeman who wrote this
report WAS NOT CALLED to the court. The prosecuting lawyer rubbished
this official report, during his venomous speach, slaughtering Tim
beyond belief and screaming Cannabis and 'the English on their clouds'
The Fact that the dead driver was DRUNK was waved away by this lawyer
as a fact not worthy of consideration and described as Piffle !
It was not until Months after the accident, Tim still struggling to
cope with his injuries and mental trauma, that he was informed that an
anaysis of his blood had shown Cannabis THC levels.
The decision by the court will be on 18th May. Also the court have
asked for 10 months prison with 8 suspended plus three years driving ban.
Tim appeared in court on Thursday charged with Involuntary Homicide
and may have to serve time in prison.
Another Dark undertone to this is; The insurance company have already
payed out to the dead drunks family, surely this mans insurance is
null and void - driving drunk and with an unroadworthy car if Tim is
aquitted, then would they not have to pay back the money .. The
insurance company also had a lawyer there.
France operates under an inquisitorial system, as does most of Western
Europe, where the court is actively involved in determining the facts
of the case, as opposed to an adversarial system, as operated in the
US or UK, where the role of the court is solely that of an 'impartial'
referee between parties.
In the adversarial system the parties on either side of a legal action
take the position of opponents or adversaries before the court which
decides the winner of this legal battle.
In an inquisitorial system the court itself more actively investigates
whether the law has been violated and seeks to apply the 'remedies'
the law provides.
Unlike the inquisitorial system in which accused parties must
exonerate themselves before a judge or judges who function as both
judge and prosecutor, in the adversarial system the opposing sides
argue or compete to convince a supposedly impartial judge or jury of
the merits of their legal assertions of guilt, innocence, liability,
obligation, and the like.
Therefore Tim's trial had 3 judges who decide how to apply the law in
the case against him, and not a jury, who would decide whether the
case against him were proven or not.
To help raise funds for Tim Blake the Bazaar www.melosprogbazaar.com
has started a fund-raising effort.
These are the bands that have thus far decided to get involved in this
fund-raising effort. Please buy these albums. Message me to let me
know you are doing that so that we can send a lump sum to help Tim.
All money should be sent to this paypal account:
acelestialalien@...We can't accept credit cards @paypal.
In case any of you do not wish to buy an album, but still wish to
contribute, you can do so through the same paypal account. Please
mention that this is for Tim Blake.
Band of Rain - Deep Space (5 copies) $15 (postage to anywhere in the
world included)
Band of Rain - Garlands (5 copies) $15 (postage to anywhere in the
world included)
Bolt: Movement and Detail (5 copies)
Cyndee Lee Rule - UFOsmosis (5 copies) $15 (postage to anywhere in the
world included)
Cellarman - EP 'Hanging on a Star (5 copies)
Etherfysh - Stasis (5 copies) $15 (postage to anywhere in the world
included) (4 COPIES LEFT)
Glass: Illuminations (2 copies) $16 (postage to anywhere in the world
included) (SOLD OUT)
Little Atlas: Surface Serene (5 copies) $15 (postage to anywhere in
the world)
Man On Fire: Habitat (5 copies)
Systems Theory: Soundtracks For Imaginary Movies (15 copies) $13
(postage to anywhere in the world included) Anyone signing up for it
will also get a bonus MP3 disc containing their earlier evaluation
albums and Greg Amov's two solo albums.
Zenpool - Kharmonics (order from
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/zenpool(Leave a message in the comments "For Tim") $12.97 (I do not know CD
Baby's policy with regard to postage so it may be extra)
This list will be updated to include any other bands that decide to
join in.
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Cheers,
SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
Systems Theory internet music project links:
soundclick <www.soundclick.com/systemstheory>
garageband <
http://www.garageband.com/artist/systemstheory>
"Soundtracks For Imaginary Movies" CD released Dec 2004
"Codetalkers" CD coming very soon in 2006
NP: Djam Karet "Recollection Harvest"