[kj] YEAR END POLL FOR `03
Shadforth, Jane E SUKOP-UOIT/42
gathering@misera.net
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Not read any other responses yet - so apologies for any duplications.
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1) Your Name: Jane Shadforth=20
2) Your Age: 35=20
3) Are you married and have you any children? No & No=20
4) I live here: Ashton-under-Lyne (Manchester) UK=20
5) I've been a member of the Gathering since: erm - 2001 - I think??=20
6) What do you want for X-mas? I don't do Xmas - 6 of us are going to =
Athens to escape it as best we can.
7) Your biggest extravagance of the year? Timex combined heart rate & =
Speed & Distance monitor.=20
8) Your biggest hopes for 2004? World Peace of course - not overly =
optimistic though... and further KJ dates.=20
9) What was the last album you bought,why, and how is it?: Future =
Ex-Wife - Miss September, and it's bloody marvellous. This is Pete Spiby =
(ex Groop Dogdrill)'s new band, and this has a lot of the magic I loved =
about Groop Dogdrill.
10) Not including the new Killing Joke album, what were your top five =
favorite releases of the year? Future Ex-Wife - Miss September; Desert =
Sessions 9 & 10; GU Medicine - demo; Giga-0 - There's No Excuse (Well - =
I've gotta say that haven't I?); Therapy? - Scopophobia=20
11) What live bands have you seen recently. Did they rate? In the last =
3 months - NMA, Goldblade, Metal Urbain, The Damned, Machinehead, =
Therapy?, Alabama 3, Turbonegro, Jane's Addiction, BRMC, GU Medicine, =
Dandy Warhols, Marilyn Manson, Echo & the Bunnymen, Killing Joke and =
Giga-0. They all delivered the goods, except Marilyn Manson who was just =
plain mediocre...
12) Worst music you heard all year: any Xmassy crap - I hate this time =
of year.=20
13) If I find out that the person I'm talking to is a big fan of =
themself, I lose all interest in talking to them (note: your answer need =
not be restricted to music)
14) Band(s) most in need of reforming/touring/releasing new material: =
Groop Dogdrill, Creatures=20
15) Band(s) most in need of hanging it up and calling it a day: None - =
they are all entitled to get out there, play and enjoy making a living =
from music. If I don't like them, I don't have to go and see them. They =
should only call it a day when they stop enjoying it.
16) Albums most in need of re-mastering and re-release deluxe stylee: =
Hmmm: NMA - Vengeance might be interesting.
17) Most overrated music of the year: The Darkness would be too easy a =
target, at least they are getting up there and succeeding as a British =
rock band doing their own music. I'm afraid the willingness of the =
British public to lap up the pop idol / boy/girl band mindless, bland, =
pointless pop cover versions will always piss me off a lot more.
18) Most underrated music of the year: Hundreds of touring/gigging =
bands who will never get a look in as long as the great British public =
continue to buy what they're told to instead of checking out what's =
happening at their local venue. (I don't know if this applies to other =
countries too??).
19) Next to Killing Joke, my top five favorite bands/artists are: It's =
a struggle to narrow it down to 5, the ones that spring to mind today =
are: NMA; Groop Dogdrill; Therapy?; Goldblade; the Damned. These are not =
necessarily the bands I would listen to much at home, but the ones I =
enjoy seeing most live.
20) Express your views on Killing Joke's presence on the Internet: I =
confess I don't spend much time looking, but the official site wasn't up =
to much, and some of the fan-sites are a lot more informative. The best =
place for info, however, is this gathering list.
22) Regarding the Joke, despite all the rumormongering, I'd really like =
the following to happen: Another album & tour - is that too obvious??
23) Did you get to see Killing Joke on this tour? If so, briefly explain =
your reaction Yes - most of the shows I saw were blinding, although =
there were 1 or 2 off-days. I think though, one of the downsides of =
following a band, is you get too critical when they're not quite on the =
form you expect, and of course being tour-shattered yourself on some =
days lessens the enjoyment.
24) What would you have rather seen on the album cover, other than the =
red Krusty Clown? Some of Mike Coles artwork.
25) Favorite track on the new album: The Death & Resurrection Show - =
a masterpiece live.
26) Least favorite track on the new album: You'll never get to me - =
too much of an anthem
27) Were it up to you to have chosen the first single, it would have =
been: Seeing Red
28) Have you managed to see "the Year of the Devil" as yet? Your =
thoughts? No
29) Outside of Andy Gill, who would you like to see produce the next =
Killing Joke record? Can't say I've given it much thought.
30) Killing Joke track that best sums up the world today: Unspeakable
31) Have you bought anything from Malicious Damage yet? If not, WHAT THE =
FUCK ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Clock # 20
32) Goods you'd like to see made available on Mike Coles estimable site? =
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33) Following the 2004 Elections, I'd like to see this man in the White =
House: Iggy Pop
34) Do you feel 'safer' now that Saddam Hussein has been apprehended? =
No
35) Now that he's in custody, I would handle Saddam this way: UN =
trial
36) Where is Osama Bin Laden: Is this a trick question? We haven't =
got him...
37) Have we seen the last of terrorism courtesy of Islamists on the =
homefront (US/UK/EUR)? Unlikely, but neither do I think we've seen the =
last of terrorism from NI.
38) Do you feel prepared for another such instance? No - but I'm =
unlikely to change my behaviour in fear of it. In the west we're still =
more likely to get run over, or killed in a car accident than be the =
victim of terrorism.
39) Do you think Iraq had anything to do with the events of September =
11, 2001? No
40) Where were you/what were you doing on that day? Working - until =
it happened, then surfing the web for news.
41) Were you the next American president, your first act in office would =
be: start paying attention to the scientists' warnings about global =
warming/coming ice-age etc which has to be more of a threat to the world =
than terrorism?? and try to to something to turn things around. =20
42) Tony Blair is a: soon to be ex-prime minister
43) They want replace Franklin Delano Roosevelt's face on the American =
Dime with the face of Ronald Reagan. What is your reaction: why??
44) George W. Bush is an idiot: True or False. Explain your feeling why =
you feel this way. Support your argument: Either that, or good at acting =
as one... I don't however trust the motives of him and/or his advisors, =
who I suspect are more interested in the financial outcome of this war, =
than the well-being of the people in the middle east.
45) Under which American administration was the world/your own situation =
better off: Bush's or Clinton's? I'm sure it's not black and white, but =
I don't think Clinton would have been so keen to march in stirring up a =
hornet's nest.
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size=3D2>Not=20
read any other responses yet - so apologies for any=20
duplications.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003> </SPAN>1) Your Name:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2> Jane=20
Shadforth </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>2) Your Age:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2> =20
35 </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>3) Are you married and have you any=20
children? <SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3D#0000ff=20
size=3D2> No & No </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>4) I live =
here:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2> =20
Ashton-under-Lyne (Manchester) UK </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>5) I've =
been a=20
member of the Gathering since:<SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2> erm - 2001 - I =
think?? </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>6)=20
What do you want for X-mas?<SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2> I don't do Xmas - 6 of us are going to =
Athens to=20
escape it as best we can.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>7) Your biggest =
extravagance of=20
the year?<SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3D#0000ff=20
size=3D2> Timex combined heart rate & Speed & Distance=20
monitor. </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>8) Your biggest hopes for 2004?<SPAN =
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2> World=20
Peace of course - not overly optimistic though... and further KJ=20
dates. </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>9) What was the last album you =
bought,why, and=20
how is it?:<SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3D#0000ff=20
size=3D2> Future Ex-Wife - Miss September, and it's bloody =
marvellous. This=20
is Pete Spiby (ex Groop Dogdrill)'s new band, and this has a lot of the =
magic I=20
loved about Groop Dogdrill.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>10) Not including the =
new=20
Killing Joke album, what were your top five favorite releases of the =
year?<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2> Future=20
Ex-Wife - Miss September; Desert Sessions 9 & 10; GU Medicine - =
demo; Giga-0=20
- There's No Excuse (Well - I've gotta say that haven't I?); =
Therapy? -=20
Scopophobia </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>11) What live bands have you seen =
recently. Did they rate?<SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2> In the last 3 months - NMA, Goldblade, =
Metal=20
Urbain, The Damned, Machinehead, Therapy?, Alabama 3, Turbonegro, =
Jane's=20
Addiction, BRMC, GU Medicine, Dandy Warhols, Marilyn Manson, =
Echo & the=20
Bunnymen, Killing Joke and Giga-0. They all delivered the goods,=20
except Marilyn Manson who was just plain=20
mediocre...</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>12) Worst music you heard all =
year:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2> any Xmassy=20
crap - I hate this time of year. </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>13) If I =
find out=20
that the person I'm talking to is a big fan of <SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT color=3D#0000ff>themself</FONT>,</SPAN> =
I lose all=20
interest in talking to them (note: your answer need not be restricted to =
music)<BR><BR>14) Band(s) most in need of reforming/touring/releasing =
new=20
material:<SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3D#0000ff=20
size=3D2> Groop Dogdrill, Creatures </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>15) =
Band(s)=20
most in need of hanging it up and calling it a day:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2> None -=20
they are all entitled to get out there, play and enjoy making a =
living from=20
music. If I don't like them, I don't have to go and see them. They =
should only=20
call it a day when they stop enjoying it.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>16) =
Albums most=20
in need of re-mastering and re-release deluxe stylee:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2> Hmmm: NMA=20
- Vengeance might be interesting.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>17) Most =
overrated music=20
of the year:<SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3D#0000ff=20
size=3D2> The Darkness would be too easy a target, at least they =
are getting=20
up there and succeeding as a British rock band doing their own music. =
I'm=20
afraid the willingness of the British public to lap up the pop idol =
/=20
boy/girl band mindless, bland, pointless pop cover versions will always =
piss me=20
off a lot more.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>18) Most underrated music of the =
year:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2> Hundreds=20
of touring/gigging bands who will never get a look in as long as the =
great=20
British public continue to buy what they're told to instead of checking =
out=20
what's happening at their local venue. (I don't know if this =
applies to=20
other countries too??).</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>19) Next to Killing Joke, =
my top=20
five favorite bands/artists are:<SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2> It's a struggle to narrow it down to 5, =
the ones=20
that spring to mind today are: NMA; Groop Dogdrill; Therapy?; Goldblade; =
the=20
Damned. These are not necessarily the bands I would listen to much =
at home,=20
but the ones I enjoy seeing most live.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>20) Express =
your=20
views on Killing Joke's presence on the Internet<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003>: </SPAN><SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>I confess I don't =
spend much=20
time looking, but the official site wasn't up to much, and some of the =
fan-sites=20
are a lot more informative. The best place for info, however, is this =
gathering=20
list.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>22) Regarding the Joke, despite all the=20
rumormongering, I'd really like the following to happen:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>Another album =
& tour -=20
is that too obvious??</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>23) Did you get to see =
Killing Joke=20
on this tour? If so, briefly explain your reaction<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>Yes =
- most of=20
the shows I saw were blinding, although there were 1 or 2 off-days. I =
think=20
though, one of the downsides of following a band, is you get too =
critical when=20
they're not quite on the form you expect, and of course being =
tour-shattered=20
yourself on some days lessens the enjoyment.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>24) =
What would=20
you have rather seen on the album cover, other than the red Krusty =
Clown?<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>Some =
of Mike=20
Coles artwork.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>25) Favorite track on the new =
album:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>The =
Death &=20
Resurrection Show - a masterpiece live.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>26) Least =
favorite=20
track on the new album:<SPAN =
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>You'll never get to me - too much of an=20
anthem</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>27) Were it up to you to have chosen the =
first=20
single, it would have been:<SPAN =
class=3D854005810-19122003> =20
<FONT color=3D#0000ff>Seeing Red</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>28) Have you =
managed to see=20
"the Year of the Devil" as yet? Your thoughts?<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>No</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>29) Outside of Andy Gill, who =
would you=20
like to see produce the next Killing Joke record?<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT =
color=3D#0000ff>Can't say I've=20
given it much thought.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN =
class=3D854005810-19122003></SPAN>
<DIV><BR>30) Killing Joke track that best sums up the world today:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>Unspeakable</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>31) Have you bought =
anything from=20
Malicious Damage yet? If not, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU WAITING FOR?<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>Clock #=20
20</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>32) Goods you'd like to see made available on =
Mike Coles=20
estimable site?<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> </SP=
AN><BR><BR>33)=20
Following the 2004 Elections, I'd like to see this man in the White =
House:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>Iggy =
Pop</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>34) Do you feel 'safer' now that Saddam Hussein =
has=20
been apprehended?<SPAN =
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>No</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>35) Now that he's in custody, I =
would=20
handle Saddam this way:<SPAN =
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>UN trial</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>36) Where is Osama Bin =
Laden:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>Is =
this a trick=20
question? We haven't got him...</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>37) Have we seen =
the last=20
of terrorism courtesy of Islamists on the homefront (US/UK/EUR)?<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>Unlikely, but neither =
do I think=20
we've seen the last of terrorism from NI.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>38) Do =
you feel=20
prepared for another such instance?<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>No - =
but I'm=20
unlikely to change my behaviour in fear of it. In the west we're still =
more=20
likely to get run over, or killed in a car accident than be the victim =
of=20
terrorism.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>39) Do you think Iraq had anything to do =
with=20
the events of September 11, 2001?<SPAN =
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> No</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>40) Where were =
you/what were=20
you doing on that day?<SPAN =
class=3D854005810-19122003> =20
<FONT color=3D#0000ff>Working - until it happened, then surfing the web =
for=20
news.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>41) Were you the next American president, =
your first=20
act in office would be:<SPAN =
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>start paying attention to the scientists' warnings about =
global=20
warming/coming ice-age etc which has to be more of a threat to the world =
than=20
terrorism?? and try to to something to turn things around. =20
</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>42) Tony Blair is a: <SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT color=3D#0000ff>soon to be ex-prime=20
minister</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>43) They want replace Franklin Delano =
Roosevelt's=20
face on the American Dime with the face of Ronald Reagan. What is your=20
reaction:<SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>why??</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>44) George W. Bush is an =
idiot: True or=20
False. Explain your feeling why you feel this way. Support your =
argument:<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>Either that, or good =
at acting as=20
one... I don't however trust the motives of him and/or his advisors, who =
I=20
suspect are more interested in the financial outcome of this war, than =
the=20
well-being of the people in the middle east.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D854005810-19122003><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003></SPAN><BR>45) Under which American =
administration was=20
the world/your own situation better off: Bush's or Clinton's?<SPAN=20
class=3D854005810-19122003> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>I'm sure it's not =
black and white,=20
but I don't think Clinton would have been so keen to march in stirring =
up a=20
hornet's nest.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>::::END::::<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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