[kj] NYC gig - Mission Accomplished

[Jester]

This is from David Wallace at Red Inc.

"The online side is very well covered, but street level marketing was a bit
out of our price range.

Thanks.

-d"

Do not expect to see any flyers, unless we do it ourselves...

So how bout it? If I work something up for Stateside shows, add it to the
k-j.com server for download, will anyone here download it and make copies of
it to post? If it winds up being something several people are interested in,
let me know, and I will get something up this weekend.

On 9/26/03 5:09 PM, "Alex Smith" <vassifer@earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> No worries, Cliff. Like I said, unless Tod decides to tag along, you have
> three. Otherwise you have two waiting for you. Call the number I gave ya
> last night (I'd re-post it by I don't have it with me) and find out about
> scoring more tix for the rest of your travelling circus. But, rest assured
> that you have at least two already taken care of.
> 
> In thinking more about this, I'm wondering if the sheer reason no one else
> save the African dude was on "line" (a sad little line of two) with me is
> that *NO ONE REALLY KNOWS ABOUT THIS GIG*. For a start, I don't listen to
> NYC radio at all, so I don't rightly know if they've been playing any tracks
> off the album or making any announcements. Secondly, there is absolutely
> *NO* poster/flyer campaign on the streets at all. This was *NOT* the case
> circa PANDEMONIUM, where the chilling blue face of Hermes could regularly be
> seen peeking enigmatically out at you every five blocks or so. Even in the
> likeliest of record stores, there isn't any display beyond the album in the
> racks (which, I'm happy to say, remains prominent in most of the 'new
> release' racks I've seen). Even the band's own website (I know, I know ---
> pickin' on an easy target again) is at best vague and at worst non-commital
> about the date.
> 
> Unless you're an obssesed jerkoff fanboy like myself (unwilling to let
> information be selectively spoon-fed to him at a rate that makes glaciers
> seem stealthy) how is John Q. Joker to know?? If you were simply a passive
> fan of Killing Joke, there's every reason to believe this gig could float
> right under the radar. Even the billing on the CMJ site is subtle beyond
> belief (the Joke are listed under the "opening night party" roster, yet are
> nowhere to be found on the list of bands scheduled to play during the
> entirety of the seminar...it was a fluke that I spotted it....had I not
> known to look for it, how would I have ever learned about it?)
> 
> 
> If I were one of the boys in the band, I'd want to kick someone's ass about
> this right now. THE WORD MUST BE SPREAD!
> 
> 
> Alex in NYC

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