[kj] NYC gig - Mission Accomplished

Rob's Arse gathering@misera.net
Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:17:12 -0700 (PDT)


Alex

Couldn't you get someone to mention the US tour in the editorial section?



--- "Cliff and Kara Livingston" <antifrz@alaska.net> wrote:
8x11 posters are good,but small handbills are best for counters and passing
out on the street ect.. 4 up on a page works nice on a 8x11 sheet of paper.
Cherz,Cliff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jester" <webmaster@killing-joke.com>
To: <gathering@misera.net>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] NYC gig - Mission Accomplished


> 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
>
> Keeping the Fire Alive with HONOUR!
> Occisio Locatio
>
> The Web Master,
> Jester
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>
>
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