[kj] The Courtald Talks/Murder Inc/The Damage Manual

Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:21:20 +0200

guess who provided the weed :o) sometimes it's not too bad living at the 
dutch border.....

dirt

>From: "Alex Smith" <vassifer@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: gathering@misera.net
>To: gathering@misera.net, gathering@misera.net
>Subject: Re: [kj] The Courtald Talks/Murder Inc/The Damage Manual
>Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:13:49 -0500
>
>
>Jesus, Sven, you were taking your life in your hands. You know that, don't
>you?
>
>Alex in NYC
>
>
>
>----------
>From: "Sven Oliver Roth" <rothsvenoliver@hotmail.com>
>To: gathering@misera.net
>Subject: Re: [kj] The Courtald Talks/Murder Inc/The Damage Manual
>Date: Tue, Sep 30, 2003, 4:09 AM
>
>
>I REALLY have to buy the Courtald talks myself now. I missed the 
>opportunity
>once many years ago when I listened into it in a shop and opted for a "real
>KL album" instead.
>
>Last Friday I was drinking and smoking backstage after the Hamburg Gig with
>Jaz and Raven and after a while two "KJ veterans" told Jaz that they had
>actually been at the Courtald Talks. Jaz immediately shook off his state of
>exhausted post-gig relaxation and asked with hightened interest how they 
>had
>found it. It obviously means a lot to him. The lads talked a lot about the
>atmosphere, how greatly Geordies Riffs had added to the atmosphere and how
>the savage Joksters sat totally muted with eyes wide open listening to Jaz.
>But nobody even touched upon what Jaz had actually talked about.
>
>After a long solemn pause I just said "So, Jaz, what were you actually up 
>to
>with the Courtauld talks?"
>
>He slowly turned his head into my direction, hurled at me a long stinging
>look from under the brim of his black hat and then turned his eyes slowly
>back into eternity. He started blinking fastly and didn't say anything for
>quite a long time. I was waiting for a very heavy reply.
>
>Unfortunately it was just then that someone in the room started a lengthy
>and cordial farewell marathon which lasted until only Jaz, Raven, me and a
>fourth guy were left in the room.
>
>Then Raven offered me a recording of the gig and we said farewell as well 
>as
>Jaz and Raven where steering towards the exit. I asked Jaz the same 
>question
>again at the door. He stared at me for a moment and left without a word.
>
>Too little time for too many things to explain, I guess.
>
>I guess I really gotta buy the bloody CD to get some answers instead of
>annoying poor Jaz with stupid questions.
>
>So, sorry Jaz and thanks for the Mariuanah, have never been that stoned LOL
>
> >From: Geoffrey ODonoghue
> >Reply-To: gathering@misera.net
> >To: gathering@misera.net
> >Subject: [kj] The Courtald Talks/Murder Inc/The Damage Manual
> >Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:05:11 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Hi all
> >I recently purchased The Courtald Talks, the Murder Inc album (I already
>had the Corpuscle EP) and The Damage Manual EP (>1) and album.
> >I find that I quite enjoy listening to Courtald, especially as I had not
>really heard Jaz speaking at all prior to the 2003 interviews (thanks Mik 
>et
>al). The subject material of the lecture is very interesting and, I think,
>quite topical given the current state of the world. It also seems to me 
>that
>Jaz touches on a number of subjects that he explores more fully later with
>the EXDAVRE lyrics. The only bit where I start rolling my eyes is when he
>starts talking about H.P. Lovecraft and the elder gods (has anyone here 
>read
>Neil Gaiman's Lovecraftian short story? - mine's a pint of Shoggoth's Old
>Peculiar :o). I particularly like Geordie's acoustic guitar backing and the
>bit where Jaz explains and plays the section from Outside The Gate.
> >
> >The Murder Inc album also has not disappointed - I was determined to get 
>it
>after I picked up the Corpuscle EP (for $AUS2!) and really enjoyed it. 
>There
>is some very nice work by Geordie on the album (Gambit sounds like he 
>partly
>recycled the riff from Stay One Jump Ahead). Atkins is not producing so it
>hasn't been f**ked up in that regard. Which brings me to...
> >
> >The Damage Manual - There is obviously some good material and great 
>playing
>on both the EP and album but, as Simon Lee said about the tracks, "someone
>has overproduced them and sucked the raw energy out of most of them". This
>is probably less true of the first 5 tracks of the EP but I can understand
>how Geordie and Wobble were pissed off with the result. The worst example 
>is
>probably Stateless (Delusional Mix) - you can hear from the (somewhat
>better) Laswell Mix that this song has a rather nice Geordie riff that has
>been mixed well back. On the Delusional Mix it is gone.
> >If anyone is interested - the best place to buy these CDs at the moment 
>is
>probably directly from Invisible Records. They currently have a special
>offer - 5 CDs for $20, 10 for $35 etc etc - see
>http://www.invisiblerecords.com/5for20main.htm
> >
> >Geoff
> >
> >
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