[kj] worst ever poll
Alexander Smith
gathering@misera.net
Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:50:29 -0500
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Home today, and while little Charlotte is seemingly fast asleep (for
the moment) in a little basket next to my desk (and Peggy is catching
some long-earned shuteye as well), I'm catching up on Gavverin' biz.....
>
>
> KILLING JOKE'S WORST EVER:
>
> 1. PRODUCER: Youth, of course. Even by Jaz & Geordie's word, he
> shat all over DEMOCRACY. May he never produce for the band again.
>
> 2. DANCE MIX: The only dance mixes of theirs I really like are "The
> Coming Mix" of "Eighties" and the "Mix `86" of "Love Like Blood"
> (which came on the b-side of an "Adorations" 12", I believe). I know
> the band have a deep disco fascination, and I respect that, but I
> don't really share it. I'm a filthy rock pig. Always have been. Always
> will be.
>
> 3. CONVENTIONAL REMIX: I don't really care for them either, but if it
> strips proceedings down to the basics, I'm all for it (i.e. who needs
> keyboard flourishes and technobleeps when you've got the full
> orchestra sound of Geordie's guitar?)
>
> 4. MISSED OPPORTUNITY: I think Todd Fluw said it best regarding their
> all-too-brief stop in NYC this past October without hooking up or at
> the very least mending fences with Big Paul Ferguson. That might've
> leant proceedings and even greater air of pomp and circumstance. But,
> alas, `twas not to be. A shame, that.
>
> YOUR WORST EVER...
>
> 5. JOB: Customer service representative for the aptly-named GRIM
> MARKETING in January of 1988. My college gave us "J-terms," wherein
> you'd either have all January off or you'd do some extracurricular
> course or some such. That January (my junior year), I chose to do
> nothing so hung around NYC. Needing cash, I started working for a
> friend of my mother's named Robert Grim, who ran a mail-order business
> out of his suitably dour apartment on East 46th street, down the
> street from the United Nations. His featured item was the gold "tennis
> bracelet" (so named as it was made famous by tennis star, Chris
> Everett). My job was to field calls from unhappy customers who either
> didn't yet receive their merchandise in the mail, or who had some such
> other problem. I spent the month walking to and from the tiny,
> depressing apartment listening almost exclusively to MASTER OF PUPPETS
> by Metallica and STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME by the Smiths....suitable as
> my mood often fluctuated between intensely angry and intensely
> depressed.
>
> 6. DECISION: Ever giving my father the benefit of the doubt.
>
> 7. SEXUAL EXPERIENCE: Nothing traumatic comes to mind. Lots of
> embarrassing misfires and the like, but nothing out of the ordinary.
>
> 8. MISTAKE: Wasting literally a couple of years of my life bumming
> out over being dumped by a girl from the office I'd briefly dated. So
> not worth it. So much time wasted that I'll never get back.
>
> 9. EBARRASSING INCIDENT: Having two members of EMF read my
> not-entirely-complimentary review of their debut album right in front
> of me.
>
> THE WORST EVER...
>
> 10. GIG YOU'VE BEEN TO: Probably Soundgarden at the Lexington
> Avenue Armoury on the SUPERUNKNOWN tour. Shitty acoustics (the venue
> is like an airplane hanger....sound bouncing all over the place). No
> air conditioning. NO BEER! We left early.
>
> 11. ALBUM YOU'VE BOUGHT: Oh Christ, too many to mention, but probably
> a post-MASQUE album by the Mission.
>
> 12. SINGLE YOU'VE BOUGHT: "Swoon" by the Mission
>
> 13. FILM YOU'VE PAID TO SEE: "Love, Actually"
>
> 14. BOOK YOU'VE READ: Can't remember. Probably stopped reading
> halfway through and discarded it.
>
> 15. TV SHOW YOU'VE SEEN: That John Laroquette version of "Fawlty
> Towers".
>
> 16. MUSIC VIDEO YOU'VE SEEN: Too many to mention, but invariably some
> pathetic hip hop or r'n'b piece of shit that panders to the lowest
> common denominator.
>
> 17. HOLIDAY YOU'VE HAD: Can't recall.
>
> 18. CRIME YOU'VE COMMITTED: I've been a good boy for the most
> part, but there was a drug period in the early 90's (coke and
> acid...though never at the same time).
>
> 19. LIE YOU'VE TOLD: Probably something when i was a kid....can't
> think of one.
>
> 20. OTHER VERY BAD THING YOU DID: When I was six, I ate an entire
> outboard motor.
>
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Home today, and while little Charlotte is seemingly fast asleep (for
the moment) in a little basket next to my desk (and Peggy is catching
some long-earned shuteye as well), I'm catching up on Gavverin'
biz.....
<excerpt>
KILLING JOKE'S WORST EVER:
1. PRODUCER: <color><param>1288,1288,1288</param>Youth, of course.
Even by Jaz & Geordie's word, he shat all over DEMOCRACY. May he never
produce for the band again.
</color>
2. DANCE MIX: <color><param>06F3,06F3,06F3</param>The only dance
mixes of theirs I really like are "The Coming Mix" of "Eighties" and
the "Mix `86" of "Love Like Blood" (which came on the b-side of an
"Adorations" 12", I believe). I know the band have a deep disco
fascination, and I respect that, but I don't really share it. I'm a
filthy rock pig. Always have been. Always will be. </color>
3. CONVENTIONAL REMIX: <color><param>06F3,02BE,064D</param>I don't
really care for them either, but if it strips proceedings down to the
basics, I'm all for it (i.e. who needs keyboard flourishes and
technobleeps when you've got the full orchestra sound of Geordie's
guitar?)
</color>
4. MISSED OPPORTUNITY: <color><param>062A,038E,06F3</param>I think
Todd Fluw said it best regarding their all-too-brief stop in NYC this
past October without hooking up or at the very least mending fences
with Big Paul Ferguson. That might've leant proceedings and even
greater air of pomp and circumstance. But, alas, `twas not to be. A
shame, that.
</color>
YOUR WORST EVER...
5. JOB: <color><param>022E,0233,06F3</param>Customer service
representative for the aptly-named GRIM MARKETING in January of 1988.
My college gave us "J-terms," wherein you'd either have all January
off or you'd do some extracurricular course or some such. That January
(my junior year), I chose to do nothing so hung around NYC. Needing
cash, I started working for a friend of my mother's named Robert Grim,
who ran a mail-order business out of his suitably dour apartment on
East 46th street, down the street from the United Nations. His
featured item was the gold "tennis bracelet" (so named as it was made
famous by tennis star, Chris Everett). My job was to field calls from
unhappy customers who either didn't yet receive their merchandise in
the mail, or who had some such other problem. I spent the month
walking to and from the tiny, depressing apartment listening almost
exclusively to MASTER OF PUPPETS by Metallica and STRANGEWAYS HERE WE
COME by the Smiths....suitable as my mood often fluctuated between
intensely angry and intensely depressed.
</color>
6. DECISION: <color><param>037A,033A,06F3</param>Ever giving my
father the benefit of the doubt.
</color>
7. SEXUAL EXPERIENCE: <color><param>0634,0198,06F3</param> Nothing
traumatic comes to mind. Lots of embarrassing misfires and the like,
but nothing out of the ordinary.</color>
8. MISTAKE: <color><param>035E,02FE,06F3</param> Wasting literally a
couple of years of my life bumming out over being dumped by a girl
from the office I'd briefly dated. So not worth it. So much time
wasted that I'll never get back.</color>
9. EBARRASSING INCIDENT: <color><param>0699,0180,06F3</param>Having
two members of EMF read my not-entirely-complimentary review of their
debut album right in front of me.
</color>
THE WORST EVER...
10. GIG YOU'VE BEEN TO: <color><param>064F,05D4,06F3</param>
Probably Soundgarden at the Lexington Avenue Armoury on the
SUPERUNKNOWN tour. Shitty acoustics (the venue is like an airplane
hanger....sound bouncing all over the place). No air conditioning. NO
BEER! We left early.</color>
11. ALBUM YOU'VE BOUGHT: <color><param>0456,020E,06F3</param>Oh
Christ, too many to mention, but probably a post-MASQUE album by the
Mission.
</color>
12. SINGLE YOU'VE BOUGHT: <color><param>06F3,0372,0699</param>"Swoon"
by the Mission
</color>
13. FILM YOU'VE PAID TO SEE:
<color><param>051A,021B,06F3</param>"Love, Actually"
</color>
14. BOOK YOU'VE READ: <color><param>03DA,0268,06F3</param> Can't
remember. Probably stopped reading halfway through and discarded it.</color>
15. TV SHOW YOU'VE SEEN: <color><param>037C,012B,06F3</param>That
John Laroquette version of "Fawlty Towers".
</color>
16. MUSIC VIDEO YOU'VE SEEN: <color><param>034D,0224,06F3</param>Too
many to mention, but invariably some pathetic hip hop or r'n'b piece
of shit that panders to the lowest common denominator.
</color>
17. HOLIDAY YOU'VE HAD: <color><param>06F3,019C,065F</param>Can't
recall.
</color>
18. CRIME YOU'VE COMMITTED:
<color><param>044F,01AC,06F3</param>I've been a good boy for the most
part, but there was a drug period in the early 90's (coke and
acid...though never at the same time).
</color>
19. LIE YOU'VE TOLD: <color><param>05CA,0177,06F3</param>Probably
something when i was a kid....can't think of one.</color>
20. OTHER VERY BAD THING YOU DID:
<color><param>03DE,01EF,06F3</param>When I was six, I ate an entire
outboard motor.</color>
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