[kj] KJ vs JD

[juliet pleming]

The first time I saw KJ, they were playing with Joy Division at High
Wycombe. That was not long before Ian Curtis killed himself. JD were good,
but overshadowed by KJ who were were fucking amazing.


Juliet
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bo Krogsgaard" <t23 at mother.brap.dk>
To: <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 11:57 PM
Subject: [kj] John Peel, memorial beer


>
> I used to sit and listen to BBC on a crappy short wave portable radio and
> i got my granddad to tweak the fucking internals of it to be able to do
> so. I worked at a record distribution when Strange Fruit started releasing
> the Peel Sessions records and i was a huge Joy Division / New Order fan
> back then so needless to say i got interested in what he did. The signal
> to noise ratio on the radio was crap at best but god damned i tuned in to
> hear what new cool band he had in session because he introduced me to so
> much good music and had tastes i could relate to.
>
> Many years later i saw Carcass and Bolt Thrower being Peel'ed and i so
> fucking envied him because he got to meet the bands that i like, and even
> though i didn't know who he was until 1987 or so, he has been in my hero
> gallery ever since and shown me why SOOOOO many times after that.
>
> This here Duvel is raised in memory of him. Probably the greatest music
> promoter and greatest music fan ever to set foot on this planet.
>
>
> b
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