[kj] best venue

Mon Apr 25 13:29:58 EDT 2005

LOL!

I love your description of that time and that state of mind! Our paths
must have come at least close at some point. I didn't know john lydon
tho'. I have quite a few photos. We should meet up sometime. You should
come to a gathering thing. I am going to see faces of sarah at the
Camden underworld this Friday. I found out the High Wycombe gig I went
to was 20 Feb 1980. A fellow gatherer kindly looked it up for me.

Anyway .....

juliet

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
On Behalf Of melinda grant
Sent: 25 April 2005 18:06
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: RE: [kj] best venue

juliet....i remember a guy called......weasel....god that was zeeoons
ago,i 
also did not know that he had passed away,he is proberly happier now in 
another dimention......fancy that u lived 4 a bit in hackney areas as 
well,when i was there 88--most of amhurst rd was full of squats,we could

always locate our house though,no matter what our state of mind may have

been in,be it morn-noon or night,as there was a giant teddy tied to a
cross 
out side it,on the top floor.......cannot remember who did that,but it
was 
very handy 4 location purposes,u c all the houses along that street were
7 
story big victorian things,they all looked the same from the out side,so
the 
teddy symbol was like a guiding light 4 us all---i occupied the basement

with a friend,we got most use of the garden cos of that,but usually we
were 
all,all roaming al over the house--my slat now is real small,so i miss
that 
sence of space u get from living in a big house--it was huge.
u at the clarendon as well,hey u got any pics of your self around
79/80/81 ? 
with all these connections,we must of collided//btw.people had been
calling 
me polly since school,it kinda stuck,that was my name bak then,,,i guess

after polly styreene from  xray spex  or something....also,
did u know john lydon....how old r u? i am 43//john would of been living
at 
45 gunters grove,with
lieveen/wobble--could tell u some storys about that lot,but,ummm,it will

break trust.

   mel london  uk

>From: "Juliet Pleming" <pricepleming at tiscali.co.uk>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: RE: [kj] best venue
>Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:05:25 +0100
>
>Mel... I lived at a squat in Downs Road on the edge on Hackney Downs.
>But that was earlier. That was 81ish. That was through a KJ guy called
>Weasel. You must have known him. It was his council flat but he'd never
>paid any rent on it. Me and Jo were living in a very cold bedsit and he
>said we were welcome. It was on the 19th floor of a council block.
>Sadly, Big Paul told me at the clock gig that Weasel died 5 years ago.
I
>was wondering what had happened to him.
>
>After we lived there we went back over to Finsbury Park and got
>ourselves into a housing co-op.
>
>I didn't know a Sarah, but yes I was there at the Clarendon.
>
>Juliet
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
>On Behalf Of melinda grant
>Sent: 24 April 2005 17:51
>To: gathering at misera.net
>Subject: RE: [kj] best venue
>
>juliet.....hey we all do things on the spur of the moment,then repent
at
>our
>leisure.....concerning the time i jumped on the stage,i did
>not.....meaning,i did not repent at my leisure or regret it one bit
>why regrte? pointless,it was a laugh,i guess that in the heat of all
the
>
>excitement,one does these things with out thinking,well i must of been
>thinking on some deep level that i was not aware of at that
>moment,because i
>have nothing but a sence of elation from it when ever i recall/that
goes
>4
>the other things as well with jaz==if i did regret it,then i would get
>the
>cringe factor every time i think about it,but i dont feel that,even to
>this
>day/memorys r important,they r part of the grand tapestry of all our
>lifes,treasure them,even bad memorys r of use,i think that they only
>occure
>to teach us all something we deeply need to understand,but may be
>avoiding/and any way,i believe that a negative exsperience can always
be
>
>turned on its head,where by something posative will imerge out of it.
>btw sorry to hear that u lost your grans belt at the reading gig bak
>then,if
>u dont mind,i am curious,how did u manage to loose a belt that would of
>been
>around your waste?? a bit puzzled by that.....
>oh,did u ever know a girl called sara from brighton,who lived at 100
>portobello rd,and was into the joke and the 4.b.2s...this was in
>80/81...she
>also worked at kensington market bak then --hey i was at the ...joke
gig
>at
>the clarendon hotel 80i guess that u were there also c.htl in ldn hwest
>if i
>remember correctly,i proberly used to know u perhaps......one of my
>faults
>is not keeping in contact with people that i have known over the
>yrs,this is
>due to having moved around the world alot,then u loose things like
>addresses
>by accident......
>
>hey,here is,this was 78/79, another one,remember the festival at
>ally/pally,something to do with saving a socialist news
paper...anyway,i
>
>remember that the slits were playing at that,but blow me,i cannot
>remember
>any one else,perhaps neil perry might remember......
>
>talking of suats,i lived in one at hackney wicks,bak in 88,amhurst
>road,a
>band called ..crazt head lived there also,plus other bands,cannot
>remember
>who now,did that 4 about 8 months,then we all got thrown out,to many
>partys--people complaining ect/now i live in me falt in a affluent area
>in
>ldn,this i think is a karmic reward,believe me,i have earnt it -- put i
>would lv to live in a camper van,n travel the world,a
momad-freedom,feel
>a
>bit restricted in a flat...
>
>mel ldn  uk..   ps sorry it is so long/i got the
rambles..blah/blah..lol
>
> >From: "Juliet Pleming" <pricepleming at tiscali.co.uk>
> >Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
> ><gathering at misera.net>
> >To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'"
> ><gathering at misera.net>
> >Subject: RE: [kj] best venue
> >Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 23:04:45 +0100
> >
> >Mel....pink military does ring a bell, but just the name. I couldn't
> >even say what they looked like. I went to so many gigs etc. that a
lot
> >of it is a blur to me these days. But yeah, the lyceum was good and I
> >would have been there.. And yeah, the gig at Reading Top Rank was the
> >one I was at. I did love the whole ritual thing with Dave the Wizard.
>It
> >all added to the excitement of everything.
> >
> >I did hang about with him for a little while as he had a squat fairly
> >near me in Archway. He was an interesting character, a bit intense..
> >
> >My, so Jaz's birthday wasn't the first time he had had you in a
clinch.
> >I must confess I feel a bit jealous. I never got that close to him.
At
> >the reading gig I lost a really nice antique black leather belt my
Gran
> >gave me, but it was worth it to be right up there on the stage.
> >
> >Ooooh... the memories!
> >
> >juliet
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
> >On Behalf Of melinda grant
> >Sent: 23 April 2005 21:55
> >To: gathering at misera.net
> >Subject: RE: [kj] best venue
> >
> >juliet,.........did u see k.j. supporting a band called ..pink
milatary
> >at
> >the lyceum,i am sure that was on a sunday,either 80/81? i had forgot
> >about
> >the bands that played all day on a sundays at that venue,u brought
that
> >fine
> >detail from the past bak to me,any way,i am sure the band was called
> >pink
> >military,will have to dig out my old tickets to chek that-----talking
>of
> >
> >reading,i saw the joke at"reading top rank suite in 81,were u at that
> >gig
> >also? it was very memorable with dave the wizard/plus his dog,doing
>more
> >
> >than usual in the blessing of the stage 4 k.j./ritual--i remember
being
> >blown away by the whole event--
> >so u got up on the stage then,at reading/i have only done that
once,the
> >bloody stage was so high,that it took 3 people to give me a hand,iwas
> >talking to jaz whilst up there, these bouncers jumped in to get me of
> >the
> >stage,but jaz grabbed me,very tightly,so that the bouncers attemp to
> >pull me
> >of stage failed,i also had a very good view,both of the audience,and
of
> >jaz,
> >lol.....
> >
> >     mel london uk.
> >
> > >From: "Juliet Pleming" <pricepleming at tiscali.co.uk>
> > >Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
> > ><gathering at misera.net>
> > >To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'"
> > ><gathering at misera.net>
> > >Subject: RE: [kj] best venue
> > >Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 15:06:28 +0100
> > >
> > >Mind you my best time seeing Killing Joke was at Reading. At the
>place
> > >right next to the train station. The target? But that's cos I
somehow
> > >managed to get right up on the stage crammed up in front of Jaz on
>his
> > >synth, so I had a pretty good view.
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
> >[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
> > >On Behalf Of Juliet Pleming
> > >Sent: 23 April 2005 15:03
> > >To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
> > >Subject: RE: [kj] best venue
> > >
> > >I also liked the lyceum very much. Lots of good memories of going
> >there.
> > >They used to have those 7-bands-in-a-row things starting in the
> > >afternoon on Sundays.
> > >
> > >juliet
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
> >[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
> > >On Behalf Of melinda grant
> > >Sent: 23 April 2005 14:30
> > >To: gathering at misera.net
> > >Subject: RE: [kj] best venue
> > >
> > >i very much like the ..lycium venue-along the strand-ldn-although
k.j
> > >have
> > >not played there in yrs,i do
> > >remember early 80s gigs at the venue being very good,acustic
> > >wise,size,location ect,they r very fond memories of k.j gigs 4 me..
> > >
> > >mel  london  uk
> > >
> > > >From: "god botherer" <acroastic at hotmail.com>
> > > >Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
> > > ><gathering at misera.net>
> > > >To: gathering at misera.net
> > > >Subject: [kj] best venue
> > > >Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:59 +0100
> > > >
> > > >Old Hammersmith Palais
> > > >
> > > >>From: "jon chapman" <jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk>
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>i thought the venue was a bit of a letdown,so it got me
> >wondering,what
> > >is
> > > >>the best venue killing joke have played in,in london/uk???
> > > >>
> > > >>spatula.
> > > >>
> > >
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