[kj] 25th Anniv. Gig Artwork

[Alexander Smith]

Have a look at what I spied on eBay....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ 
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=53043&item=3964784099&rd=1&ssPageName=WD 
VW


Is this legit? Are they trying to squeeze in the `Crue dates as part of  
their "anniversary tour"? Sounds awfully dubious to me.

Alex in NYC






On Monday, February 28, 2005, at 07:00 PM, Alexander Smith wrote:

> This is, of course, a *SLIGHTLY* sensitive subject, given our  
> friendship and allegiance to Mr.Coles, but I was just curious as to  
> the wider opinion of the artwork that the `Joke are currently  
> shilling. Let's review, shall we?  Incidentally, I have no earthly  
> idea who *DID* handle the designs for the Anniversary gig...it very  
> well may have been a band member or even a Gatherer for all I know  
> (though I strenuously doubt the latter). In such instancea, I don't  
> mean to slander anyone.
>
> Black t-shirt: Same design as poster. Font that looks MYSTERIOUSLY  
> similar to Colesy's HEADCOUNT font. Color-scheme of Red, Black and  
> Green (I wonder who chose it? ::rimshot:::). Red, Black and Green? I  
> thought this was a KJ gig, not a Public Enemy show. Har Har. Legend  
> reads: "Twenty Five Years of Progress" in faux-Russian characters.  
> Well, technically twenty-six, actually...and there *were* some dry  
> patches wherein no progress was truly made. Let's be honest, shall we?  
>  Images depicted: a speeding train (ummmm.....why?) and two jesters,  
> one brandishing a bomb-shell and wearing a gas mask. Design on back  
> features new KJ logo as quasi-Soviet insignia (not at all unlike the  
> Prong insignia circa RUDE AWAKENING). Coincidence?
>
>
> Green t-shirt: Much more subdued. Same mystery font on front. Back  
> appended with individual runes to signify each band member (Jaz:  
> spider, Geordie: lizard, Raven: bird, Ben: bulldog) inna sort've Led  
> Zep four stylee.
>
>
> The only reason I brought this up was that on Saturday, Mike was cool  
> enough to show Andy & myself images he'd been cooking up for the band  
> prior to the unfortunate fallout with Big Life. Let me just say that I  
> stunned how anyone could have passed these up. I'm not knocking the  
> designs that eventually came to be, but folks.....if you could've only  
> *SEEN* these pictures!!!! Suffice to say, they were something else.  
> Hopefully they'll surface somewhere someday, as it's heartbreaking  
> that Mike keeps them in cold storage on his computer.
>
> Alex in NYC
>