[kj] KJ DVD (sound and others)...

[dammit bleep]

Muchas Gracias, Senior Smith.


-Diego

--- Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> The Title:
> Well, the front reads: KILLING JOKE XXV GATHERING.
> The spine, however, 
> reads: KILLING JOKE - THE BAND THAT PREYS TOGETHER,
> STAYS TOGETHER.
> 
> I found mine at FYE (a chain comparable to, say,
> Coconuts or Sam 
> Goody's). It shouldn't be *too* hard to find it.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Alex in NYC
> 
> 
> On Thursday, November 3, 2005, at 11:59 AM, dammit
> bleep wrote:
> 
> > OK
> >
> > I'm way behind in the KJ list reading. Can someone
> > tell me the title of the DVD and where in the
> States
> > it might be found? I've heard Tower records, but
> there
> > isn't one near me.
> >
> > I can at least order it if I have a title.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > --- Jiri <unspeakable at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Tim Bucknall wrote:
> >>
> >>> anyone think the DVD sounds a little crisper
> than
> >> the cd?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Yes, quite. I don't know if it's the 5.1 format
> >> allowing it to unleash
> >> more or what...(I don't know diddly about that
> >> stuff, but I noticed it
> >> sounded fuller, more dynamic, when I played it on
> >> the same system that I
> >> had played the CD on.) A nice surprise.
> >>
> >> Other nuggets of happiness from the DVD:
> >> --seeing Ben's mad happy expressions while he's
> >> getting into some
> >> classic Killing Joke drum patterns. Sure, that's
> >> what drummers generally
> >> look like anyway, but his expressions appear to
> >> capture the moment in a
> >> way that...well, put it this way--that's how
> >> ecstatic I would be if I
> >> were in the same situation. It's good to see him
> >> seizing the moment. He
> >> looks and sounds like a great fit.
> >> --getting some nice closeups of Geordie's
> strumming.
> >> I could use even
> >> more, but then I remember that not everyone
> cares.
> >> It's been said
> >> before, but goddamn, so much going on there and
> yet
> >> he looks like it's a
> >> walk in the park. My wife said "he looks like
> he's
> >> sleeping." I think
> >> he's just in a heightened state, peaceful
> ecstacy.
> >> --cool to see the light display and the projected
> >> images of old covers
> >> and art like the Nervous System Centre Pointe
> >> building image. Gee, what
> >> a good idea--maybe they should get Colesy to do
> art
> >> on the next album,
> >> now there's a thought...
> >>
> >> I was surprised that the "rock video"-like cuts
> and
> >> zooms to the beat of
> >> the music didn't annoy me. I'd heard about them
> and
> >> worried about them,
> >> but they're not too bad or too often.
> >>
> >> On a serious note, I noticed during Total
> Invasion
> >> (I think), during a
> >> just drums and bass part, they have a shot of
> >> Geordie downing a stiff
> >> dose of (presumably) vodka. You see it in his
> face
> >> as he downs it.
> >> Given  word about how much drink he downed on the
> >> 2003 tour, and that
> >> he's sober now (still hopefully), well, that's a
> bit
> >> of a chilling shot
> >> to record and publish for posterity. Watching it
> >> feels like seeing
> >> family reunion footage of your alcoholic uncle.
> >> That's uncomfortable,
> >> serious stuff. Hope all remains well, or at least
> >> better.
> >>
> >>
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