[kj] Killing Joke - Is that it?

god botherer acroastic at hotmail.com
Fri Dec 8 11:57:56 EST 2006


Yup, don't worry. They'll get clean.

Si

(It's just music? Oh no.)






>From: "Lennonka" <svoje.ja at centrum.cz>



>

>Hi Jiri

>Okay, now I see your reasons and I respect your point of view.

>But I have faith that this will change.

>

>Have a good day!

>

>Lennonka

>______________________________________________________________

> > Od: unspeakable at sbcglobal.net

> > Komu: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

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> > Datum: 07.12.2006 23:12

> > Pøedmìt: Re: [kj] Killing Joke - Is that it?

> >

> >Lennonka wrote:

> >> How can you write something like that?

> >> Easy! Turn on the spigot, and it drips out! And you?

> >> You DON'T KNOW! Of course not! But the question from Neil was "What do

>you guys think," so I said what I thought...

> >> Neither I do know. So better we both shut up.

> >> There are two parties in that bargain!

> >

> >Seriously, I'm just speculating based on a) history; b) visual evidence

>at gigs; c) reports from others at gigs, d) the number of "hard-livin'

>rock and rollers" who have dropped dead and/or fallen ill at relatively

>young ages; and e) *way* too much experience with alcoholics.

> >

> >Best wishes for you, and Jaz, and Geordie, etc. I'd prefer nothing else

>than that they be healthy and prolific...

> >> With best wishes

> >> Lennonka

> >>

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> >> >> Od: unspeakable at sbcglobal.net

> >>> Komu: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

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> >>> Datum: 06.12.2006 18:24

> >>> Pøedmìt: Re: [kj] Killing Joke - Is that it?

> >>>

> >>> I'd certainly love another effort (if it sucks, it sucks, so what.

>It's >> just music. I'd rather hear the attempt than nothing at all). Even

>with >> their poor organization/motivation and another 7-year hiatus, they

> >> surely will want to record again at some point. But if I had to bet,

>I'd >> say we're looking at another long, post-Democracy-like period of >>

>canceled tours (check!), inactivity (check!) and aborted half-attempts >>

>at a new recording, with the return of the ever-changing cast of >>

>discarded session drummers. And Jaz becomes Axl Rose.

> >>>

> >>> But this is where health enters the equation. Their lifestyle and >>

>advancing age may conspire to botch their next attempt. The body >>

>forgives alcoholism for a while -- hell, it forgives daily drinking up >>

>to a point -- but if they carry this self-abuse on unchanged into their

> >> 50s, well...I for one wouldn't underwrite their insurance policies.

> >>>

> >>> I've often wondered how Jaz's symphony colleagues receive his act --

> >> esp. if/when he shows up blitzed. I wonder if the "mysterious tortured

> >> genius" act gets their forgiveness.

> >>>

> >>> TB wrote:

> >>> >>> ++++++++

> >>>>

> >>>> I don't know if it's over, but the band is certainly not in any sort

>of

> >>>> >

> >> >>> positive territory right now and I'd expect a long period of

>inactivity

> >>>> > for > >>> at least the next couple of years. The last album

>basically fell off

> >>>> > the > >>> map, the band has been mostly uninspired live the

>past year, they

> >>>> > couldn't > >>> even get over to the US (and seem to not

>desire to make the effort) for

> >>>> > any > >>> sort of tour and everything just seems to point

>to Jaz and Geordies >>> lackluster interest in making any real effort to

>go any further at this

> >>>> >

> >> >>> time.

> >>>>

> >>>> T.B. >>>

> >>>>

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