[kj] What we Got for X-mas..

[Steve Hackett]

oh yeah and I managed to get a wii for my son - Its great fun
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Cc: <BSCrack at UltimateEmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 2:01 AM
Subject: [kj] What we Got for X-mas..



>

> Fair enough, I'll play along..

>

> I got:

> - 1 stainless steel wallet (sounds absurd, yes, but actually quite

> sleek and cool) from the wife.

> - 1 subscription to Time Out New York from the wife.

> - 1 stupid black t-shirt that reads: "Manure Occureth" from the sister.

> - 1 set of Kiss pint glasses (adorned with album covers) from the

> sister (who evidently thinks I'm still in college).

> - 1 set of AC/DC pint glassed (same as above), also from the sister.

> - 1 "Mr.Rogers" key-chain/voice-box which recites favorite sayings of

> the children's television icon from the mother.

> - 1 purple and black necktie from the mother-in-law.

> - 2 Kobe beef steaks from the brother-in-law.

> - 1 quite handsome black'n'purple scarf from the wife.

> - 1 book about the legacy of James Bond by an author whose name

> escapes me, from the wife.

> - 1 book about street art in Berlin from the mother.

> - 1 gift card to the Apple Store (as in Apple computers) from the

> mother.

> - 1 gift certificate to Barnes'n'Noble from the boss.

>

> Nothing to set the world on fire, but certainly not a bad haul, so to

> speak.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

> On Dec 27, 2006, at 5:11 PM, Mike Cooper wrote:

>

>> Just come back from my Christmas break and found a big row

>> brewing.  I was

>> wondering what people got for Christmas - is this allowed?  Good!

>> I got the

>> Crass book, the Ian Glasson book on anarcho punk bands and Banksy

>> Walls and

>> Peace which are all brill.  Wot a scoop!  To top it all my brother

>> got me

>> and my 6 year old son a ticket to see the mighty Swindon Town.  It

>> was his

>> first ever game, my late father took me at six - it was a very

>> emotional

>> experience for me, that I did actually nearly cry.  He loved it and we

>> fucking won as well - best present I have ever had EVER.  Needless

>> to say

>> the bug is back and god bless Paul Sturrock and Christian (no

>> shinpads)

>> Roberts!

>>

>> My other brother got me the Katie Melua or something CD.  I ask

>> you.  I have

>> been annoying him with punk rock etc since the late 70's and this was

>> clearly my punishment.  Anybody want a Kate thingy album before I

>> stickon

>> ebay (ungrateful sod that I am).

>>

>> There.  Wot did anyone else get?

>> ----- Original Message -----

>> From: "BS Crack" <BSCrack at UltimateEmail.com>

>> To: <vassifer at earthlink.net>; <gathering at misera.net>

>> Cc: <gathering at misera.net>

>> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 5:48 PM

>> Subject: Re: [kj] R.I.P. James Brown

>>

>>

>>>

>>> I personally dislike all the outlandish claims people make after

>>> someone

>>> died. Claims that bear no resemblance to reality, for example:

>>> "but the man's influence extends far and wide beyond simply funk

>>> and hip

>>> hop (neither of which would've existed without his contributions)"

>>> Alex: Do you really believe that had James Brown not entered the

>>> music

>>> business then funk and hip hop would never have been invented?

>>> James Brown

>>> had predecessors who influenced him , music is an evolving form and

>>> numerous people have contributed to musics evolution. To say that

>>> One man

>>> is solely responsible for not one, but two genres of music is a huge

>>> exaggeration.

>>> If James Brown hadnt have been born, then music today would still be

>>> exactly the same as it is now.

>>> He was just as famous for his dance steps than he was for the

>>> music he

>>> made. Can anyone sing ten James Brown

>>> songs?...........five?.........well

>>> apart from his two famous songs, can anyone sing or hum any of his

>>> other

>>> tunes? Because I certainly cant.

>>>

>>> "James Brown practically *INVENTED* stage presence"

>>> So you are saying that before James Brown there was nt anybody who

>>> had any

>>> "stage presence"? I cant disagree because I dont know .

>>>

>>> "And judging James Brown via his cameos in "The Blues Brothers" or

>>> "Rocky

>>> IV" or whatever is like judging Killing Joke solely by OUTSIDE THE

>>> GATE."

>>>

>>> Well no. James Browns contribution to the Rocky film gave him his

>>> only UK

>>> Number 1.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> --- vassifer at earthlink.net wrote:

>>>

>>> From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

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

>>> <gathering at misera.net>, "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the

>>> band!)'" <gathering at misera.net>

>>> Subject: Re: [kj] R.I.P. James Brown

>>> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:16:31 -0500 (EST)

>>>

>>>

>>> "The only music he influenced was crap..."

>>>

>>> Sorry, Mik, but this is just a patently ridiculous statement.

>>> Again, I'm

>>> not saying you have to like James Brown, but the man's influence

>>> extends

>>> far and wide beyond simply funk and hip hop (neither of which

>>> would've

>>> existed without his contributions). James Brown practically

>>> *INVENTED*

>>> stage presence -- Iggy Pop, Robert Plant, Ian McCulloch, Jaz

>>> Coleman, Joe

>>> Stummer -- none of them can top, let alone touch what James Brown

>>> was. He

>>> was as crucial a performer/innovator/artist as anyone you can name.

>>>

>>> This just reminds me of the Beatles conversation we had a couple

>>> of weeks

>>> ago. I know it seems like a really, punky, iconoclastic thing to

>>> say that

>>> you don't like James Brown (who was inarguably "punker" than any

>>> band you

>>> can name -- listen to "Say It Loud, I"m Black & I"m Proud" and

>>> consider

>>> the context of the times), but to not recognize his influence and

>>> contribution just makes you seem a bit narrow, misinformed and,

>>> frankly,

>>> dim.

>>>

>>> And judging James Brown via his cameos in "The Blues Brothers" or

>>> "Rocky

>>> IV" or whatever is like judging Killing Joke solely by OUTSIDE THE

>>> GATE.

>>>

>>> Alex in NYC

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> and he was just a criminal who some people thought

>>>>> could sing.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> -----Original Message-----

>>>> From: Mik Raven <mik at corvids.eclipse.co.uk>

>>>> Sent: Dec 26, 2006 11:55 AM

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

>>>> <gathering at misera.net>

>>>> Subject: Re: [kj] R.I.P. James Brown

>>>>

>>>> No I can't hear anything I like whatsoever in his music. Does

>>>> that make me

>>>> myopic? Guess I'll go find my reading glasses then! :-) Actually,

>>>> never

>>>> been

>>>> a big fan of change either. IMHO not one of the Joke's better

>>>> ditties.

>>>>

>>>> Mik

>>>>

>>>> -----Original Message-----

>>>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-

>>>> bounces at misera.net]

>>>> On

>>>> Behalf Of Stephen Robinson

>>>> Sent: 26 December 2006 10:39

>>>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (t

>>>> Subject: Re: [kj] R.I.P. James Brown

>>>>

>>>> You can't hear the power, excitment and simple funk power in his

>>>> beats?

>>>>

>>>> If the only music he influenced was crap, do that mean you think

>>>> Change

>>>> was

>>>> crap?

>>>>

>>>>> James Brown was shit but the Blues Brothers was quite an

>>>>> entertaining

>>>>> film. I will not shed a tear for James Brown but dread the endless

>>>>> tributes that are bound to follow his death. The only music he

>>>>> influenced was crap and he was just a criminal who some people

>>>>> thought

>>>>> could sing.

>>>>>

>>>>> Mik

>>>> -- 

>>>> I wrote this on my Amiga One runing OS4, now with screen dragging

>>>> http://os4.hyperion-entertainment.biz/

>>>>

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