[kj] cover/cutthroat cuts

[Darth E. Vader]

Funny that Killing Joke are as uninterested in what
Coles has to say as he is in what I have to say,
presumably perhaps because
I've never bought any of his T-shirts etc.

Well it makes me laUGH!


--- fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net> wrote:

> with all the touting and thanks given at various
> times during the bands 
> ( whoever the band "is"?) career it may be difficult
> to consider this, 
> as the case against it seems soundly laid by those
> sleeve thanks and 
> various benefit efforts *but*
> 
> for those within the click at any given time, kj are
> only friendly with 
> whom they have business convenience... like a pack
> of feral teenagers - 
> using who they need at any given time. makes one
> wonder if like a 
> corporation, any philanthropy or benefit efforts on
> part of the band are 
> merely token public relation stunts.
> /this may not seem fair to speculate but will do
> anyway/; would they 
> attend each others funerals, or not bother to visit
> each other in a 
> hospital death bed like, bowie - ronson?
> their friendships seem tentative, cynical, and if
> all isn't fair 
> weather, ultimately cutthroat. not that the
> backstabbing and cutthroat 
> is that much different than say wallstreet, justice
> systems, business, 
> family, or politics. just an aesthetic difference
> with a more haphazard 
> effect.
> 
> despite recent camaraderie or stage embraces, there
> also seems to be a 
> prevalent sense of arms distance or paranoia amongst
> the members of the 
> band - hired guns, associates and hanger ons. maybe
> this apparent 
> paranoia is just reaction to life as it is for human
> society, that just 
> happens to be heightened in the rock n roll confines
> - with it's rather 
> extroverted back stabbing culture.  the recent
> displays of affection and 
> respect may be the fruits of the evolution this band
> has been through 
> and a new trend in things *kj * 
> 
> but what the fuck do i know and what do fans really
> know. also, who 
> besides a percentage of the geezers on this list
> would care to know 
> anyway. until the band is at a commercial level
> which could warrant a 
> "behind the music" episode and profit from blowing
> the lid off the* KJ* 
> puzzle, this stuff will most likely be conjecture at
> best.
> 
> if a candid revelation were possible, it would be
> interesting to hear 
> what bpf, youth, etc. think. but that sort of
> personal business 
> declaration ultimately might be vulgar and
> unnecessary.
> 
> regardless, for those on the outside the truth may
> never be known - as 
> the band is a commercial entity, and as such is not
> particularly 
> sensitive to individuals. while it's inner turmoil
> must always be spun 
> to fit an agenda.
> 
>  lord of the flies.  *total exploitation*  
> 
> 
> -------------------------
> 
> Bob Barathy wrote:
> 
> > Seconded! it makes a mockery of the whole tribal
> thing dunnit!!
> >  
> > Bob
> >
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     *From:* gathering-bounces at misera.net
> >     [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]*On
> Behalf Of *fatpotanga
> >     *Sent:* 06 January 2006 12:10
> >     *To:* The Gathering
> >     *Subject:* Re: [kj] cover
> >
> >     On 6/1/06 11:58, "mike coles" wrote:
> >
> >         no, they don't talk to me any more
> >
> >     !?!
> >     I'm really disappointed to hear that.
> >     To me - and I would imagine every other
> gatherer - you're KJ's 5th
> >     Beatle
> >     What utter twunts.
> >
> >
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