[kj] kj self parody ?

Leigh Newton angrytomhanks at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 10 19:56:47 EST 2006


No, sometimes if things really REALLY suck, then
they're gay.

Leigh


--- FLIGHT BRINGER <flightbringer at hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:

> You must live in a World with a big black line down
> it and one side is 
> labeled "Awesome" and the other side labeled 
> "Sucks". To constantly use 
> Awesome and sucks seems to suggest that you re not
> that well versed in 
> expressing yourself. Its the same as just being able
> to grunt "Good" or 
> "Bad". I can understand people using those
> expressions when they are just 
> learning the language, but i cant understand people
> over 6 years old who 
> cannot express themselves without using awesome or
> sucks. I'm beginning to 
> think that all Americans are stupid
> Do Americans see Beavis & Butthead and The Simpsons
> as some kind of 
> intelligent cultural thing, something to adhere to?
> 
> 
> >From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke
> (the band!)" 
> ><gathering at misera.net>
> >To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the
> band!)" 
> ><gathering at misera.net>
> >Subject: Re: [kj] kj self parody ?
> >Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:23:59 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Beavis and Butthead never said "awesome". They said
> >"cool". Other than that, i think you're pretty spot
> on
> >about the state of KJ. Every good band has their
> >heyday and that heyday has to end at some point. It
> >doesn't necessarily mean that everything they do
> from
> >that point on will suck (although that is the case
> for
> >many bands). Bands like Nomeansno, Skinny Puppy,
> >Fugazi (if they're even a band anymore), Slayer,
> and
> >Killing Joke still continue to put out albums,
> tour,
> >and keep things relatively fresh, despite the fact
> >that their respective "classic" periods are all
> just
> >tiny little dots in the rearview mirror. Oh well.
> You
> >can't stay awesome forever, can you?
> >
> >Leigh
> >
> >
> 
>
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