[kj] Rollins gets it, Q doesnt & the Cult in NYC

[Alex Smith]

I'm perfectly lightened up. Perhaps you need to loosen your grip on that sacred cow.

Alex in NYC



-----Original Message-----

>From: Aja Navat <lilpalindrome at yahoo.com>

>Sent: Nov 15, 2006 9:51 AM

>To: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>, "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] Rollins gets it, Q doesnt & the Cult in NYC

>

>Alright, alright, fair enough.

>

>Just learn to lighten up a bit man.

>

>Aja

>

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

>

>> 

>> I'm pissed at Q for the further needless deification

>> of a slavishly overrated and ultimately mediocre

>> band.

>> 

>> 

>> 

>> Alex in NYC

>> 

>> 

>> 

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

>> >From: Aja Navat <lilpalindrome at yahoo.com>

>> >Sent: Nov 15, 2006 12:09 AM

>> >To: gathering at misera.net

>> >Subject: Re: [kj] Rollins gets it, Q doesnt & the

>> Cult in NYC

>> >

>> >Yeah Alex, you should be pissed at Q for not

>> >mentioning KJ, not nirvana.

>> >

>> >Plus, if you dont give a shit about them them dont

>> say

>> >anything.

>> >

>> >Aja

>> >--- gathering-bounces at misera.net

>> ><angrytomhanks at yahoo.com> wrote:

>> >> Nirvana were awesome. Fuck Q.

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

>> >> From: A

>> >> lexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>> >> To: A list about all things Killi

>> >> ng Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>

>> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 20

>> >> 06 9:42:36 PM

>> >> Subject: [kj] Rollins gets it, Q doesn't & the

>> Cult

>> >in NYC

>> >> Hey gang....

>> >> Been a while since I've posted -- been up to 

>> >> my eyeballs in inane crap of late. In any event,

>> two

>> >little items floated a

>> >> cross my transem recently that I figured I should

>> >post here.

>> >> Firstl

>> >> y, there's "Fanatic" by Henry Rollins, a book

>> which

>> >is basically a lengthy 

>> >> playlist of every song the burly, tattooed

>> ex-Black

>> >Flag frontman played on

>> >>  his Indie 103.1 radio show, "Harmony in My

>> Head".

>> >Along with countless obs

>> >> cure tracks, Rollins cites...

>> >> "Change" by Killing Joke - From

>> >>  the classic 1st album, KILLING JOKE. I have a

>> few

>> >of their records but thi

>> >> s first one is my favorite. I always thought that

>> >was one of the coolest ba

>> >> nd names I ever heard. Played with them outdoors

>> at

>> >the Fleadh Festival in 

>> >> 1991 I think it was and they were intense. Jaz

>> >Coleman the band's singer is

>> >>  an inspiration. He never calms down.

>> >> Henry cites a lot of other gr

>> >> eat records as well. It's not essential, but it

>> made

>> >for interesting readin

>> >> g.

>> >> On other fronts, the latest issue of Q features a

>> >cover story ab

>> >> out the rise and fall of :::::yawn::::: Nirvana.

>> As

>> >a half-baked sidebar, t

>> >> hey present "The Roots of Nirvana, 20 tracks that

>> >inspired Kurt Cobain". Th

>> >> e list cites tracks by Sonic Youth, the Pixies,

>> >Boston, Terry Jacks, The Kn

>> >> ack, Black Flag, Aerosmith, Daniel Johnston,

>> >Leadbelly, the Beatles, the Me

>> >> lvins, the Meat Puppets, the Butthole Surfers,

>> Iggy

>> >& the Stooges, AC/DC, B

>> >> lack Sabbath, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the

>> Sex

>> >Pistols, The Vaselines 

>> >> and Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

>> >> ...and, typically, no mention of Kill

>> >> ing Joke.

>> >> Fuck Nirvana.

>> >> Lastly, the Cult ploughed int

>> >> o NYC last night, and I couldn't help myself from

>> >attending. Read my review

>> >> -of-sorts -- if you care -- by clicking on the

>> link

>> >below:

>> >> http://v

>> >>

>>

>>assifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2006/11/the_cult_in_nyc.html

>> >> Chee

>> >> rs, fuckers!

>> >> Alex in NYC

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