[kj] My Facebook

[Michael Halsted]

my answer: "Yeah - WIRE...

(and if the job was so-so...)...and Killing Joke."



>

> At a job interview late last week, it was suddenly gleaned that we  

> (myself and the interviewer) were both big music fans. The  

> interviewer then asked: "Favorite band?" Obviously, without a  

> moment's hesitation, I said "Killing Joke, now and forever," to which  

> she replied: "80's Punk!!! Do you like any bands that are still  

> around???"

>

> :::sigh:::

>

> Alex in NYC

>

> PS: I had another interview a day earlier with the culture editor of  

> a reputable media outlet, and we similarly ended up talking about  

> music. Turns out her husband is none other than Simon Reynolds, the  

> celebrated music critic who wrote the arguably authoritative post- 

> punk tome, "Rip It Up And Start Again" (75 pages devoted to Scritti  

> Politti, 9 pages devoted to Killing Joke).

>

>

>

> On Aug 14, 2007, at 6:03 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

>

>> Just as many people think of Killing Joke as "some 80s band" that  

>> broke up probably around 1987 (seriously, I have encountered this  

>> sentiment more than I'd like to recount), Rudimentary Peni are also  

>> another band that are, yes, STILL AROUND. Their last EP, the 10- song 

>> "Archaic," came out in 2004.

>>

>> And I'll be damned if "Archaic" is not some very good stuff.  

>> Probably their best work since the 1980s. I think we're due for  

>> another Rudi Peni release any time now. They said they'd release a  

>> new EP every 3 years or so now that they're getting older and  singer 

>> Nick Blinko's getting battier.

>>

>>

>> -Oliver

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> pssyche23 wrote:

>>> I'm game if you're game Oliver ... I've also joined the  Rudimentary 

>>> Peni group ... a fantastic emsemble, I was lucky to  pick up their 

>>> 12 track debut 7" single at the time ... a truly  unique and 

>>> wonderful sound (though it did not quite sound right on  the 2nd 

>>> single with the Crass production) .. anyway, let's all  join up on 

>>> Facebook ... it's kinda fun and it will look like we  have lots of 

>>> cyber friends, as we have ... I've only got 6 at the  moment - with 

>>> Oliver that will be 7 ... not that I'm interested in  all this 

>>> "poking" malarky ... that sounds far too much like real  human 

>>> contact ... LOL

>>>

>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Oliver Sheppard"  

>>> <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

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

>>> <gathering at misera.net>

>>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 8:17 PM

>>> Subject: [kj] My Facebook

>>>

>>>

>>>> Some of you bastards have already found me on Facebook, probably  

>>>> by way of the two Killing Joke communities on there (which aren't  

>>>> as good as this list, by the way).

>>>>

>>>> Here I am, so friend me if you're up for it:

>>>>

>>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php? 

>>>> id=724731170&pwstdfy=889d6f18d708881b5d5add7866e74d6a (under  

>>>> "Oliver Sheppard")

>>>>

>>>> I think you have to have registered with the site and be logged  in 

>>>> to see it.

>>>>

>>>> There are two different Killing Joke fan groups on there. I'm  also 

>>>> on "the rudimentary peni appreciation group" and two Amebix  fan 

>>>> groups: "Aebix fans" and "Amebix fanatics."

>>>>

>>>> -Oliver

>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

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