[kj] KJ first album art/Alexinnyc's job

[Alexander Smith]

Cheers, Oliver -- well, Fox News never ended up calling me, so it  
looks like that's all for naught. Can't say I'm especially  
disappointed. I did get an interview request from the equally noxious  
E! News Daily, but because they're on the West Coast and I'm here --  
that also won't be happening. Not crushed about that one either.  
Still, a job would be nice.

Regarding the first album artwork, I know we discussed it here ages  
ago, but `twas before you arrived. The actual photo is by a storied  
war photographer named Don McCullin. I found an image of the original  
in a big coffee table book of his in a long-since closed photog shop  
in Soho a few years back. You can actually see the faces of the  
running folks. Suffice to say, the inscription scrawled on the wall  
does *not* say "Killing Joke," alas. The image is titled something  
like "VX Gas Attack, Belfast".

Incidentally, Mike Coles *DID* sign his name on that artwork, clearly  
visible on the album cover. Can anyone name where it is? You'll win a  
special no-prize.

Jobless in NYC



On Jul 24, 2007, at 8:19 AM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> No kidding!

>

> Although KJ 2003 is an excellent album, I can't stand that cover!  

> As I've mentioned before, it looks like the worst kind of Insane  

> Clown Posse crap. Yes, KJ did the whole "sinister jester" thing  

> probably before anyone, but by the 1990s, Hot Topic and bad nu  

> metal bands had taken evil klowns to a whole new level of trash,  

> and doing something dayglo orange with a sinister clown in 2003 was  

> just wrong. A tattoo is worse. Now, one of the running figures on  

> the cover of the 1st LP (or the Bootleg Vinyl Archives cover) would  

> be kind of mysterious and cool if done discreetly and perhaps  

> monotone. Like the hunched over running silhouette of requiem. but  

> anyone getting an evil clown/jester type tattoo -- blegh.

>

> Also, sorry I haven't commented before, Alex, but I hope the  

> situation gets better. I know you'd mentioned possibly getting on  

> at FOX. That would be great, actually. Yes, Bill O'Reilly works for  

> them -- but they also make The Simpsons and from what I hear  

> they're bringing back Futurama. I hope it gets better up there!!!  :(

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Alexander Smith wrote:

>>

>> Speaking of the `03 Clown, I couldn't help noticing in the SKINS  

>> section of the gallery on the new official site that someone  

>> actually tattooed the grinning visage of the KJ2003 in its  

>> entirety onto his back.

>> At this point, let me apologize in advance to that individual if  

>> he's here on the Gathering.

>>

>> But of *ALL* of Killing Joke's iconography to PERMANENTLY etch  

>> upon the delicate canvas that is your very skin, WHY would you  

>> choose THIS image?

>> The mind reels?

>>

>> Jobless in NYC

>>

>>

>>

>

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