[kj] OT: My News / New Zealand

[Brendan]

Hey Bongo would you agree that Kiwis are more into Rock and metal and
reggae / dub than punk? Maybe that's just been cos of my blinkers, you're
certainly more into the punk thing than me...although I'm getting more
into it over time.

But NZ is certainly a metal stronghold, Tool records and all that tend to
sell better here than most places.



> Thanks, yes it's been a great surprise.

>

> And thanks for the links, Bongo.  A bit punk for me, prefer things more

> doomy - like Cult of Luna and Isis.  But I'm gonna have a dig around and

> see what I can find.

>

> Cheers,

> Janean

>

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

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> On Behalf Of melinda grant

> Sent: 26 July 2007 15:20

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: My News / New Zealand

>

> wow,thats great news for your all around janean,real happy for you,life

> can

> be full of suprises,and we never know whats around the next corner,yours

> was

> a double wanny of joy  ;-D

>

> melinda ps nice pic of you and your dad btw,and you are going to love new

> zealand when you visit,having been there a few times i can guarantee that

> it

> is  a truly magical and beautiful place,just ask bongo on list,who will

> happily give you any tips on the country as he was born there/lived there

> for many years ;-)

>

>

>>From: "Janean Lancaster" <Janean.Lancaster at hopwood.ac.uk>

>>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: [kj] OT: My News / New Zealand

>>Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:11:15 +0100

>>

>>Well, seeing as everyone else posts their own news and pics, thought I

>>might share a bit of mine.

>>

>>

>>

>>A few years ago I placed an ad on a website for people who have lost

>> touch,

>>to try and find my dad who I'd not seen since I was 12.  Heard nothing.

>>Thought little more about it.

>>

>>

>>

>>A few weeks ago I got an email from someone in New Zealand saying they'd

>>just seen my ad and thought they knew my dad.  He'd asked them to try and

>>find me via the internet.  I thought it might have been a scam - "Send us

>>£10 and we'll give you your dad back."  Anyway, the next day I got an

>> email

>>from my long lost dad.  I knew it was him because his email address was

>> his

>>old car reg plate number he had back in the 70s/80s.  No-one else would

>>have known it.

>>

>>

>>

>>It was all bloody weird.  Anyway, I got another message about "water

>> under

>>the bridge" and found out stuff I never knew.  (My mum never talks about

>>the past or anything.)  The next morning he wrote again saying he was

>>flying to the UK that weekend!  Two days later we met up, met his wife,

>> he

>>met my other half and we had a meal and loads of booze!  Within the space

>>of five days I went from not knowing if he was alive or dead, to sitting

>>drinking with him and chatting about old times.  (I also have 2 older

>>half-brothers - I only ever knew about one.)

>>

>>

>>

>>Anyway, he stayed in the UK for 3 weeks and we saw quite a bit of each

>>other.  Discovered where I get some of my traits from - felt like a fog

>> had

>>shifted.  That's it, really.  I'll attach a pic - he's happier in it than

>>he looks!

>>

>>

>>

>>Cheers,

>>

>>Janean

>>

>>

>>

>>PS: So I'm off to New Zealand next year for a visit...

>>

>

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>><< Me_and_Dad_small.jpg >>

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