[kj] grinderman

[Alexander Smith]

Fair enough, jr -- I respect your opinion. I'm still going to seek it  
out, though. I can't NOT hear it at this point, after years of  
supportive fandom for the man.

I do think his mustache is roundly ill-considered (and this coming  
from me -- champion of facial hair). It just doesn't suit some people  
is all.

Ale xin NYC


On Mar 8, 2007, at 8:50 PM, n0153 jr wrote:


> I kinda agree with you, Alex.

> He has put out good stuff back in the days... up until Let Love In his

> body of work was almost perfect (you gotta hate Foi Na Cruz).

> But, like many a musician before him, mr. Cave seem to have lost it...

> this new Grinderman project sounds terrible, laughable even IMO. It

> sounds too artificial to be even considered as something serious...

> stuff kids do and upload to myspace to get some attention... you know,

> many bands seem to have kept some sort of brilliance after a long

> time... you get the two last releases by Mission of Burma and KJ to

> see what I mean (I know you detest Hosannas, me, I place it above

> Pandemonium), but some seem to lose it permanently... to me, Nick Cave

> is in the latter category... I know he still gathers a considerable

> flock of followers who sling stones at those who dare talk down the

> "loverman"... but I couldn't care less... to me, he's a has-been.

>

> jr

>

>

>

> On 3/8/07, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>>

>> Yeah, I too hated NO MORE SHALL WE PART... but I'll always give  

>> the man a fair listen. He's got a big enough body of quality work  

>> behind him to back up whatever project he's working on.

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>>

>>

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

>> >From: n0153 jr <nomeanswhat at gmail.com>

>> >Sent: Mar 8, 2007 5:32 PM

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

>> <gathering at misera.net>

>> >Subject: Re: [kj] grinderman

>> >

>> >That's one man's opinion you got that right... that is why I,  

>> when was

>> >talking down the worshiped moustached crooner, made sure to  

>> include a

>> >"IMHO".

>> >I just don't happen to drool over people due to their past  

>> alone... to

>> >me, in my opinion which is mine and I developed it all by myself and

>> >that's why I call it mine, the very last interesting album Nick Cave

>> >put out was No More Shall We Part... from there on, gosh oh gosh...

>> >crap after crap...

>> >Call it quits, skinny man!

>> >

>> >jr

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >On 3/8/07, Darth E. Vader <crackedmachine at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>> >>

>> >> --- n0153 jr <nomeanswhat at gmail.com> wrote:

>> >>

>> >> > Is it better than the last one? To me there is no

>> >> > Nick Cave and there are no

>> >> > Bad Seeds without Blixa...

>> >> > Abattoir Blues proves my point.

>> >>

>> >> How?

>> >> The album exists

>> >>

>> >> therefore the Bad Seeds exist minus Blixa

>> >>

>> >> I suppose the DVD I haven't yet watched will be blank

>> >> then?

>> >>

>> >> Seems more like the kind of thing FM Einheit might get

>> >> up to!

>> >>

>> >>  It's a good thing

>> >> > that he is now going under

>> >> > this new name... the Bad Seeds are done with, IMHO.

>> >> >

>> >> >

>> >> >

>> >> > On 3/7/07, Janean Lancaster

>> >> > <Janean.Lancaster at hopwood.ac.uk> wrote:

>> >> > >

>> >> > > Yep, it's a great album.  Electric Alice is the

>> >> > real standout for me - so

>> >> > > unlike anything he's done before - really love

>> >> > that track.

>> >> > >

>> >> > > Cheers,

>> >> > > Janean

>> >> > >

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

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

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

>> >> > > On Behalf Of Mike Cooper

>> >> > > Sent: 06 March 2007 22:26

>> >> > > To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the

>> >> > band!)

>> >> > > Subject: Re: [kj] grinderman

>> >> > >

>> >> > > in case there are any Nick Cave other than me and

>> >> > Steve H - got the

>> >> > > Grinderman CD yesterday and it is sensational.

>> >> > Love it to bits already

>> >> > > and

>> >> > > for me up there with ANYTHING he has done before.

>> >> > Gonna be hard to hear a

>> >> > > better album all year.  Go buy.

>> >> > >

>> >> > >

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

>> >> > > From: "fatpotanga" <fatpotanga at gmail.com>.

>> >> > Subject: Re: [kj] "Universe B"

>> >> > > lyrics?

>> >> > >

>> >> > >

>> >> > > On 6/3/07 10:11, "Lennonka" wrote:

>> >> > >

>> >> > > > that the product of my listening

>> >> > > would be like fatpotanga's version

>> >> > >

>> >> > > What was wrong with mine?

>> >> > > Dictated to me by Jazzz himself it was =:¬)

>> >> > >

>> >> > > I had a serious stab at deciphering them before

>> >> > but gave up after line 3 &

>> >> > > the unholy pirates wandering across his deserts.

>> >> > >

>> >> > >

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