[kj] BPF

[Alexander Smith]

Oh Coleman --- duh, my bad. Yeah, I did, but here's a funny story  
(well, I don't know if it's a "funny" story, but....)

The interview was circa PANDEMONIUM and took place at a now long- 
defunct East Village bar called The Notell Motel. I was  to speak with  
Geordie, Youth and Jaz, and in that order.

First up was Geordie. He was perfectly professional, if a bit  
distracted by the soft-core, vintage porn that was showing on the  
televisions behind the bar ("Ooh, she's got a nice one!"). Next up was  
Youth, who was eating some very smelly Indian food and seemed rather  
bored and/or stoned.

Next up was Jaz. Jaz was late, and showed up wearing the double-D  
(denim on denim -- this is not a good look, although i didn't tell him  
so). For the Jaz interview, we got to goto a room in the back for a  
proper sit-down.

Jaz was very intense (as always) and I was shaking like a leaf  
throughout (as one usually does when one sits down with one of one's  
heroes). The one instance I vividly remember from the interview was  
that I asked him a very difficult question. I asked him if he felt  
like the Boy Who Cried Wolf, being that he'd been predicting the end  
of the world for so long and that it simply hadn't happened. For the  
majority of the interview, Jaz was perfectly measured and cool, but at  
this question, all the humor drained from his face and he looked as if  
he was entirely prepared to slit my throat. I back-pedaled frantically  
saying that that's what "the critics" were saying, not me (I'm such a  
coward). He regained his composure, but that was pretty much that.

Here's the horrible part. When I got home, I discovered that my tape  
recorder had been stuck on pause THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE INTERVIEW  
WITH ALL THREE MEMBERS. Friends have suggested that this might have  
been a prank by one of the members when I wasn't looking. Who knows?

I interviewed Jaz again over the phone, and he was lovely. I  
interviewed Youth circa DEMOCRACY and actually have an MP3 of it  
(though a very large one).

I interviewed Martin Atkins once as well, and he ended up calling my  
home a few days later -- and talking with my mother --  which was most  
odd.

That's my story.

Alex in NYC


On Apr 22, 2008, at 7:16 PM, Bette Dillinger wrote:


> Alex, you said in your blog you did an interview with Coleman in the  

> 90s......is it online or accessible?  Yeah, and that is where I got  

> that info that Geordie liked AC/DC.....from your interview with  

> BPF.  Small huge electric world.

>

> From: folkdevil_23 at hotmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:33:08 -0700

> Subject: Re: [kj] BPF

>

> Thank you, sir. I was just looking :)

>

> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:29:52 -0400

> From: vassifer at earthlink.net

> To: gathering at misera.net; gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] BPF

>

> Indeed. you can find said interview right here:

>

> http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2006/03/interview_with_.html

>

> Enjoy.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

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

> From: Karen Weil

> Sent: Apr 22, 2008 1:17 PM

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] BPF

>

> Hi, folk:

>

> Alex Smith's Web site had a great interview with him; he is now  

> living in New York City and is an art restorer.

> I believe the site is called Flaming Pablum.

>

> cheers,

>

> kw

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

> From: folk devil

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:42 AM

> Subject: [kj] BPF

>

> Can anyone give a run down of what Big Paul has been up to, between  

> Murder Inc. and Transmission?

> The late 80s and much of the 90s is a grey zone to me, when it comes  

> to 'rock'.

> Cheers.

>

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