[kj] BPF

[Karen Weil]

Great story. You need to write a book, Alex (and if you have already, then congrats!)

kw
The Right Coast
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alexander Smith 
  To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:39 PM
  Subject: Re: [kj] BPF




  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.



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      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 :)



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        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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