[kj] OT: Other News
Brendan Quinn
bq at soundgardener.co.nz
Fri Feb 8 00:08:37 EST 2008
Hey Alex are you applying for all sorts of journo stuff, as opposed to just
the music industry? You write betterer than the vast majority of online
writers…the general level of online journalism isn’t that crash hot. Suppose
to some extent the driver is time to print and sheer output, not
accuracy…but sometimes it gets pretty awful.
I was actually looking into technical writing a while ago, most of my
friends looked at me as though I was insane when I mentioned it, dunno…I
kinda like pulling apart complex systems and describing them in a way anyone
can understand (even to the extent of having to prise information from the
pudgy fingers of the systems administrators), so I figured why not. I hear
it pays well to very well…and doesn’t seem to be one of those flooded career
niches. Personally I like the idea of a job where I can work at my own pace,
I’m not bugged by a boss or users all the time, etc…(okay, I like the idea
of being able to email and surf when I should be working…I said it.)
There’s probably quite a few angles you can take with good writing skills…on
top of your other abilities.
Script writing even? Couldn’t be too hard to thrash out some of the pap that
comes on telly…whether you’re willing to sell your soul or not is the
question I suppose.
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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Alexander Smith
Sent: Friday, 8 February 2008 11:05 a.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: [kj] OT: Other News
Alrighty then -- some other news:
1. I endured a bit of "Ear Candling" today. This involved someone sticking a
lit candle literally into my head in strictly non-sexual manner. Those
curious should click here:
HYPERLINK
"http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2008/02/stick-it-in-you.html"http://vas
sifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2008/02/stick-it-in-you.html
2. I had drinks with Tod [A] of Firewater/Cop $hoot Cop recently. He was
briefly in town after bouncing around Turkey and Bali for the last several
months. Firewater's forthcoming album, THE GOLDEN HOUR is a fucking stomper.
Moreover, there is still talk of re-mastering and re-releasing the Cop Shoot
Cop back catalog in much the same manner as the KJ catalog. Fingers crossed
that that's going to happen.
3. I still have no job.
Alex in NYC
On Feb 7, 2008, at 4:48 PM, melinda grant wrote:
THIS THREAD IS GETTING--BORING---GOT ANY OTHER NEWS EVERYONE?
> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:38:04 -0800
> From: HYPERLINK "mailto:angrytomhanks at yahoo.com"angrytomhanks at yahoo.com
> To: HYPERLINK "mailto:gathering at misera.net"gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj] OT~ sleep paralysis?
>
> The paralysis part, yeah. A few different times in my life. Takes about 10
or 20 seconds to wear off. Never the sound/fear thing though.
>
> Leigh
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: bongo <HYPERLINK
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> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <HYPERLINK
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 2:28:54 PM
> Subject: [kj] OT~ sleep paralysis?
>
>
> anyone
> here
> ever
> had
> sleep
> paralysis??
> this
> subject
> may
> have
> come
> up
> years
> ago,
> but
> there's
> a
> fresh
> new
> crop
> of
> gatherers
> here
> now...
>
> it
> seemed
> to
> be
> more
> of
> a
> talking
> point/phenomenon
> 5
> or
> so
> years
> ago,
> but
> with
> all
> the
> googling
> i
> done
> i
> still
> couldn't
> find
> a
> plausible
> explanation
> for
> it...
>
> for
> those
> unaware
> of
> it,
> it
> was
> waking
> up,
> unable
> to
> move
> a
> muscle,
> with
> a
> creepng
> noise/sensation
> that
> started
> at
> the
> feet
> and
> worked
> its
> way
> up
> the
> body...
> the
> noise
> got
> louder
> the
> higher
> it
> got,
> with
> an
> accompanying
> rise
> in
> fear,
> with
> the
> feeling
> that
> if
> it
> crept
> as
> high
> as
> your
> head,
> it
> will
> surely
> mean
> death!
> there
> were
> various
> explanations
> i
> read,
> but
> none
> seemed
> to
> account
> for
> the
> noise/fear
> part
> of
> it...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> "due
> to
> a
> lack
> of
> trained
> trumpeters,
> the
> end
> of
> the
> world
> has
> been
> postponed
> indefinitely..."
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