[kj] (OT) Everything everything...

[Alexander Smith]

"Juanita/Kiteless" is the most sublime thing they've ever done, if  
anyone were to ask me.

Alex in NYC



On Feb 20, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Jim Harper wrote:


> On the Underworld album- do they do 'Dirty Epic' and 'Cowgirl'? If  

> they do, I'm tempted to acquire it. Absolutely loved that first  

> album. Soundtrack to many amphetamine-fuelled nights back in the 90s.

>

> Hated 'Born Slippy'. Overlong and tedious, with fuck all to  

> recommend it. I suppose that's on the album is it?

>

> Jim.

>

> Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Alex in NYC's fave live albums:

>

> IT'S ALIVE by the Ramones

> NO SLEEP `TIL HAMMERSMITH by Motorhead

> EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING by Underworld

> LIVE FOR THE RECORD by FEAR

> LIVE SEEDS by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

> LIVE (X)CERPT by The Stranglers

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

>

> On Feb 20, 2008, at 4:51 PM, sade1 wrote:

>

>> Seconded.

>>   I revere it highly, along with Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains  

>> the Same," Rush's "Exit Stage Left," Underworld's "Everything  

>> Everything," and Pet Shop Boys' "Montage (nightlife)" live  

>> recordings. Btw, I think Judas Priest's "Priest...Live!" could've  

>> been better done.

>>   Anyone out there recommend any live records by Iron Butterfly,  

>> Gang Of Four, or electronica bands (techno/trance/industrial/synth/ 

>> etc.) as top-of-the-line quality performances worth seeing or buying?

>>

>>  Oh sh'.. almost forgot: Gotham, by Bauhaus. Of Course.

>>

>> ade <ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk> wrote:

>> If 'Live After Death' isn't one of THE brest live albums EVER, I  

>> don't know what is.

>>

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

>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net

>> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of T.B.

>> Sent: 20 February 2008 09:03

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

>> Subject: [kj] (OT) Iron Maiden Tonight in LA

>>

>>

>> As some people here may know, they are doing their current tour  

>> based around

>> their best run of albums from the 80's, between Number of The Beast  

>> through

>> 7th Son with a couple other tracks like "Iron Maiden" and "Fear of  

>> the Dark"

>> in the set as well.

>>

>> Great show, 100% sold out very few scalpers selling seats and  

>> appeared to be

>> a really tough ticket for anyone hoping to core anything just  

>> before the

>> show. I've seen Maiden 7 times dating back to the NOTB tour opening  

>> for

>> Scorpions at Long Beach as well as one of the '85 Long Beach shows  

>> and this

>> was as good as the original Powerslave tour was and LA gave them a  

>> really

>> impressive welcome. Haven't heard a Forum crowd that loud when they  

>> came on

>> since original Roth era Van Halen. Only real beer break spots are  

>> during

>> Powerslave and Heaven Can Wait. The first hour through Ancient  

>> Mariner was

>> Godlike.

>>

>> The only downsides really had nothing to do with the show. The  

>> fucking

>> monkeys directing traffic into and around the Forum parking lot  

>> would send

>> scores of cars into dead end parts of a lot already filled causing  

>> huge

>> traffic fuckups all over the lot. I wound up parking partially on a

>> sidewalk, great spot for $22 bucks. Then, no one knew which doors  

>> reserved

>> seating and general admission floor people were being let in so  

>> that was a

>> huge clusterfuck as well. I wound up just going through an  

>> unguarded door

>> in the club entrance which was supposed to be reserved for VIPs and  

>> people

>> working there. It took me about 40 minutes to drive the 35 miles  

>> there, an

>> hour and a half to get down to the floor once I paid for parking. I  

>> hope its

>> another 10 years before I have to go to that shithole again.

>>

>> The sound and view was pretty good and loud from my position about  

>> 50 feet

>> straight back from the stage but when I went for a piss and came  

>> back and

>> hung out near the soundboard for Heaven Can Wait, it sounded pretty  

>> muddy

>> and weak. Anyone (like myself) that wonders why that "3rd  

>> guitarist" Janick

>> Gers(sp?) is still in the band will be more pissed than ever after  

>> seeing

>> the guy spend most of his time spinning his fucking guitar around  

>> him and

>> basically half-assed playing and posing like a poor man's Yngwie  

>> Malmsteen.

>> It really doesn't appear he's in the live sound mix much except for  

>> a few

>> solos. The guy is basically a band cheerleader with a guitar. The  

>> rest of

>> the band sound and play graet, and bassist Steve Harris is still a  

>> monster

>> on the instrument.

>>

>> The good news is that Bruce said before the encore that they are  

>> coming back

>> for a couple month US tour in May and June and hitting a lot of  

>> major cities

>> including 2 more SoCal dates, thankfully at the old Irvine/Verizon  

>> outdoor

>> ampitheater. Also, they are coming back with a more elaborate stage  

>> with

>> more "Eddie stuff," no doubt a big mechanical prop like the old  

>> days that

>> was behind the drum riser. Tonight, they just had a guy in a huge,  

>> tipsy

>> Somewhere in Time era 15 foot tall Eddie costume wearing a Lakers  

>> shirt

>> (pretty funny). Here's some of the dates off the official site:

>>

>> Wed 5/21/08 San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless - on sale 3/1 10am

>> Thu 5/22/08 Houston, TX - Woodlands - on sale 3/1 10am

>> Sun 5/25/08 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion - on sale 3/1 10am

>> Mon 5/26/08 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion - on sale 3/15 10am

>> Wed 5/28/08 Concord, CA - Concord - on sale 3/9 10am

>> Fri 5/30/08 Los Angeles, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - on  

>> sale 3/1

>> 10am

>> Sat 5/31/08 Los Angeles, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - on  

>> sale 3/1

>> 10am

>> Mon 6/2/08 Seattle, WA - White River Amph - on sale 3/8 10am

>>

>> One last thing, around the 3rd song, some fucktard decided a good  

>> way to

>> bully his way up front was to take a running charge from way the  

>> hell back

>> and just plow full speed ahead decking anyone in his way. He  

>> managed to slam

>> right into my fucked up shoulder (I have a torn rotator cuff and

>> calcification tendonitus - getting surgery on 2/28) which had the  

>> good grace

>> to not start hurting like hell until I got out of the show. The  

>> payoff was

>> he bounced off me into some other guy on my right who really  

>> clocked him

>> with his elbow. Right now, I'm waiting for my Heath Ledger cocktail  

>> to kick

>> in so I can get some hopefully pain-free sleep.

>>

>> T.B.

>>

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