[kj] (OT) Natural disasters

[bongo]

sorry to hear that BQ... i'll be in AKL tmw... lunchtime guinness at
the kings arms??






On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

> Cheers for the link...looks very interesting.

>

> I might need to go to WGN shortly for a job interview, bit more contract

> work there than AKL at the moment, and I have a friend I can stay with. I

> need a bit of stoicism too, got served a Whopper Shit Meal with Extra Shit

> (upsized, hold the flies, horse piss for the drink) earlier in the week so

> I could do with some stoic reinforcement.

>

> I'll try to hook up a tab and go along, let you know what happens ;)

>

>

> > Hey brendan are u near wellington?

> >  My sista is over there with this;

> > http://www.nzfestival.nzpost.co.nz/theatre/cirque-ici

> >

> > below is review to get the taste buds flowing, things like 'throaty

> > hiss-like snarl' might get you in appetite seeing as you r here for kj:

> >

> > Johann Le Guillerm is the director, sorcerer, ringmaster and designer of

> > Cirque Ici and a wonder he truly is.  Looking like a dead ringer of Iggy

> > Pop

> > with his long stringy braids and attenuated, muscular body, he moves with

> > a

> > dancer's grace and the controlled dynamism of an acrobat. His face is

> > impassive and the only sound he utters is a throaty hiss-like snarl. But

> > from the moment he enters, prowling the stage in his long appliquéd coat

> > and

> > surreal, reptilian shoes and carrying a vicious looking whip, he both

> > fascinates and repels, and for the next 100 minutes we are mesmerized.

> > The audience is almost unnecessary - there is scarce interaction. It felt

> > a

> > little like watching a scientist in his laboratory, or an alchemist in his

> > cave. But mischievious, clever humour is to be had a-plenty.

> > As he overpowers carpet squares and metal wash tubs, and bends steel to

> > his

> > will, he turns the image of the macho, animal controlling ringmaster on

> > its

> > head and tramples it into the dust of history, where it belongs.

> > The show starts slowly, but builds magnificently, until the last two set

> > pieces, with the books and the planks of wood take your breath away, and

> > you

> > are a child again marvelling at the wonder of it all.

> > But beneath the skill and the sleight of hand, the child-like audacity,

> > the

> > originality and the invention, there is a serious sub-text of stoicism in

> > the face of adversity; of humankind's ability to overcome obstacles and

> > endure, and the desire for simplification in these times of extreme and

> > dangerous technology.

> > See this extraordinary show. Guillerm is a true original. But take a

> > cushion.

> > Cirque Ici -Secret. Odlins Plaza. Till 16 March.

> >

> >

> >

> >

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

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> > Behalf Of Brendan

> > Sent: 27 February 2008 23:01

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

> > Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Natural disasters

> >

> > BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

> >

> > I can almost guarantee a Black Helicopter turned up shortly after, no? ;)

> >

> > "Why do the cops come, when you have some..." (Cypress Hill)

> >

> >> ooh, another short story!

> >>

> >> while in wellington a few years ago, after a small earthquake while

> >> drinking at a friends, we all told tales of previous experiences.....

> >> our gracious host told us how she was home one morning with her two

> >> young kiddies... she had had a 'smoke' and was outside putting washing

> >> on the line. suddenly she noticed that there was no noise, no birds,

> >> no dogs, just stillness... she got all paranoid and budled the kids up

> >> and sheltered under a doorway for ten minutes or so..

> >> then she realised it was just a quiet day and sheepishly got on with

> >> her chores! oh the laughter! (ya probably had to be there..) still,

> >> good thinking to get the kids to safety...

> >>

> >>

> >> =)

> >>

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