[kj] KJ 2008

[Alexander Smith]

It's my two year old son's favorite song, if only because he can sing  
along with the gibberish-laden chorus with ease.

Alex in NYC



On Feb 28, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Leigh Newton wrote:


> Yeah, that Dream Academy song is amazing, by the way.

>

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> I saw The Cult play Saturday Night Live (suffering under the  

> indignity of having to share the "musical guest" bill with The Dream  

> Academy of "Life In a Northern Town" notoriety).

>

> Killing Joke on SNL in 2008 has all the likelihood of happening as  

> Osama Bin Laden coming out of hiding wearing an Eminem t-shirt.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

> On Feb 28, 2008, at 8:30 AM, sade1 wrote:

>

>>  Killing Joke in New York City live at Rockefeller Plaza  on a  

>> Thurs. morning for

>> the Today Show, that'll do it. With the cast of 30 Rock and cameo  

>> on the show and.. come to think of it, why the hell not KJ not  

>> played on Saturday Night Live???????????????????????????

>>

>> Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>> Was it Coachella that had Bauhaus and Wire (and possibly Gang of  

>> Four? Could be wrong there though) in recent years? I always  

>> thought that would a sensible venue to help KJ move back into the  

>> public eye, since I'd imagine a number of fans of those bands would  

>> also turn out for Killing Joke.

>> Jim.

>>

>> "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>> Yes, the name "Stubb's BBQ" sounds podunk but it is a mid-size venue

>> with inside bar and another stage area for smaller bands. (Google  

>> their

>> webpage)

>>

>> My idea for a one-off KJ appearance at Austin's SXSW was that it'd  

>> be an

>> easy thing to do (one show!) but it'd put KJ back on the map in a  

>> kind

>> of buzz-friendly, cool, savvy way. It would not require a US tour but

>> would effectively say, look, we're still here, and we can can still  

>> do

>> our shit (unles the performance absolutely sucked.). A lot of

>> punk/post-punk bands etc will come out of hiatus to do one-off SXSW

>> shows and they usually end up getting big write ups. It'd be hard  

>> for me

>> to imagine a band with KJ's history doing SXSW and not getting a  

>> lot of

>> buzz or just outright attention.

>>

>> Of course it's too late to do it for this year's fest, which is in a

>> couple of weeks.

>>

>> -Oliver

>>

>> Alexander Smith wrote:

>> > I believe that's where Iggy played during the `05 SxSW too, no?  

>> I've

>> > heard it's a great venue.

>> >

>> > Always wanted to goto Austin. I've been all around Texas, but never

>> > there.

>> >

>> > Alex in NYC

>> >

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