[kj] OT: Stop this man - Bush !

[ade]

Same here - there is much to learn from such a bunch of individuals. I fnid it hard not to rage, but then it's good to be passionate, so... suck my balls !

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Brendan
Sent: 19 March 2008 23:22
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Stop this man - Bush !


Yeah I'm making up for when I go on holiday shortly, getting in my quota
beforehand...

I tend to read almost every post and follow almost every link, bit of a
list geek really. Which reminds me, whoever posted that Primal link the
other day, that was fucking brilliant.

I've learned quite a lot from the list, mostly about music but I enjoy
these philosophical and political debates as well.


> I imagine there's millions reckon he's a fucking hero. Says it all really.

>

> As an aside, I'm waiting for someone to complain about us spamming the

> list again. Nevertheless, I'm enjoying the conversations.

>

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

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net

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> Sent: 19 March 2008 22:59

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Stop this man - Bush !

>

>

> It's surreal, I mean I remember reading 1984 as a kid and wondering what

> it'd ACTUALLY be like in 1984...I have no idea what it must feel like to

> live in the 'States with that fucking clown in office.

>

> As Joe Rogan said...the problem with dumb people, is they don't know

> they're dumb. They're not aware. So, if you DON'T think George Bush is

> dumb...then by definition you're dumber than him.

>

>> WOW - talking of comedians:

>>

>>  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7305023.stm

>>

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

>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net

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

>> Sent: 19 March 2008 22:40

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

>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Stop this man

>>

>>

>> You're preaching to the choir Olly, I was just getting Ade back for his

>> sacriligious comments about Soundarden being an STP rip off, which had

>> me

>> foaming from all orifices and, for a change, speechless :)

>>

>> Me and Ade are both rabid Bill Hicks fans...I mean I'm a Tool fan so it

>> goes without saying, they put a bunch of his soundbites on their track

>> Third Eye (to which I swear i always thought the lyrics went 'brian

>> opened

>> my 3rd eye' as opposed to 'prying open my 3rd eye' :)

>>

>> HOWEVER...check out some Sam Kinison on Youtube...with Bill Hicks in

>> mind.

>> I think we've been over that one, they were good mates etc. But so much

>> so

>> that Hicks seems to have picked up some of Kinison's speech habits,

>> inflection, emphasis...hard to describe but give it a look with that in

>> mind and you might see what I mean. Perhaps they were both channeling

>> some

>> black overcoated chain-smoking misanthropic alien entity from Sirius...

>>

>> Talking about plagarism, anyone catch the Joe Rogan vs Carlos Mencilia

>> debate? This may sound weird, but if you watch any Joe Rogan I really

>> think he's taken the torch from Hicks in a lot of ways...for a guy I

>> used

>> to think was a meathead reality tv / UFC presenter he's fucking funny

>> and

>> insightful IMO. Armchair alchemist too, always on about DMT and his

>> isolation chamber and weed.

>>

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gVYfDCgYxk

>>

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grcqs9cDuN8

>>

>>

>>

>>> Bill hicks, who died of cancer at a young age in the earky90s (like

>>> 1993, right?) -- get all his material from DENIS LEARY!?! Sacrilege!

>>>

>>> Hicks was pre-Leary, a real singular gem in American comedy. He was

>>> more

>>> like a proto-Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert type figure but with a much

>>> more darker, bitter side. The big social issues when he was doing

>>> comedy

>>> were the US's inane drug war, Dan Quayle, the dumbing down of music to

>>> vanilla Ice proportions, etc., etc.

>>>

>>> -Oliver

>>>

>>>

>>> Brendan wrote:

>>>> Didn't he get all of his material from Denis Leary?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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