[kj] Tabazan

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Tabazan would be good to hear
As would Night Time!

.co.nz> wrote:


> From: Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ - L.A.

> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>

> Date: Monday, 20 October, 2008, 12:23 PM

> With you on POTF, really evocative song, not many people are

> big fans from

> what I gather.

> 

> > An incredibly psychedelic/out of body

> experience...raged with Dave Grohl,

> > Pat Smear & Kevin Haskins.  Vangelis/Blade Runner

> soundtrack into

> > REQUIEM...was out of this world.  Pleasures of the

> Flesh would've created

> > a collective (good) acid trip out of this

> world...Killing Joke in Palm

> > Tree world - does it work?  Fuck Yeah.  Milleniums

> better than the El Ray

> > show in 2003...although we miss Raven like a

> motherfucker...no offense,

> > but Youth needs to tune his fucking bass...love the

> man though.  A being

> > of pure love.  Unreal to witness the OG lineup.  Jaz

> couldn't breathe into

> > the mic without creating the sound of the earth

> vomiting life into SoCal -

> > no political commentary, just...MONEY!!!  MONEY IS NOT

> OUR GOD!!!...with

> > Big Paul behind him & Geordie doing his relaxed

> guitar orchestra...un -

> > fucking - believable.  Thank you for rocking the

> planet with your

> > primordial breath, KJ...

> > Please bring back PLEASURES OF THE FLESH &

> perhaps...TABAZAN!!!

> > -GC

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

> >   From: LONESTYLE at aol.com

> >   To: gathering at misera.net

> >   Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:39 PM

> >   Subject: Re: [kj] chicago?

> >

> >

> >   The People?

> >

> >   Do does that mean us the KJ fans?

> >

> >   Mmmmmmm?

> >

> >   ~LB

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >   In a message dated 10/17/2008 8:19:45 PM Pacific

> Daylight Time,

> > cliffmonk at gmail.com writes:

> >     Hiya Ok guys just got this from Invisible Records

> latest

> > newsletter.Looks like Martin Atkins and the guys got

> on well in

> > Chicago,i'm very pleased to hear this.Peace,Cliff

> >

> >     Killing Joke

> >

> >     Sometimes you can find buckets full of reasons why

> not to do

> > something.  And my god, I certainly had a few buckets

> worth of reasons

> > not to go to the Killing Joke Tuesday night in

> Chicago.  A bucket load

> > of kids at home, a bucket full of jet lag from China,

> buckets full of

> > other things to do,  and a bucket full of emotions (

> good and bad)

> > about the band, the music, the people, and the

> memories.

> >

> >     But, nothing except a bucket full of good came out

> of my trip to the

> > show Tuesday.  The band was tight.  Paul Ferguson was

> rock solid and

> > hammered all of the songs in the set (which was made

> up of mostly

> > early material).  I hadn't seen Youth play bass

> since Hammersmith in

> > 1981; he was terrific.  Geordie was,

> well…..Geordie.  I still don't

> > fully get how he makes that noise so effortlessly when

> three other

> > guitarists and a computer work station would be

> struggling to come

> > close.  The swagger, the smirk, and the ease just

> underline his unique

> > vibe.  And, as many times as I found reasons in the

> past to slag on

> > Jaz, he was leaner than I think I have ever seen him,

> on form, and

> > hitting all the notes he needed to hit.  The show was

> a triumphant

> > statement of what this band is and was, and what music

> can be.  It

> > captured the unique chemistry that I was fortunate

> enough to be part

> > of.

> >

> >     I sang along with most of the songs.  I don't

> know if Jaz dedicated

> > "Love Like Blood" to Raven, but the words of

> the chorus punched me in

> > the throat as I thought about absent friends.

> >

> >     I hadn't spoken with Jaz since leaving the

> band over 10 years ago….

> > Dressing rooms after a show, (especially the last show

> of a world

> > tour) can be difficult places for difficult

> relationships to find

> > peace and reconnections.  I was welcomed and made to

> feel, for a

> > little while, like a part of this very cool, twisted

> family, happy to

> > celebrate its ups and downs in an atmosphere where

> past mistakes,

> > outbursts, indiscretions, or even flat out fights are

> accommodated and

> > passed over with a raised eyebrow, a smile, or simply,

> thankfully just

> > hanging out.

> >

> >     Where a hole had existed inside of me for a while

> (too important to

> > ignore, maybe too difficult to confront head-on)

> there's now just a

> > bucket full of something else sloshing around.  I

> don't know what it

> > was – the music, Raven's passing, or maybe

> that we're all getting

> > older and don't know if we're going to see

> each other soon or again.

> > But, I feel better, more resolved, prouder of my work

> as a small part

> > of the family of Killing Joke, and looking forward to

> the next time.

> > THANK YOU, Jaz, Geordie, Youth, and Big Paul.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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