[kj] palin ban

[Bette Dillinger]

Hey, I had only been sick in one ashtray that day, so it was a good one.  Then that infernal fundie came to upset me.> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 21:18:42 +1200> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] palin ban> > "Ironically, I had a fundamentalist Christian come to my door when I was> blasting the first KJ album several months ago and he asked for the name> of the band. You can't make this shit up."> > I had my landlord come to my place while I was moving out recently.> Anglican vicar from a church in Auckland, just retired. And his wife. And> the new tenants. I had a copy of The God Delusion (Bongo yours I think!)> sitting out prominently and was listening to KJ from memory.> > Luckily I wasn't stark naked wanking and being sick into the ashtrays> (i.e. it wasn't a Tuesday morning 9:00am ;)> > >> > American neo-cons are pretty concrete in their thinking (I certainly am> > not saying that this assertion cannot be applied to people from every> > ideological background who happen to live in the US, so please do not be> > distracted into thinking I am a "leftie") so Killing Joke would certainly> > be a low priority band. As Alex stated, their popularity is not> > exceptionally huge in the US, but the main thing is that they do not> > engage musically in the big "sins" of rawk according to these peeps:> > obscenity and graphic depictions of sexuality or drug use in their lyrics.> > Those are the big offenses. They also are nice white British boys. They> > are not people of color (yes, I know Jaz's origins, but I am referring to> > Hip Hop most specifically).> >> > Ironically, I had a fundamentalist Christian come to my door when I was> > blasting the first KJ album several months ago and he asked for the name> > of the band. You can't make this shit up.> >> > Bette> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 23:03:40 +0100> From: pmdavies at gmail.com> To:> > gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] palin ban> > i think killing joke> > is but a midge in their universe. whilst it may> be significant in your> > life, kj is such a small minority interest that> it contains no threat or> > vested interest in their world.> A ban may be interesting as it would> > bring attention, somewhat> unwarranted nowadays.> > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at> > 1:33 AM, fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net> wrote:> > how many people on the> > gathering doubt if sarah palin were to become aware of killing joke cd's> > or, (haha finally) a jaz coleman book in a library, she would not have> > them banned?> >> > as a killing joke fan, would you be apposed to this> > banning?> _______________________________________________> Gathering> > mailing list> Gathering at misera.net>> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> > _________________________________________________________________> > Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live.> > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008_______________________________________________> > Gathering mailing list> > Gathering at misera.net> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> >> > > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
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