[kj] first time/PEEL/Other stuff

[bongo]

i fully recommend his biography!
i read it a year or 3 ago and loved it...

=)



On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Bette Dillinger
<bettedillinger at live.com> wrote:

> Well, I always have been a Joe Jackson fan, and was even going to pick up

> his autobiography.  Now I have second thoughts.  It sounds like he has some

> social phobia going, a vibe I always got from him.  I know I would have been

> scared to approach him because of that....  I am sorry you had such a bad

> experience.

>

> Just out of curiosity, Alex, who was the most amicable "famous" peep that

> you approached?

> For me, it was Robyn Hitchcock, but it was after his concert, so that

> doesn't really count ;)  He was very goofy and just passing through.  I said

> the stupidest thing, of course, something like "my, you are much taller than

> I had thought" and he said "you are too, dear".  LOL

>

> Bette

>

>

> ________________________________

> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:36:15 -0700

> From: angrytomhanks at yahoo.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] first time/PEEL/Other stuff

>

>

> I just read the blog and I don't think you did anything wrong. He can't be

> cool and just say "Thanks!"? Lame. You'd think after all these years he'd

> have settled into some kind of "stock-answer" routine with fans.

>

> Leigh

>

>

> http://www.nightruiner.com

> http://www.myspace.com/thesunthroughatelescope

> http://www.myspace.com/lauderdale

>

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

> From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

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

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

> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 3:57:50 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] first time/PEEL/Other stuff

>

> First time I saw Killing Joke: Summer of 1989 at the Cat Club (since torn

> down) on East 13th Street. Pre-EXTREMITIES. The flexi-disc of "Beautiful

> Dead" was out. Atkins on drums. Taif on bass. Not sure who was on keybs

> (Bechdel?). In the crowd: Joey Ramone of the Ramones, Johnny Feedback of

> KRAUT (local boys) and Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators. And me ---

> practically welling up with joy.\

> Incidentally, for those sitting on fence about picking up the new PEEL

> SESSIONS disc -- DO IT!! The last three tracks (a STOMPING, slower, more

> deliberate version of "Tension," a romp through "Exit" and THE BEST VERSION

> OF "UNSPEAKABLE" I'VE EVER HEARD (way better than studio rendition, in my

> opinion). ESSSSSSSENTIAL!!!!!!!

> On other fronts:

> I made a jackass of myself in front of New Wave's "Angry [old] Man," Joe

> Jackson. Read sad details here:

>

> http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2008/09/im-not-the-man.html

> ..and my blog-friend Jill just launched a Butthole Sufers site. Read about

> that here:

> http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2008/09/surfs-up.html

> Hooray.

> Alex in NYC

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

> From: sade1

> Sent: Sep 19, 2008 3:42 PM

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ: My very first time

>

>    If i can make it this time it'll be my 2nd. The 1st was for KJ2003.

>    Sux i had just gotten back into KJ only 2 weeks or so after they

> played L.A. (@ the Palace/Avalon) on their Pandemonium tour, which

> I so much would've loved to have seen in this life.

>

> ... ... ... ... ... ...

> [looking at the current state of things]

> 'Save me...

>   save me from Tomorrow..

>    I don't want to sail in this Ship Of Fools...'

>

> "Se canto que canto, canto pas per ieu,

>   Canto per ma mio, qu'e¨s alen de ieu..."

>

>

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

> From: Javier Garcia <jagargal at lycos.com>

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

> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 9:06:54 AM

> Subject: [kj] KJ: My very first time

>

> Diaz is a KJ follower since many years (decades actually), and -just as me-

> this is the very first time he's going to a Killing Joke gig. I know most

> gatherers live in the US and the UK, therefore you have had a lot of chance

> to catch a KJ concert. Still, I wonder if other gatherer's are in the same

> situation than Diaz and me (going to see KJ for the first time ever)?

>

> Anyone else joining the first-timers list?

>

> Javier

> mexcity

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> Subject : [kj] KJ Brussels

>

> Date : Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:09:01 -0300

>

> From : "Jokers" <circusbar at uol.com.br>

>

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

> <gathering at misera.net>

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>

> Gatherers!!!

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>

>

> Now I´m beginning to get really excited!!!! I´ve just bought my plane

> tickets for Brussels with a scale in Frankfurt!

>

>

>

> I´m leaving Curitiba 27 september and I shall arrive in Brussels 28 at

> 18pm!!

>

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>

> Can´t wait to meet the other Gatherers at the Celtica Pub for some Pints!!!!

>

>

>

> I´ll keep you all informed on how things are going!!!

>

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>

> Finally I´ll see the JOKE live for the firt time in my life!!!! It´s a dream

> come tru!!!!!

>

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>

> cheers

>

>

>

> diaz

>

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