[kj] first time/PEEL/Other stuff

[Bette Dillinger]

Really?  Then back in my cart it shall go ;)  He probably is much more self critical and funny on paper than in person ???????> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:46:58 +1200> From: humanhybrid666 at gmail.com> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] first time/PEEL/Other stuff> > 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> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -----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> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------> >> > 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>> >> >> >> > Gatherers!!!> >> >> >> > 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!!> >> >> >> > 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!!!> >> >> >> > Finally I´ll see the JOKE live for the firt time in my life!!!! It´s a dream> > come tru!!!!!> >> >> >> > cheers> >> >> >> > diaz> >> >> > ________________________________> > See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of> > your life. See Now> > _______________________________________________> > Gathering mailing list> > Gathering at misera.net> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> >> >> > > > -- > > > "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been> postponed indefinitely..."> _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
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