[kj] Milan report

[Christof hamille]

>From Youth's report is he stating that he is not a fan of Treponem Pal?  They have a lot more shows together


the tension builds

October couldn't be here soon enough

For those that have already been there.  Are there quite a bit of merchandise?  Do I need to oremortgage a house to buy EVERYTHING

CAN'T FUCKING WAIT

Chris


> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:56:50 +0200

> From: lucasignorelli at alice.it

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Milan report

> 

> Thanks guys. Great you like the report.

> 

> Two additional tidbits (hill walking on Sunday afternoon is perfect to 

> re-focus memory!)

> 

> - Youth writes on his blog "The air is rarified and thin, within the 

> inner circle of Killing Joke.Staying focused on the muse and the silence 

> between the beats ....allowing the fire to burn off the necessary dead 

> wood. We all have to sacrifice a lot for this to happen and learning how 

> to breath the oxygen of inspiration on tour is quite an art in itself.". 

> Well, I know what he means. One of the great things about Milan concert 

> was that - NO ONE was on autopilot, not even for a minute. The crowd was 

> of course half composed by people "who knew", but the start was 

> admittedly a bit uphill: it was like part of the audience was thinking 

> "yeah, good to be here, but we already know the menu". Hey, no, they 

> didn't.  It was like a completely new band trying to make a break - I 

> know that this may sound absurd, they're KILLING JOKE, for crissake, but 

> again, they were all focused on making it happen their way, not the way 

> of  the nostalgia trap. It worked well, believe me.

> 

> - I've always felt Killing Joke is a never ending work in progress - and 

> Milan vindicated this view. What more static can be than playing your 

> first two records back to back? But it wasn't like that. Few songs were 

> as you may have expected them, but others, even the bona fide standards 

> like "The Wait" sounded brand new. And the least know classics WERE 

> brand new - that's way I say that the unexpected bits were the best on 

> Milan. I realised I wasnt there to hear the Killing Joke of my memory, 

> but something positively new - how many bands with a 30 years history 

> can pull this trick succesfully?

> 

> 

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