[kj] [KJ] kILLING jOKE iN mY gARDEN : vENICE'S rEPORT 31tH oFjULY 2009

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I think the Venetian mosquitoes did the job....

 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Frenchy Frenzy <frenchyfrenzy at killingjoke.fr>
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)' <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wed, Aug 5, 2009 4:56 am
Subject: [kj] [KJ] kILLING jOKE iN mY gARDEN : vENICE'S rEPORT 31tH oFjULY 2009
















HA HA HA !!


 


You're probably 
right.


 


Never trust a french 
maybe influenced by bad italian habits (remember the stealing session in front 
of the Vaporetto...)


 


The bad thing is, they 
will be more strict in the future and with your "mosquito 
repellent's breath" you won't have any chance to come in 
backstage.


 


The other thing is that one of the "french 
attractions of the day" lost his own camera backstage, so you can imagine 
something else : maybe the stealer is from UK ;o))


 


Never trust a "Peroxyded Gay in Venice 
Airport act 11" ( Would I say Brüno Chapman 
?)


 


The French 
F*****










De : jon chapman 
[mailto:jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk] 
Envoyé : mercredi 5 août 
2009 13:28
À : gathering at misera.net; 
frenchyfrenzy at killingjoke.fr
Objet : RE: [kj] [KJ] kILLING jOKE 
iN mY gARDEN : vENICE'S rEPORT 31tH oFjULY 2009





(please Jon : give the wallet back !!!)



it was one of those 
French Fuckers!! probably the same one that tried to steal Geordies Guitar in 
Paris Last Year.
!!
 
 
 




  







From: frenchyfrenzy at killingjoke.fr
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Wed, 5 
Aug 2009 10:59:39 +0200
Subject: Re: [kj] [KJ] kILLING jOKE iN mY gARDEN : 
vENICE'S rEPORT 31tH oF jULY 2009





 


Hi all, 


 


Great reviews of Jon and 
Cormac.


 


Here is the one from Youth in his 
personal style (please Jon : give the wallet back !!!)


 


http://blogs.myspace.com/youthsound


 


Stephane "Frenchy Frenzy"


 






 






De : gathering-bounces at misera.net 
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] De la part de jon 
chapman
Envoyé : mardi 4 août 2009 23:33
À : 
gathering at misera.net
Objet : Re: [kj] [KJ] kILLING jOKE iN mY 
gARDEN : vENICE'S rEPORT 31tH oF jULY 2009





ha ha !!! well said Cormac ! truely a memorable day. 




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbeGkbf-Ibc 












the story i talking to jaz was about the whats this for tour. kicking off in 
Leeds and Reading,(exit) was called 'hooligan' - 





it wasn't until a few years ago i read of a story from geordie where while at 
Reading,him, jaz,big paul had an out of body 





experience whilst on stage at exactly the same time.the following day at the 
Kilburn National gig,'Hooligan' was now 





called 'exit' . i wanted to find out if this was because 'they exited' during 
'hooligan' the day before.anyway jaz chucked 



=0
A
a wedge of his book at me and told me to start reading.................it's 
hard to read such things when so many things 





were going on.i was none the wiser,jaz couldn't give me an exact answer and 
told me to ask Big Paul. i did several hours 





later (and several units). i asked him the same 
question.........................but he said it was just coincidence! i then 





thought ' fuck it ' and went into the dressing room and got ten bottles of 
beer and a bottle of wine and sat in the sofas 





in the park with some italian KJ fans. i got that drunk i couldnt remember 
the name of the place i was staying at!! 





happy day.sorry a very happy day!! 





just remembered i added mosquito repellent to my vodka.............oh dear! 




















Dear Gatherers,


 


It was indeed a surreal set-up on a patch of grass no 
bigger than a football field, flanked on one side by a moated fort and a 
canal on the other (hence the mosquitoes!); with the sea at the opposite end to 
the small stage so that the band could look out and see planes taking off and 
landing above the waves at the nearby airport as they played. The field itself 
had a number of small tents and gazebos around the outside (selling everything 
from jewellery to bootleg CDs). In the hot sunshine it resembled a church fete 
and we almost expected the vicar to make an appearance at any 
momen
t!


 


The band members were as courteous and accommodating 
as ever always with time to speak to their fans. Jaz spoke about his 
heavy workload with 13 projects running concurrently and all scheduled 
to finish at the same time (when he said he would then take a 
well-deserved rest!) and he shared part of a manuscript he was 
refining (it was very scholarly and too much for this poor head after a few 
Budvars!). Jon was looking at a different set of notes trying to find 
the reason behind the change in name of the track 'Exit' (I forget 
what he said it was called before or whether he was able to discover the reason 
that day).


 


BPF talked about working as a labourer in Saudi as a 
young lad (!), his passion for making metal sculptures (making noise 
and fire he said) and he had plenty of Boys' Own tales from his grammar school 
days! He's a big death metal fan too, by the way.


 


Geordie talked about fishing, and how it was supposed 
to be good in the lakes in the south of the Czech Republic. He shared a few tips 
about how to catch trout. Ha! And don't ask him about the smoking 
ban...


 


All of us talked about how damned good the cheese was 
that Stephane brought with him (Comte seemed to be the all-round winner), as was 
the wine (though I think Jon was sticking to vodka and Red Bull) and cuban 
cigars! A thousand thank yous!


 


It was one of the best
 KJ experiences for all of us 
and I believe the band found the whole day extremely relaxing 
too.


 


We'll do it all again next time and hopefuly a few 
more gatherers will be there!


 


Oh, and the set-list!


 


REQUIEM


WARDANCE


CHANGE


PRIMITIVE


TURN TO RED


LOVE LIKE BLOOD


EIGHTIES


MADNESS


BLOODSPORT


UNSPEAKABLE


FRESH FEVER


THE WAIT


PSSYCHE


PANDEMONIUM


-------------------


COMPLICATION


 


Cheers,


 


Cormac










From: Frenchy Frenzy 
<frenchyfrenzy at killingjoke.fr>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke 
(the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Tuesday, 4 August, 2009 
13:59:47
Subject: [kj] [KJ] 
kILLING jOKE iN mY gARDEN : vENICE'S rEPORT 31tH oF jULY 2009





Hi All, 


 




Just a few words about this surreal week-end  at 
The Venice Airport Festival  with The Joke including 
Mister Cormac & Mister Chapman.



After a funny wandering in Venice city using the Vaporetto ( 
WaterBus) and doing every 5 minutes an hilarious video with Jon  named : “2 
Gays in Venice part 1” or “2 Gays on The Vaporetto part 2” etc…. we met Cormac 
at 4 O’clock at the Titian Inn hotel situated 5 mins by walk from the 
“site”



In fact, you really had the feeling to walk in a suburb small town 
so quiet for receiving a music festival but anyway we took some photos on th
e 
run and had some interesting views from the 
backside or darkside of Jon ha ha ha  !!!


We were personally welcomed by Mister Coleman himself for what was 
supposed to be a beautiful day listening to the Joke and finally was more than 
that…


Of course, we had the feeling that a reduced audience was expected 
as if we were about to see “Killing Joke in my garden” as I said it to Jaz and 
we laughed together.


By the way, the good weather was with us even if a lot of humidity 
was in the air and made it quite suffocative sometimes.


We spent most of the afternoon with the guys talking of everything 
and laughing as usual and drinking some fresh beers.


There were some other French people ‘Patrick, Dominguo and Arte (a 
young lady tattooed and pierced) who were surprised of such an easy contact with 
the group.


I’ve had with Geordie and Reza and Big Paul one of the most 
laughable moment during backstage.


In fact, Youth was jamming with Big Paul who left his place 
vacant.


Domingo who is certainly as much a drummer as I am a Soprano 
vocalist took the sticks and began to “play” drums like a madman while Arte was 
singing and Patrick was at the “rhythm section with a bottle of 
beer”


Youth went on playing and they all felt  " honoured "  to play with such a bass 
player.


It turned to a cacophony and some heavy laughs when Domingo we
nt on 
playing when the smaill drumkit had felt down !!! 


I’ve filmed quite everything and I think I will have to share it on 
Youtube in the coming weeks ;o))


Time for a soundcheck on the green fields and with the sun behind 
it’s was strange to see and listen to his fav group as if they were playing in 
my garden (even if my garden isn’t so big)


The organisator was expecting around 1000 people  (but 
finally only 500 came for their major headline during those 3 days 
festival. ) 


Certainly not  enough advertised and not sign of this 
event on the official website : no comment


At the end of the soundcheck, Jaz went off the stage and took place in the 
audience area during “Bloodsport” to listen to the whole sound and Jon was doing 
some kind of “Moonwalk” behind him ha ha ha  !!!!  


After this ,  Jaz and Big Paul did an interview with 
the guy from Metal Hammer Italy (the same who was at their 2005 gig at The 
Milano ‘s Rolling Stone another great moment with Raven) during ½ hour and a 
photo shoot with Geordie.


They all felt very stressless on this warm afternoon. 


The night came and the 
mosquitos too.


Everybody was attacked and we used some stinky citronella but 
very protectfull.


That was the 1st time Jon was 
smelling well during the day ;o))


Around 10:30 pm, they began 
the gig and Jaz was wea
ring a typical Venice's Carnival White Mask and got a 
great clap from the audience.


They played as if they were in 
front of a higher audience but no surprise during the 
setlist.


During the afternoon we had a 
long spoke with Jaz & BPF to play some other old tracks and as I was asked 
to reveal my fav ones,  i answered Twilight of The Mortal and 
Slipstream.


Both of them agreed about the 
very melodic aspect of Twilight and who knows ?


Maybe during the coming gigs 
?


Between the 28 th oct and 3 rd 
nov 2009 they will (should ?) play at L'Usine in Geneva and at Les Bains Douches 
in Paris (only 200 invited people and 200 tickets to 
sale)


BPF was the 1st surprised when 
I "annouced it" to him just after a long conversation I had with 
Jaz.


Apparently, they've lost a lot 
of money during the last reunion tour...


After the gig Jaz declared it 
was "time for Cheeses Party" and we began to taste all the ones brought from 
France with some white and red wines.


The atmosphere was great and 
very very relaxed.


Many young fans were here and 
got signatures for their CDs booklets.


I had brought some Cohiba 
cigars with me and Cormac and Jaz were delighted with them (as I was too of 
course)


In fact, life was simply 
beautiful ....


At one moment, Geordie took 
the bass and played  "Walk on the wild side  " sang by 2 young 
girls.


Simply unexpected and intense 
moment20(filmed of course ;o)))


Of course we did some photos 
too.


At 3AM, the group left for his 
hotel and it was time for us to go back too.


Everything was very well 
organised and all the people from the organisation were very very nice with 
everybody.


It was the coolest festival I 
had ever been on open air and I am sure Cormac & Jon won't 
disagree.


Simply another proof of how 
the band can be closed to the gatherers...


Stephane "Frenchy 
Frenzy"


 


 


De: 
gathering-bounces at misera.net de la part de jon chapman
Date: lun. 03/08/2009 17:17
À: gathering at misera.net
Objet : Re: [kj] 
Sonisphere


i'm glad i never made the 
effort,30 minutes? while still worth it,i never made it back from Venice Airport 
Festival until 245am sunday morning,i'd have never made it down there for 
noon.
I can recommend (IF KJ PLAY 2010) going to the Venice Airport Festival. 
5 minutes from the airport,in a quiet village,Great chilled out atmosphere,free 
entry (ish), free alcohol (ish). and a great sound system after playing all your 
childhood hits.fukn great day.


 










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