[kj] OT: Bill Hicks

[The Exorcist]

Ha! Exactly!

Do I now get a pat on the back or a kick in the ass? :)
(Having an iPat kick in the ass does not count as a twofer!)

At 01:12 PM 2/2/2009, Brendan Quinn wrote:

>Exactly

what? If you don’t want to take part in 

>a thread, there’s plenty on tv on I’m sure.

>

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>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Leigh Newton

>Sent: Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:11

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

>HA! Ex.Act.Ly.

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>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, January 30, 2009 3:04:19 PM

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

>With all due respect, Brendan, this is like 

>dredging up the ol' "Eighties"/"Come As You 

>Are"/"Life Goes On"/"Baby, Come Back" debate.

>

>Alex in NYC

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

>From: Brendan Quinn

>Sent: Jan 30, 2009 2:53 PM

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>Well, unfair in your opinion, I beg to differ based on how I see it:

>

><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks#Allegations_of_plagiarism_towards_Denis_Leary>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks#Allegations_of_plagiarism_towards_Denis_Leary

>

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE4sK_yYtGQ

>

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>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Alex Smith

>Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2009 05:38

>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!); ' A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

>

>The perils and ramifications of smoking aren't 

>really "niche" material. You may not like Dennis 

>Leary -- fair enough -- but to accuse him of 

>ripping off Hicks in that capacity is pretty unfair.

>

>Alex in NYC

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

>From: Brendan Quinn

>Sent: Jan 30, 2009 12:46 PM

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

>We were comparing them because they covered 

>similar material, that I’m pretty sure Hicks 

>came up with and Leary stole. Specifically the 

>voicebox gag. I could be wrong, but that’s the accusation.

>

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>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Alex Smith

>Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2009 03:59

>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!); ' A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

>

>You seem to be equating them merely on the fact 

>that they're both "angry" comedians. That's not 

>much to go on. I mean, why not toss Don Rickles into the mix too, then?

>

>Alex in NYC

>

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

>From: Brendan Quinn

>Sent: Jan 30, 2009 10:31 AM

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

>

>Not a fair comparison

because?

>

>

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>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Alexander Smith

>Sent: Friday, 30 January 2009 23:15

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

>

>Dennis Leary is rarely as earnest and 

>sanctimonious as Bill Hicks was capable of 

>being. I love both, but it's not really a fair comparison.

>

>Alex in NYC

>

>

>

>On Jan 30, 2009, at 1:34 AM, Brendan Quinn wrote:

>

>

>

>Let Hicks=Soundgarden, and Let Leary=Stone  Temple  Pilots

>

>If Soundgarden=TotalGodheadOnEarth and STP=BigFatYawn, then Leary=?

>

>Please show working.

>

>

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>From: 

><mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>[<mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] 

>On Behalf Of ade

>Sent: Friday, 30 January 2009 07:24

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

>LOL, don't forget Denis Leary ;)

>

> From wikipeedo: 'an industry joke began to 

> circulate about Leary's transformation and 

> subsequent success (roughly; "Question: Why is 

> Denis Leary a star while Bill Hicks is unknown? 

> Answer: Because there's no cure for cancer"'

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

>From: 

><mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>[<mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On 

>Behalf Of Brendan Quinn

>Sent: 29 January 2009 04:57

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>The only other comedians I’d put in that 

>category (and none as good as Hicks) would be 

>George Carlin, and lately, Joe Rogan, who’s a surprising find actually.

>

><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grcqs9cDuN8>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grcqs9cDuN8

>

>PS: I haven’t watched this in ages so apologies 

>if it sucks, but from memory it’s pretty cool.

>

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>From: 

><mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>[<mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] 

>On Behalf Of Bette Dillinger

>Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2009 12:34

>To: <mailto:gathering at misera.net>gathering at misera.net

>Subject: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

>

>Hey everyone!

>     Strange, angering, yet I am still gonna try 

> to catch it.  In the US David Letterman will be 

> showing on Friday, the 30th, 11:30 EST the 

> routine of Bill Hicks' that was never aired by 

> Letterman in 1994 because it was considered too 

> "controversial".  The routine that sullied his 

> relationship with the media to a degree.

>

>His mother Mary will also be a guest (the irony 

>that the legal executor of the estate is the ex 

>attorney for Billy Ray Cyrus, but then you can't make this shit up.).........

>Damn, it has been 14 years!  Are there any 

>comedians that are flying under the radar that 

>should be checked out?  I am still looking for 

>one whose voice is so resonant with truth and humour.

>

>Bette

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