[kj] BP blog post video

[Darren A. Peace]

Which Firewater, Alex? I'd love to hear about it.

Darren
Hungerford, UK

On 16 Nov 2009, at 20:34, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:


> "Oh relax" is not a command. It's merely a compassionate suggestion  

> born out of the suspicion that someone is taking things a wee bit  

> too seriously.

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> And for the record, I've been in a recording studio during the  

> making of an album (notably Firewater), and yes -- recording  

> sessions can be as dull as dishwater and rife with the inclusion of  

> many dreary individuals (witness the fact that I was let in the room).

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> And, really now, are people genuinely concerned to see Geordie  

> sitting down when he plays? Wouldn't *YOU* rather sit down while you  

> played (especially if sequestered for hours on end in a cramped,  

> airless studio with a handful of other people)? Angus Young of AC/DC  

> evidently records all of his incendiary guitarwork while sitting  

> down, and no one's accusing him of losing his edge.

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> Alex in NYC

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

> From: fluw

> Sent: Nov 16, 2009 3:17 PM

> To: 'Alex Smith' , "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the  

> band!)'"

> Subject: Re: [kj] BP blog post video

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> Oh that is relaxed alex, don’t go making commands brother

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> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering- 

> bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Alex Smith

> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:36 AM

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

> all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

> Subject: Re: [kj] BP blog post video

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> Oh relax -- it was just a flippant observation. I'm sure they're  

> fine, upstanding, sonically-atuned individuals, despite their  

> sweatshirts.

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> Alex in NYC

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

> From: fluw

> Sent: Nov 16, 2009 10:57 AM

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] BP blog post video

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> Would it be any better if it were a bunch of bald small foreheaded  

> paunchy

>  40 somethings with too many piercings, bad tribal tattoos and flea  

> infested chin mullets?

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> Maybe the bespectacled college boys will help to feed a culture of  

> intelligent melodies in the joke’s music as apposed to the cookie mo 

> nster knuckleheaded-ness of the past few albums.

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> change is a constant dynamic with killing joke and frankly it is  

> time for some variety in their music,

> i will choose to practice optimism for the future of the joke.

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering- 

> bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Alexander Smith

> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 6:06 AM

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] BP blog post video

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> Makes ya wonder: Who are those bespectacled college boys in there  

> with them, and do they understand they're in the presence of gods?

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> Alex in NYC

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> On Nov 16, 2009, at 4:39 AM, Cliff Livingston wrote:

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> http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100678662

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> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:10 AM, fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com>  

> wrote:

> damned if I can find it - anyone grab the clip...?

> http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=47477713&blogId=518593155

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