[kj] Is Facebook Slowly Killing The Gathering...?

[Karen Weil]

Not unless he's assumed my identity -- and I will vigorously defend my sovereignity. No font attack meant, honestly; Courier is just one of my faves. 
My name is Karen, I am an American and I mean no harm. : ) 

Regards,

KW
California

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Darren A. Peace 
  To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)' 
  Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:48 AM
  Subject: Re: [kj] Is Facebook Slowly Killing The Gathering...?


  Aargh font attack.

   

  Are you Pete West?

   

  Darren

  Hungerford, UK

   

  From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Karen Weil
  Sent: 24 September 2009 7:32 PM
  To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
  Subject: Re: [kj] Is Facebook Slowly Killing The Gathering...?

   

  Very interesting and thoughtful perspective from Javier. 

  Given I am a very late-comer to this forum (been a KJ fan for 25 years, if that counts), I guess I find it quite intriguing, informative and downright funny at times. 

   I am both on FB and Twitter (I enjoy the former far more -- and probably spend far too much time on it ,and have connected with several Gatherers on that, as well).

   However, at the end of the day,the Gathering has been a far more enriching experience, in terms of what I've learned about music, the band, others' perspectives, etc. 

  As Javier says, the problem, in general, are obsessed people.

  Please excuse me -- I must now spend hours gazing at my screen, for work purposes.

   

  Cheers,

   

  Karen 

   

   

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Javier Garcia 

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

    Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:16 AM

    Subject: Re: [kj] Is Facebook Slowly Killing The Gathering...?

     

    ...or very joyful, who knows!? 

    This thing, The Gathering is the perfect example of an online community. Is it better because we use e-mail instead of other resources? i don't think so. 
    If we were younger i'm almost sure we would find this mailing-list system pretty boring and we would move to Facebook, Twitter right now! But we are or not so young (because we're not old, yet, right?!?) 

    I could bet some people thought years ago this e-mail thing was sad too because we would loose that warmness of writing by hand, licking stamps... go to the mail office. But actually it's a blessing! 

    The geeks have always exist at different levels. >From the guy that barely goes out because is reading book after book to the woman that loves online communities and spend the whole day on the internet, and the one that never stands from the couch because he's playing XBox Live in Mexico with another guy in Argentina. 

    The problem isn't really those internet communication resources/applications. The problem is the obsessed people. 

    We, the ones with kids, should pay attention to their common daily practices, and analize with a cold mind if it's really wrong what they're doing or is just that the future has reached us and now those "strange to us practices" are part of the natural/normal routine of the "modern times". 


    ... and no, i don't think The Gathering is dying, i've been here since 1997/98 and there have always been waves of calm (which i used to like) and tsunamis of e-mails from time to time. 

    My dos pesos 

    Javier 
    mexico city 









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    Subject : Re: [kj] Is Facebook Slowly Killing The Gathering...?

    Date : Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:40:22 -0700

    From : "Karen Weil" <karen.weil at sddt.com>

    To : "A list about all things Killing Joke \(the band!\)" <gathering at misera.net>



    There's something very sad about this. 



    Cheers, 



    k.w. 

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: sade1 

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

    Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 3:51 PM 

    Subject: Re: [kj] Is Facebook Slowly Killing The Gathering...? 





    > one day everyone will be oblivious. wandering or sitting around staring into theirs screens.. 



    Kinda backwards but, finally, real people will actually meet, physically, to talk...Twitter.. At the aptly named Skrewball Center right here in L.A., yep. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090922/ap_en_ce/us_twitter_conference 





    ... ... ... ... ... ... 



    [looking at the current state of things..] 



    'Save me... 

    save me from Tomorrow.. 

    I don't want to sail in this Ship Of Fools...' 













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    From: folk devil 

    To: gathering at misera.net 

    Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:25:35 PM 

    Subject: Re: [kj] Is Facebook Slowly Killing The Gathering...? 



    not interested in facebook. i think the gathering is in a 'deflation' stage. maybe it's permanent? 



    one day everyone will be oblivious. wandering or sitting around staring into theirs screens, with only a bot for guidance. the measuringstick.com will tell them what they like and what they are like. 



    to quote chelsea 'no one's coming outside, anymore' 









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    From: humanhybrid666 at gmail.com 

    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:22:30 +1200 

    To: gathering at misera.net 

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    ? 



















    "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been postponed indefinitely..." 









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