[kj] Good exercise someone on FaceBook recommended

[Karen Weil]

My sis brought home the same albums during my formative years! She later 
became a massive glam metal fan, hung out in the L.A. Sunset Strip scene, 
etc.-- and I never could get into that music.
Kind of funny how those older siblings are, huh? ; )

Cheers,

Karen W.
The Left Coast


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] Good exercise someone on FaceBook recommended



>

> My older sister used to have some great taste. She brought in the  first 

> Devo, Blondie, B-52s & Parliament records into the house (all of  which I 

> appropriated). At some point in later life, however, she sorta  checked 

> out and now just listens to mawkish middle-of-the-road crap  (her most 

> out-there choice being Sade). I have no idea how that all  happened.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

> On Apr 7, 2010, at 7:31 PM, Karen Weil wrote:

>

>> Oliver, I can relate. I have to credit my older sister for helping  to 

>> hone my sensibilities, music-wise, while I was still a pre- adolescent. 

>> She turned me on to a lot of new wave, punk, British  bands, etc.

>>

>> However, when it comes to tastes now, we've gone in very different 

>> directions.

>>

>> Cheers,

>>

>> karen

>>

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" 

>> <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

>> >

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

>> <gathering at misera.net

>> >

>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:20 PM

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Good exercise someone on FaceBook recommended

>>

>>

>>> Whether or not it's "important" to be "hip and informed" _ i have  no 

>>> idea. I just know I like music and didn't start paying attention  in 

>>> 1998.

>>>

>>> My mom loved Christopher Cross, Bonnie Tyler, Crystal Gayle, and a  lot 

>>> of horible crap My aunt at least liked Black Sabbath, Devo,  KISS (which 

>>> as a kid I loved), owned some Clash, etc. But as an  only child I pretty 

>>> much had to find my own way into the realm of  really good music. No 

>>> older brother or sister to get me into it, as  I have found is so often 

>>> the case. For me it was skateboarding  videos and magazines that started 

>>> it.

>>>

>>> Of course a lot of new bands remind one of older stuff. I still  believe 

>>> we're in the "throwback era" or music, in that bands try to  sound like, 

>>> emulate, or are compared to, bands that came before.  But that doesn't 

>>> mean there still isn't great stuff out there. I've  tried mentioning new 

>>> stuff on here, actually. Usually it seems like  it gets brushed aside 

>>> and a lot of folks fall back into their  pre-1995 time warp.

>>>

>>> -Oliver

>>>

>>> On 4/7/10 6:19 AM, Alexander Smith wrote:

>>>> I'm perfectly content with being 42. My parents listened to stuff  like 

>>>> Cat Stevens and Sergio Mendes & Brazill `66, so it ain't like  they 

>>>> spend a lot of time lamenting newer crops of music. But I  know what 

>>>> you mean.

>>>>

>>>> Maybe it's important to stay hip and informed, but I don't ever  want 

>>>> to be that guy. You know the one I mean. The oldest dude in  the club, 

>>>> strenuously trying to prove how hip he is to the young  folks.

>>>>

>>>>

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