[kj] Good exercise someone on FaceBook recommended

[Jari Pakarinen]

Yeah, their weird. Mine at least are :)

2010/4/8 Karen Weil <karen.weil at sddt.com>


> 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" <

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

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> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:45 PM

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>

>> 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

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

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

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>>>

>>>  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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