[kj] Opening Track

[Alexander Smith]

Why won't Mick do it? I mean, really -- fuck else is he doing?

Alex in NYC


On Dec 7, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Michael Garcia wrote:


> I was at those final 4 shows. The CDs don't do it justice. I have  

> video I shot there. The vibe was unlike any concert  I've been to  

> before. We all knew those were final shows and the crowd responded  

> with such intensity that I was blown away. Heading back there in  

> October for the 25th reunion shows. Wayne simon and Craig minus Mick  

> though

>

> Michael

>

> www.thor_recording at yahoo.com

> www.myspace.com/pleasureandpainmusic

> Skype: dragonfly_mg

>

> On Dec 7, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>

>> "time has really not been kind to it."

>>

>> Sadly, no it hasn't. Lost of the Mish stuff has aged more like milk  

>> than like wine, especially with regards to Wayne's lyric-writing  

>> and the production. That all said, they did have their moments.  

>> Perhaps if they only released singles (instead of filler-choked  

>> albums), they'd have been looked upon now with more kindness.

>>

>> I actually sprang for that five-CD live retrospective of their  

>> goodbye stint at the Shepherd's Bush Empire wherein they played a  

>> different album each night.

>>

>> I've listened to it once.

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

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

>> From: Peter Moltesen

>> Sent: Dec 7, 2010 4:25 PM

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

>> band!)'"

>> Subject: RE: [kj] Opening Track

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> On 7 Dec 2010, at 19:56, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>>

>>> For my money, the Mish were at their best when they were drunk off  

>>> their ass and playing covers, but I'll never part with my copies  

>>> of GOD'S OWN and THE FIRST CHAPTER.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Me neither – or all those damn / limited / numbered /  

>>> autographed / 7”/10”/12” / box set singles they released….well….up  

>>> to Tower ofStrength, anyway

>>>

>>> I listened to God’s own Medicine recently for the first time in  

>>> ages and time has really not been kind to it.

>>>

>>> I always preferred Fields of the Nephilim (and still do)

>>>

>>> Peter

>>>

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