[kj] Killing Joke at The Wiltern

LONESTYLE at aol.com LONESTYLE at aol.com
Sun Dec 19 20:42:18 EST 2010


That photographer at one point stepped on Geordie's guitar cord and
Geordie looked over at him with the eyes of Carrie! HA! That dude should of been
booted for he was too much on stage and all over the place!

~ LB


In a message dated 12/19/2010 3:34:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
folk.devil at hotmail.com writes:

Everything is coming off the backline :). Still no bass and a relatively
thin kick.
Obviously a better position than middle of auditorium, with a rather
mediocre PA for the front...
A shame the venue wasn't a tad smaller ;)
I wanted to shoot that photographer, too!



> From: planetary at socal.rr.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:25:43 -0800

> Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke at The Wiltern

>

> folk devil wrote:

>

> Although I enjoyed the show, and it was good to meet young Cliff, not

sure it was their best, to be honest.

> I found Geordie to be way too loud in the mix, the bass was undefined,

and BPF pissed off? Probably because he was almost non

> existent in the mix, by the end. The kick drum was pretty much gone

completely. And they looked tired as hell....

>

> ++++++++++++

>

> See, I liked Geordie way up in the mix, especially after the 2008 LA

show were he was buried way down in the mix at the shitty House

> Of Blues. I also thought the drums sounded fine in the mix especially

during "This World Hell" from my position in the pit. I

> agree though that the bass was muddy and lacked punch much of the night.

Regarding the energy - Clearly, doing 5 shows straight

> from Canada to LA should of had a day or two break somewhere in there.

The rather typically sedate LA audience didn't really push

> the band who did seem a bit worn down.

>

> Like I said, it seemed like the band was really focused on delivering a

no-nonsense performance and without the spark of a manic,

> tightly confined crowd (you could walk right up to the rail much of the

show), the show never really went into the stratosphere.

> Here's a clip from The Wiltern from someone who was standing right next

to me that pretty much sums up how the show looked and

> sounded:

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395OKVhLimY

>

> T.B.

>

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