[kj] Killing Joke at The Wiltern

[LONESTYLE at aol.com]

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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