[kj] Killing Joke at The Wiltern

Bill Meissner BMeissner at encorehollywood.com
Sun Dec 19 20:51:34 EST 2010


During "Madness" too - it made sense to me.



Billy



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



I liked that one guy who made it up on stage (towards the end) and then
got chased off and manhandled. Hopefully there's a yOutube clip soon.






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From: "LONESTYLE at aol.com" <LONESTYLE at aol.com>
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Sent: Sun, December 19, 2010 5:42:18 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke at The Wiltern




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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