[kj] Cologne impression 02.10.2010

[bongo]

very, very nice!

thanks, a great report..

=)





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On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Marcel <spooman at freenet.de> wrote:


>  Impression from the Cologne gig 02.10.10

>

> The venue had been changed from the Werkstatt to the Luxor on short notice.

> The local promoter who had been forced to take a walk to the nearby kiosk

> because Jaz stole his lighter (again) said that this was due to the

> Werkstatt people being unwilling to meet some of the bands’ most simple

> wishes. He said that in contrast to the crew the band seemed to be in a

> fairly good mood but – surprise, surprise - a bit out of it. Unfair and

> ignorant, but I missed the opening band on purpose and got in during

> Tomorrow’s World. The Luxor is a notorious, but not ideal club. I’m bad at

> guessing numbers – suffice to say it’s a rather small club, that suffers a

> bit from it’s tubelike layout, as it has a very small “pit” in front of the

> stage and then gets quite tight towards the bar, hall and exit. So it seemed

> like a good idea to get to the front, where you have a lot of space at the

> left side of the stage – so if you’re keen on watching Geordie only you can

> do so very comfortably. Just a few feet to the right you’re in the middle of

> the pit, which is where I sneaked into during the 2nd song In Excelsis.

> Honestly I hadn’t expected such a vivid crowd. Who said oldies don’t know

> how to party? But seriously, it’s been a mixed crowd age-wise, even right in

> front of the stage – rather tiny girls who experienced gentlemanlike

> behavior unheard of at events labeled as rock concerts… and exhausted

> 30somethings like myself having fun.

>

> Jaz seemed to have fun, although he lost the struggle with the right notes

> in European Super State. Sorry, but Jaz vs. supporting tape vox 0:1.  Youth

> and Paul did a solid job while Geordie did the thing we love him for. A bit

> of red wine, a guitar-tech who’s only job seemed to be that of constantly

> supplying Geordie with fags and the man himself spinning his nets of sound

> inspired by something somewhere out there.

>

> Unfortunately the sound could have been better and seemed a bit too

> distorted coming out of the PA. Right in front of the stage it was quite

> good.

>

> When I attended the Luxor - show during the Hosannas tour the sound had

> been mesmerizing as I recall it. Although it had been a downer that Raven

> had departed to Ministry without my knowledge (and I off course had not been

> able to see tomorrow and didn’t realize I didn’t just miss ONE chance to see

> him play…), and the crowd was alarmingly small (maybe 70 – 90 people at the

> only gig in Germany!) it had been a total blast for me. After that gig I

> wondered if I was fit to drive home after all these drugs, when I realized I

> was totally sober. On that particular night Complications, Pssyche and the

> Pandemonium guitar had send me on one of the most intensive trips I’ve ever

> been on. And this is no blahblah.

>

> Well, back to 2010: Although there were 5 encores on the setlist (The Raven

> King and Complications among them) they only played Pandemonium, still

> seeming to have fun themselves.

>

> I never had the chance of meeting one of the guys, so I was delighted to

> see that Youth came out of the club about 40 minutes after the concert and

> stood on the sidewalk to have a smoke. Needless to say I took the chance and

> had the chat with him. After all I have heard about these guys – last not

> least from some of you on here - I wasn’t shocked but still pleasantly

> surprised to encounter such a nice person, who wouldn’t even give me a

> chance to make a fool out of myself (and allow me a toke of his sweets).

> According to him everything was going well, except of him and Jaz struggling

> with a bit of a flu. A great evening. Someone has posted the setlist here.

> It’s accurate except that they have omitted the encores that haven’t been

> played.

>

>

> http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/killing-joke/2010/luxor-cologne-germany-bd53106.html

>

> Marcel

>

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