[kj] ConcertLive CD - Hammersmith

Brendan bq at soundgardener.co.nz
Fri Oct 15 20:29:50 EDT 2010


That was awesome =) Confused and fucked in the head goes perfectly with
Christian, there's no incongruity.


> Here it is

>

> http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/09/insane-clown-posse-christians-god

>

> There are some classic exchanges during the course of this interview, but

> Jon Ronson

> (the guy who wrote The Men Who Stare At Goats, the great book not the duff

> film) has

> a great way of letting people hang themselves in interviews without ever

> really

> criticising them. The bit about how magnets work is priceless.

>

> I once interviewed Insane Clown Posse, for my sins, and even then they

> were

> just

> too nice (or simple) to pull off the menacing act. But I never guessed

> they

> were, er,

> men of faith.

>

> n

>

> On 15 October 2010 20:48, Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>

>> A British newspaper recently carried a rather hysterical interview with

>> ICP, based around their 'conversion'. Couldn't stop laughing.

>>

>> Jim.

>>

>> --- On *Fri, 15/10/10, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>* wrote:

>>

>>

>> From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>>

>> Subject: Re: [kj] ConcertLive CD - Hammersmith

>> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <

>> gathering at misera.net>, "A list about all things Killing Joke (the

>> band!)"

>> <gathering at misera.net>

>> Date: Friday, 15 October, 2010, 19:43

>>

>>

>> I think my biggest problem with the Kj2003 clown was that it was

>> virtually

>> indistinguishable from cover art by Insane Clown Posse. The UK folks may

>> not

>> be familiar with them, but there is assuredly not a worse association.

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

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

>> >From: Mark Kolmar

>> <mkolmar at gmail.com<http://de.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mkolmar@gmail.com>

>> >

>> >Sent: Oct 15, 2010 1:26 PM

>> >To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <

>> gathering at misera.net<http://de.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gathering@misera.net>

>> >

>> >Subject: Re: [kj] ConcertLive CD - Hammersmith

>> >

>> >Coles is very much the missing piece of the reunion. Cell-phone

>> >tower/cross makes no sense to me as a concept, unless possibly for a

>> >Christian band. Even then, what is the symbolism? Worse than the KJ03

>> >clown, although better-looking than the cover of Outside the Gate.

>> >

>> >--Mark

>> >

>> >On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Alex Smith

>> <vassifer at earthlink.net<http://de.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vassifer@earthlink.net>>

>> wrote:

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> It's not a suicide bomber crucifix (what would that even entail?),

>> it's

>> a modified GWEN "microwave" tower hybridized with a cross. I'm not

>> saying

>> that's super clear or especialy meaningful to the layperson either (a

>> friend

>> of my wife saw it on my desk and said "Your favorite band has a

>> cellphone

>> tower on their album cover?? Really??")

>> >>

>> >> The molotov thing just seems a bit lazy. "Yeah, man --

>> insurrection!!"

>> >>

>> >> Either way, I just wish Coles was back on board.

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