[kj] Dads' gay disco

[Rob Moss]

Fantastic!
Glad he made it!



On 17 Oct 2010, at 19:04, "Steve Hackett" <thepunisher at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


> I took my 12 yr old lad..and my (considerably older) wife. Arrived at Euston about half 12 and realised my lad was looking decidedly ill..he threw up into a handy carrier bag whilst I bought  underground tix (thanks to the undercover cop in the Arsenal shirt who made sure he was ok and arranged for said vomitary depositary to be collected)..he then threw up again between tube journeys and again at the hotel. Things were looking grim.., even grimmer when he threw up in the middle of our bed!! At 5pm the decision was taken that only I would go to the gig (what a great weekend..) but at 5.30 something miraculous happened (touched by the hand of Jaz?), his migraine disappeared and he tucked into some crisps and choccy biscuits. At 6pm he announced he was ready and donned his gig wear. His evening was made as we joined the queue and two blokes shouted it's Little Geordie! (he was wearing a Russian army cap and KJ themed hammer n sickle), then when we entered the foyer we saw them again and they insisted on bowing to him and shaking "Little Geordie's hand". Seats were front row of the balcony and initially the mgmt tried to move us, as the seats "were reserved"..I know FOR ME!!. So we sat next to some obviously "special" people and (my wife thinks) "Mrs" Reza. Anyway, you know the set was great and it was wonderful to sit there with my lad singing all the words and loving both the new and old songs. He told me today that it was the best gig he'd been to so far..and I have taken him to some good ones!

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

> From: jpwhkj at aol.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 1:26 PM

> Subject: [kj] Dads' gay disco

> 

> Particular mention must go to Rob Moss, down the front with his son and his son's mate, joined by me with my daughter.

>  

> I'd had a conversation with her earlier along these lines:

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> Me: Lots of ageing, podgy, balding punks here.

> Her: Yeah, but actually quite a lot of younger people too.

> Me: They're the ones who have come with their dads.

>  

> How many other gatherers brought their kids?

>  

> Jamie

> 

> 

> 

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

> From: jpwhkj at aol.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:17

> Subject: Re: [kj] Hammersmith highlights

> 

> Yep, fantastic night.

>  

> We arrived very late - too late for the pub, unfortunately - but saw a fair spread of Gatherers inside.  The crowd was enthusiastic, and the band on fine form.  I spent the first few tracks and the occasional rest period later on just watching Geordie.  Incredible as ever.  That aside, it was into the pit for some honest sweaty fun!

>  

> Musical highlights for me were:

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> Absolute Dissent - this got chopped from the setlist at Bristol, and it's one of my faves off the album.  I was struck again by the similarity of the riff to Pssyche.

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> European Super State - wonderful bouncy dance number.

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> Requiem - judderingly powerful version, really wound up the crowd.

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> Eighties - what a monster song this is!  Crunching, triumphant...

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> Asteroid - my daughter loves this one, so watching her disappear into the pit reminded that actually I quite like it too!

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> Change - great till the silly sirens kicked in.  But the start was awesomely hard and funky.

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> Pssyche - everyone went crazy, as the song deserves.

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> Much else was also of very high quality (Primitive, Tomorrow's World, Bloodsport, Complications, Love Like Blood, Fall of Because, The Wait).  Definitely buying the CD set.

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> Musical disappointments:

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> Ghosts - probably the one I was looking forward to the most.  As Rob said to me at the time - it was just a bit flat.

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> Kali Yuga & Singularity - because they didn't play them.  OK, I wasn't really expecting them to, but...

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> When Jaz said he wanted to introduce his friends, I thought we were going to get the usual "this is so-and-so on guitar" (cheers), "this is so-and-so on bass" (cheers) etc etc.  You've all heard it somewhere.  But in fact, it was a deep, heartfelt, and very individual tribute to the rest of the Joke.  It was odd that Raven didn't get a mention though.

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> Cheers,

>  

> Jamie

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> 

> 

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

> From: Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>

> CC: gathering at misera.net <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:20

> Subject: Re: [kj] Hammersmith highlights

> 

> But markedly no reference to Raven. 3 years this week!

> 

> Fabulous night. Great to see so many gatherers!

> Had a lovely time at the gay disco down the front with Jamie, Dirk and Paul Stronkle!

> 

> 

> 

> On 17 Oct 2010, at 09:23, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:

> 

>> One was definitely John Hinklenton (spelling according to Wiki).  Not sure about the other, but Youth's dad would make sense.

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>> 

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

>> From: pssyche23 <antoni at clara.net>

>> To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)' <gathering at misera.net>

>> Sent: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 8:52

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Hammersmith highlights

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>> I believe it was Youth’s father (Alan Glover) and John Hinkleton (the Judge Dread artist who spent time in the studio with KJ and later checked into Dignitas) ... but you are right that previously it has been dedicated to Ron      and Ron ...

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>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of sade1

>> Sent: 17 October 2010 01:22

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

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Hammersmith highlights

>>  

>> Great summary, thanks lots for it.

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>> > ..LLB next. It was dedicated to two people. Don't know who.

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>> I think the two persons Love Like Blood is dedicated to are Jaz's and Geordie's fathers, as in past. (both are deceased).

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>>  

>> From: nicholas fitzpatrick <gasw30 at hotmail.com>

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Sent: Sat, October 16, 2010 5:08:40 PM

>> Subject: [kj] Hammersmith highlights

>> 

>> 

>> It was a long gig. They must have played the entire first album, except SO36. From memory, other albums visited were: WTF (Madness, Fall of Because); Nighttime (80s, LLB); Pandemonium (Pandemonium); KJ 2003 (Asteroid|); Absolute Dissent (AD, This World Hell,      In Excelsis, European Super State... and others but I forget now). Also Change and Pssyche.

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>> It was reported on the Gathering recently      that Geordie was seen to smile on stage. I can report that he was smiling

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