[kj] New Album Artwork

[n0153 jr]

I am in for the Colesy artwork even though I don't completely dislike this
cover... 2003 is far worse.



On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:57 AM, fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net> wrote:


>  I really like this album as well, although knowing it is a killing joke

> record doesn’t help it. From the perspective of knowing it is killing joke

> and BPF and Geordie are involved makes this a big let down. I think Geordie

> has nothing left in the tank and has become an average guitar player in his

> old age. But he has earned the right to do so I guess.

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> But I’d imagine from the perspective of someone who has never heard killing

> joke, it is a killer record - So I pretend I have never heard of them.

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> Jaz and youth out did themselves, gauging it from their most recent works

> that is.

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> But if you hold it up to vintage joke standards this album is meh at best.

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> I vote yes on a colesy gathering release edit for the artwork!

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> *From:* gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> *On Behalf Of *Rob Moss

> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 5:37 AM

> *To:* Gathering

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> *Subject:* [kj] New Album Artwork

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> I really really like this new album.

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> It sounds fresh and exciting. I would liked to have heard the guitar and

> drums being a bit more adventurous in places to be perfectly honest but it

> "works" as a whole.

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> There is no track I dislike at all. Some aren't as strong as others but

> they're all solid.

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> But

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> I really do dislike the artwork. I don't think it serves the album well at

> all.

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> It comes across to me as someone who doesn't understand Killing Joke doing

> some art that they "think" is Killing Joke. Rather like the Gathering XXV

> album.

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> It's like "I know, I'll be confrontational and do something sacrilageous.

> Let's stick some transmitters on a cross. yeah!"

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> And you have to look hard to see it's Killing Joke. It has that small,

> farty type face that says killing joke rather than *KILLING JOKE.*

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> *Colesy always knew.***

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> *That's the point.***

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> Let's have him make something for the Gathering.

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> Reject the new album artwork!

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> That's Absolute Dissent!

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> Waddya think??

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