[kj] New Album Artwork

[Rob Moss]

English humour!

Joke. Laugh!!

The second part being Geordies ironic comment on the lack of sales in their career. 

On 14 Sep 2010, at 18:48, sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Nah, they're gone,

> http://img394.imageshack.us/i/frontml1.jpg/

> Pounds, dollars and yen.  I wonder if it's a coincidence that the currency symbols are at the same level as the cross.

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> Does someone know the meaning of "Laugh? I nearly bought one"?? What, the pope, the armband, religious/political dogma?? I never could figure it out. 

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> From: n0153 jr <nomeanswhat at gmail.com>

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

> Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 10:38:52 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] New Album Artwork

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> on the poster there still is the swastikas i guess

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> at least on the preview image they're still there

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> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:36 PM, jon chapman <jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> Ruined by the removal of the swastikas ! 

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> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:47 PM, sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> L?INBO has a kickass cover.  Anyone know if that was Mike Coles'?

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> From: n0153 jr <nomeanswhat at gmail.com>

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

> Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 9:43:36 AM

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> extremities and pandemonium both have decent covers.... far better than Night Time and BTATS.

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> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:38 PM, jon chapman <jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> There hasn't been a decent album/single cover for 20 years.

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> Absolute Dissent is half decent. 

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> Life is like a movie,if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so far,it probably isn't gonna get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile.

>                                                                         No one should blame you for walking out early.

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> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:23:37 -0300

> From: nomeanswhat at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] New Album Artwork

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

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> 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.

> 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.

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

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

> 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.

> It's like "I know, I'll be confrontational and do something sacrilageous. Let's stick some transmitters on a cross. yeah!"

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

> Reject the new album artwork!

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> That's Absolute Dissent!

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> Waddya think??

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