[kj] (OT) Tim Smith Update from Kavus

[Leigh Newton]

Thanks Marc. Shitty allaround situation.
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From: Phillipps Marc <Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 11:08:37 AM
Subject: [kj] (OT) Tim Smith Update from Kavus


It isn’t as bleak as the Guardian article painted it: 
 
<quote=Kavus>
 
To be honest I was a little surprised by The Guardian piece. Bic had done the 
interview about a month before and the writer Ian Gittins' father had had a 
stroke so he was apparently very sensitive to the issue. When I read it there 
we're quotes in there from Bic that did not sound like him at all ('He's a great 
guy'...Bic never talks like that). When I spoke to Bic he was furious, 
apparently he had said very little of what he had been quoted as saying. Ho hum. 

 
Yes, it does paint a rather bleak picture. Tim is not paralysed, nor can he do 
little else than 'be hoisted in and out of a wheelchair' (sorry if this is a 
little inaccurate, I'm quoting from memory here) however a lot of what was 
written is true and a lot more realistic than some of the missives and 
speculations that have been come out. 

 
I have been fairly tight lipped about the situation, as have all Tim's friends, 
but if I'm honest one good thing about an article like this is does clear up to 
some extent what a lot of people have feared and the amount of fairly inane, 
although mostly genuinely well meaning, emails I've been bombarded with over the 
last couple of years from fans has slowed down a little. 

 
You know; 'Hey are you and Tim Jamming again' and 'Why don't you put out 
Maresnest on DVD' or 'Are you working on finishing the new album again' etc. 
I've just found the whole thing extremely painful as you can imagine. 

 
Also the sales of Leader Of The Starry Skies went right up after the feature. 
 
We would love to make the entire back catalogue available again and are well 
aware everyone wants this and also the ridiculousness of a situation where 
interest in Tim's music is at an all time high, there is a big demand for it AND 
it will raise a lot of money 

 
All I can say here is that it is proving EXTREMELY difficult right now. I can't 
go into the details unfortunately. We are doing our best to sort this out. 

 
To re-affirm though. Tim is still the wonderful Tim in himself. He is still 
extremely funny and perceptive and as full of shit as he always was. He listens 
to music continually (including a lot of his own stuff) and enjoys regular 
visits from his pals. He just can't really do or say much right now but the 
money raised by this album is already going into more help for him. 

            
He has good days and bad days as you might expect but is incredibly positive in 
his outlook....giving all of us around him hope.
 
</quote=Kavus>
 
 
 

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