[kj] Official KJ site updated with news:

[Simon Abinett]

Nick
I agree with you there as well , a Forum would be much better than this list but i don't think we are likely to get a decent one .
The last really good one was Jesters.
Saying that there is always the Czech forum but it does not seem to have all that many Gatherers on there tbh .
 




> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:18:27 +0100

> From: npscott at blueyonder.co.uk

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Official KJ site updated with news:

> 

> I have been on this forum lurking for many years with rarely posting.

> To be honest, this does not work as a forum anyway, it is an email

> list, it would be better structured as topics on a forum on a proper

> website in my opinion.

> 

> Perhaps if there was structure, with column headings, topics etc,

> things on here wouldn't get as fragmented.

> 

> On 20 May 2011 13:15, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > I agree that an unwieldy portion of commentary here is entirely flotsam, but

> > I assure this was not always the case. By the same token, being an open

> > forum, its very nature encourages differing opinions. You would prefer maybe

> > to simply read press releases that all tow a singular party line?

> >

> > Alex in NYC

> >

> >

> > On May 20, 2011, at 8:13 AM, Nick Scott wrote:

> >

> >> 90% of the comments on this so called "Gathering" forum is dross

> >> anyway, you either get trolls, thread spoilers or what I would term

> >> "aggressors".   Perhaps it is because I am tired or reading bitching

> >> on here.

> >>

> >> On 20 May 2011 13:08, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> >>>

> >>> If you fail to contribute, you rob yourself of the right to bitch about

> >>> it,

> >>> then.

> >>>

> >>> Alex in NYC

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> On May 20, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Nick Scott wrote:

> >>>

> >>>> It is hardly surprising I don't post much on here.

> >>>>

> >>>> On 20 May 2011 13:04, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> >>>>>

> >>>>> I don't believe I ever asserted that my opinion WAS the only one here.

> >>>>> If

> >>>>> I

> >>>>> did, I'd appreciate it if you cited same before casting said aspersion.

> >>>>>

> >>>>> Moreover, it's not my fault that you don't contribute enough to

> >>>>> re-establish

> >>>>> the rich tapestry of varied opinions that the Gathering used to be

> >>>>> influx

> >>>>> of

> >>>>> insanity and ennui took over.

> >>>>>

> >>>>> Alex in NYC

> >>>>>

> >>>>>

> >>>>> On May 20, 2011, at 8:02 AM, Nick Scott wrote:

> >>>>>

> >>>>>> I haven't started a debate before?  Just saying.  Length and

> >>>>>> repetition only adds to the tension in songs on Hosannas in my

> >>>>>> opinion, like some of KJs early stuff, which is also built on

> >>>>>> repetition.  Yours is not the only opinion on here, surprisingly

> >>>>>> enough.

> >>>>>>

> >>>>>> On 20 May 2011 12:58, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>> Dated or not, at least NIGHTTIME has fully-fleshed out, actual songs

> >>>>>>> on

> >>>>>>> it.

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>> Do you really want to start this debate again?

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>> Alex in NYC

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>> On May 20, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Nick Scott wrote:

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>> Hopelessannas is just your opinion though, for one I don't think the

> >>>>>>>> (more dated than their early stuff) mid 80s synth pop Nighttime

> >>>>>>>> album

> >>>>>>>> is all that fantastic or varied, but we hear on here regularly how

> >>>>>>>> much you love it.

> >>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>> Each to their own, personally I have far more time for "Hosannas"

> >>>>>>>> than

> >>>>>>>> say "Democracy", there again I am sure others would disagree.

> >>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>> On 20 May 2011 12:42, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

> >>>>>>>> wrote:

> >>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>> Yeah, the Coles recognition is really the only silver lining here.

> >>>>>>>>> I

> >>>>>>>>> Spinefarm unaware that the entire back catalog was already recently

> >>>>>>>>> exhumed,

> >>>>>>>>> remastered and re-released (well, apart from KJ03 and

> >>>>>>>>> HOPELESSANNAS)

> >>>>>>>>> Alex in NYC

> >>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>> On May 20, 2011, at 4:36 AM, Neil Perry wrote:

> >>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>> Still, nice to see Colesy get a mention. Here's hoping he gets the

> >>>>>>>>> new

> >>>>>>>>> LP

> >>>>>>>>> also.

> >>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>> To paraphrase Winston Churchill:

> >>>>>>>>> "Killing Joke will always do the right thing - after they have

> >>>>>>>>> exhausted

> >>>>>>>>> all the alternatives."

> >>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>> n

> >>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>> On 19 May 2011 23:26, Rheinhold Squeegee <kjlist at live.com> wrote:

> >>>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>> www.killingjoke.com

> >>>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>> WEBSITE COMING SOON

> >>>>>>>>>> European Dates

> >>>>>>>>>> 10 Jun Poland Warsaw Sonisphere Buy Tickets

> >>>>>>>>>> 12 Jun Germany Leipzig Wave Gotik Treffen Buy Tickets

> >>>>>>>>>> 2 Jul Denmark Roskilde Festival Buy Tickets

> >>>>>>>>>> 8 Jul UK Knebworth Sonisphere Buy Tickets

> >>>>>>>>>> 22 Jul Finland Helsinki Tuska Open Air Buy Tickets

> >>>>>>>>>> 31 Jul Holland Utrecht Summer Darknes Buy Tickets

> >>>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>> Killing Joke News

> >>>>>>>>>> Below we’ve got plenty of news for you from Killing Joke, but

> >>>>>>>>>> before

> >>>>>>>>>> we

> >>>>>>>>>> open that box we’re really pleased to bring you ‘European Super

> >>>>>>>>>> State’

> >>>>>>>>>> this

> >>>>>>>>>> month, our new single available on CD, 12” coloured vinyl and

> >>>>>>>>>> digital

> >>>>>>>>>> download. The formats of the new single are:

> >>>>>>>>>> CD

> >>>>>>>>>> 1. ‘European Super State’ (edit)

> >>>>>>>>>> 2. ‘Kali Yuga’

> >>>>>>>>>> 3. ‘Ghosts Of Ladbroke Grove’ (Dub Mix)

> >>>>>>>>>> 4. ‘European Super State’ (Youth Remix)

> >>>>>>>>>> 5. ‘European Super State’ (Dub Remix)

> >>>>>>>>>> 6. ‘European Super State’ (Justin Broadrick Remix)

> >>>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>> 12” vinyl – 290 numbered copies available exclusively from

> >>>>>>>>>> www.whatrecords.co.uk

> >>>>>>>>>> 1. ‘European Super State’ (Youth Remix)

> >>>>>>>>>> 2. ‘European Super State’ (Dub Remix)

> >>>>>>>>>> 3. ‘European Super State’ (Justin Broadrick Remix)

> >>>>>>>>>> 4. ‘European Super State’ (Clive Goddard Extended mix)

> >>>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>> Digital Download

> >>>>>>>>>> 1. ‘European Super State’

> >>>>>>>>>> 2. ‘European Super State’ (Youth Remix)

> >>>>>>>>>> 3. ‘European Super State’ (Justin Broadrick Remix)

> >>>>>>>>>> 4. ‘European Super State’ (Clive Goddard extended mix)

> >>>>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>>>> At the start of the year we announced a deal with

> >>>>>>>>>> Spinefarm/Universal

> >>>>>>>>>> for

> >>>>>>>>>> a brand new studio album, which we’ll announce details of after

> >>>>>>>>>> this

> >>>>>>>>>> summer.

> >>>>>>>>>> We’re really excited to be back working with the label who put out

> >>>>>>>>>> Absolute

> >>>>>>>>>> Dissent, and we’re also glad to announce they’ll be taking control

> >>>>>>>>>> of

> >>>>>>>>>> some

> >>>>>>>>>> of the back catalogue which we will be repackaging and improving

> >>>>>>>>>> over

> >>>>>>>>>> the

> >>>>>>>>>> course of the next year.

> >>>>>>>>>> It was great to see so many of you in London, Nottingham and

> >>>>>>>>>> Manchester,

> >>>>>>>>>> and at the Camden Crawl recently, for our big return to playing

> >>>>>>>>>> live

> >>>>>>>>>> with

> >>>>>>>>>> the full original line-up. As you may know, Jaz retired to the

> >>>>>>>>>> Great

> >>>>>>>>>> Barrier

> >>>>>>>>>> Island, Paul to New York, Geordie to Prague and Youth to

> >>>>>>>>>> Andulucia,

> >>>>>>>>>> but

> >>>>>>>>>> with

> >>>>>>>>>> the release of ‘European Super State’ we’re all very much back in

> >>>>>>>>>> action

> >>>>>>>>>> and

> >>>>>>>>>> looking forward to a massive summer ahead. We’ll have more UK

> >>>>>>>>>> festival

> >>>>>>>>>> news

> >>>>>>>>>> to come soon as well.

> >>>>>>>>>> We’ve also got something very special to announce for fans of the

> >>>>>>>>>> Killing

> >>>>>>>>>> Joke live show. Following our show at the Royal Festival Hall,

> >>>>>>>>>> which

> >>>>>>>>>> was

> >>>>>>>>>> accompanied by stunning visuals designed by Mr. Mike Coles, an

> >>>>>>>>>> artistic

> >>>>>>>>>> genius and longtime Killing Joke collaborator, we can now announce

> >>>>>>>>>> that

> >>>>>>>>>> the

> >>>>>>>>>> performance will be released as the definitive Killing Joke live

> >>>>>>>>>> album.

> >>>>>>>>>> Fans

> >>>>>>>>>> will have many ways to get hold of a copy, the details of which

> >>>>>>>>>> we’ll

> >>>>>>>>>> announce in early June.

> >>>>>>>>>> The band are already working on the new album and preparations are

> >>>>>>>>>> now

> >>>>>>>>>> underway for our European Tour starting in June which takes us

> >>>>>>>>>> straight

> >>>>>>>>>> into

> >>>>>>>>>> a full summer of festivals, taking in Roskilde and Sonisphere to

> >>>>>>>>>> name

> >>>>>>>>>> but a

> >>>>>>>>>> few.

> >>>>>>>>>> It is however with great regret that Killing Joke have been forced

> >>>>>>>>>> to

> >>>>>>>>>> cancel the upcoming US dates due to health issues within the band.

> >>>>>>>>>> We

> >>>>>>>>>> hope

> >>>>>>>>>> to be back to the States very soon and appreciate all your

> >>>>>>>>>> support.

> >>>>>>>>>> This is going to be an incredible year for Killing Joke, and we

> >>>>>>>>>> look

> >>>>>>>>>> forward to the future, and seeing you all at our shows.

> >>>>>>>>>> All the best, Killing Joke.

> >>>>>>>>>> Written on May 19, 2011 at 1:58 pm, by admin

> >>>>>>>>>>

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