[kj] Fw: Jaz still AWOL

[Jim Harper]

Sorry, this was meant to end up on the list. Sorted now!


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From: Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: Ana Madani <madanistan at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, 12 August 2012, 21:35
Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz still AWOL



I spotted the Onion reference, but then got confused by the people who said otherwise. This is being spread across blogs, forums and websites all around the 'Net, as absolute fact. In half-an-hour I found 8 or 9 people dicussing this 'news' and taking it as gospel from the band themselves. Sooner or later, one of the news sites that publicized Jaz's initial outburst is going to start repeating it as fact and- unfortunately- there's a fair amount of ill feeling against the band being generated by this latest 'publicity release'.
 
Some of us have some pretty damn solid reasons for harbouring a grudge (cancellations, lost money, welched promises), but the idea that Our Heroes are getting shit for things they haven't actually done or said is not a happy one.
 
Jim.



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From: Ana Madani <madanistan at gmail.com>
To: Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>; A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net> 
Sent: Sunday, 12 August 2012, 20:19
Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz still AWOL

No, it's not just you - hence my 'Onion' reference.  It's a satirical
US newspaper.

www.theonion.com


On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Forgive me if I'm missing something, but this 'news' is being passed around

> as legitimate and REAL. I can't be the only one who thinks 'Nirvana

> Symphonic', a TV series and a Western Sahara hideout sounds like 100%

> bullshit. And as for the impersonation suggestion, I'd have to have a lot

> more concrete evidence before I treat it as anything more than farcical.

>

> Surely it's not just me?

>

> Jim.

>

> From: Ana Madani <madanistan at gmail.com>

>

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

> Sent: Sunday, 12 August 2012, 14:03

>

> Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz still AWOL

>

> New from FB (or maybe The Onion):

>

> To the relief of family and friends, Killing Joke Frontman Jaz Coleman

> appeared today from his retreat in the Western Sahara bemused by all

> the fuss of his disappearance. “I’ve been finishing my book and

> writing the score for my new project – (The Nirvana Symphonic) –

> (laughs), what’s all the fuss about then?”

>

> Coleman had apparently been living a nomadic existence for the last

> month in the desert in order to concentrate on finishing his two

> current projects. Nirvana looks like becoming a TV show and a concert

> in Seattle in 2013 and the book and an exclusive Coleman album will be

> packaged together and available for order as early as next week.

>

> International media picked up on the story last week, sending it

> global, from the press release announced by the band on the Killing

> Joke Official Facebook site questioning his whereabouts. Fans from

> around the world have been more than proactive in their opinions -

> from random sightings in Christchurch New Zealand, to past

> recollections of his elusive behaviors in Iceland.

>

> Yet mystery still surrounds the message on Facebook regarding The Cult

> and The Mission Shows of which Coleman claims no knowledge. 'Looks

> like this has caused a right ding dong and feel its impossible to

> continue this tour under the circumstances'. His comments were to wish

> both The Cult and The Mission the best of luck on the tour, and to

> find out who has been impersonating him.

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