[kj] Colemangate drags on...

[bongo]

wonder if he's still delighted . . .







"due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been
postponed indefinitely..."


On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>wrote:


> *Dear Gatherers,**

> It gives me great pleasure to announce*****

>

> ** **

>

> I rest my case.****

>

> ** **

>

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

> *On Behalf Of *Rheinhold Squeegee

> *Sent:* Saturday, 25 August 2012 8:52 a.m.

> *To:* Gathering Gathering

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Colemangate drags on...****

>

> ** **

>

> Here is the original post taken from the comments section of the KJ

> facebook page. You can decide the semantics of "dictate" over the weekend.

> I don't know Cormac anymore than I know Jaz, but this strikes me as more

> "overeager fanboy" than "trusted secretary:"

>

> *Dear Gatherers,**

> Below is a message from Jaz dictated to me and reproduced verbatim.

> The evening included a visit to Faust Studios in Prague where I was lucky

> enough to hear one track from Jaz’s collaboration with Ondrej Smeykal

> (check out some stuff on Youtube if you have never heard him before.

> Amazing!). If one track is anything to go by then the CD should be a

> cracker!

> Later in the evening we r...etired to a bar in Karlova 25 and swopped

> many amusing anecdotes, all of them unrepeatable here!

> I trust the good news at the end of Jaz’s message compensates for the

> disappointment, for some, at the beginning. I, for one, am delighted.

> Cheers,

> Cormac

>

> Dear Gatherers,

> It gives me great pleasure to announce the cancellation of the upcoming

> gigs with The Cult and The Mission.

> Frankly, playing at a gig with The Cult never appealed to me in the first

> place. The only reason we allowed ourselves to be talked into it was to

> blow both bands off the stage and to steal their respective audiences.

> As the concert has been downgraded to a venue that we have recently

> headlined (and sold out) it doesn’t make sense. In addition to this

> Gatherers would only get to listen to a one hour set.

> Then there would be a problem with the dressing room and witnessing The

> Cult charge the fans $200 per head for a Meet & Greet.

> Lastly, all their songs suck! They clearly have no integrity (they refer

> to their hometown as L.A.).

> On a more positive note KJ will be recording in Argentina just after

> Christmas and Brixton Academy is booked for Spring.

> I do believe the band will play a private gig at Metropolis Studios

> (London) which is of course open to all Gatherers (you are the first to

> know!).

> I hope you are all as relieved as I am!

> Black Jester

> PS I don’t want your money

> PPS Life without KJ is unthinkable!

> *

>  ****

>

> > From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:28:33 +1200

> > Subject: [kj] Colemangate drags on...

> >

> > Yes - they distanced themselves from his comments early on.

> > Yes - they tried to express how chaotic it is to be in Killing Joke,

> > implication being that Coleman is always fucking things up, regardless of

> > whether he's smoking, drinking or not.

> > Yes, this was all about Jaz and not about the band.

> > No - that doesn't limit the collateral damage.

> >

> > Let's be clear about this - Comac was specifically requested to dictate

> an

> > utterance from Coleman. Unfortunately the delivery method, intended

> > audience, and officialness of the proclamation is irrelevant, the

> > information content and subsequent panic disappearance from civilisation

> and

> > re-appearance with a mouthful of bullshit has done its damage.

> >

> > What was the name of their last album - 2012. Not 1981. It was already

> > blatantly obvious that 'they' (with Coleman obviously calling the shots

> or

> > over-exercising veto power like a Prima Donna) couldn't even organise to

> > turn up to their own gigs, so it comes as no surprise that they have no

> idea

> > how to conduct themselves in a marketing & publicity sense in the 21st

> > century.

> >

> > In 2012, if you think that just because your gobshite rant hit the

> comments

> > section as opposed to the SuperFaceFuckWall or whatever, that that means

> > it's not quite as much of a facepalm, results indicate that you're wrong.

> >

> > -----Original Message-----

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

> > Behalf Of TB

> > Sent: Friday, 24 August 2012 6:29 a.m.

> > To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

> > Subject: Re: [kj] Question about this...unpleasantness.

> >

> > Rheinhold Squeegee wrote:

> >

> > Respectfully, this is not entirely true. Cormac posted Jaz's

> > statement directly to the comments section of the KJ Facebook page;

> that's

> > where I found it and that's why it has been misinterpreted by others as

> an

> > "official" statement from the band.

> >

> > ++++++++++++++++

> >

> > I don't disagree, but I saw it on Cormac's own Facebook page through

> > someone's post here which had a direct link to it.

> >

> > T.B.

> >

> >

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