[kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

[Tabazan]

Has it really been 23 years since Finsbury Park? . . . . Christ I feel old
now


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:28 PM, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:


> >> Next summer, however, I will be sitting at home drinking tea

> (probably).

>

>  And so will they, probably.

>

>

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

> From: jpwhkj <jpwhkj at aol.com>

> To: gathering <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:27

> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

>

>  A long time ago - by the time alt-fest happens, it'll be nearly 28 years

> - I went to Reading Rock Festival in order to see t'Joke.  I slept in a

> subway in Reading station that night, in between a gang of casuals and a

> gang of bikers who spent the night hurling insults and threats at each

> other.  As a scrawny young punk, I didn't fancy my chances if they decided

> to meet half-way.  Also, it had rained at the gig, so I was a bit damp.

>

>  It was 100% worth it.  I'd recorded the whole thing (the gig, not the

> insults & threats) on my ghetto blaster and I still have the tape

> somewhere...

>

>  Slightly less time ago (but still, by the time alt-fest happens, approx

> 23 years) I went to a gig in Finsbury Park in order to see KJ.  It was a

> short set, in daylight, but it was the Extremities tour, and they opened

> with Money.  Feckin hell, but they rocked.  NMA came on after them.  "This

> one's for Killing Joke.  It's called Men In White Coats." Ha!

>

>  Also 100% worth it.

>

>  Next summer, however, I will be sitting at home drinking tea (probably).

>

>  Old Jamie

>

>

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

> From: Kevin Marion <kevinmarion at yahoo.com>

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

> >

> Sent: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:57

> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

>

>   That's a pretty sweet line-up already.  But I have never been to any

> large fest-type concerts.  I've only been to a couple shows that had an all

> day line-up with all bands playing the same stage inside the same venue

> that could hold 2-5 thousand people.

>

>  What is everyone's experience with these large fests?

>

>

>   On Monday, November 25, 2013 7:07 AM, Brian Whitehead <

> bawhitehead at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>

> http://www.alt-fest.com/index.html

>

>  Brian.

>

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