[kj] Gathering Digest, Vol 165, Issue 104

Renny Richardson rennyrichardsoncoys at gmail.com
Wed Nov 23 21:25:18 EST 2016 

Funnily enough I spent the same night at Reading station...

On 23 Nov 2016 22:15, <gathering-request at misera.net> wrote:

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>    1. Re: 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns (jpwhkj at aol.com)
>    2. Re: 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns (jpwhkj at aol.com)
>    3. Re: 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns (Carlos Fandango)
>    4. Re: Today is Forever / Future Shock / Silent Rage (scott thompson)
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> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:53:35 -0500
> From: jpwhkj at aol.com
> To: gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj] 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns
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> Not wishing to make your jealousy any worse... but yes, they were
> amazing.  The first one (at least in the UK) was the Reading Festival '86,
> which is available as an official release somewhere.  If you don't already
> have it, it's worth acquiring.  I taped it at the time on a massive ghetto
> blaster, and then spent the night sleeping in Reading station between a
> gang of bikers and a gang of football casuals, who seemed on the verge of
> WWIII.  I didn't actually sleep much.
>
>
> Somewhere I have cassette bootlegs (not mine) of the Hammersmith Palais
> gigs from autumn / winter 96, which were also incredible.  (One of them had
> Big Black as an unannounced support band, and they were feckin amazing
> too.)  Aside from the Brighter material, the other tracks were absolute
> blinders as well (Requiem in particular was unbelievable - fast and
> furious) hence my comment about the line-up being at it peak then.
>
> Jamie
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bongo <humanhybrid666 at gmail.com>
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net
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> Sent: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:37
> Subject: Re: [kj] 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns
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> one of my top KJ albums, totes jealous of whoever got to see that stuff
> live!
>
>
>
>
>
> =]
>
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>
>
> "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been
> postponed indefinitely..."
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:28 AM, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <
> gathering at misera.net> wrote:
>
> I absolutely loved that album when it came out.  The gigs of that era were
> fantastic (possibly the finest hour of that line-up, for me) and of course
> the tracks were much harder-edged live.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fatpotanga . <fatpotanga at gmail.com>
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net
> >
> Sent: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 8:28
> Subject: Re: [kj] 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns
>
>
>
> Ditto Adam, great bit of writing!
> Btats holds a special place for me as and was the first tour I saw them
> live.
> I also love the album. I think sometimes one needs to remember it was
> released in 1986, at the time it was fresh and contemporary.
> 3 tracks of the Cd version were initially B Sides (Victory, Goodbye and
> Exile)
> While great songs, if you remove them the dynamic of the original album
> track list returns which was perfect.
> Would love to hear some of these live again.
>
>
> On 22 Nov 2016 23:27, "The Stranger via Gathering" <gathering at misera.net>
> wrote:
>
>                 Holy moly, well done Oliver!  Great article and tons of
> great music clips and interview clips in there as well.  And that book
> cover!?
>
>
> BTATS was actually the first KJ album I ever bought.  Based on my
> melancholy, gothy, wavey tastes, at the time, it was the perfect gateway
> drug for me that eventually led to my full on Joke addiction.  I still
> think the album holds up well..
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Adam
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 5:21 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard <
> b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'd been thinking a lot about this album lately and decided to write this.
>
> http://www.cvltnation.com/thirty-years-ago-killing-
> jokes-brighter-thousand-suns-exploded-onto-scene/
>
>
> -0liver
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> From: jpwhkj at aol.com
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> Interesting article Oliver - thanks for writing it.  Told me a few things
> I didn't know.
>
>
> Jamie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. Oliver Sheppard <b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com>
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net
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> Sent: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:21
> Subject: [kj] 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns
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> I'd been thinking a lot about this album lately and decided to write this.
>
> http://www.cvltnation.com/thirty-years-ago-killing-
> jokes-brighter-thousand-suns-exploded-onto-scene/
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> -0liver
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> From: Carlos Fandango <stronkle at hotmail.co.uk>
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> They did a low key/secret gig at rock city nottz around June/July 86
> before Reading festival (anyone got a recording of this?).  I also remember
> seeing them at Burton on Trent which also could have been before Reading
> and it was definitely before the full tour for the album. I made it to the
> Leeds and Manchester dates on that tour and also arrived at the venues for
> the nottz (2nd) & Birmingham gigs only for them to be cancelled - bastards
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone
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> From: jpwhkj--- via Gathering<mailto:gathering at misera.net>
> Sent: ?11/?23/?2016 4:53 PM
> To: gathering at misera.net<mailto:gathering at misera.net>
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> Subject: Re: [kj] 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns
>
> Not wishing to make your jealousy any worse... but yes, they were
> amazing.  The first one (at least in the UK) was the Reading Festival '86,
> which is available as an official release somewhere.  If you don't already
> have it, it's worth acquiring.  I taped it at the time on a massive ghetto
> blaster, and then spent the night sleeping in Reading station between a
> gang of bikers and a gang of football casuals, who seemed on the verge of
> WWIII.  I didn't actually sleep much.
>
> Somewhere I have cassette bootlegs (not mine) of the Hammersmith Palais
> gigs from autumn / winter 96, which were also incredible.  (One of them had
> Big Black as an unannounced support band, and they were feckin amazing
> too.)  Aside from the Brighter material, the other tracks were absolute
> blinders as well (Requiem in particular was unbelievable - fast and
> furious) hence my comment about the line-up being at it peak then.
>
> Jamie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bongo <humanhybrid666 at gmail.com>
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net
> >
> Sent: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:37
> Subject: Re: [kj] 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns
>
> one of my top KJ albums, totes jealous of whoever got to see that stuff
> live!
>
>
> =]
>
>
>
>
>
> "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been
> postponed indefinitely..."
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:28 AM, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <
> gathering at misera.net<mailto:gathering at misera.net>> wrote:
> I absolutely loved that album when it came out.  The gigs of that era were
> fantastic (possibly the finest hour of that line-up, for me) and of course
> the tracks were much harder-edged live.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fatpotanga . <fatpotanga at gmail.com<mailto:fatpotanga at gmail.com>>
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net
> <mailto:gathering at misera.net>>
> Sent: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 8:28
> Subject: Re: [kj] 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns
>
> Ditto Adam, great bit of writing!
> Btats holds a special place for me as and was the first tour I saw them
> live.
> I also love the album. I think sometimes one needs to remember it was
> released in 1986, at the time it was fresh and contemporary.
> 3 tracks of the Cd version were initially B Sides (Victory, Goodbye and
> Exile)
> While great songs, if you remove them the dynamic of the original album
> track list returns which was perfect.
> Would love to hear some of these live again.
>
> On 22 Nov 2016 23:27, "The Stranger via Gathering" <gathering at misera.net
> <mailto:gathering at misera.net>> wrote:
> Holy moly, well done Oliver!  Great article and tons of great music clips
> and interview clips in there as well.  And that book cover!?
>
> BTATS was actually the first KJ album I ever bought.  Based on my
> melancholy, gothy, wavey tastes, at the time, it was the perfect gateway
> drug for me that eventually led to my full on Joke addiction.  I still
> think the album holds up well..
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adam
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad<https://yho.com/footer0>
>
> On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 5:21 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard <
> b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com<mailto:b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I'd been thinking a lot about this album lately and decided to write this.
>
> http://www.cvltnation.com/thirty-years-ago-killing-
> jokes-brighter-thousand-suns-exploded-onto-scene/
>
>
> -0liver
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> From: scott thompson <scott1310drummond at outlook.com>
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> Subject: Re: [kj] Today is Forever / Future Shock / Silent Rage
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-H96qJM4-4&index=25&list=
> PLNvDohX0e7ICQwGxcTzmv6GuC6ZQORdk0
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> [https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.V0cec7f85071867ab9aa0fd2a42fb1270&pid=Api
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> PLNvDohX0e7ICQwGxcTzmv6GuC6ZQORdk0>
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> Killing Joke Compilation Unreleased and beautiful<https://www.youtube.
> com/watch?v=P-H96qJM4-4&index=25&list=PLNvDohX0e7ICQwGxcTzmv6GuC6ZQORdk0>
> www.youtube.com
> Gotta love this band,just enjoy for a bit. 1 Futureshock 2001 demo,awesome
> track 2 Beautiful dead ,pre Extremities 3 Afterburner, not sure on year,
> maybe 2005 ? 4 ...
>
> Enjoy m8
>
>
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> Sent: 23 November 2016 19:05:09
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> Subject: Re: [kj] Today is Forever / Future Shock / Silent Rage
>
> Killing Joke Today is Forever 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?
> v=csqKu8KwTno
>
> kILLING JOKE ULTRA RARE SONGS 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?
> v=jltBpj_G_W4
>
> On 23 November 2016 at 19:01, Simon Usher <louiecipher33 at hotmail.com<
> mailto:louiecipher33 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Have never heard Today is Forever ? Anyone able to share.
>
>
> Have the others.
>
> [?]
>
>
> om: Gathering <gathering-bounces at misera.net<mailto:gathering-bounces@
> misera.net>> on behalf of C Jr <nomeanswhat at gmail.com<mailto:
> nomeanswhat at gmail.com>>
> Sent: 23 November 2016 17:57
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> Subject: [kj] Today is Forever / Future Shock / Silent Rage
>
> Only today I found out about these KJ songs... and, apart from Today is
> Forever, I didn't manage to find the others online and would very much like
> to listen to them...
>
> Anyone?
>
> thanks
>
> CJr
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