[kj] Thwarted by God

[Kevin Marion]

That sux Alex.  The Texas shows are still a few days away, hopefully you can catch one of those.  I'm sure it's easy yo get from NY to Chicago for Riot Fest.

-Kevin

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On Thu, 9/13/18, Andreas Misera via Gathering <gathering at misera.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kj] Thwarted by God
 To: "Alex Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>, "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
 Cc: "Andreas Misera" <andreasmisera at yahoo.de>
 Date: Thursday, September 13, 2018, 2:34 PM
 
 Sorry
 to hear that, Alex!!! Come to Munich in
 October!
 Am 13.09.2018 um 18:07
 schrieb Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>:
 
 For those of you who have the good sense and
 piece of mind not to follow me on various social media
 platforms, I thought I'd let you know that despite my
 very best efforts and the best-laid plans, I did *NOT* make
 it to Killing Joke's gig in my hometown of New York City
 last night (just a scant six blocks from my home). 
 There was no reason I shouldn't
 have made it -- my return flight from my work engagement in
 Nashville, TN should have put me into LaGuardia airport  at
 6:30 pm. But, as the fates conspired to have it, an
 "impassable" cover of thunderstorms re-routed my
 flight to Syracuse. While re-fueling, we were then informed
 that LaGuardia had a "ground stop" order in place
 - no landings, no takeoffs due to weather. By the time we
 took off, it was 8:30. By the time Killing Joke took to the
 stage at Irving Plaza at 9:30, I was still in the air. When
 we landed, there was no gate waiting for us, so we sat on
 the tarmac for another thirty minutes. I didn't leave
 the airport bound for Manhattan until 10:45. I didn't
 make it back into the city until well after 11pm. My wife
 suggested scrambling over to at least catch up with some of
 my friends in attendance, but that almost seemed like it
 would be that much more painful, having missed the entirety
 of the performance (let along being exhausted, zonked and
 already demoralized beyond description). So, long story
 short, I did not make it.
 There were moments -- especially
 when dry-docked in fucking Syracuse -- when I was so
 depressed about this, I genuinely thought I was going to
 fucking throw up.
 If
 there is a God, he's a fucking asshole. 
 I may try for London, but it's a
 long-shot.
 Cheers,-Alex in
 NYC
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