[kj] Thwarted by God

[Alex Smith]

Well, not really. My wife and I both work, and we have two kids -- she's about to go on two back-to-back business trips, and I'm in a busy period here at my job.

This all said, i'm looking in to maybe flying to the London gig in November. We'll see if I can afford that.

-Alex in NYC


-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Marion via Gathering <gathering at misera.net>
>Sent: Sep 13, 2018 10:09 PM
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
>Cc: Kevin Marion <kevinmarion at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [kj] Thwarted by God
>
>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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