[kj] Thwarted by God

[Paul Rangecroft]

Still bonkers I see. I wasn't even having a go at him you paranoid nutjub.
Plus I've been to loads of gigs. This feels like it came from about ten
years ago.

On Sat, 15 Sep 2018, 19:53 Paul, <dubecho at gmail.com> wrote:

> lol... welcome back Peter, how's things?
>
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 at 19:51, P West <fluke1 at live.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Paul . Alex has taken a flight from New York To London to see Killing
>> joke and you couldnt even be bothered to get on a bus from wherever you
>> live , to the London gigs .
>>    Dont ever question Alex's commitment .
>> The unfortunately departed Raven , Jester and ipat all were present at
>> the London gigs , were the fukk were you ?
>> Alex had a ticket for the NY gig , have you got a ticket for the UK gigs ?
>> Or, is it  bit too far for you ?
>>    Alex flew from America to London to see KJ and you..............didint
>> even get on a bus from up north somewhere .
>> Alex shows up for gigs , you dont , so STFU
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Gathering <gathering-bounces at misera.net> on behalf of Paul
>> Rangecroft <paul.rangecroft at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* 14 September 2018 09:23
>> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
>> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Thwarted by God
>>
>> I think Killing Joke should perform a private gig at your apartment,
>> it's the least they could do.
>>
>> On 9/13/18, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> > 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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