[kj] Thwarted by God

[P West]

Yeah OK , not too bad I suppose .
I left the UK in 2010 for a quick 6 month /1 year trip around the World
2018 now and still in the first place that I went too , those 12 hour bus journeys arent all they are cracked up to be .
Kind of got right sucked into pretty faces , hot weather and cheap drink .
Pounds plummeted , drinks are now expensive and now those pretty faces dont want to know me anymore and this hot weather is right too much :Below 100 degrees at night time WHOOPEE
   Apart from that , things are fine , Hows you ?
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From: Gathering <gathering-bounces at misera.net> on behalf of Paul <dubecho at gmail.com>
Sent: 15 September 2018 18:53
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Thwarted by God

lol... welcome back Peter, how's things?

On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 at 19:51, P West <fluke1 at live.co.uk<mailto: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<mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>> on behalf of Paul Rangecroft <paul.rangecroft at gmail.com<mailto: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<mailto: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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