[kj] Thwarted by God

[Jim Harper]

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On Sat, 15/9/18, P West <fluke1 at live.co.uk> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kj] Thwarted by God
 To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
 Date: Saturday, 15 September, 2018, 19:51
 
 
 
 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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