[kj] answers & questions
mike coles
gathering@misera.net
Mon, 26 May 2003 18:15:36 +0100
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derek driddle asked
Hi mike
as we are on the suject of killing joke Sleeves
I was wondering if you can tell me anything about the Origin of the
B/W photo on the Reverse side of the Wardance Sleeve
Thanks
If my memory serves me right it's a still from the film The Taking of
Pelham 1-2-3 about a siege at a police station
...and now for Alex in NYC
Some trivia questions that I don't know the answers to re: artwork:
(1) What is the building on the front (and back) of the "Eighties" sleeve?
You should know that Alex, it's in NYC just like you.
(2) Did Big Paul really draw the sleeve for "A New Day"?
(3) Are there any pictures of the original design for REVELTATIONS
(i.e. with badge?)
(4) On the cover of NIGHT TIME, where are the band standing (on a
dock? in a basement?)
I wasn't involved in any of these but I'll ask around
(5) Who is that on the cover of FIRE DANCES?
some photographer's model
(6) What is the origin of the little girl on the beach illustration
on the "Let's All Go" sleeve?
A painting that I found in an art magazine called "Colour" published
in 1912, and yes I do have the original.
But I always thought it was a little boy. Oh dear...
(7) Is that indeed Ron Reagan on the sleeve of "Empire Song"?
Don't know, wasn't involved, but I'll ask
(8) Did you (Mike Coles) ever hear from any of the unfortunate souls
whose shilhoettes adorn the front cover of the first album (escaping
from a gas attack, I believe)?
They were irish teenagers running away from British troops in Derry,
Northern Ireland and funnily enough I have actually thought about
going there and tracking them down
(9) What is the significance of the placement of minute and hour
hands on the Malicious Damage clock?
The very first positioning was the time the first atom bomb went off
in Hiroshima. I'd just visited the museum there.
I thought of using an actual photo of a watch from the time but I
decided to smash up my own clock instead.
And, yes I still have it! And strangely enough Manic Street Preachers
used that watch picture many years later!
(10) Please explain the visuals on the EXTREMITIES tour shirt (blonde
twins watching a television set with the crucifixion therein, dead
body [Youth?] lying in zebra crossing, creepy hands from stage-right
over a candle, etc.)
I originally did that for Red Beat in 1980 but Killing Joke got
jealous and said they wanted to use it. It then didn't get used until
Raven was was round my place ten years later when we were doing
Extremities and he asked if he could have it for a t-shirt.
And if you really want to know what it means, read my brain!
And today I'm wearing brown socks and had pizza for lunch.
Amen.
St Michael of Coles
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<div>derek driddle asked</div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">Hi mike<br>
as we are on the suject of killing joke Sleeves</font></div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">I was wondering if you can tell me anything
about the Origin of the B/W photo on the Reverse side of the Wardance
Sleeve</font></div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">Thanks</font></div>
<div>If my memory serves me right it's a still from the film The
Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 about a siege at a police station</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>...and now for Alex in NYC</div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">Some trivia questions that I don't know the
answers to re: artwork:</font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">(1) What is the building on the front (and
back) of the "Eighties" sleeve?</font></div>
<div>You should know that Alex, it's in NYC just like you.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>(<font color="#FF0000">2) Did Big Paul really draw the sleeve for
"A New Day"?<br>
(3) Are there any pictures of the original design for<i>
REVELTATIONS</i> (i.e. with badge?)</font></div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">(4) On the cover of<i> NIGHT TIME</i>,
where are the band standing (on a dock? in a basement?)</font></div>
<div>I wasn't involved in any of these but I'll ask around</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">(5) Who is that on the cover of<i> FIRE
DANCES</i>?</font></div>
<div>some photographer's model</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">(6) What is the origin of the little girl
on the beach illustration on the "Let's All Go"
sleeve?</font></div>
<div>A painting that I found in an art magazine called "Colour"
published in 1912, and yes I do have the original.</div>
<div>But I always thought it was a little boy. Oh dear...<br>
</div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">(7) Is that indeed Ron Reagan on the sleeve
of "Empire Song"?</font></div>
<div>Don't know, wasn't involved, but I'll ask<br>
</div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">(8) Did you (Mike Coles) ever hear from any
of the unfortunate souls whose shilhoettes adorn the front cover of
the first album (escaping from a gas attack, I believe)?</font></div>
<div>They were irish teenagers running away from British troops in
Derry, Northern Ireland and funnily enough I have actually thought
about going there and tracking them down</div>
<div><br>
<font color="#FF0000">(9) What is the significance of the placement of
minute and hour hands on the Malicious Damage clock?</font></div>
<div>The very first positioning was the time the first atom bomb went
off in Hiroshima. I'd just visited the museum there.</div>
<div>I thought of using an actual photo of a watch from the time but I
decided to smash up my own clock instead.</div>
<div>And, yes I still have it! And strangely enough Manic Street
Preachers used that watch picture many years later!</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font color="#FF0000">(10) Please explain the visuals on the<i>
EXTREMITIES</i> tour shirt (blonde twins watching a television set
with the crucifixion therein, dead body [Youth?] lying in zebra
crossing, creepy hands from stage-right over a candle,
etc.)</font></div>
<div>I originally did that for Red Beat in 1980 but Killing Joke got
jealous and said they wanted to use it. It then didn't get used until
Raven was was round my place ten years later when we were doing
Extremities and he asked if he could have it for a t-shirt.</div>
<div>And if you really want to know what it means, read my
brain!</div>
<div><br>
And today I'm wearing brown socks and had pizza for lunch.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Amen.</div>
<div>St Michael of Coles</div>
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