[kj] The Courtald Talks/Murder Inc/The Damage Manual
Sven Oliver Roth
gathering@misera.net
Wed, 01 Oct 2003 10:01:56 +0200
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<P>Aaaaaah, that was you, Dirk!</P>
<P>Man, that was an absolute killer! Haven't felt such an impact in 15 years actually LOL</P>
<P>We gotta kepp touch, man! LOL</P>
<P>Cheers</P>
<P>Sven<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: "Dirk Kingerske" <DIRKINGERSKE@HOTMAIL.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: gathering@misera.net
<DIV></DIV>>To: gathering@misera.net
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [kj] The Courtald Talks/Murder Inc/The Damage Manual
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:21:20 +0200
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>guess who provided the weed :o) sometimes it's not too bad living at
<DIV></DIV>>the dutch border.....
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>dirt
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>From: "Alex Smith" <VASSIFER@EARTHLINK.NET>
<DIV></DIV>>>Reply-To: gathering@misera.net
<DIV></DIV>>>To: gathering@misera.net, gathering@misera.net
<DIV></DIV>>>Subject: Re: [kj] The Courtald Talks/Murder Inc/The Damage Manual
<DIV></DIV>>>Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:13:49 -0500
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Jesus, Sven, you were taking your life in your hands. You know
<DIV></DIV>>>that, don't
<DIV></DIV>>>you?
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Alex in NYC
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>----------
<DIV></DIV>>>From: "Sven Oliver Roth" <ROTHSVENOLIVER@HOTMAIL.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>>To: gathering@misera.net
<DIV></DIV>>>Subject: Re: [kj] The Courtald Talks/Murder Inc/The Damage Manual
<DIV></DIV>>>Date: Tue, Sep 30, 2003, 4:09 AM
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>I REALLY have to buy the Courtald talks myself now. I missed the
<DIV></DIV>>>opportunity
<DIV></DIV>>>once many years ago when I listened into it in a shop and opted for
<DIV></DIV>>>a "real
<DIV></DIV>>>KL album" instead.
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Last Friday I was drinking and smoking backstage after the Hamburg
<DIV></DIV>>>Gig with
<DIV></DIV>>>Jaz and Raven and after a while two "KJ veterans" told Jaz that
<DIV></DIV>>>they had
<DIV></DIV>>>actually been at the Courtald Talks. Jaz immediately shook off his
<DIV></DIV>>>state of
<DIV></DIV>>>exhausted post-gig relaxation and asked with hightened interest how
<DIV></DIV>>>they had
<DIV></DIV>>>found it. It obviously means a lot to him. The lads talked a lot
<DIV></DIV>>>about the
<DIV></DIV>>>atmosphere, how greatly Geordies Riffs had added to the atmosphere
<DIV></DIV>>>and how
<DIV></DIV>>>the savage Joksters sat totally muted with eyes wide open listening
<DIV></DIV>>>to Jaz.
<DIV></DIV>>>But nobody even touched upon what Jaz had actually talked about.
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>After a long solemn pause I just said "So, Jaz, what were you
<DIV></DIV>>>actually up to
<DIV></DIV>>>with the Courtauld talks?"
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>He slowly turned his head into my direction, hurled at me a long
<DIV></DIV>>>stinging
<DIV></DIV>>>look from under the brim of his black hat and then turned his eyes
<DIV></DIV>>>slowly
<DIV></DIV>>>back into eternity. He started blinking fastly and didn't say
<DIV></DIV>>>anything for
<DIV></DIV>>>quite a long time. I was waiting for a very heavy reply.
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Unfortunately it was just then that someone in the room started a
<DIV></DIV>>>lengthy
<DIV></DIV>>>and cordial farewell marathon which lasted until only Jaz, Raven,
<DIV></DIV>>>me and a
<DIV></DIV>>>fourth guy were left in the room.
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Then Raven offered me a recording of the gig and we said farewell
<DIV></DIV>>>as well as
<DIV></DIV>>>Jaz and Raven where steering towards the exit. I asked Jaz the same
<DIV></DIV>>>question
<DIV></DIV>>>again at the door. He stared at me for a moment and left without a
<DIV></DIV>>>word.
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Too little time for too many things to explain, I guess.
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>I guess I really gotta buy the bloody CD to get some answers
<DIV></DIV>>>instead of
<DIV></DIV>>>annoying poor Jaz with stupid questions.
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>So, sorry Jaz and thanks for the Mariuanah, have never been that
<DIV></DIV>>>stoned LOL
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>> >From: Geoffrey ODonoghue
<DIV></DIV>>> >Reply-To: gathering@misera.net
<DIV></DIV>>> >To: gathering@misera.net
<DIV></DIV>>> >Subject: [kj] The Courtald Talks/Murder Inc/The Damage Manual
<DIV></DIV>>> >Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:05:11 -0700 (PDT)
<DIV></DIV>>> >
<DIV></DIV>>> >Hi all
<DIV></DIV>>> >I recently purchased The Courtald Talks, the Murder Inc album (I
<DIV></DIV>>>already
<DIV></DIV>>>had the Corpuscle EP) and The Damage Manual EP (>1) and album.
<DIV></DIV>>> >I find that I quite enjoy listening to Courtald, especially as I
<DIV></DIV>>>had not
<DIV></DIV>>>really heard Jaz speaking at all prior to the 2003 interviews
<DIV></DIV>>>(thanks Mik et
<DIV></DIV>>>al). The subject material of the lecture is very interesting and, I
<DIV></DIV>>>think,
<DIV></DIV>>>quite topical given the current state of the world. It also seems
<DIV></DIV>>>to me that
<DIV></DIV>>>Jaz touches on a number of subjects that he explores more fully
<DIV></DIV>>>later with
<DIV></DIV>>>the EXDAVRE lyrics. The only bit where I start rolling my eyes is
<DIV></DIV>>>when he
<DIV></DIV>>>starts talking about H.P. Lovecraft and the elder gods (has anyone
<DIV></DIV>>>here read
<DIV></DIV>>>Neil Gaiman's Lovecraftian short story? - mine's a pint of
<DIV></DIV>>>Shoggoth's Old
<DIV></DIV>>>Peculiar :o). I particularly like Geordie's acoustic guitar backing
<DIV></DIV>>>and the
<DIV></DIV>>>bit where Jaz explains and plays the section from Outside The Gate.
<DIV></DIV>>> >
<DIV></DIV>>> >The Murder Inc album also has not disappointed - I was determined
<DIV></DIV>>>to get it
<DIV></DIV>>>after I picked up the Corpuscle EP (for $AUS2!) and really enjoyed
<DIV></DIV>>>it. There
<DIV></DIV>>>is some very nice work by Geordie on the album (Gambit sounds like
<DIV></DIV>>>he partly
<DIV></DIV>>>recycled the riff from Stay One Jump Ahead). Atkins is not
<DIV></DIV>>>producing so it
<DIV></DIV>>>hasn't been f**ked up in that regard. Which brings me to...
<DIV></DIV>>> >
<DIV></DIV>>> >The Damage Manual - There is obviously some good material and
<DIV></DIV>>>great playing
<DIV></DIV>>>on both the EP and album but, as Simon Lee said about the tracks,
<DIV></DIV>>>"someone
<DIV></DIV>>>has overproduced them and sucked the raw energy out of most of
<DIV></DIV>>>them". This
<DIV></DIV>>>is probably less true of the first 5 tracks of the EP but I can
<DIV></DIV>>>understand
<DIV></DIV>>>how Geordie and Wobble were pissed off with the result. The worst
<DIV></DIV>>>example is
<DIV></DIV>>>probably Stateless (Delusional Mix) - you can hear from the
<DIV></DIV>>>(somewhat
<DIV></DIV>>>better) Laswell Mix that this song has a rather nice Geordie riff
<DIV></DIV>>>that has
<DIV></DIV>>>been mixed well back. On the Delusional Mix it is gone.
<DIV></DIV>>> >If anyone is interested - the best place to buy these CDs at the
<DIV></DIV>>>moment is
<DIV></DIV>>>probably directly from Invisible Records. They currently have a
<DIV></DIV>>>special
<DIV></DIV>>>offer - 5 CDs for $20, 10 for $35 etc etc - see
<DIV></DIV>>>http://www.invisiblerecords.com/5for20main.htm
<DIV></DIV>>> >
<DIV></DIV>>> >Geoff
<DIV></DIV>>> >
<DIV></DIV>>> >
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