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[B. Oliver Sheppard]

HAHAHA.

Similar story: I made a "Top 20 LPs of 2006" list on my site. It 
included Killing Joke's "Hosannas," but also Mika Miko's "CYSLABF." 
(Seriously, folks of The Slits, check it out.) I noticed a blog of one 
of Mika Miko's members had linked to this list in a sort of clebratory 
"Yay! Check it out, we made one of the best albums last year according 
to this random guy!"

In the comment s sections were comments like this: 'Hmm, I noticed he 
also listed Killing Joke. Are they still around? Aren't they like some 
old band like Joy Division?"

And then the member of Mika Miko broke my heart by responding, "Yeah, I 
saw that too and thought that was pretty weird. I guess they are still 
together." (Average age of Mika Miko members and fans is, like, 20, but 
they are still very good.)

Good luck  w/ those interviews!!

-Oliver




Alexander Smith wrote:

>

> At a job interview late last week, it was suddenly gleaned that we 

> (myself and the interviewer) were both big music fans. The interviewer 

> then asked: "Favorite band?" Obviously, without a moment's hesitation, 

> I said "Killing Joke, now and forever," to which she replied: "80's 

> Punk!!! Do you like any bands that are still around???"

>

> :::sigh:::

>

> Alex in NYC

>

> PS: I had another interview a day earlier with the culture editor of a 

> reputable media outlet, and we similarly ended up talking about music. 

> Turns out her husband is none other than Simon Reynolds, the 

> celebrated music critic who wrote the arguably authoritative post-punk 

> tome, "Rip It Up And Start Again" (75 pages devoted to Scritti 

> Politti, 9 pages devoted to Killing Joke).

>

>