[kj] fatpotanga in 'On Topic' shock!

[pssyche23]

Was it Joel by any chance ? I never met him myself but he worked with Graeme 
Barnes on No Class - I have stayed in regular contact over the with Graeme, 
who I met on an E2 bus in 1981 (somewhere in Ealing) after he heard me 
babbling to someone about Killing Joke !!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fatpotanga" <fatpotanga at gmail.com>
To: "The Gathering" <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:50 PM
Subject: [kj] fatpotanga in 'On Topic' shock!



> Had a prospective client come over this am.

> After about an hour of babbling he asked to see some work samples.

> He spotted my framed MD pics in my office & commented that 'they surely

> aren't still going are they?"

>

> Turns out he used to be a huge KJ fan way back - saw them in '79 ("...The

> most intense gig I have ever seen - even before they came on stage the

> atmosphere was sinister - almost unbearable") and has pretty much all the

> early MD stuff on vinyl.

>

> After muchly chatters (much to the boredom of his business partner)  & him

> singing(!) 'Change' (much to the bewilderment of his business partner - 

> and

> me come to think of it. How many prospective clients sing to you?) it 

> turns

> out he used to write a fanzine & has some interview(s?) with jaz.

>

> He sent me these links for No Class fanzine which was around the same time

> as the one he was involved in. Early interviews with KJ, Red Beat and Ski

> Patrol which people may or may not have seen before:

>

> http://www.noclass.co.uk/jokeinterview.html

>

> http://www.noclass.co.uk/redbeatint1.html

>

> http://www.noclass.co.uk/skinterview.html

>

> He's going to dig out his zines from the attic so will forward anything of

> interest that may arrive.

>

> Taters...

>

> fatpotanga - one word, lowercase 'f''

>

> PS: 'flatulence' what a great word!

>

> PPS: I won the work & more to boot.

> Who needs to be in the Mason's eh?

> Bizarrely, my neighbour asked me to join last week.

> It's depressing that I have now reached that age when someone should look 

> at

> me & decide I'd make a good Mason.

> It'll be the Round Table next...

> I babble.... (imagine me drunk - shudders...)

>

>

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