[kj] (OT) Everything everything...

[Jiri]

Ha! Yes, that's exactly it! Always woke up to the twang of Blueski also. 
They must've recorded Second Toughest... in cooperation with some 
cutting-edge sleep researchers. "Now let's see how this one f#cks with 
their consciousness..."

Leigh Newton wrote:

> Nice! I've done the exact same thing. Naps with Second Toughest as the 

> soundtrack are not naps but gorgeous episodes of unconsciousness. I 

> always invariably wake up during Blueski which is a choice way to to 

> regain consciousness. Like God's alarm clock.

>

> Leigh

>

> ----- Original Message ----

> From: Jiri <unspeakable at sbcglobal.net>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:20:58 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Everything everything...

>

> When I lived in a dorm between a UAE citizen who was always shouting 

> on the phone (not sure how careful he was w/ his breakfast rolls) and 

> two Spaniards who were always shouting at their video game console, in 

> order to nap I would blast "Second Toughest of the Infants" so that my 

> mind could relax and drift into slumber. Falling into dreamworld to 

> that album (the first two tracks in particular) at full volume 

> surpasses any experience I've had on drugs.

>

> ***

> And I second Mark's thoughts on Everything Everything: quite good, but 

> doesn't capture the vibe the way some of the unofficial live stuff 

> does. I think it may have been tainted a bit by the Beaucoup Fish-era 

> vibe, which was nice but not as good.

>

>

> Leigh Newton wrote:

>> Second Toughest in the Infants - another favourite album of mine. A 

>> very colourful and mellow journey indeed.

>>

>> ----- Original Message ----

>> From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 

>> <gathering at misera.net>

>> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:28:49 PM

>> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Everything everything...

>>

>> "Juanita/Kiteless" is the most sublime thing they've ever done, if 

>> anyone were to ask me.

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>>

>>

>> On Feb 20, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Jim Harper wrote:

>>

>>> On the Underworld album- do they do 'Dirty Epic' and 'Cowgirl'? If 

>>> they do, I'm tempted to acquire it. Absolutely loved that first 

>>> album. Soundtrack to many amphetamine-fuelled nights back in the 90s.

>>>  

>>> Hated 'Born Slippy'. Overlong and tedious, with fuck all to 

>>> recommend it. I suppose that's on the album is it?

>>>  

>>> Jim.

>>>

>>> */Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net 

>>> <mailto:vassifer at earthlink.net>>/* wrote:

>>>

>>>     Alex in NYC's fave live albums:

>>>

>>>     IT'S ALIVE by the Ramones

>>>     NO SLEEP `TIL HAMMERSMITH by Motorhead

>>>     EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING by Underworld

>>>     LIVE FOR THE RECORD by FEAR

>>>     LIVE SEEDS by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

>>>     LIVE (X)CERPT by The Stranglers

>>>

>>>     Alex in NYC

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>     On Feb 20, 2008, at 4:51 PM, sade1 wrote:

>>>

>>>>     Seconded.

>>>>       I revere it highly, along with Led Zeppelin's "The Song

>>>>     Remains the Same," Rush's "Exit Stage Left," Underworld's

>>>>     "Everything Everything," and Pet Shop Boys' "Montage

>>>>     (nightlife)" live recordings. Btw, I think Judas Priest's

>>>>     "Priest...Live!" could've been better done.

>>>>       Anyone out there recommend any live records by Iron

>>>>     Butterfly, Gang Of Four, or electronica

>>>>     bands (techno/trance/industrial/synth/etc.) as top-of-the-line

>>>>     quality performances worth seeing or buying?

>>>>      

>>>>      Oh sh'.. almost forgot: Gotham, by Bauhaus. Of Course.

>>>>

>>>>     */ade <ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk

>>>>     <mailto:ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk>>/* wrote:

>>>>

>>>>         If 'Live After Death' isn't one of THE brest live albums

>>>>         EVER, I don't know what is.

>>>>

>>>>         -----Original Message-----

>>>>         From: gathering-bounces at misera.net

>>>>         <mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>

>>>>         [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of T.B.

>>>>         Sent: 20 February 2008 09:03

>>>>         To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

>>>>         Subject: [kj] (OT) Iron Maiden Tonight in LA

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>         As some people here may know, they are doing their current

>>>>         tour based around

>>>>         their best run of albums from the 80's, between Number of

>>>>         The Beast through

>>>>         7th Son with a couple other tracks like "Iron Maiden" and

>>>>         "Fear of the Dark"

>>>>         in the set as well.

>>>>

>>>>         Great show, 100% sold out very few scalpers selling seats

>>>>         and appeared to be

>>>>         a really tough ticket for anyone hoping to core anything

>>>>         just before the

>>>>         show. I've seen Maiden 7 times dating back to the NOTB tour

>>>>         opening for

>>>>         Scorpions at Long Beach as well as one of the '85 Long

>>>>         Beach shows and this

>>>>         was as good as the original Powerslave tour was and LA gave

>>>>         them a really

>>>>         impressive welcome. Haven't heard a Forum crowd that loud

>>>>         when they came on

>>>>         since original Roth era Van Halen. Only real beer break

>>>>         spots are during

>>>>         Powerslave and Heaven Can Wait. The first hour through

>>>>         Ancient Mariner was

>>>>         Godlike.

>>>>

>>>>         The only downsides really had nothing to do with the show.

>>>>         The fucking

>>>>         monkeys directing traffic into and around the Forum parking

>>>>         lot would send

>>>>         scores of cars into dead end parts of a lot already filled

>>>>         causing huge

>>>>         traffic fuckups all over the lot. I wound up parking

>>>>         partially on a

>>>>         sidewalk, great spot for $22 bucks. Then, no one knew which

>>>>         doors reserved

>>>>         seating and general admission floor people were being let

>>>>         in so that was a

>>>>         huge clusterfuck as well. I wound up just going through an

>>>>         unguarded door

>>>>         in the club entrance which was supposed to be reserved for

>>>>         VIPs and people

>>>>         working there. It took me about 40 minutes to drive the 35

>>>>         miles there, an

>>>>         hour and a half to get down to the floor once I paid for

>>>>         parking. I hope its

>>>>         another 10 years before I have to go to that shithole again.

>>>>

>>>>         The sound and view was pretty good and loud from my

>>>>         position about 50 feet

>>>>         straight back from the stage but when I went for a piss and

>>>>         came back and

>>>>         hung out near the soundboard for Heaven Can Wait, it

>>>>         sounded pretty muddy

>>>>         and weak. Anyone (like myself) that wonders why that "3rd

>>>>         guitarist" Janick

>>>>         Gers(sp?) is still in the band will be more pissed than

>>>>         ever after seeing

>>>>         the guy spend most of his time spinning his fucking guitar

>>>>         around him and

>>>>         basically half-assed playing and posing like a poor man's

>>>>         Yngwie Malmsteen.

>>>>         It really doesn't appear he's in the live sound mix much

>>>>         except for a few

>>>>         solos. The guy is basically a band cheerleader with a

>>>>         guitar. The rest of

>>>>         the band sound and play graet, and bassist Steve Harris is

>>>>         still a monster

>>>>         on the instrument.

>>>>

>>>>         The good news is that Bruce said before the encore that

>>>>         they are coming back

>>>>         for a couple month US tour in May and June and hitting a

>>>>         lot of major cities

>>>>         including 2 more SoCal dates, thankfully at the old

>>>>         Irvine/Verizon outdoor

>>>>         ampitheater. Also, they are coming back with a more

>>>>         elaborate stage with

>>>>         more "Eddie stuff," no doubt a big mechanical prop like the

>>>>         old days that

>>>>         was behind the drum riser. Tonight, they just had a guy in

>>>>         a huge, tipsy

>>>>         Somewhere in Time era 15 foot tall Eddie costume wearing a

>>>>         Lakers shirt

>>>>         (pretty funny). Here's some of the dates off the official site:

>>>>

>>>>         Wed 5/21/08 San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless - on sale

>>>>         3/1 10am

>>>>         Thu 5/22/08 Houston, TX - Woodlands - on sale 3/1 10am

>>>>         Sun 5/25/08 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion - on sale

>>>>         3/1 10am

>>>>         Mon 5/26/08 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion - on sale 3/15 10am

>>>>         Wed 5/28/08 Concord, CA - Concord - on sale 3/9 10am

>>>>         Fri 5/30/08 Los Angeles, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

>>>>         - on sale 3/1

>>>>         10am

>>>>         Sat 5/31/08 Los Angeles, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

>>>>         - on sale 3/1

>>>>         10am

>>>>         Mon 6/2/08 Seattle, WA - White River Amph - on sale 3/8 10am

>>>>

>>>>         One last thing, around the 3rd song, some fucktard decided

>>>>         a good way to

>>>>         bully his way up front was to take a running charge from

>>>>         way the hell back

>>>>         and just plow full speed ahead decking anyone in his way.

>>>>         He managed to slam

>>>>         right into my fucked up shoulder (I have a torn rotator

>>>>         cuff and

>>>>         calcification tendonitus - getting surgery on 2/28) which

>>>>         had the good grace

>>>>         to not start hurting like hell until I got out of the show.

>>>>         The payoff was

>>>>         he bounced off me into some other guy on my right who

>>>>         really clocked him

>>>>         with his elbow. Right now, I'm waiting for my Heath Ledger

>>>>         cocktail to kick

>>>>         in so I can get some hopefully pain-free sleep.

>>>>

>>>>         T.B.

>>>>

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>>>>     And the angels eat their grapes

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