[kj] KJ 2008
Alexander Smith
vassifer at earthlink.net
Thu Feb 28 08:50:07 EST 2008
I saw The Cult play Saturday Night Live (suffering under the indignity
of having to share the "musical guest" bill with The Dream Academy of
"Life In a Northern Town" notoriety).
Killing Joke on SNL in 2008 has all the likelihood of happening as
Osama Bin Laden coming out of hiding wearing an Eminem t-shirt.
Alex in NYC
On Feb 28, 2008, at 8:30 AM, sade1 wrote:
> Killing Joke in New York City live at Rockefeller Plaza on a
> Thurs. morning for
> the Today Show, that'll do it. With the cast of 30 Rock and cameo on
> the show and.. come to think of it, why the hell not KJ not played
> on Saturday Night Live???????????????????????????
>
> Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Was it Coachella that had Bauhaus and Wire (and possibly Gang of
> Four? Could be wrong there though) in recent years? I always thought
> that would a sensible venue to help KJ move back into the public
> eye, since I'd imagine a number of fans of those bands would also
> turn out for Killing Joke.
> Jim.
>
> "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Yes, the name "Stubb's BBQ" sounds podunk but it is a mid-size venue
> with inside bar and another stage area for smaller bands. (Google
> their
> webpage)
>
> My idea for a one-off KJ appearance at Austin's SXSW was that it'd
> be an
> easy thing to do (one show!) but it'd put KJ back on the map in a kind
> of buzz-friendly, cool, savvy way. It would not require a US tour but
> would effectively say, look, we're still here, and we can can still do
> our shit (unles the performance absolutely sucked.). A lot of
> punk/post-punk bands etc will come out of hiatus to do one-off SXSW
> shows and they usually end up getting big write ups. It'd be hard
> for me
> to imagine a band with KJ's history doing SXSW and not getting a lot
> of
> buzz or just outright attention.
>
> Of course it's too late to do it for this year's fest, which is in a
> couple of weeks.
>
> -Oliver
>
> Alexander Smith wrote:
> > I believe that's where Iggy played during the `05 SxSW too, no? I've
> > heard it's a great venue.
> >
> > Always wanted to goto Austin. I've been all around Texas, but never
> > there.
> >
> > Alex in NYC
> >
>
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