[kj] NYC - me twopence - from Detroit

[Karen Weil]

Love the summary, Chris, especially "Big Fucking Paul"!  Thanks.


: )


k.w.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Christof hamille 
  To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:00 AM
  Subject: Re: [kj] NYC - me twopence - from Detroit


  Highlights.

  1. Finally seeing all your mugs.

  2. First night set list WAS STELLAR

  3. MINOG on the second night

  4. The sound the second night.

  5. BIG FUCKING PAUL.  It really hit me over the head like  truck full of bricks when he was doing the Pandemonium stuff.  HOLY CRAP CRAPMAN.  I want to hear re-recordings of Pandemonium with him now.

  6. Timewave and the other song that was not new but not officially recorded.

  Looooooooowwwwwwwwwwssssssssss

  1. Ascension of the Watchers/dreadlocks/hairline -BBBBBBBBooooring.  The music wasn't awful but COMPLETELY forgettable and it became annoying watching them tune or say how awesome it is to be there. blah blah blah.  Either learn to tune better, coordinate the list better or better yet....get off of the stage.

  2. Sound the first night.  At times it was good.  But for the most part everything was off.  Particularly Geordie.  The show was still awesome.

  3. Beer selection.

  4. Merchandise. I wanted, and expected, so much more. 

  5. Couldn't get off of my duff to stick around to see them afterwards.


  Still catching up

  Chris

  > From: breadfan at cybercom.net
  > To: gathering at misera.net
  > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:54:46 -0400
  > Subject: [kj] NYC - me twopence
  > 
  > Just got back in Boston from NYC. 'Twas great meeting so many of y'all, and 
  > especially wild to meet Javier and Exorcist after 12 years (even though I've 
  > been something of a "silent partner" on this list for about the last ten!). 
  > Many thanks to Brother Alex for organizing our gatherings (which indirectly 
  > led to me FINALLY getting to meet Jaz). 
  > 
  > Highlights for me: 
  > 
  > 1. Pandemonium. Fucking killer. I nearly forgot just how powerful that is 
  > live. Probably my favorite of both nights. 
  > 
  > 2. Getting to see Turn to Red. Until this tour, never thought there'd be a 
  > chance in hell of that. 
  > 
  > 3. Asteroid, MINOG, and surprisingly entertaining renditions of SO36 and 
  > Madness. 
  > 
  > 4. Finally seeing Exorcism played again ... waited 14 years for that. 
  > 
  > 5. Timewave. Great new track in the classic KJ style (without TRYING to 
  > sound like the classic KJ style). 
  > 
  > 6. Being in the front row for most of the first night, amidst a chaotic 
  > maelstrom of KJ worship. 
  > 
  > Lowlights: 
  > 
  > 1. What the hell happened to Mathematics of Chaos the second night? I 
  > hadn't yet gotten into that track back when I saw them in '94, so it was 
  > wasted on me that night. I was really looking forward to it and I know it's 
  > been part of the regular second-night set ... didn't get it in NYC, though. 
  > 
  > 2. No new songs on the second night either. Granted, Madness was better 
  > than I expected live, but I'd gladly have taken a new track or Mathematics 
  > instead of a repeat of Madness from the first night. 
  > 
  > 3. The crowd reaction -- or lack thereof -- to Exorcism. At the show in 
  > Boston in '94, it was MAYHEM. I was anticipating the same, but instead of 
  > an Asteroid or MINOG reaction, the crowd seemed almost subdued. I wonder 
  > how it would have gone down on the first night, when the throngs were 
  > definitely more rabid. 
  > 
  > 4. Being in the front row for most of the first night, amidst a chaotic 
  > maelstrom of KJ worship! Yeah, this goes on both lists ... it was so damn 
  > crazy up front that it was harder to enjoy the show, so the second night was 
  > actually a bit more fun since we weren't quite so worried for our lives! On 
  > the other hand, Geordie's sound was much better up at the stage, so a worthy 
  > trade-off. 
  > 
  > Ok, I'm exhausted. Slipping back into lurk mode ... ;) 
  > 
  > Ron
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