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It actually is, except the those people line.
 
~LB
 
 
In a message dated 10/18/2008 6:35:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
vassifer at earthlink.net writes:

Ahh, that's quite nice.


Alex in NYC




On Oct 17, 2008, at 11:19 PM, Cliff Livingston wrote:



 
Hiya Ok guys just got this from Invisible  Records latest newsletter.Looks 
like Martin Atkins and the guys got on well  in Chicago,i'm very pleased to hear 
 this.Peace,Cliff 
Killing Joke 
Sometimes  you can find buckets full of reasons why not to do something.   
And my god, I certainly had a few buckets worth of reasons not to go  to the 
Killing Joke Tuesday night in Chicago.  A bucket  load of kids at home, a bucket 
full of jet lag from China, buckets full of  other things to do,  and a bucket 
full of emotions ( good  and bad) about the band, the music, the people, and 
the memories. 
But,  nothing except a bucket full of good came out of my trip to the show  
Tuesday.  The band was tight.  Paul  Ferguson was rock solid and hammered all 
of the songs in the set (which was  made up of mostly early material).  I 
hadn't seen Youth  play bass since Hammersmith in 1981; he was terrific.   Geordie 
was, well…..Geordie.  I still don't fully  get how he makes that noise so 
effortlessly when three other guitarists and  a computer work station would be 
struggling to come close.   The swagger, the smirk, and the ease just underline 
his unique  vibe.  And, as many times as I found reasons in the past  to slag 
on Jaz, he was leaner than I think I have ever seen him, on form,  and hitting 
all the notes he needed to hit.  The show was  a triumphant statement of what 
this band is and was, and what music can  be.  It captured the unique 
chemistry that I was fortunate  enough to be part of.  
I sang  along with most of the songs.  I don't know if Jaz  dedicated "Love 
Like Blood" to Raven, but the words of the chorus punched me  in the throat as 
I thought about absent friends.    
I hadn't  spoken with Jaz since leaving the band over 10 years ago….   
Dressing rooms after a show, (especially the last show of a world  tour) can be 
difficult places for difficult relationships to find peace and  reconnections.  I 
was welcomed and made to feel, for a  little while, like a part of this very 
cool, twisted family, happy to  celebrate its ups and downs in an atmosphere 
where past mistakes, outbursts,  indiscretions, or even flat out fights are 
accommodated and passed over with  a raised eyebrow, a smile, or simply, 
thankfully just hanging  out.   
Where a  hole had existed inside of me for a while (too important to ignore, 
maybe  too difficult to confront head-on) there's now just a bucket full of  
something else sloshing around.  I don't know what it was  – the music, Raven's 
passing, or maybe that we're all getting older and  don't know if we're going 
to see each other soon or again.    But, I feel better, more resolved, 
prouder of my work as a small part  of the family of Killing Joke, and looking 
forward to the next  time.  THANK YOU, Jaz, Geordie, Youth, and Big  Paul.
 
 



On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:07 PM, drunk wish <_dwish2000 at hotmail.com_ 
(mailto:dwish2000 at hotmail.com) >  wrote:

any reports?

 
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