[kj] new Youth "blog" post - Neon Neon

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

        KJ blog Neon Neon !
      Category: Music

      WOW !That was AMAZING ! Playing bass with Killing Joke is like jumping 
out of a plane at 30,000 ft with no parachute!Pure adrenaline racing through 
my veins.I have had pleasure and honor of working with many great bands but 
nvery few can give me the goosebumps this mob do!Tokyo went wild tonight ! 
Phew......Thank the God's i managed to remember my parts and Jaz didn't 
attack me live on stage! A fantasticly ferral audience really up for 
it.Totally caught me off gaurd .I was totally sober but three tunes in i was 
welling up with emotion ! The crowd were mainly quiet young,surprising 
enough but they knew all the words and when I looked at the front rows, many 
were in tears....the emotion hit me like a brick in the chest , i will never 
forget it.
      Now i know why we put ourselves through sooo much to get this 
right.What great fun!
      Big Paul was simply heroic !
      I had prepared an intro cd for before we go on , a few tunes in and 
Jaz storms backstage with "Who the fuck put this crap tune on?What is it" He 
demanded menacingly."David Essex...Rock on !" i chirped "Total classic 
,first record i bought when I was 12" I grinningly protested.....Jaz's face 
dropped to a benigne resignation and Geordie chuckled very amused.I think it 
will have to be dropped as our road manager the ever calm and collected 
Patrick, questioned the wisdom of that particular selection after the gig as 
well.
      Resisted temptation to hang out after the gig and its an Early night 
tonight ...listening to Alan Stival "The Bretons in Briton " to chill and 
come down ....working well too ! Inccidently did you know there are over 
2000 megalithic stone circles in Japan! I have been to a few on previous 
visits here and they are awe inspiring! Strangely or not,they are identical 
to the ones in Wales and France.Same cup and ring markings .Mayby our 
ancient ancestors got around more than we thought ! I really love all the 
future /ancient juxtapositions you find here.The tech is so advanced and 
si-fi, mixed with an underlieing shinto/zen philosophy.Neon, neon! The 
William Gibson metropolis, inside the heart of the machine.Kraftwerk works 
well here too!



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