[kj] FW: the gathering 2008 - a very very nice man! atkins

[jon chapman]

darren,ade and me in the same venue? it aint gonna be pretty!!
 
 
 




 



Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:42:52 +0100
From: ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk
To: dpeace at suspiria.demon.co.uk; gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: the gathering 2008 - a very very nice man! atkins






Shame mate :(  Was it that you just couldn't decide on an outfit which didn't look too slutty, yet still accentuated your womanly curves?
 
Yeah, he was selling tings. He had a big case full of his book & various dvd's. He did autographs & posed for piccies. He was all-round very accomodating. Ask Jon ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Darren A. Peace
Sent: 01 June 2009 14:26
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: the gathering 2008 - a very very nice man! atkins



Thanks, chaps. I was hoping to make it, but circumstances conspired &c.
 
Was he flogging stuff? There’s a DVD of drum samples he released a few years back (for Cakewalk, but also generic WAV / AIFF, I think) that I meant to pick up but forgot to.
 
Jon – were you discreet, or did you get chucked off the bus?
 
Darren
Hungerford, UK
 


From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of jon chapman
Sent: 01 June 2009 12:06 PM
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: the gathering 2008 - a very very nice man! atkins
 
i was being sensible(i was!) until ade came and sat next to me.bad fucking influence that guy!  i thought atkins was going to give us a detention towards the end,writing 'i want to bum geordie' on the clipboard that came round was childish to say the least,don't remember much about the talk but it was a bloody funny afternoon in birmingham! topped off by me throwing up on the bus home. ( drank too much emergency vodka). 
  
  
would do it again 
  
  
  
  


 

Indeed, our miniscule peni often bring exactly that request.

 

Well, I tried, but I really couldn't fault Mr Atkins - he was a thoroughly nice bloke. I get the feeling

he's so into running his business (his living), that he could easily appear obsessed with making

money. Maybe he is. The bit that stopped me thinking along those lines so much was the humilty.

He seems to be into the whole 'start small & feed it 'til it grows' way of doing business, DIY labels,

all that sort of thing, which is something I'm all for. Oddly, he didn't mention his other business

practices of releasing material unbeknownst or against an artists' will & not paying royaties ;)

 

The thing lasted two hours or so, very interesting & I generally agreed with most of his advice.

There were a few tips I hadn't thought of, so I learnt a bit from the talk. Afterwards he was sort've

left with the juvenile Killing Joke fans (Jon had been making fart sounds & we were giggling like

kids at the back of the room!) & we asked him a few questions. Apparently he recorded the drum

tracks for the whole of Extremities in 10 hours. This is the field in which I really have respect for

the guy. The drumming on that album... fucking hell. He also said there were talks about getting

the Extremities line-up back together to play the album, like the Forum gigs. He was totally up for

it until Raven died - I think they were all interested. Sounds like it was planned before the original

line-up came back. I would've needed a lorry load of Tena Lady's to make it through THAT gig.

 

With all due respect to Raven, I'd still really like them to play it through.

 

Jon had his big 'Extremities era' scrapbook with him, which we both huddled around, fervently trying

to stick the pages together. They're packed full of clippings, tickets & some awesome photos.

I came twice looking at The Harp.

 

ade.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Darren A. Peace
Sent: 31 May 2009 23:00
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: the gathering 2008

Oi. We need more than that.
 
Darren
Hungerford, UK
 


From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of ade
Sent: 31 May 2009 10:23 PM
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: the gathering 2008
 

Me & Jon went - we got our cocks out & Martin took photos. All 'round good fun !

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of melinda grant
Sent: 31 May 2009 22:19
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: [kj] FW: the gathering 2008

 



From: hollytree1961 at hotmail.com
To: dpeace at suspiria.demon.co.uk
Subject: RE: [kj] the gathering 2008
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 22:17:23 +0100

yeah i know,ive already got first edition of it,im a mug lol--well ive got 2 c.ds only in this particular format,plus pics booklet,thats all they had,cost 15 quid--so i can get hold ofpart 2 some other time ;) 
 
  it was h.m.v just of leicester square,the one on oxford street has more stock of everything,should of gone there ;/  btw  whats this dance remix k.j c.d that steve lawrence brought from sisteray the other week,i cannot remember what its called lol
 
milindafgrantps are you at martin atkins spoken word thingy ;)?
 



From: dpeace at bigfoot.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 20:55:47 +0100
Subject: Re: [kj] the gathering 2008

The HMV on Oxford Street? Heh. That has my DNA on the shrinkwrap. I fondled it on Thursday and decided that I wasn’t prepared to pay £27 for something I already had. If I see it discounted, however...
 
It has both nights, on 4 CDs, so that’s it.
 
Darren
Hugerford, UK
 


From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of melinda grant
Sent: 31 May 2009 8:35 PM
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: [kj] the gathering 2008
 
just got hold of --the gathering 2008 forum gig(part one)-on c.d second edition,is there a (part 2 alex n.y.c?)
 
was in h.m.v,saw it and brought it,although i aready have first edition,so im a sucker hay lol ;D
 
milindafgrant ps btw the booklet is mostly crap i think,the pics are not that great,(apart from the pic of youth)the rest could of been better portrayed ;(
 
pps whats that k.j remixes c.d called, you brought recently steven lawrence? i forget ;)



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