[kj] Top 50 songs of 2000-2010

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I wrote Ian once in 1983 asking him about Dischord shirts that were  
floating around at that time and he wrote on a small Dischord release postcard  
which I still have. My buddies and I and other punks talked to him  after the 
1983 Minor Threat show in LA (which is on Flipside  video) and he was really 
nice and as Alex said well spoken. Considering the  show was closed down to 
someone getting stabbed I believe outside. Oh those were  the days. :)
 
 
~ LB

 
 
In a message dated 4/20/2010 9:43:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
vassifer at earthlink.net writes:


In  the very early 90's, I was working for a long-since-vanished music rag 
called  The New York Review of Records. At one point, I called up Dischord, 
because I  knew there was a new Fugazi project on the way. I left a message 
with someone.  About three weeks later, I came home (I was living at home at 
the time, had  only graduated from college the year before) and my Mom says 
that a very nice,  well-spoken young man named Ian had called and they 
chatted. Basically,  MacKaye was finally calling me back. I thought that was 
damn nice of him,  although the notion of him and my Mom chatting on the phone 
still makes me  laugh.

My Mom also briefly talked with Martin Atkins in a similar  circumstance.  

Oh, and Fugazi *DID* have a sense of humor.  Witness:


http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2009/12/sharing-some-laughs-with-fugazi.
html

Alex  in NYC


-----Original Message-----

>From: "B. Oliver Sheppard"  <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

>Sent: Apr 20, 2010 12:29  PM

>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"  

<gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] Top 50 songs of  2000-2010

>

>That is also true.

>

>As a younger fan  boy (well, still am one) I wrote Ian MacKaye letters 

>two times about  what certain lyrics meant in their albums, and also why 

>the cassette  version of Repeater had this prominent political quotation 

>in the  artwork by Spanish existentialist philosopher Jose Ortega y 

>Gassett  (!), whereas this quotation does not appear on the vinyl or CD  

>versions of the release's artwork. He responded that a friend of  theirs 

>put the quote in the album art, and the band didn't like it, so  they 

>took it out from the vinyl and CD versions. I still have that  cassette 

>with that quote.

>

>Anyway yeah, Ian MacKaye did  write me back the two times I tried to 

>think of reasons to write him,  fan boy as I was. I quit trying to write 

>him after the second time, as  I felt dumb doing it. He as always 

>incredibly nice, though, in the  letters.

>

>-0liver

>

>On 4/20/10 6:02 AM,  gingoblin at easynet.co.uk wrote:

>> I'd go and see 'em again at the  drop of a hat though. And ultimate 

>> respect to the way they dealt  with "the business". They would always 

>> reply to whatever nonsense  you sent them too... very very few bands do 

>> that.  I think  I'll dig out an album right now actually!

>>

>> Dave in  Edinburgh

>>

>>

>

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