[kj] at last...

[PHIL TOFIELD]

5, 4, 3, 2, 1

in that order

On 25 June 2010 19:11, jon chapman <jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:


> If anything it's the worse -

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> Ghost of Ladbroke grove

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> In excelsis

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> Endgame

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> Ka -LI-Yoo- GAAA.

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> In that order.

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> From: karen.weil at sddt.com

> To: vassifer at earthlink.net; gathering at misera.net

> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:54:14 -0700

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> Subject: Re: [kj] at last...

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> Alex's thoughts on "Kali Yuga" are mine, too. My favorite song on that

> release.

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> k.w.

> SoCal

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> ----- Original Message -----

> *From:* Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)<gathering at misera.net>;

> gathering at misera.net

> *Sent:* Friday, June 25, 2010 5:36 AM

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] at last...

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> "This reminds me of what it was like to get your hands on new Killing Joke

> record back in the eighties..."

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> "Kali Yuga" certainly gave me that feeling -- that indefinable compulsion

> to play and play again. Cannot stop grinning when I hear it.

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> Alex in NYC

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: jpwhkj at aol.com

> Sent: Jun 25, 2010 7:26 AM

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] at last...

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> Further thoughts, typed as I listen for the first time:

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> In Excelsis is much better on CD than the version we'd previously heard.  I

> like it a lot.

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> Endgame still doesn't do it for me.  Quite chuggy guitar; Jaz sings a bit,

> but quite growly vocals; not very catchy; no underlying funky vibe.  I

> pressed "Next" before it was over, not 'cos it's really awful, but because I

> want to hear...

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> Kali Yuga is really powerful!  Excellent singing from Jaz.

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> Ghosts is just starting... sending a shiver down my spine, partly

> anticipation from what everyone's said, partly the eerie dub sounds...  It's

> *very* unusual - totally different from anything they've done in the last 30

> years.  Harks back to that first EP.  Great that they've taken a musical

> risk again - it's been far too long.

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> (Just thinking that it's great that they have so much material.  On

> previous "recent" albums, it's felt like they included pretty much

> everything available in order to fill an album.)

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> Jaz's vocals on Ghosts are still a bit growly, but he is *singing* which is

> great.

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> OK, now for the dub version.  Sounds ....unsurprisingly.... like some of

> the stuff off the Killing Joke In Dub bootleg.  And sorry Jaz, but I prefer

> it without vocals!  Some wicked guitar in there.  I could live without some

> of screechier siren noises, but overall it works really well.  Love the way

> the guitar blasts in.  This feckin' rocks!

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> It's over.  Time to press "Play" again.  This reminds me of what it was

> like to get your hands on new Killing Joke record back in the eighties...

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> By the way, mine is numbered 789.  What about the rest of youse?

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> Jamie

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: jpwhkj at aol.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:56

> Subject: at last...

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>  Nothing on Monday.

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> Nothing on Tuesday.

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> Nothing on Wednesday.

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> Nothing on Thursday.

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> But it arrived today.

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> First thought: artwork looks better in my hands than on the web.

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> Second thought: remove cassette from stereo and put on IE CD.

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> Here we go...

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