[kj] Dads' gay disco

[bongo]

hahaha! awesome, thanks for the story and pic!!


=)





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On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Steve Hackett <thepunisher at blueyonder.co.uk

> wrote:



>  Little Geordie..

>

>

> http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l192/Malicioussteve/?action=view&current=littlegeordie.jpg

>

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

> *From:* Steve Hackett <thepunisher at blueyonder.co.uk>

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

> *Sent:* Sunday, October 17, 2010 7:04 PM

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Dads' gay disco

>

> I took my 12 yr old lad..and my (considerably older) wife. Arrived at

> Euston about half 12 and realised my lad was looking decidedly ill..he threw

> up into a handy carrier bag whilst I bought underground tix (thanks to the

> undercover cop in the Arsenal shirt who made sure he was ok and arranged for

> said vomitary depositary to be collected)..he then threw up again between

> tube journeys and again at the hotel. Things were looking grim.., even

> grimmer when he threw up in the middle of our bed!! At 5pm the decision was

> taken that only I would go to the gig (what a great weekend..) but at 5.30

> something miraculous happened (touched by the hand of Jaz?), his migraine

> disappeared and he tucked into some crisps and choccy biscuits. At 6pm he

> announced he was ready and donned his gig wear. His evening was made as we

> joined the queue and two blokes shouted it's Little Geordie! (he was wearing

> a Russian army cap and KJ themed hammer n sickle), then when we entered the

> foyer we saw them again and they insisted on bowing to him and shaking

> "Little Geordie's hand". Seats were front row of the balcony and initially

> the mgmt tried to move us, as the seats "were reserved"..I know FOR ME!!. So

> we sat next to some obviously "special" people and (my wife thinks) "Mrs"

> Reza. Anyway, you know the set was great and it was wonderful to sit there

> with my lad singing all the words and loving both the new and old songs. He

> told me today that it was the best gig he'd been to so far..and I have taken

> him to some good ones!

>

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

> *From:* jpwhkj at aol.com

> *To:* gathering at misera.net

> *Sent:* Sunday, October 17, 2010 1:26 PM

> *Subject:* [kj] Dads' gay disco

>

> Particular mention must go to Rob Moss, down the front with his son and

> his son's mate, joined by me with my daughter.

>

> I'd had a conversation with her earlier along these lines:

>

> Me: Lots of ageing, podgy, balding punks here.

> Her: Yeah, but actually quite a lot of younger people too.

> Me: They're the ones who have come with their dads.

>

> How many other gatherers brought their kids?

>

> Jamie

>

>

>

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

> From: jpwhkj at aol.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:17

> Subject: Re: [kj] Hammersmith highlights

>

>  Yep, fantastic night.

>

> We arrived very late - too late for the pub, unfortunately - but saw a fair

> spread of Gatherers inside.  The crowd was enthusiastic, and the band on

> fine form.  I spent the first few tracks and the occasional rest period

> later on just watching Geordie.  Incredible as ever.  That aside, it was

> into the pit for some honest sweaty fun!

>

> Musical highlights for me were:

>

> Absolute Dissent - this got chopped from the setlist at Bristol, and it's

> one of my faves off the album.  I was struck again by the similarity of the

> riff to Pssyche.

>

> European Super State - wonderful bouncy dance number.

>

> Requiem - judderingly powerful version, really wound up the crowd.

>

> Eighties - what a monster song this is!  Crunching, triumphant...

>

> Asteroid - my daughter loves this one, so watching her disappear into the

> pit reminded that actually I quite like it too!

>

> Change - great till the silly sirens kicked in.  But the start was

> awesomely hard and funky.

>

> Pssyche - everyone went crazy, as the song deserves.

>

> Much else was also of very high quality (Primitive, Tomorrow's World,

> Bloodsport, Complications, Love Like Blood, Fall of Because, The Wait).

> Definitely buying the CD set.

>

> Musical disappointments:

>

> Ghosts - probably the one I was looking forward to the most.  As Rob said

> to me at the time - it was just a bit flat.

>

> Kali Yuga & Singularity - because they didn't play them.  OK, I wasn't

> really expecting them to, but...

>

> When Jaz said he wanted to introduce his friends, I thought we were going

> to get the usual "this is so-and-so on guitar" (cheers), "this is so-and-so

> on bass" (cheers) etc etc.  You've all heard it somewhere.  But in fact, it

> was a deep, heartfelt, and very individual tribute to the rest of the Joke.

> It was odd that Raven didn't get a mention though.

>

> Cheers,

>

> Jamie

>

>

>

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

> From: Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com>

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

> >

> CC: gathering at misera.net <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:20

> Subject: Re: [kj] Hammersmith highlights

>

>  But markedly no reference to Raven. 3 years this week!

>

> Fabulous night. Great to see so many gatherers!

> Had a lovely time at the gay disco down the front with Jamie, Dirk and Paul

> Stronkle!

>

>

>

> On 17 Oct 2010, at 09:23, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:

>

>  One was definitely John Hinklenton (spelling according to Wiki).  Not

> sure about the other, but Youth's dad would make sense.

>

>

>

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

> From: pssyche23 <antoni at clara.net>

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

> gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 8:52

> Subject: Re: [kj] Hammersmith highlights

>

>  I believe it was Youth’s father (Alan Glover) and John Hinkleton (the

> Judge Dread artist who spent time in the studio with KJ and later checked

> into Dignitas) ... but you are right that previously it has been dedicated

> to Ron and Ron ...

>

>  *From:* <gathering-bounces at misera.net>gathering-bounces at misera.net [<gathering-bounces at misera.net?>

> mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net <gathering-bounces at misera.net>] *On

> Behalf Of *sade1

> *Sent:* 17 October 2010 01:22

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

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Hammersmith highlights

>

>  Great summary, thanks lots for it.

>

>  *> ..LLB next. It was dedicated to two people. Don't know who. *

>

>  I think the two persons Love Like Blood is dedicated to are Jaz's and

> Geordie's fathers, as in past. (both are deceased).

>

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>  *From:* nicholas fitzpatrick < <gasw30 at hotmail.com>gasw30 at hotmail.com>

> *To:* <gathering at misera.net>gathering at misera.net

> *Sent:* Sat, October 16, 2010 5:08:40 PM

> *Subject:* [kj] Hammersmith highlights

>

>

> It was a long gig. They must have played the entire first album, except

> SO36. From memory, other albums visited were: WTF (Madness, Fall of

> Because); Nighttime (80s, LLB); Pandemonium (Pandemonium); KJ 2003

> (Asteroid|); Absolute Dissent (AD, This World Hell, In Excelsis, European

> Super State... and others but I forget now). Also Change and Pssyche.

>

> It was reported on the Gathering recently that Geordie was seen to smile on

> stage. I can report that he was smiling tonight too, a hell of a lot. He

> must have some good stash at the moment. He did not smoke on stage (not that

> I saw) and I doubt he even had time to have one in the break. Nor was there

> a bottle of wine on the amp. It's like he's being professional, or

> something.

>

> They opened with Tomorrow's World. Youth's bass wasn't working at first.

> They then did LLB next. It was dedicated to two people. Don't know who. To

> my ear, Youth messed it up a bit in the instrumental break, or perhaps it

> was a mixing problem.

>

> If there was one song that really got the crowd up it was Requiem, which

> came about half way through. The rendition was momentous, the sound

> cavernous. Everyone in the crowd knew the lyrics. It was the best moment and

> I hope they never drop it from the set list. Requiem seemed to launch the

> final absolutely frenzied half of the gig. They just went

> mental. Unfortunately I was having a standing-at-the-back-watching-type gig

> as I was with a mate who isn't a fan. I wish in hindsight it had been an

> in-the-pit gig because the set list was superb. They've obviously totally

> scrapped the old predictable roster of Communiun, Frenzy etc - though War

> Dance featured prominently at about three or four songs in. And it was crap.

> Youth didn't even play that nice litte doink-doink-doink bit on the

> harmonics.

>

> I must say, Youth has really grown on me. He's cool.

>

> A Jaz moment: "Every concert I'm always asked about 2012. The truth is, I

> don't know. But I do know one thing..." Unforturnately, Gatherers, my

> hearing let me down here, so if anyone can fill in the gap. They then

> launched into Asteroid.

>

> Also: "We want a European superstate so we can put Blair, Rumsfeld and

> Cheney on trial."

>

> Another moment, just before the last song, Jaz gives the thank-yous: "I

> first want to thank this man here. Geordie. Geordie is the most tenacious...

> He's the only other member of Killing Joke that has been at every Killing

> Joke event since we started... I love him, he's a brother.... [Jaz then

> thanks the drum roadie, calling him, I think, the Stud Roadie, but I may

> have miss-heard; he then thanks the manager, saying he's the best they've

> ever had; he thanks the guitar roadie, saying he can remember him coming to

> KJ gigs with his school satchel]...Youth, Youth has brought so much honour

> and glory to the Killing Joke family; and finally Big Paul, without whom

> there would be no Killing Joke at all."

>

> All the above is open to correction and clarifications by others. It's a

> bit late. I'm home now eating peanut butter on toast and watching a Tony

> Curtis film.

>

>

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