[kj] (OT) Tim Smith Update from Kavus

[Mike Cooper]

Thanks Marc it was really nice to read your post.  I think about Tim a lot
and until now have no idea of  how he was or if he was recovering.  I hadn't
seen the Guardian article but from your post it is nice to know that Tim is
still Tim despite the physical side and one day.....you never know may grace
the stage again.  

 

All the best and keep us posted as possible.

 

 

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Phillipps Marc
Sent: 14 February 2011 16:09
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: [kj] (OT) Tim Smith Update from Kavus

 

It isn't as bleak as the Guardian article painted it: 

 

<quote=Kavus>

 

To be honest I was a little surprised by The Guardian piece. Bic had done
the interview about a month before and the writer Ian Gittins' father had
had a stroke so he was apparently very sensitive to the issue. When I read
it there we're quotes in there from Bic that did not sound like him at all
('He's a great guy'...Bic never talks like that). When I spoke to Bic he was
furious, apparently he had said very little of what he had been quoted as
saying. Ho hum. 

 

Yes, it does paint a rather bleak picture. Tim is not paralysed, nor can he
do little else than 'be hoisted in and out of a wheelchair' (sorry if this
is a little inaccurate, I'm quoting from memory here) however a lot of what
was written is true and a lot more realistic than some of the missives and
speculations that have been come out. 

 

I have been fairly tight lipped about the situation, as have all Tim's
friends, but if I'm honest one good thing about an article like this is does
clear up to some extent what a lot of people have feared and the amount of
fairly inane, although mostly genuinely well meaning, emails I've been
bombarded with over the last couple of years from fans has slowed down a
little. 

 

You know; 'Hey are you and Tim Jamming again' and 'Why don't you put out
Maresnest on DVD' or 'Are you working on finishing the new album again' etc.
I've just found the whole thing extremely painful as you can imagine. 

 

Also the sales of Leader Of The Starry Skies went right up after the
feature. 

 

We would love to make the entire back catalogue available again and are well
aware everyone wants this and also the ridiculousness of a situation where
interest in Tim's music is at an all time high, there is a big demand for it
AND it will raise a lot of money 

 

All I can say here is that it is proving EXTREMELY difficult right now. I
can't go into the details unfortunately. We are doing our best to sort this
out. 

 

To re-affirm though. Tim is still the wonderful Tim in himself. He is still
extremely funny and perceptive and as full of shit as he always was. He
listens to music continually (including a lot of his own stuff) and enjoys
regular visits from his pals. He just can't really do or say much right now
but the money raised by this album is already going into more help for him. 

            

He has good days and bad days as you might expect but is incredibly positive
in his outlook....giving all of us around him hope.

 

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