[kj] Thwarted by God

[Paul]

lol... welcome back Peter, how's things?

On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 at 19:51, P West <fluke1 at live.co.uk> wrote:

> Paul . Alex has taken a flight from New York To London to see Killing joke
> and you couldnt even be bothered to get on a bus from wherever you live ,
> to the London gigs .
>    Dont ever question Alex's commitment .
> The unfortunately departed Raven , Jester and ipat all were present at the
> London gigs , were the fukk were you ?
> Alex had a ticket for the NY gig , have you got a ticket for the UK gigs ?
> Or, is it  bit too far for you ?
>    Alex flew from America to London to see KJ and you..............didint
> even get on a bus from up north somewhere .
> Alex shows up for gigs , you dont , so STFU
>
>
>
> *From:* Gathering <gathering-bounces at misera.net> on behalf of Paul
> Rangecroft <paul.rangecroft at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 14 September 2018 09:23
> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Thwarted by God
>
> I think Killing Joke should perform a private gig at your apartment,
> it's the least they could do.
>
> On 9/13/18, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > For those of you who have the good sense and piece of mind not to follow
> me
> > on various social media platforms, I thought I'd let you know that
> despite
> > my very best efforts and the best-laid plans, I did *NOT* make it to
> Killing
> > Joke's gig in my hometown of New York City last night (just a scant six
> > blocks from my home).
> >
> > There was no reason I shouldn't have made it -- my return flight from my
> > work engagement in Nashville, TN should have put me into LaGuardia
> airport
> >  at 6:30 pm. But, as the fates conspired to have it, an "impassable"
> cover
> > of thunderstorms re-routed my flight to Syracuse. While re-fueling, we
> were
> > then informed that LaGuardia had a "ground stop" order in place - no
> > landings, no takeoffs due to weather. By the time we took off, it was
> 8:30.
> > By the time Killing Joke took to the stage at Irving Plaza at 9:30, I was
> > still in the air. When we landed, there was no gate waiting for us, so we
> > sat on the tarmac for another thirty minutes. I didn't leave the airport
> > bound for Manhattan until 10:45. I didn't make it back into the city
> until
> > well after 11pm. My wife suggested scrambling over to at least catch up
> with
> > some of my friends in attendance, but that almost seemed like it would be
> > that much more painful, having missed the entirety of the performance
> (let
> > along being exhausted, zonked and already demoralized beyond
> description).
> > So, long story short, I did not make it.
> >
> > There were moments -- especially when dry-docked in fucking Syracuse --
> when
> > I was so depressed about this, I genuinely thought I was going to fucking
> > throw up.
> >
> > If there is a God, he's a fucking asshole.
> >
> > I may try for London, but it's a long-shot.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Alex in NYC
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