[lbo-talk] Something else about Killing Joke singer becoming official EU composer

[B.]

About Killing Joke, if anyone's interested, here's a
review I wrote of their recent, 2006 "Hosannas from
the Basements of Hell" 5-song EP (not the LP) for
Strange Reaction webzine. That review, w/ mp3 samples,
is here:

http://www.strangereaction.com/content/view/33/31/

Cheers,

-B.

B. wrote:
> KILLING JOKE JAZ TO PLAY FOR POLITICIANS
> Date : 31.10.06
>  
> Music legend Jaz Coleman has been chosen as Composer
> in Residence for the European Union. The former
front
> man of post-punk rockers Killing Joke is writing a
> piece with violinist Nigel Kennedy to perform before
> politicians in Brussels in January.
>
> As Composer in Residence he will be given a grant to
> write and perform music for the EU on special
> occasions.
[...]
> He is already composer in residence for New Zealand
> and the Czech Republic, where he has lived for the
> past seven years.