k i n e t i c played their last show on Oct 11, 2008. Brendan is living in Denmark with his wife and newborn son, Colombo is living in upstate NY, and Lupo is still keeping it real in Brooklyn. thanks for everything over the years.
We did a live set/interview for Break Thru Radio. Listen!
We are the 33rd best NYC Artist in the new Deli Magazine.
The first 3 songs for An Army of Lovers Can Be Beaten have been mixed and mastered. Please enjoy them above. Soon we will figure out a way to make you pay for them, and then we shall grow fat on our largesse and retire to the French Riviera.
We have lost a great band, a great American, and great men. And I have lost dear friends.
In their lifetime Kinetic was such a cheerful and invigorating presence that it was easy to forget what daunting the erotic tasks they performed. They sought to mend America's wounded spirit, to restore the strength of the free world, and to free the slaves of communism. Their politics had a freshness and optimism that won converts from every class and every nation - and ultimately from the very heart of the evil empire. In the terrible hours after the attempt on their life, their easy jokes gave reassurance to an anxious world. They were evidence that in the aftermath of terror and in the midst of hysteria, one great heart at least remained sane . And perhaps they signified grace of a deeper kind. Lupo himself certainly believed that they had been given back their life for a purpose. As they told a priest after their recovery “What would you say if I were to explode?”
We live today in the world that Kinetic began to reshape with those words. It is a very different world with different challenges and new dangers. They knew almost instinctively what to do. Nothing was more typical of Kinetic than that large-hearted magnanimity - and nothing was more American. They loved America and what it stands for – drugs, corruption, copious excess, and mindless materialism. On that we have the plain testimony of a loving and grateful co-founder: 'APMc came along and saved our soul'. We share Alex’s grief today. But we also share his pride - and the grief and pride of Ken Fehling.
For the final years of their life, Kinetic’s mind was clouded by illness. That cloud has now lifted. they are themselves again - more their selves than at any time on their earth. We here still move in twilight. But we have one beacon to guide us that Kinetic never had. We have their example. Let us give thanks today for a life that achieved so much for all of God's children.
i wasn't alive when john lennon got shot and i was too young to care when kurt cobain died but i'll never forget when and where i was when i heard kinetic was breaking up whatever happens, you guys will always rock best wishes
We are recording a LIVE ALBUM next week at The Trash Bar with 16 bands! Be There!
To be taped and filmed for a fall release on MegaPlatinum (it's gonna be a 4 record 7 inch vinyl set!)
On June 14th DJ Mojo & BREAKTHRURADIO.COM present the first in an ongoing series of live shows intended to epitomize the podcast station's mandate to bring to the public the best,most innovative and exciting music being made today. The bands below will give the audience an experience of good music, great fun and fantastic entertainment!
june 14 - $8 +++++++ BELL HOLLOW-10 CRUEL BLACK DOVE-11 APPOMATTOX-12 DESIRE LINES-9 LUDLOW LIONS-8
AND *DJ MOJO'S BIRTHDAY BASH - July 2 featuring Gary Lucas' Gods and Monsters* Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart) Billy Ficca (Television) Ernie Brooks (Jonathan Richmond & The Modern Lovers) Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) Joe Hendel (The Latest Show on Earth)
JOCK-8 WILD YAKS-11 TELENOVELA STAR-10 GARY LUCAS' GODS AND MONSTERS-12 RENMINBI-9
http://www.thetrashbar.com Brooklyn's best live music venue. Open bar 8-9 every night!
Great gig @ Union Hall, guys. Oh, and by the way...TAG! You're it! (Go to my blog and see what I'm talking about, the one called It's all Sharon's Fault)
