The KLF
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WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
sounds like a missed milfsome
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Was he upset at the immorality of giving drugs to kids, or the stupidity of giving away drugs for nothing, do you think?
Jimmy cauty did an art thing recently, was in some regional art festival near Manchester, new mills? Shipping container with spy holes and hed built a set inside, which i think was something like the chapmans disasters of war o4 something, loads of little model people doing bad shit. Or maybe it was about surveillance.
Leo
Well-known member
I'm still working off the bad karma of stealing a copy of "1987", their first LP as Justified Ancients of Mu Mu that was recalled for the unauthorized Abba samples and had masters and remaining copies destroyed. I was visiting a guy who a big radio DJ in Canada, one of those record industry people who has every label sending promos. he had a room with a million records, terrible tastes and no idea what most of the freebies were. I figured he'd never know the difference or care, so I swiped it. used to be worth more before it was bootlegged n 2000, still goes for $50-90 on discogs. not that great but a nice artifact.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
KLF really bringing out the stories ain't they! love that @john eden one.
I can see how in the context of their time they would've been really exciting. true pop art geniuses (Drummond more pop, Cauty more art) no doubt.
I don't think most of the music holds up, better conceptually than in actual execution. again, at the time I can see it.
more importantly, the whole project seems so dated in way that dada and surrealism don't. it's like actual Pop Art in that way.
I'd guess cause pop art (and culture jamming) are inherently topical - they rely on a shared cultural understanding of the specific moment
whereas dada and surrealism are reaching toward the unconscious, primal, etc which is timeless
I can see how in the context of their time they would've been really exciting. true pop art geniuses (Drummond more pop, Cauty more art) no doubt.
I don't think most of the music holds up, better conceptually than in actual execution. again, at the time I can see it.
more importantly, the whole project seems so dated in way that dada and surrealism don't. it's like actual Pop Art in that way.
I'd guess cause pop art (and culture jamming) are inherently topical - they rely on a shared cultural understanding of the specific moment
whereas dada and surrealism are reaching toward the unconscious, primal, etc which is timeless
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
that version is the original
which one is better is a matter of preference ofc. the original is closer to anonymous banging techno, to its benefit I think. not something you'd associate with KLF.
jenks
thread death
The LRB one between them is a brilliant. http://media.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/2019-02-27-keenan-drummond.mp3
hucks
Your Message Here
You’re right, it is the original as you even said in your post. Sorry that was dumb.
But even the commercial release one is pretty banging. It’s an absolute racket in parts.
