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Re: gyerek's 2003
by our.webstuff＠verizon.net 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 01:19 PM, gyerek wrote: > my beercan is finally empty if you think the "Fire" album and the assorted singles of Electric Six didn't rock 2003, then you have no sense of taste or humor

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VERY OT, very long: The Best Of 2003 IS Stupid!
by KLF- gyerek 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Best Of 2003 Is Stupid A FAIR(Y) TALE Once upon a time in a distant galaxy, people knew the difference between good and bad, be it music or manners. For example, people who liked metal, disliked disco and vice versa. The alternative music, disliked by metallists and discoheads alike, foretold the rave boom (and, sadly enough, the future glamour disco revival). During the indie dance explosion, the borders between the genres "alternative" and "alternative dance" quickly disappeared. Although the pop culture made his own products during the acid house revolution, it didn't matter, since the REAL THING was the dance happening. People who were involved in it knew that THEY were right and the big labels with their marketed pop stars were the falsies. Now it's the very beginning of 2000 fucking 4, and the "real thing" has disappeared, as it grew into something it should never supposed to be. People forgot that the revolution was Genaside II and Meat Beat Manifesto and NOT The Prodigy. People forgot that Bomb The Bass and Coldcut were (and still ARE) good. Now it's okay to listen to scooter for even us, who know that those bastids stole everything from the Real Ones, be it Public Enemy (PE said "Bring The Noise", scooter says "We bring the noise"), or a whole line from 2K. Well, fuck them. Once upon a time rap was about and for the poor. Now most rap acts appear like millionaires even in their first video. Cauty and Drummond were right in their "Manual": rap has soon lost its street credibility. People want to hear P. Diddy and Nelly, not Michael Franti or Chuck D. But, like I said, we knew the difference. We knew that Nelly and Diddy are sellouts, that Outkast now become like a moving fashion show, and their last good album was "Stankonia". We knew the "score". And then, suddenly, it became "cool" to listen to Justin Timberlake, Nelly and Pharrell Williams. WHY? Everytime I see a list with these names, I wonder. I wonder even more when it comes to K-fans. OK, Williams, Nelly and Justin did "hits". Anyone can listen to a "hit", that's simple. Hits got more to do with packaging and video than music and talent. And let me tell something: I understand why girls do listen to Justin Timberlake, Craig David, etc. But I can't see a fucking reason why should I myself like them. They sing for the girls, they want to get more pussy, well that's what their biz is all about, OK. Just listen to Justin's self-indulgent efforts. Look at that hairy cliché named Lenny Kravitz. Listen to Craig David as he moans "Mmmyeahhhhh! Mmmmmmyeahhhh!" in "Rise and Fall". And he even managed to recruit that old punkster, Sting to sing along with him on that fondue-geyser of a song! It's a shame! And yet some guys think these hitmakers know something ("Look, Sting sings with him! He's COOL! He MUST be cool!"). They know fuck nothing. Let's see: -Pharrel Williams and co. write the same fucking song over and over and over. I mixed together "Good Stuff" by Kelis and "Got Your Money" by Ol' Dirty Bastard in my New Years Eve bootlegset (more about bootlegs later), said that it was a brand new song called "I Got Your Good Stuff" and nobody complained. BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME FUCKING SONG!!! Nobody cared about how poorly I mixed them together. The (s)hit always works. Proper songs demand attention, hits never. Now about Williams' "personal" side. I don't care if he's "anti-war" or anything because music makes me tick, not what the artist says. So he may be a clever person, but his music is misogynist and technically primitive. Fact. -Nelly is a sellout to me, no matter what anybody says. Hangig around with that old fart Hugh Hef while your people are dying of AIDS and police shots, pretending to be one of the rich and shameless and "being down wit' tha kru", these just don't go easy at the same time. Either he's a street-credible rapper or a rich man's rapper. He can't be both. And how cool is it that somebody pretends to be a downright person, while wearing fat golden necklaces never seen on anybody since the glory days of Run DMC? Nelly just don't care anything but sales and cool-looking videos, and that's what makes him a pretentious sell-out for me. -Craig David is everywhere. He sings in your dad's stereo car system (dad used to like Sting, ya know), he's making your mama dream abot a better life (what would have happened if she wasn't your dad's wife but the ladyfriend of that ski-hatted, nicely-trimmed and well-waxed bloke), and by the time you read this, he'll also be fondling your little sister's breasts. So kick him out of that bed, burn his CD on high fire and tune elsewhere on mum's radio. That's the only way to keep evil away. There ain't worse when a big womanizer comes in the clothing of a romantic, "genius" dreamer. Remember that the last fucker who claimed himself a "genius" was Terence Trend D'Arby and the dead guy from Milli Vanilli. So, burn that CD, tune away that radio. And convert your sister to the first Doors album, any Death In June long-player or the early Sisters Of Mercy songs. That's how a genius' works sound like. -Justin Timberlake has some lines like this: "You're a good girl and that's what makes me Justin" and "Don't fear me, it's just Justin." He even had the nerve to name his album "Justified". Especially, this latter move is what makes me sick. "Justified" can only be said or written if one's following it with "& Ancient". At least for a hardline KLF-fan. And he's neither justified nor ancient. He's a young falsie who sang in a boyband, nothing more. Going out with rappers and other "hardcore" persons don't make him less laughable. He's NOT justified. He's just a golden boy, a lucky loser who went big in a boyband. Neither drugs nor fucking in the streets can clear his past. Robbie Williams knows this. And just look at those eyes, always looking for fresh girl-flesh! And those on-stage poses! That's a boyband-singer's look and acting, not a "justified" person's. He's a crowdpleaser, not a true rocker. He himself said, he's "only Justin". Well, Justin, don't come too near to Hungary, 'cause if you do, you can just as well rename yourself Justin Farinelli. The only good thing he has lent his voice to was the Go Home Productions bootlegs. Let's hope he'll find a nice venereal disease in some groupie. Or maybe ten years later he too will reveal that behind a macho's mask there is ALWAYS a little gay guy. Till that happens, You can only hope he doesn't come too near to yur family's female members. NOW SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT Bootlegs. Once it was illegal to steal songs (see "The Queen And I" by The JAMs), now what do I see on MTV? A shitty show called "mash". So lo and behold, we recycled, renamed it and it's not a "bootleg" anymore. It's "mash" and it was made by MTV (Missionary Television, as Drummond called it). Once again, MTV were the inventors, because they sold it first to the lame public. It's even worse in the indie scene. Now it's cool to be in a two-member band, it's cool again to name Your band "The ___s", and so on. Every fucking band has guitars and they sound all the same. Boring, isn't it? Sad to see that shows like Big Brother and co. has also infected music. Talentless millions and talented dozens grouped in programs where the talented were finally made just as marketed as the regular one-hit wonder pop stars. And yet the stupid believe that's the way the talents are discovered. Shit, piss, and industrial waste, my friends. Look on the judges' face: they can't wait to offer these talents an LP for the small price of a blow-job or a fine reaming. Nice, nice very nice. Marylin Manson is considered a "genius", a "geniune provocateur", etc. Bullshit. Labach did everything before him and did it better. Laibach's music and personas are still considered as "nazi" and "dangerous" in some places. Well, the uniform that Laibach's first singer wore was a postman's uniform. People thought it was a Nazi uniform, it wasn't. They just saw what they wanted to see. Manson is their clone. He wears REAL Nazi stuff, and gets away with it. He added some Garbage-sounding guitars, some Bowie-esque pose and nothing much. Manson even had the nerve to stole Laibach's brand new on-stage look (drummers on the two sides of the stage, for example). He knows nothing. Those Slovenian guys, whose country was in war several times, had some reason. Manson had none. The press quickly went on to search further "nazi" bands. Some claimed that Rammstein were also "too German-looking". Then they found the neofolk/neogoth scene. Bravo. They didn't paid much attention way back when it has started. Now some writers focus again on Death In June. Douglas P. from DIJ is also considered as a "Nazi". Nobody cared about him going to the former Yugoslavia, playing concerts and releasing a CD whose income was donated to a Yugoslavian hospital. After him, it become "cool" to go to wars and play (The Carter boys also played there, if I remember correctly). Before him: nobody. Nobody noticed that he fonded a label there, to help local artists. To the best of my knowledge, NOBODY killed under the influence of any DIJ (or any "neofolk") tracks. The neofolk movement is simply nonviolent. Those fuckers who killed in schools mostly listened to....guess who? Most alternative artists have only one house, one car and some of them are vegetarians. Yet they are the ugly ones and not artists like P.Diddy who live like rich bastards and give only little bits away for donations. They are considered as "the good guys". Funny, isn't it? Now that every music journal and TV show is about "music", one would think "they want my music too, because, You know, I'm in a band, etc, etc". But NO, they don't want YOU to make music. They just want TEHIR OWN marketed alternative music-which is not alternative, becuse it's got nothing to do with experimentalism. I turn on the "alternative" shows on VH1 or MTV or Viva+, it's all the same: bands+guitars. And guess what, it's FUCKING BORING!!! It's NOT alternative music! Here's a taste of real alternative music: Meat Beat Manifesto, Coldcut, Thrill Kill Kult, Laibach, Death In June, The Shamen. And nobody's showing their clips, because they were alternative. Only one exception: Viva Zwei was the greatest when it came to alternative music, art terrorism or anything like that. I think I'm not the only one who misses them. I wrote this bloody letter because I'm not satisfied with the "now" music, and becuse I read someone's "best of 2003" list on the KLF mailing list. I could add comments, but why. I look back to the singles I bought in 2003, and most of them were made well before '03. Only one exception: "Every Way That I Can" by Sertab. Now, that has a refrain. That's a perfect pop song. And it has even some belly-dance in the video and belly-dance and harems are, You know, kinda erotic. So it rules. With the vid or wihout the vid, that music works. And yet it's marketed. But I don't care because at least I don't listen to that pussybuster Justin or Craig or Enrique mofos. I wanted to write my own top 10 for 2003 but I couldn't find anything worth a listen, except that track. So I collected my most-listened tracks-in-2003 here with some comments about the why's. 1. The KLF: Last Train To Trancentral (Be it the 1989 or the Live From... version, it STILL the best!!!) 2. Death In June: Luther's Army (The "Black Whole Of Love" version, which also appears on the DIJ best of "DISCriminate". Along with the tracks "Rose Clouds Of Holocaust" and "Leopard Flowers", it is among the best tracks ever made by DIJ, or any artist in the whole world -anytime.) 3. Shivaree: John, 2/14 (The ultimate summer song, from the best band of our time.) 4. Nikka Costa: So Have I For You (The best female voice EVER. And she's sexy too [that how rock'n'roll works]. Nikka kicks Lenny Kravitz in his lame ass. Nikka's whole 2001 album rocks and rolls.) 5. Negativland: All She Called (Forever Favourites. They are among the best.) 6. EMF: Arizona (Oh, you know. This is their best song.) 7. Ciccone Youth: Into The Groovey (The first best cover version ever made.) 8. Sisters Of Mercy: Tenple Of Love (Also among the best original songs ever made by anybody. Whether it's the original version or the '92 update, it has literally everything.) 9. My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult: Mission: Stardust (Nice song from a funny album from a fun band...>:D) 10. Revolting Cocks: Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (The second best cover version ever made.) And that was 2003 for me, and this is the end of the letter because my beercan is finally empty and that's how my musings go away. a Gyerek "You think I know fuck nothing....I know fuck all!" (Bran Van 3000) _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Re: [KLF] 18 KLF videos for sale on ebay...
by Maarten Bouwes 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Well, That's an odd coincidence. A few years ago I bought the "Bring the beat back" cdr throughthe same private ad in the Record Collector like you. I received a letter that the "promo's" were delayed and later on I received a letter in which the guy stated the promo's were in but were switched in the promotors office.. He instead sent me a cd-r copy of TWR. Came in a white stickered sleeve. I still got the letters from him and I tried to contact him on the number but the guy who answered the phone told me "Pete" had retired due to (..) "If the bring the beat back cd ever will arrive, i'll contact you asap, kind regards pete" I thought it was vinyl addiction. Is it possible to have a copy of that bring the beat back cd-r? Maybe now I can get it after all these years... Kind regards Maarten >From: Simon Glass <tygerbc(a)yahoo.com> >Reply-To: "All bound for Mu-Mu Land." <klf(a)mailman.xmission.com> >To: "All bound for Mu-Mu Land." <klf(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Subject: Re: [KLF] 18 KLF videos for sale on ebay... >Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:51:12 -0800 (PST) > >Regarding the 'Smile Orange' video included in this item, in the mid-90s I >bought a couple of KLF boots on CDR, these being the White Room OST and a >compilation called 'Bring the Beat Back' via a private ad in 'Record >Collector'...included with these (at least I think it came with these) was >an insert with tracklists and a little advert for a 'Smile Orange' video >though I think that was a video interpretation of '1987' rather than a >compilation of TV appearances etc. I think it was given a name along the >lines of "What the fuck is going on"...needless to say I never bought the >video but if i find that piece of paper I will make it available somewhere. > >Interestingly, the 'Bring the Beat Back' boot had a mix of WTIL that I have >never heard elsewhere...similar to the Land of Oz and Monster Attack mixes >but a shorter edit with different drum pattern (although similarly 'live' >style drums)...unfortunately the package was lost down the back of a >radiator at my local post sorting office for a while and as a result the CD >has never played properly (crackling and distortion) although oddly it >seems to play OK on my old PS1. I ripped this track and made it available >on AudioGalaxy a while back (Thomas you may remember as I think I sent the >track to you back then) but this was the distorted version. Soon i'll hook >my PS1 to my PC and clean it up a bit so everyone can have a listen. > >Neil Sampson <djhombre(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Hi everyone, > >In case you're interested, I've put all my KLF videos up on ebay ! > >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2588588427 > >A list of 18 videos, mostly promos - all KLF/JAMMS. > >Unfortunately, moving house so I need to clear some of the stuff out of my >flat...first the videos, then perhaps one or two of the 12"s (wtil acid >mix, >j&a anti-acapella etc...), it depends on how pushed for cash/space I'm >going >to be ! > >Feel free to email me with any questions about the videos if you want. > >Cheerio >Neil > >_________________________________________________________________ >Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection >http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband > > >_______________________________________________ >KLF mailing list >KLF(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klf > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes >_______________________________________________ >KLF mailing list >KLF(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klf _________________________________________________________________ Chatten met je online vrienden via MSN Messenger. http://messenger.msn.nl/

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Smile Orange Productions KLF vid...
by Neil Sampson 14 Jan '04

14 Jan '04

The tracklisting for this vid is ; 3am Eternal : promo as seen on chart show - different to Stadium House WTIL : TOTP appearance 1 3am Eternal : TOTP appearance IGUN : TOTP appearance WTIL : TOTP appearance 2 IGUN : standard promo video WTIL : promo as seen on chart show - 'crop circle' version J&A : Christmas TOTP appearance Waiting Stadium House Trilogy 1987 : What The Fury Is Going On ? The last item is very odd indeed. On the video liner notes it says ; "For those who have not heard 1987, let alone own it or a bootleg, Smile Orange Films in conjunction with KLF Communications present : 1987:What the fury is going on. This is a quality recording of 1987 over the top of Smile Orange's masterpiece 'ILLKILLYA'" I think the word 'masterpiece' is very generous ! I've only seen it once, from what I can remember it's similar to the early Power Rangers fights, with people in daft outfits scrapping in an old disused pit with 1987 playing over the top. It must be about 10-12 years ago since I picked this one up, can't remember where from though, it might have either been from the back of the NME or possibly from a record fair. Haven't seen it since though. It looks like a rather enthusiastic fan's compilation, however, this could be the source of the TOTP appearance footage as used on Mike Duttons vid compilation (which is also up for auction - in 2 guises, the second vid is a more recent cleaned up version I think). Hope this clears things up a bit. Cheerio Neil _________________________________________________________________ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband

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Fw: NEW GHP mix aired tonight
by Mark Weston 14 Jan '04

14 Jan '04

----- Original Message ----- From: <gohomeproductions(a)btopenworld.com> To: "Pompey Mark" <mark.weston5(a)ntlworld.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:07 PM Subject: NEW GHP mix aired tonight > This message is from the Go Home Productions mailing list > Hi, > > Just a reminder that a new Go Home Productions 18min mix will be aired at 11PM tonight (UK time) during IDC's 'Green Room' show on Liquid Radio in the UK. > > If you have DAB and live within the London area you can tune in but anyone can listen online. http://www.gohomeproductions.co.uk Go to the website and there are details and a link where you can listen. > > I will make an mp3 of the mix available online straight after the show in case you miss it. > > Track listing as follows: > > 01. (Intro) 'You Are Going To Rock & Roll' > 02. January > 03. GHP - David Bowie - 'Young Americans (Cry Dub)' > 04. GHP - 'Blurred It All Before' > 05. GHP - 'Hollywood Flava' > 06. GHP - 'Xtina's A Monkee (Edit)' > 07. GHP - 'Paperback Believer' > 08. GHP - 'There's Nothing Wrong With A Beat (Edit)' > 09. GHP - 'Drop The Bomb On The Mutha' > 10. GHP - 'Rich Girls & Boys' > 11. (Outro) - Emma's Knickers, Maybe' > > To most ears these tracks will be entirely new. > > MarkGHP > > > To unsubscribe from this newsletter, click the link below: > http://pub14.bravenet.com/elist/add.php?action=leave&usernum=1126453895&ema… > > >

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18 KLF videos for sale on ebay...
by Neil Sampson 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hi everyone, In case you're interested, I've put all my KLF videos up on ebay ! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2588588427 A list of 18 videos, mostly promos - all KLF/JAMMS. Unfortunately, moving house so I need to clear some of the stuff out of my flat...first the videos, then perhaps one or two of the 12"s (wtil acid mix, j&a anti-acapella etc...), it depends on how pushed for cash/space I'm going to be ! Feel free to email me with any questions about the videos if you want. Cheerio Neil _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband

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RE: [KLF] 18 KLF videos for sale on ebay...
by Shrimpton Mark 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Neil, Would you be able to help, im trying to locate WTIL Wandafull mix on vinyl. Would you have one yo might sell ?? If so, drop me a line. Cheers Mark Shrimpton -----Original Message----- From: klf-bounces+shrimpton.m=mellon.com(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces+shrimpton.m=mellon.com@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Neil Sampson Sent: 13 January 2004 15:06 To: klf(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [KLF] 18 KLF videos for sale on ebay... Hi everyone, In case you're interested, I've put all my KLF videos up on ebay ! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2588588427 A list of 18 videos, mostly promos - all KLF/JAMMS. Unfortunately, moving house so I need to clear some of the stuff out of my flat...first the videos, then perhaps one or two of the 12"s (wtil acid mix, j&a anti-acapella etc...), it depends on how pushed for cash/space I'm going to be ! Feel free to email me with any questions about the videos if you want. Cheerio Neil _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband _______________________________________________ KLF mailing list KLF(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klf

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Re: [KLF] (apologies to list) To RM Stringer
by John Smiles 12 Jan '04

12 Jan '04

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Re: [KLF] RE: [KEF] klf remix album...
by John Smiles 12 Jan '04

12 Jan '04

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RE: [KEF] klf remix album...
by Shrimpton Mark 12 Jan '04

12 Jan '04

Sounds good to me. Keep me informed. They Kylie tune on Ebay seems as if it will fetch a packet. Last one I saw on there was a monster mix, £900 + it went for back in the summer. Mark Shrimpton Snr Administrator Fund Services Mellon European Fund Services Telephone : +44 (0)1277 691779 Fax : +44 (0)1277 231084 E-Mail : shrimpton.m(a)mellon.com E-Mail : nomineeteam(a)mellon.com Website : www.mellon.com -----Original Message----- From: klf-bounces+shrimpton.m=mellon.com(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces+shrimpton.m=mellon.com@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Thomas Touzimsky Sent: 11 January 2004 09:07 To: 'All bound for Mu-Mu Land.' Subject: AW: [KLF] klf remix album... I have currently run out of CDs here, but I will let you know as soon as Daniel will send me some more (since he is the "storage" :-) ). Shipping one copy to the UK will be 13 ukp or 15 us$ to the rest of the world, all including p&p. ..::// Thomas Touzimsky -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: klf-bounces+thomas=klf.de(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces+thomas=klf.de@mailman.xmission.com] Im Auftrag von Kenny MacPhee Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. Januar 2004 22:49 An: All bound for Mu-Mu Land. Betreff: Re: [KLF] klf remix album... Hi Thomas, Can you let me know about the CD if you have any left! Thanks, Kenny ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Touzimsky <mailto:thomas@klf.de> To: 'All bound for Mu-Mu Land.' <mailto:klf@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:21 AM Subject: AW: [KLF] klf remix album... Just contact me offlist - the last few copies are still waiting for a new home. ..::// Thomas Touzimsky -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: klf-bounces+thomas=klf.de(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces+thomas=klf.de@mailman.xmission.com] Im Auftrag von TheRitesOfMu(a)aol.com Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. Januar 2004 12:19 An: klf(a)mailman.xmission.com Betreff: [KLF] klf remix album... A while back gravitee.de was selling a remixed remodelled album, any idea where i might get a copy? _____ _______________________________________________ KLF mailing list KLF(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klf

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