RIP to our friend John. :/

My deepest condolences. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Nick King <nickwking@ntlworld.com> wrote:

Very sad to hear the news - for as long as I can remember, John's always been present on this list and we recently began sharing tracks with each other. With similar musical interests as The KLF (obviously), Boards Of Canada, Lemon Jelly, etc, etc, we always used to comment on Facebook videos/posts/etc.

Shocked to the core - R.I.P.

2011/10/7 Kristoffer Björkman <kristoffer.bjorkman@frontnet.org>

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Very sad to hear this. :( He will be missed here.

/Kristoffer

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 22:55, Andy Lee <andrewdavidlee@gmail.com> wrote:

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Hi all

Just heard the sad news that our friend John Milne has passed away.

http://www.facebook.com/john.milne

Don't really know what else to say.

Andy

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Whatever* can *be offered when a loved one is lost,* is* being offered, I am sure. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:16 PM, S Arnold <negative8ball@yahoo.com> wrote:

Sad, sad news indeed... he's been a constant, and was one of the first to "speak" with me many moons ago when I first braved posting... condolences are not enough.

s.

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 22:55, Andy Lee <andrewdavidlee@gmail.com>wrote:

Hi all

Just heard the sad news that our friend John Milne has passed away.

http://www.facebook.com/john.milne

Don't really know what else to say.

Andy

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Time to "Build A Fire" in memory of a lost ancient one. He is now on "Last Train To Trancentral" and is "All Bound for Mu-Mu Land".   When the time comes and I hear the jingle of the ice cream van... I will ask them to "Make mine a 99" and hold it aloft in memory.     Here's to you John. Thanks for the memories of years gone by and making this list a better place.   Sincerely, Mr. Kelly R. Flewin K_Flewin@Yahoo.Ca

He's a story about John. Years ago I found myself flush with cash from a good job and some ebaying so I decided that I wanted to go after a lot of those KLF rarities, which at the time were going for really obscene amounts of money. I have been on this list from 96/97 and put a shout-out that I was looking to buy some rarities but would only deal with "Ancients" as Tim would call them. John was one of the two people who responded. He had reached a point in his life where owning the physical records didn't matter to him anymore, so he digitized his KLF records and decided to sell them because of the going prices, and this is a direct quote "this is a life-changing amount of money" and whilst John still loved the music, if memory serves he was planning on changing direction. Don't remember if this was marriage, education, buying a new home etc. but it was something big for him. We negotiated, discussed condition, all the usual things. At the end John sold me the bulk of his rarities for a good but not outragous price. Don't get me wrong, I PAID for these records but John could have certainly made more selling them on eBay. He was a long time list member, knew I was, and sold me some great stuff at a good but fair price. He really did me a solid as he could have made about 20% more selling them individually on ebay. MUCH of what resides on the LL was purchased by me from John. I didn't know him personally, but had many dealings with him and through those dealings learned that he was fair, kind, a "seeker", and always sought to evolve. I will miss him :-( Next time you grab something from the LL remember it probably belonged to John :-) Dan Hutchins On Oct 8, 2011, at 1:03 AM, trance3am <trance3am@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

Best wishes to john's family and friends, i am very sorry for your loss. long may he rest in the land of mu.

marc From: Andy Lee <andrewdavidlee@gmail.com> To: All bound for Mu-Mu Land. <klf@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, 8 October 2011 4:55 AM Subject: [KLF] Sad news

Hi all

Just heard the sad news that our friend John Milne has passed away.

http://www.facebook.com/john.milne

Don't really know what else to say.

Andy

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I assume you reference this to offer the idea to today's sad news. A memory of John, followed through with this original concept, by him. I for one would be keenly interested in this, and if it's 'in memory' there's all the more reason it can mean something more. I have little or no idea how to organise an event, but am happy to get involved from whatever may be required, whether it be tea boy, to any other responsibility. If anyone has any idea on how to spearhead such an event, and we can inputs just as much interest into what we recently achieved with the Liberation Loophole Logistically it's a mammoth to put together. Now's the time to show an interest in this, it may well not have a catalyst to operate again for server years. I say yes to KLFestival - any other takers? Ross From: klf-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of RiCh! Sent: 09 October 2011 14:27 To: 'All bound for Mu-Mu Land.' Subject: Re: [KLF] Sad news Quote "a few years ago i suggested a KLFestival near Banff in Scotland, where I used to live at the time. Some of the longer-serving posters on here may that I was going to try and get something going at Tarlair Swimming Pool, a disused and haunting art deco open air pool in Macduff, Aberdeenshire (as in "the rest of the crew were all Buckie men, but the skipper was from Macduff")." John Milne ????

Quote “a few years ago i suggested a KLFestival near Banff in Scotland, where I used to live at the time. Some of the longer-serving posters on here may that I was going to try and get something going at Tarlair Swimming Pool, a disused and haunting art deco open air pool in Macduff, Aberdeenshire (as in "the rest of the crew were all Buckie men, but the skipper was from Macduff").” John Milne I remember this! Was quite excited back then, the venue looked great too. Would still be VERY interested to join you guys for the sadder reason AND the better reason. Groets, Martijn van Rheenen

A great line indeed. I heard the celestial jukebox plays all those scrapped and unrecorded KLF tracks... ..::// Thomas Touzimsky "[S]hould the fate of the universe ever be in your hands, only bother to seek the aid of girls under the age of 30." - John Walker (RockPaperShotgun.com) Am 09.10.2011 um 13:48 schrieb Michiel Pronk:

Though i am a very rare poster here, i do read about everything…

John was in my eyes, one of the guys who belonged to the core here… i wanted to use this line at my own funeral, but i think he deserves it much more!!

A brand new day is dawning A light that will annoint thee A sign from the subconcious An angel sent to guide me The searching will be over The call will now be gentle In the carriage on the fast train Of the last train to Trancentral

I hope you find peace in the place you are now! My deepest respect and a deep bow for you sir!

Hold a spot for us KLF fans… we’ll meet some day!

Michiel

RIP John Milne - You will be missed Bro' Winston