I read this book two years ago. It's incredibly interesting, and made me look at the world differently. Highly recommended.
Agree, this book is really great
Awesome. I am ordering this right now.
The KLF: Chaos, magic and the band who burned £1M
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Re: The KLF: Chaos, magic and the band who burned £1M
#122I used to work for Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond's record label. This book looks interesting ... but I really wish the focus was on the art and the music, and not the "the guys who burnt 1 million quid" incident. One thing that the media have a tough time recognizing is the fact that Bill and Jimmy are legit experimental artists, and still love making art of all kinds. And they also happened to have some amazing musi…
It makes me a bit sad thinking about how smart creative people in order to make a bunch of money use to form bands like this. Now they form startups in a much more dull society.
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#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
You seem to have missed most of this debate. Is the rapper who bought a $200M mansion also akin to murdering 200 people? What about the other hundreds of thousands of rich wasting their millions? Why are these guys the target of your anger now, and not the one driving a Bentley you just passed around the corner?
I said you can't handwave this away by pointing at other people.
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
You seem to have missed most of this debate. Is the rapper who bought a $200M mansion also akin to murdering 200 people? What about the other hundreds of thousands of rich wasting their millions? Why are these guys the target of your anger now, and not the one driving a Bentley you just passed around the corner?
I said you can't handwave this away by pointing at other people.
I wasn’t handwaving it away by pointing at “other people doing bad things”. I’m questioning your definition of bad, equating money wasted to death, and how far can you take that analogy.
How different is spending $1m vs burning $1m for art? Why aren’t all museums closed and the proceeds given to charity? By the same measure of yours, The Louvre could save 35000 people.
And by the way, us having this discussion here in 2023 is the value/impact of their art.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would it have been better if they spent the money on "coke and hookers" like it was expected from "proper" rock stars?
Just speaking my personal opinion- it's still a a waste, but at least the money would have been put back in to circulation. Better than burning it, at least.
Burning money does not destroy value. If the money supply decreases, the remaining money ends up being worth proportionally more.
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#126Re: The KLF: Chaos, magic and the band who burned £1M
#127I used to work for Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond's record label. This book looks interesting ... but I really wish the focus was on the art and the music, and not the "the guys who burnt 1 million quid" incident. One thing that the media have a tough time recognizing is the fact that Bill and Jimmy are legit experimental artists, and still love making art of all kinds. And they also happened to have some amazing musi…
It's inherently racist, in that the money could have been used to help poor people (disproportionately PoCs) but was, instead, burned by a bunch of White people.