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09-10-2014, 02:08 AM
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Re: To Burn a Million Dollars.......
was an action that took place on 23 August 1994, in which the K Foundation (an art duo consisting of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty) burnt one million pounds sterling in cash on the Scottish island of Jura. This money represented the bulk of the K Foundation's funds, earned by Drummond and Cauty as The KLF, one of the United Kingdom's most successful pop groups of the early 1990s. The duo have never fully explained their motivations for the burning. The incineration was recorded on a Hi-8 video camera by K Foundation collaborator Gimpo. In August 1995, the film—Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid[1]—was toured around the UK, with Drummond and Cauty engaging each audience in debate about the burning and its meaning. In November 1995, the duo pledged to dissolve the K Foundation and to refrain from public discussion of the burning for a period of 23 years. A book—K Foundation Burn A Million Quid, edited and compiled by collaborator Chris Brook—was published by ellipsis Books in 1997, compiling stills from the film, accounts of events and viewer reactions. The book also contains an image of a single house brick that was manufactured from the fire's ashes. For a long time we are "Waiting For The Rites Of Mu", but at the 9th March of 1987 it began with "All You Need Is Love", then we asked "What Time Is Love ?", it was "3 a.m. Eternal" when the "Last Train to Trancentral" brings the "Justified and Ancient" into the "White Room", or was it the "Black Room"? Timeline: 1987 - JAMS (Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu) 1987 - Disco 2000 1988 - Timelords 1988 - KLF (Kopyright Liberation Front) 1988 - Moody Boys 1989 - Orb 1989 - Discotec 2000 1990 - Space 1993 - K Foundation 1994 - Moody Boyz 1995 - One World Orchestra 1997 - 2K 1998 - Scourge Of The Earth 1999 - Solid Gold Chartbusters 2002 - AAA (Advanced Acoustic Armaments) 2003 - Greybeard 2003 - Blacksmoke 2003 - Custerd 2005 - Transit Kings 2005 - CNPD (Cautese Nationál Postal Disservice) Formation Date: March 09, 1987 Record Label: Sound of Mu(sic) Label Type: Independent Band Members: Bill Drummond & Jimmy Cauty Country: United Kingdom |