"Fuck the Millennium", sometimes "***k the Millennium", is a protest song by 2K—Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty. The duo are better known as the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (the JAMs) or the KLF. The song was built around the KLF and Acid Brass's versions of "What Time Is Love?", and premiered at 2K's "1997" event, held at London's Barbican Centre on 17 September 1997 and directed by Ken Campbell. 2K's lifespan was billed as the duration of the live event's performance—23 minutes. The song was released as a comeback single to mark the tenth anniversary of Drummond and Cauty's first collaborations; however, the performance and single were also in part intended to mock the notion of the comeback. The song reached number 28 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1997. Drummond and Cauty's promotional campaign also involved plans to construct a 150-foot-high (46 m) pyramid from bricks; it was never built.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1852:
A massive earthquake struck the Dutch East Indies, creating a tsunami that caused major damage, washing away many villages, ships and residents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1852_Banda_Sea_earthquake
1983:
Six robbers broke into a Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport in London and stole £26 million in gold, diamonds and cash. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-Mat_robbery
2011:
U.S.-led NATO forces engaged Pakistani security forces at two Pakistani military checkposts along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in a friendly fire incident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_NATO_attack_in_Pakistan
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
double life: 1. An existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues. 2. The hidden, or more unusual, aspect of a person's life. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/double_life
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet. --William Cowper https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Cowper