"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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_the_Millennium>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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