Unbelievably Extreme Noise Terror and the KLF performed this at the Brit Awards 1992, where they made national headlines by firing blanks from a machine gun at the unsuspecting audience and causing chaos at the after show party.
Meanwhile...
(Thanx Alan!)
Friday, 13 January 2012
VU Move To Protect Banana Design
The 1960's band formed by Lou Reed and John Cale, accused the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts of trademark infringement, claiming that the banana album design – with "Peel slowly and see" printed near the tip – was synonymous with their work.
The band members said they launched the lawsuit after reading newspaper reports last year that the foundation had agreed to license the banana for a series of cases, sleeves and bags planned for Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad.
Apple is not named as a defendant in the civil case filed in Manhattan federal court.
Warhol managed the Velvet Undergound and the band performed regularly at his studio, The Factory.
The pop artist selected the banana for use alongside his signature on the cover of The Velvet Underground's 1967 album The Velvet Underground and Nico, according to the lawsuit.
The group broke up in 1973, but the work later came to be regarded as one of the best albums of all time and was nicknamed The Banana Album.
As a result, the design, which was never officially copyrighted, "became a symbol, truly an icon, of the Velvet Underground" for some 25 years, the lawsuit said.
"The symbol has become so identified with the Velvet Underground … that members of the public, particularly those who listen to rock music, immediately recognise the banana design as the symbol of the Velvet Underground," the complaint added.
The legal papers also claimed the band had repeatedly asked the foundation to stop licensing the banana design to third parties "in a manner likely to cause confusion or mistake as to the association of Velvet Underground with the goods sold in commerce by such third parties".
The Velvet Underground is seeking an injunction preventing the use of the banana by third parties, a declaration that the Andy Warhol Foundation has no copyright interest in the design, unspecified damages, and a share of the profits made by the foundation from any licensing deals.
The foundation declined to comment on Wednesday.
Jasmine Coleman @'The Guardian'
Someone here in Exile Towers has one of these cases for their laptop.
It's NOT me..:)
Panetta calls Karzai, condemns video purportedly depicting Marines urinating on Taliban dead
Karzai leads wave of condemnation over video of urination on corpses
GregMitch Greg Mitchell
Bradley Manning's leaks probably put fewer Americans in danger than the leaks by the 4 Marines in Afghanistan will.
Bradley Manning's leaks probably put fewer Americans in danger than the leaks by the 4 Marines in Afghanistan will.
♪♫ The Woodentops - Why Why Why (Remix)
As Rolo says:
'film found. vintage japan footage and uk film that was used in stageshow many moons back.still fun to watch tho. all super 8 projected onto a wall and reshot for digital era, laid back mix of that famous toon why why why'
WTF???
- Stratfor CEO George Friedman on being hacked by Anonymous
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Shut Up And Play The Hits (Trailer)
On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career. The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza did just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with NEW YORK magazine calling the event "a marvel of pure craft" and TIME magazine lamenting "we may never dance again." SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS is both a narrative film documenting this once in a life time performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision.
Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace
http://www.pulsefilms.com/
Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace
http://www.pulsefilms.com/
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