Tracklist:
Benjamin Zephania – Get High
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Song Of Blood
Earl Bengiman – Health & Sorrow
Cornell Campbell – My Country
Desi Roots – Uptown Rebel
Goldmaster Sounds – Back from the Dead
Goldmaster Sounds – Spycatcher
Skatalites – Freedom Sounds
Errol Dunkley & I Roy – Created By The Father
Johnny Clarke – Guide Us Jah
Barrington Spence – I Wonder Why Jah
Junior Delgado & Jah Bug – Warrior
Israel Vibration – Licks & Kicks
Rod Taylor – If Jah Should Come Now
Glen Brown & Ranking Joe – Destiny
Max Romeo – Me Can’t Done
Inner Circle & The Fatman Riddim Section – Addis Ababa Rock
Willi Williams – Messenger Man
Burning Spear – Door Peeper (Original Single Mix)
Dubarama – fast fourward into dub
Dub Syndicate – Stoned Immaculate via Download
Chances are pretty good you've recently seen the ‘Banksy on Advertising’ quote that begins, ‘People are taking the piss out of you everyday.’ The passage is from Banksy's 2004 book Cut It Out, and it presents the idea that if advertisers are going to fill your world with ads, you have every right to ‘take, re-arrange and re-use’ those images without permission. The quote has been posted widely on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter, which is where I found it.
Here's the interesting part:
Most of it is swiped directly from an essay I wrote in 1999, in the ‘Death, Phones, Scissors’ issue of my zine Crap Hound. The first paragraph is more or less original, but the rest is mine, right down to the same words and phrases.
See for yourself. Here's the Banksy quote followed by the relevant part of my essay as it appeared in Crap Hound. (The full essay is linked at the end of this post.) Pink indicates indirect references, and yellow shows the direct swipes...