Library of Mu: All 1996 records

There are 20 records from 1996 in the Library of Mu:

? (Help LP diary): Date: January 1996; Author: ?; Journal: Select; Type of resource: Excerpts; Description: "We had trouble fitting all the tracks on … when Bill Drummond told me The KLF (One World Orchestra) track was only two minutes, it was a cert. Robbie from Take That was going to be singing on it, but he'd gone on holiday."; Status: text (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

A REAL CLIFF-HANGER: Date: 1996-03-01 ?; Author: Craig McLean; Journal: Blah Blah Blah; Type of resource: Interviews; Description: The full story of the Cape Wrath debacle from Little Chef to cars stuck in the sand.; Status: original (Not available online - would you like to scan it?); » View full record & suggest changes

Money To Burn: Date: 1996-03-01; Author: John Dower; Journal: Thee Database; Type of resource: Interviews; Description: Brilliant article and transcript of the K-F's appearance on Sub City Radio, Glasgow, on November the 3rd '95, talking about art. Highly recommended; Status: original (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

Chill Out: Date: 1996-03-01 ?; Author: Dom Philips; Journal: Mix-Mag; Type of resource: Reviews; Description: excerpt from 50 greatest dance albums article - Chill Out was No. 5; Status: text (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

Stars want £1m house brick: Date: 1996-03-22 ?; Author: ?; Journal: Bucks Free Press; Type of resource: News items; Description: K-F are hoping to turn the £1 million ash "into a house brick with the help of Chesham brickmaker James Matthews. It was the most bizarre challenge James, 23, ever faced" when the duo turned up at Bellington Brickmakers.; Status: text (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

Pop star's sonic boom rocks the neighbours: Date: 25 June, 1996; Author: Paul Stokes; Journal: Daily Telegraph; Type of resource: Features; Description: an account of the sonic gun affair full of innaccuracies, but including a long quote from Cauty about why he built and tested a sonic weapon.; Status: original (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

BUT CAUTY'S APV ORDERED "GET ORF MOI LAND!": Date: 06 July, 1996; Author: ?; Journal: Melody Maker; Type of resource: News items; Description: A west county farmer "claims that 'sonic waves' fired from Cauty's armoured personnel vehicle caused a herd of cows to stampede"; Status: text (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

What was that all about?: Date: 02 August, 1996; Author: Andrew Mueller; Journal: The Independent; Type of resource: Features; Description: The full story of the aborted helicopter to Dartmoor press junket, with quotes from Fergal Sharkey and Cauty: "At the end of the day its just a fucking disco van".; Status: original (Not available online - would you like to scan it?); » View full record & suggest changes

? (Black Star Liner): Date: 25 August, 1996; Author: ?; Journal: NME; Type of resource: Excerpts; Description: "Of the Sonic gun scam, band member Choque has only this to say: 'Cauty's truck is a bag of shite. And he's a f---ing misery guts' "; Status: (Not available online - would you like to scan it?); » View full record & suggest changes

untitled (Cauty's Sound Weaponry): Date: September 1996; Author: ?; Journal: Q Magazine; Type of resource: News items; Description: brief account of Jimi's sonic weapon noise disturbance; Status: text (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

untitled: Date: 28 September, 1996; Author: ?; Journal: Melody Maker; Type of resource: News items; Description: Bad Wisdom will be published on Oct 31st, and the duo are going on a signing tour to promote the book.; Status: (Not available online - would you like to scan it?); » View full record & suggest changes

Bill and Zed's bogus journey: Date: 27 October, 1996 ?; Author: Craig McLean; Journal: The Scotsman (Weekend); Type of resource: Interviews; Description: A good review of the Club Disobey reading, with pictures and a few quotes from Bill'n'Zed; Status: original (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

WELCOME TO THE ICE SAGE: Date: 09 November, 1996; Author: Mark Manning; Journal: NME; Type of resource: Articles; Description: Will surely be included as appendix 2 in future editions of Bad Wisdom - Manning's tale of the recording of the soundtrack for the book, in similar style.; Status: text (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

Bad Wisdom: Date: 09 November, 1996; Author: Gavin Martin; Journal: NME; Type of resource: Reviews; Description: sums it up well, mainly giving the background to saving the world … "the troubled, explosive festering imaginations of the two authors" … "a Boy's Own adventure to end them all"; Status: text (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

untitled (MI5 raid on Cauty): Date: 15 November, 1996; Author: ?; Journal: Guardian; Type of resource: Gossip; Description: 30 officers raided Cauty's home after reading Stewart Home's spoof Big Issue article; Status: text (Not available online - would you like to scan it?); » View full record & suggest changes

untitled (Cauty police case): Date: 30 November, 1996; Author: ?; Journal: Melody Maker; Type of resource: News items; Description: Post A30 protest arrest: Jimmy Cauty is due to return to Torquay police station on Thursday (November 28) to find out whether he is to be charged with firearms offences.; Status: text (Not available online - would you like to scan it?); » View full record & suggest changes

untitled: Date: 30 November, 1996; Author: ?; Journal: Melody Maker; Type of resource: News items; Description: Black Star Liner's EXP label is in difficulty; could be due to the label losing £20,000 when their 'promotional junket … was thwarted by bad weather'; Status: text (Not available online - would you like to scan it?); » View full record & suggest changes

? (Bad Wisdom reading review): Date: 1996-12-01; Author: ?; Journal: Blah Blah Blah; Type of resource: Reviews; Description: Quite a poorly written review of a London reading. Only interesting content is the picture of the Elvis icon and some other holiday snaps from the expedition.; Status: (Not available online - would you like to scan it?); » View full record & suggest changes

The Chronicled Mutineers: Date: December 1996; Author: Gavin Martin; Journal: Vox; Type of resource: Interviews; Description: excellent Bad Wisdom promo interview, well illustrated with photos of the authors in a field. Some interesting details about the legal problems and sequels to BW; Status: text (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes

untitled (Cauty police case): Date: 07 December, 1996; Author: ?; Journal: Melody Maker; Type of resource: News items; Description: Cauty told "Don't do it again" but no charges pressed (on either weapons or breach of the peace). He celebrates by playing at Richard Branson's V2 label's party.; Status: text (Text available); » View full record & suggest changes