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The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson first published in 1975. The trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fiction-influenced adventure story; a drug-, sex-, and magic-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both historical and imaginary, related to the ...

"Explores the advent of post-modernism in pop, suggesting parallels between pop today and high art earlier this century." A history of the sampler in pop music. Along the way is a great chapter all about the JAMs, including a very good analysis of the lyrical content of 'All You Need ...

"Justified And Ancient History" is a fanzine written and self-published by then 15 year old Pete Robinson. The small book follows the history of the KLF 'from pressing 500 copies of their debut single to selling more singles than any other band'. The writing is no more than a brief ...

"History Rewritten" by Pete Robinson is the follow up to Robinson's original fanzine, Justified And Ancient History. It focuses on the post-KLF career of Drummond and Cauty up to and including the K Foundation's alternative award ceremony. It includes highlights from their press pack, and reprints most of the K.F ...

Edited by Simon Dwyer and featuring "Doctorin' Our Culture" by Stewart Home which covers the story of the K Foundation from the first tabloid adverts to their hijacking of the Turner Prize. The whole chapter is filled with reproductions of both magazine and television adverts, as well as the correspondence ...

K Foundation Burn A Million Quid is an excellent good book covering the infamous burning on the Isle of Jura, featuring many pictures taken from the film, countless quotes from people who watched it afterwards, and some interesting essays by various people on the topic of money in general ...

Confusion Incorporated is a compilation of stories and journalistic output of English writer Stewart Home, though the term "journalistic" should probably be taken with a grain of salt in this context. During his career he produced various parody pieces whose truthfulness is questionable at best (and non-existant at worst), sometimes ...

The Prodigy are the most controversial, exciting and incendiary band to have hit the music scene since Punk. Fiercely confrontational, their music has proven an irresistible force worldwide. Released to coincide with their long awaited fourth album, this book is a collaboration between the band and their personal friend, Martin ...

Features a short 5 page section about The KLF and them leading their merry dance with journalists and the music biz alike. The last few paragraphs retell the evening after the 2K performance in 1997 much like Bill Drummond does in "45". Is it worth getting? Including The KLF certainly ...

Back Cover Blurb Modern life is absurd. How can we be free? If you've ever wondered why you bother to go to work, or why so much consumer culture is crap, then this book is for you. Looking to history, literature and philosophy for inspiration, Tom Hodgkinson provides a joyful ...

Features a 14-page interview with Bill Drummond about the Zoo Records label and its roster of artists ...

Bits about Bill (mostly) and Jimmy pop up throughout the book, be it on Zoo Records (9 pages) or KLF Communications owed £300,000 by a struggling Rough Trade in the early 90's. Back Cover Blurb Drawing on more than 160 interviews with many of the most significant figures of the ...

Released by Faber & Faber in 2012, "How Soon Is Now?" features a whole chapter covering the history of The KLF, from Bill Drummond managing Brilliant to the band's demise in 1992. Filled with background information and sprinkled with various quotes this makes for quite an entertaining read. A revised ...

They were the bestselling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial success and creative freedom. Then they deleted their records, erased themselves from musical history and burnt their last million pounds in a boathouse on the Isle of Jura. And they couldn't say why. This is not ...

Score 378 is a French book published in 2015 which is divided into two major parts. During the first 100 pages the book follows Bill Drummond and his performance 7 Decades, 7 Days, 7 Albums which took place in February 2011: having agreed to be the editor of the Offline ...

The Beechwood Airship Interviews follows author Dan Richards during his undertaking of building an airship in his art school bar and the manifold artists and craftsmen he meets on his journey. Alongside interviewees like the Manic Street Preachers and Dame Judi Dench he also dedicates one chapter to Bill Drummond ...

Anatomy Of Thought-Fiction is a book by Joanna Demers in which she explores the idea of thought-fiction - concepts people choose to believe despite knowing they are untrue. In this very fashion the book is presented as a report published by the fictional Center For Humanistic Study in 2214 (whereas ...

During a 10-year period bridging the 1980s and 1990s, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty created pop masterpieces at a prodigious pace, leaving behind a body of work unlike anything created before or since. From international hit singles and legal wrangles with ABBA to mysterious rituals conducted on far-flung corners of ...

Deleted Scenes is the autobiography of Northern Irish writer and musician Stephen Michael Clarke which includes - amongst various mentions of Bill Drummond throughout the book - a full chapter called Liberation Loophole, dedicated to The JAMS' return to Liverpool in 2017, though with a slight twist. With so many ...

Whatever, Together and Forever (furthermore known as The WTF Trilogy) are a series of books written by Andy Gell between 2017 and 2018, each written in a distinctive style but all centered around (or heavily influenced by) The JAMs' work during the same period. Whatever Whatever, the first book in ...

The First Time is a collection of 40 interviews transcribed from Matt Everitt's show "The First Time With..." on BBC Radio 6 Music during which he talks with major artists about pivotal moments in their lives and the songs and events that shaped their career. Apart from interviews with various ...

In Fried & Justified Mick Houghton looks back at his life-spanning career in the music business and the bands and artists he has worked for as publicist. Along with Scott Piering, Houghton probably was the main public voice of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty and the link between the band ...

Back Cover Blurb As a humble barman at the M25 Orbital raves, Kirk Field witnessed the moment acid house exploded. Inspired by media lies to start writing the truth about what he saw unfolding, Kirk became a 'raving' reporter for the clubbers' bible Mixmag, covering the historic parties from the inside ...