Idolator has already reported on Utah Saints' recent run up the British Charts, but as far as I'm concerned, there's no musical micro-genre more welcome for a comeback than Britain's dance music of the early '90s. I have a brightly colored striped shirt and a pacifier just sitting in box waiting to be used!
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A good idea and a frustrating one! Because this Wednesday will be the third "No Music Day," as masterminded by the KLF's Bill Drummond, where he encourages people to get off the musical pipe by shutting off their stereos and otherwise avoiding it the best they can. And though in the past it's seemed like the only way to pull off No Music Day would be to seal yourself up in a soundproof room for 24 hours with a good book and a bottle of scotch, the event finally has "practical consequences" in 2007, at least for listeners in parts of the U.K.
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"There is nothing worse than a middle-aged man thinking the music of his youth is somehow vastly superior to what is being made and played today," muses Bill Drummond of the KLF just before he commits an act of sacrilege against a Bob Dylan record in his automobile. While I don't share his conflicted ire for Mr. Zimmerman, the brat in me certainly appreciates the gesture. [Guardian]
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KLF founder Bill Drummond is suffering from clogged ears, so he's called tomorrow—and every Nov. 21 following—No Music Day, where people can shut themselves off to all recorded sound. Drummond outlined the impetus behind his holiday in the Observer last month:
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