The manual
by Jimmy Cauty, Bill Drummond · first published 1998
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…problem with music") which I was introduced to at about the point in my life where some friends are in bands and a few of them try to go commercial, but fortunately these particular friends had all read The Manual† and this essay by Albini. † https://www.amazon.co.uk/MANUAL-How-Have-Number-Easy/dp/1899...
on “Steve Albini has died” ↗This reminds me of pop music. There was a book of this sort written for pop music, too: The Manual, or How to Have a Number One the Easy Way by Bill Drummond and Jim Cauty, also known as The KLF. It's brilliant and hilarious; at one point they describe "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley as the…
on “The 2005 screenwriting book that’s taken over Hollywood” ↗There is more money if the 98% monopoly cut is removed. I cite Drummond & Cauty's The Manual, how to have a number one and make a million quid * as the KLF they did just this, repeatedly & using pseudonyms. That was in the 'bad old days', Cauty & Drummond proved that without a record company…
on “The future is arriving too fast” ↗…fascinating concepts like life inside of a sun. Made me feel like alien life is most likely unrecognizable to humans as life. I think it's out of print, I got a second hand copy off Amazon (or maybe eBay). The Manual by Cauty & Drummond. Funny, short, surprisingly insightful. A step-by-step method on making a #1 hit song. The authors had a #1 shortly before writing this book, and a few years afterwards. Can be found…
on “Ask HN: What are the best unknown books you have read?” ↗You're thinking of The Manual [1], written by Bill Drummond (one half of KLF); not by John Higgs who wrote the book I listed above. Incidentally, Bill Drummond's 45 [2] is a great read too. Especially for the creatively minded person.…
on “Eton and All the Murder (2019)” ↗