On this day in 1977: The Sex Pistols and Virgin Records released the “God Save the Queen” single.
Today’s prediction: No future.
Today’s favorite lyric: “We’re the flowers in the dustbin, we’re the poison in the human machine.”
Today’s quote: “You don’t write a song like ‘God Save The Queen’ because you hate the English race. You write a song like that because you love them, and you’re fed up of seeing them mistreated.” — Johnny Rotten
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/bq24phy
On this day in 1981: Filling in for Bow Wow Wow, Public Image Limited played the Ritz in New York.
Today’s performance art failure: PiL, having no time to rehearse, offered to do a “video performance” using the club’s video projector, standing behind a screen mixing video, DJing, and some live playing.
Today’s crowd reaction: a bottle throwing riot
Today’s mandatory reading: “Perfect Sounds Forever“‘s retelling of the account: http://www.furious.com/perfect/pil.html
On this day in 1977: The Sex Pistols sign to A&M Records outside of Buckinham Palace for £75,000. They will be dropped 6 days later.
Today’s soundtrack: The 25,000 copies of “God Save the Queen” that were destroyed.
Today’s back-up plan: Sign to that hippie, Richard Branson’s Virgin Records.
Today’s quote: “I don’t see how anyone could describe us as a political band. I don’t even know the name of the Prime Minister.” — Steve Jones
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/83d34d4
On this day in 1956: John Lydon was born in London.
Today’s soundtrack: NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE’S THE SEX PISTOLS and Public Image Limited’s METAL BOX
Today’s book club: ROTTEN: NO IRISH, NO BLACKS, NO DOGS
Today’s screening: THE FILTH AND THE FURY
Today’s butter commercial: http://tinyurl.com/4sj4nb
Today’s quote: “Love is two minutes and fifty-two seconds of squelching noises.”
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/7xvwlop
