Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The Birmingham Mail gets to know Bill Drummond

Oh, dear. The Birmingham Mail struggles to capture Bill Drummond:

A chart-topping pop star turned artist who famously burned a million pounds is launching a world tour by creating a sculpture from 400 daffodils – under Spaghetti Junction.

Madcap Bill Drummond, once half of eccentric dance duo The KLF, has announced he will arrive in Birmingham on March 13 along the Grand Union Canal on a raft made from his bed, before building the floral display.
"Madcap"? "Eccentric"? I suppose we should be thankful they didn't go with "bonkers" or "crazy".

Although I'm pretty certain the KLF ice cream van had a sign "you don't have to be mad to collaborate with Extreme Noise Terror at the Brits, but it helps". Pretty certain that was there.


1 comment:

Robin Carmody said...

"Madcap" is like "funnyman" and "quizzed" (or indeed any combination of "tot", "mauled" and "devil dog") - one of those words that only exists in tabloid newspapers, never in normal conversation.

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