Rich Rath’s “The Revolution will not be on the Internet” is going to be part of “Art for a Change,” an exhibition by artist English artist Alan Dunn on how artists, writers, and musicians have have used the word “revolution.” I’m still pinching myself to see if it’s true. As part of the exhibition, which will take place in May 2009, Dunn will make and give away for free 1000 double CDs each with a twelve page booklet that will include, besides “The Revolution will not be on the Internet,” a whole slew of artists and musicians. The most famous will be John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who will be represented by a London TV interview from 1972 (I think it is London Weekend Colour show “Aquarius” listed here). The interview took place in the midst of John’s deportation proceedings, which he ultimately beat.
Some more not too shabby company: A clip from Aldous Huxley’s dystopic 1962 talk at Berkeley, “The Ultimate Revolution” [text] [audio] [comments], a 1968 speech by Fred Hampton, the Black Panther murdered in his sleep by the FBI, British anarchist collective band Chumbawamba‘s “Liberation” from the Revolution 7″, ex-Guided By Voices member Robert Pollard’s new band Boston Spaceships playing “Headache Revolution,” Fiomily, a duo consisting of two German teenagers performing “Talking About A Revolution” from youtube, and French punk band Sylvester Staline playing “Revolution is Trendy.”
If I get some time, I’ll find out more about the other contributors and post about them. Here is the whole list of confirmed contributors so far: Aldous Huxley, Sara Marlowe, Chumbawamba, Fiomily, Fred Hampton, Sylvester Staline, Foreign Investment, Boston Spaceships, The Pinker Tones, A Challenge Of Honour, Rich Rath, Miek en Roel, Marcel Duchamp, Giddee Limit, Cyness, Mark Dowding and Chris Harvey, Cameron Carpenter, Redskins, Charles Dreyfus, Herbert Marcuse, Rob Sewell, Schoolz Of Thought, Pekatralatak, Flag Poles, Microphone Killa, Mellow Mark featuiring Gentleman, Marcel Journet, AMBASSADOR21, Alex Dempster, David Jacques, Kurda Abdulla, Pimiento Pastel, Kelvin K, Nataliya Nadtoka, The Sound of Aircraft Attacking Britain, Simon Whetham, Gintas K, Mark Whitford, Samantha Wass, Diego Restrepo, Expresión Sonora, Yolanda SpÃnola ElÃas, Aidan Deery, Alma Tischler-Wood, Rie Nakajima, Kevin Logan, nerefuh, Sara Jones, Raul Castro, Lennon & Ono, AD&THEFILMTAXI, DZ, Nels, Marco Capelli, Warsaw Poland Bros, Derek Horton, S. Bin Astrid/The Committee, Douglas Gordon, Katrin Lock, Jeff Young, Paul Ashton, James Chinneck, Elisabeth Davies, Grrrls Next Door, Ricardo Basbaum, Peter Suchin.
As always, check out my music from way.net and rreplay.