Talk:Jimmy Cauty

Bicycles & Tricycles

I've read in various reviews that Cauty was involved in "From a Distance (Blast Master v The Corpral)". I sadly don't have the liner notes with me, but I think Cauty is credited as "co-writer" or something. Unfortunately, none of the reviews/info seem to specify what Cauty did exactly. According to Discogs, Cauty is the "Blast Master" part of the title btw.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wickethewok (talk • contribs) .

@Wickethewok: The Bicycles & Tricycles isn't in the best of shape for stealing references from, alas (dead links, offline material). This Guardian piece says Cauty was involved. Discogs entry for UK version shows some minor involvement, but no mention on the cover scans so I can't use {{Cite AV media notes}}. Ah, here we go, Discogs US release has legible scans which could be cited. Co-wrote/co-produced one track. Probably not worth mentioning? --kingboyk (talk) 08:41, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Born in Totnes reference

Of course I assume good faith, and it's great to see a fact added with a citation, but nonetheless I'm just a little intrigued that a book about rock published in 1980 would mention Jimmy Cauty. Could we get a little more detail on this (here on the talk page)? What does it actually say about him? Perhaps it can help flesh out his early years? --kingboyk 15:09, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, my mistake - it was 1999. I'll just go and correct it. Totnesmartin 15:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Sadly all it says of his early years is "Totnes - Birthplace of Jimmy Cauty, once in Zodiac Mindwarp's Love Reaction and Brilliant; later half of The Timelords, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and the KLF" - which we know already. I am however ecstatic at finding out this fact, my username may explain why. Totnesmartin 15:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I can claim Würzel and Brian Jones. So, where do I come from? :) --kingboyk 15:32, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

cheltenham - where I was born! wtf! Totnesmartin 15:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Heh! --kingboyk 16:08, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

@Sophie means wisdom: Developments: 1) The birth place was changed 2)...with a link to findmypast.co.uk which I am unable to access but which conceptually seems a bit... intrusive 3) There's a template on this talk page from 2009 saying there was an OTRS complaint. I don't know if the complaint was about inaccuracy, or just the presence of certain info. I've asked an OTRS admin if they'd mind looking at the ticket to see if it is current/actionable and to remove the template if not. --kingboyk (talk) 08:49, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

I'm told the OTRS ticket was dealt with in 2009, but that the template should stay as part of the historical record. --kingboyk (talk) 12:21, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Situationism

This article says that the KLF were inspired by situationism, but the band's article states discordianism as the main inspiration. Which is true? Totnesmartin 15:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

@Sophie means wisdom: Much has been written about the KLF's influences and themes since I was last editing. According to this article from 2017, the answer is "both", but more discordianism than situationism. I get the impression the article is based on the John Higgs book The KLF: Chaos, Magic And The Band Who Burned A Million Pounds, a copy of which I have procured but not read yet. If you get round to reading Higgs before I do and can help clear up the confusion please do so. The "Themes" section of The KLF is very much in need of work imho. --kingboyk (talk) 08:20, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

I read a borrowed copy three or four years ago and it had a hell of a lot about discordianism and (IIRC) not very much about situationism. Sophie means wisdom (talk) 07:31, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sophie means wisdom: Good to see you after all these years! I hope you're well. Your reading ties in with what the Quietus article says, then, and tends to confirm my theory that article is based on the book. --kingboyk (talk) 08:29, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia editing - you'll never leave! i'd borrow it again to cite it but the radio station I borrowed it from is closed due to the coronavirus. Sophie means wisdom (talk) 08:45, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

We'll see. I'm keeping my options open at the moment, ranging from going back into semi-retirement through to having a crack at getting The KLF back to FA status. It's still getting 250k views per year so wouldn't be a totally wasted effort, but I'm not sure I want to go through all that again. --kingboyk (talk) 10:54, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

I once helped get an article up to GA, that was bad enough. Sophie means wisdom (talk) 18:22, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Interest in motorcycles

Worth mentioning in "personal life", or trivia? (Wilson, Hugo (1 September 1991). "Last Triumph to Trancentral". Road Rocket. Archived (via the Library of Mu) on 16 September 2016.Wikipedia:WikiProject The KLF/LibraryOfMu/473) --kingboyk (talk) 07:35, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Source for AAA

Fantasic source for AAA (and a nice source for Black Star Liner); Jimmy revealing that the "acoustic warfare" stuff was just a joke - it was his 2 tanks with some speakers attached :) - Home, Stewart (Winter 1996). "There's no success like failure" (PDF). Variant. Vol. 2, no. 1. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. --kingboyk (talk) 07:51, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Commercial Idea

I would love to talk to Jimmy about using one of his songs in a commercial. Please contact me @ chad.schlautman@yahoo.com 50.91.140.242 (talk) 22:04, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Splatter?

Can I add a paragraph about a project he made called "Warner Bros Splatter"? It was basically a gory parody of the original Looney Tunes cartoons. Luke0821 (talk) 18:30, 19 November 2023 (UTC)