[kj] Strange "controversy" a-brewing: Prada runway show in Milan plays Death in June's music

[folk devil]

As someone who was once rather unfortunately acquainted with some of Death in June, all I can say is that they are very sad...

> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:29:25 -0600> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] Strange "controversy" a-brewing: Prada runway show in Milan plays Death in June's music> > About Death in June, FYI: They are "inspired" by the NSDAP (Nazi > Party)'s brownshirts/S.A. unit, which was killed on June 30, 1933, I > think it was. Hence the band's name, "Death in June." The S.A. was > headed by Ernst Roehm, who, like DiJ singer Douglas P., was gay. The SA > were killed by Hitler's SS and the SA were considered the "left-wing" of > the Nazi Party. (Yeah, this is getting weird, ain't it? A Nazi > left-wing? In any event, they were still Aryan supremacists.)> > In any event, the SA were the brownshirts, yet DiJ's logo is the SS's > death's head, the Totenkompf. The "band" (mostly Douglas P.) come on > stage in Waffen-SS fatigues and often play kettle drums with people in > Nazi military fatigues looking like they're about to invade Poland. > Their albums have titles that flirt with the ideas of Nazism but never > state it outright.> > Example of an LP cover: > http://bp3.blogger.com/_cvZRpnpzzaw/RndNbfTBsdI/AAAAAAAAAO8/h3F1c_mFXxQ/s1600-h/Le+Bianche.jpg> > (An example is the song "Ku Ku Ku" -- gee, what does that song title > remind you of; or the LP title _Rose Clouds of Holocaust_, among other > things) Also, Death in June have been banned in Germany, Chicago, > Portland, various other cities because their Nazi imagery was considered > too inflammatory, etc. For a detailed listing of the places they are > banned, and why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_june#Controversy> > In short, the odd thing, above all else, is the $5.2 billion US dollar > fashion company, Prada, using their music at a fashion show.> > -Oliver> > > folk devil wrote:> > Upon a google I discovered they are swaying around all gaunt to these > > words:> > > > Medusa's head, I've planted on a pillow> > Invoking the runes:> > Hagalaz, Isa, and Tiwaz> > and even Nauthiz just for good measure> > This gift is for you> > My foul-mouthed neighbor> > It's just the beginning of your ... cancer> > Those spikey thorns are deep within> > Piercing, slashing, not so slowly> > taking pleasure in devouring> > Out of my life> > Your misery shall be> > My southern existence> > My simple, easy victory> > Now the stars> > They are so plenty> > Amongst the Gums> > Your home dies empty> > You're deep in hell> > Your head on a platter> > You were a waste of space> > You didn't matter> > I'll be happy> > as happy as can be> > Your sacrifice, your nothingness> > My beautiful, silent liberty> > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

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