Subject: RE: Prostitution in London 1976
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:16:02 -0000




Greg wrote


> do any of you who lived in or were in london in 1976


I lived in London for 12 years, including all of 1976.


> remember an art exhibition entitled 'Prostitution' 
> put on by COUM Transmissions? 


No


> according to the book i'm reading right now 
> on Genesis P-Orridge, founder of the COUM Transmissions, 
> Throbbing Gristle and later Psychic TV the exhibit 
> caused quite a stir in Parliament and was all 
> over the news. 


I don't remember it being all over the news.


> just curious if this was in fact true or if 
> it only caused a minor stir and in fact was 
> not nearly as big of a deal as fans and participants 
> make it out to be. 


If some art exhibition entitled "Prostitution" had
made a significant impact on the news media, then,
if anything, I would probably have had an above-average 
awareness of this, compared with the average Londoner 
of that time, and it didn't make enough of a stir 
to register on my consciousness.


> btw: happy holidays to one and all.


Although the new-fangled American expression "happy holidays"
can very occasionally be heard over here nowadays, I personally
never use it, but I wish Greg and all a-listers Merry Christmas.

Dave C