The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu is one of the two protagonist 'secret societies' in the "Illuminatus!" series of books by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. In the books, the JAMs are in a seemingly endless struggle for control of human culture, government and power with their enemies, the Illuminati. Whereas the Illuminati's tactics are to restrict, govern and control the populace, the JAMs' aim is to bring about anarchy and an end to any possibility of ultimate control. After a legal showdown with ABBA and the Mechanical Copyright Society, their debut album "1987- What The Fuck Is Going On?" had to be withdrawn from sale. They sold 2 copies for £1000 each, gave 1 away and kept another for themselves. They travelled to Sweden in hope of meeting ABBA and come to some agreement but failed , and so burnt the remaining copies in a field. This only served Drummond & Cauty's legendary aspirations and after successive name changes and a plethora of highly-influential dance records, they would ultimately become, as The KLF, the biggest selling singles act in the world, still incorporating the work of other artists in less gratuitous ways and, in the main, without legal problems. The JAMs are associated with the cultural movement which has come to be termed Samplism and which retrospectively bundles together those literary and artistic works which make use of what could be termed 'creative plagiarism'. Other luminous figures claimed unilaterally by the Samplists as 'members' of their movement include writers William Burroughs, T.S. Eliot, Michael Moorcock, artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, the video-sampling pioneers, Michael K, X$X, Emergency Broadcast Network and a host of musicians ranging from Beethoven through John Cage, Philip Glass, The Beatles to the more obvious contemporary hip-hop and dance acts. See also The Timelords The KLF K Foundation Blacksmoke External link The copyright website on the 1987 Abba v the JAMMs case Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Justified_Ancients_of_Mu_Mu