Buzzcocks

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Wed Oct 10 10:49:36 CDT 2012


On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Carlo Trimarchi <mr.spoon21 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was watching this video:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEZmw0z2XpM
>
> and look what I've found:
>
> http://s7.postimage.org/aydpbzhjv/buzzhorns.png
>
> So I searched on google for "buzzcocks muted horns" and:
>
> "Secret Public is the name of Buzzcocks official news letter, launched
> in 1978 to communicate news of the band's activities to fans.
> ...
>
> The Secret Public logo is a muted post horn. It is the symbol of
> Tristero, an anarchist postal service which has existed for centuries.
> The story of the horn comes from the novel The Crying Of Lot 49 by
> Thomas Pynchon."
>
> [http://www.buzzcocks.com/site/secretpublic.html]

Aaugh!  How did I not know that?  Thanks!



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