Profane, Benny

[David Morris]

Oh.  I just saw this:

The title, borrowed from a character in Thomas Pynchon’s novel V, refers to
a man embarked on a precarious odyssey that takes him between goodness and
profanity. Those photographed navigate their own journeys towards some kind
of stability in an era when little was. Moving through the Moss, the
docklands, its overflows and the edges of the town itself, Benny Profane is
a sustained account of an area and those who shaped it during its last
years. In 1995, operations at Bidston Moss ceased and the former landfill
is now part of a nature reserve.

On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 5:20 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please pardon my ignorance.  But does this Art photo book have anything to
> do with this band?
>
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=benny+profane&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS955US956&oq=benny+profane&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i512l2j0i22i30j69i60l2.20736j0j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
>
> Benny Profane were a *rock band from Liverpool, England that existed from
> 1985 until 1990*. They released two albums, various singles and EPs, and
> recorded three John Peel sessions.
>
> All of which gets us back to Pynchon?
>
> After recording their first demo with Will Sergeant
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Sergeant> helping out on guitar,
> they were joined by Robin Surtees.[1]
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Profane#cite_note-Strong-1> The
> name was taken from a character in the Thomas Pynchon
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon> novel, V.
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/V.>[2]
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Profane#cite_note-Larkin-2> The
> first release was "Where is Pig?" (the title also a reference to V) on
> Sub Pop UK (not related to the US label Sub Pop
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub_Pop>).
>
> Or does the photo book stand alone, with no visible attribution to V.?
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 3:23 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> https://www.rrbphotobooks.com/products/ken-grant-benny-profane?fbclid=IwAR1O5CroCZjikTb7hWrkhnKzgjb3u_oO5n5qEN-O4Fy5Sk_xsng1fIXwNs8
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