> No Laibach! They just released[1] a very interesting new album: their performance of The Sound Of Music in Pyongyang. Laibach is precisely the right choice t

> No Laibach! They just released[1] a very interesting new album: their performance of The Sound Of Music in Pyongyang. Laibach is precisely the right choice to be the first western band allowed to perform in North Korea. > while under actual totalitarian communism Even the name "Laibach" itself - the name German occupying forces used for Ljubljana - was a blatant act of civil disobedience (they were banned from using the name under suspicion of being Nazi apologists). > skin in the game On the subject of bands making important music in spite of the risks... I suggest Palestinian hip-hop group "DAM"'s incredibly powerful protest song[2] against "honor killing". [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/arts/music/laibach-north-korea-sound-of-music.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/arts/music/laibach-north-... [2] (the song is in Arabic; you might have to manually turn on Youtube's CC feature for English subtitles) [trigger warning: domestic violence, murdering women for "honor"] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjnFbe7D9pY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjnFbe7D9pY