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NEGATIVLAND: The Discography
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Compiled by Jeremy York, jeremy@quito.stat.washington.edu, updated by
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David Vessell 8-15-92.
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NEGATIVLAND (LP, CD)
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Seeland Records 001 [1980]
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Recorded December 1979 -- April 1980
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Mark Hosler and Richard Lyons -- Tapes, electronics, rhythms, booper,
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clarinet, organ, viola, loops, guitar, etc.
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David Wills -- Synthesizer, voice, tape.
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Peter Dayton -- Guitar, viola.
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W. Kennedy M. -- Guitar.
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Joan Alderdice -- Bellbeating
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Side Pre : 1-10
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Side Post : 11
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12
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(timings unavailable)
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Packaging -- first edition had original photomontage on front; stencil,
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wallpaper, and information sticker on back; Negativland logo,
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recipe, and wallpaper samples inside. Current editions are
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missing back stencil, inside logo and wallpaper samples.
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Still available as of summer 90
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POINTS (LP)
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Seeland Records 002 [1981]
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[still out of print as of August 1992]
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A BIG 10-8 PLACE (LP, CD)
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Seeland Records 003 [1983]
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Figured out and Designed by Mark Hosler and Ian Allen
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Written by Mark Hosler, Ian Allen and David Wills
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Made by Mark Hosler with Ian Allen and David Wills
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Narration by David Wills
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Whistling by Mark's Dad.
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Contributions by Richard Lyons, Peter Dayton, Chriss Grigg, Pyke Allen,
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Don Joyce, Phil Freihofner.
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First Side : Theme from A Big 10-8 Place (2:58)
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A Big 10-8 Place Part One (13:22)
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Clowns and Ballerinas (1:34)
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Second Side : Introduction (:49)
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Four Fingers (3:05)
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180-G: A Big 10-8 Place Part Two (15:49)
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Packaging -- Stiff cardboard fold-around, with the record and the
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following contained inside : large poster, with words to 180-G
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translated into several languages; information sheet;
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"Negativland : No Other Possibility" bumpersticker;
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"inspected by Mark" slip; "Ham Operator Convicted" UP reprint.
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Original edition had a baggie of lawn clippings; current
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edition does not.
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[ed. note....CD versions lack information sheet and
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have an "Inspected by David" slip instead.]
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JAMCON '84 (CS)
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Seeland Records 004 [1985]
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SST Records SSTC233 [1988]
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Recorded in May 1984 and October 1985. Cassette is edited from live
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performances by Negativland on Don Joyce's "Over The Edge", a weekly
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radio program on KPFA FM-94 in northern California.
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Don Joyce OTE producer, tapes, records, CB razor blade, mix
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David Wills Telephone, voice, scanner, booper, tapes
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Mark Hosler guitar, bass, voice, razor blade, mix
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Richard Lyons voice
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Chriss Grigg guitar, keyboard
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Ian Allen tapes, keyboard
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Anonymous Callers
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First side : JAMCON '84 40:32
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Second side : The Starting Line with Dick Goodbody 38:35
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Available on SST as of Summer 90
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NO OTHER POSSIBILITY (VHS)
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Seeland Records 005 [1986]
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60 minute playing time;
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comes with balloon, bumper sticker, and insert.
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ESCAPE FROM NOISE (LP, CD)
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Seeland Records 006 [1987]
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SST Records 133 [1987]
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Rec Rec 17 [1987]
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Recorded at Mark's home 1983 - 1987
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Mark Hosler Singing, synthesizers, guitars, voice tapes,
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percussions, rhythm loops, bomb parts,
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David manipulation, tiny metal banjo, recorder,
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lots of other noises, mix.
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Don Joyce Yelling, talking tapes, electric tympani, synthesizer,
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lyrics, singing, Booper bee, bomb parts and assemply,
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noises everywhere, mix.
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Chris Grigg Drums, synthesizer, singing, computer & software, field
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recordings, mix.
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David Wills Talking, shortwave, family tape, bomb parts,
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regular Booper.
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Richard Lyons Singing, lyrics, voice.
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With contributions from : Ian Allen, Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedies),
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Das (Big City Orchestra), Dina Emerson, Steve Fisk, Tera Freedman,
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Phil Freihofner, Ed Markmann, Fred Frith, Jerry Garcia (Grateful
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Dead), Alexander Hacke (Einsturzende Neubauten), Mickey Hart (Grateful
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Dead), Tom Herman (Tripod Jimmie), Henry Kaiser, Louisa Michaels (Step
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One Nursery School), Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), The Residents,
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Reveren Ian Stang (Church of the Subgenious), Rand Weatherwas (CBS),
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Rob Wortman (Kingshouse).
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Announcement 1:51
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Quiet Please 2:17
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Michael Jackson 2:08
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Escape From Noise 2:36
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The Playboy Channel 1:32
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Stress In Marriage 1:35
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Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song 3:08
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Over the Hiccups 1:28
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Sycamore 2:29
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Car Bomb 2:03
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Methods of Torture 1:23
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Yellow Black and Rectangular 2:14
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Backstage Pass 1:15
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Christianity is Stupid 3:55
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Time Zones 5:28
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You Don't Even Live Here 2:30
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The Way Of It 1:12
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Endscape 0:37
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Packaging -- LP comes with informative booklet with newspaper clippings,
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discography as of 1987, pictures, etc. Original edition of EFN included
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a "Car Bomb" bumpersticker; current editions do not.
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[ed. note....CD versions do not include booklet or bumper sticker.
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both can be obtained by sending $2.00 to Seeland Records. CD
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version of "Endscape" is actually 3:35 in length. Mostly empty
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space, but eventually there is a short song they did after their
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house burned down, which occurred shortly after completion of
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EFN.]
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PASTOR DICK (CS)
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SST Records SSTC901 [1989]
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Recorded in 1982. Cassette is edited from a live performance by
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Negativland on Don Joyce's "Over The Edge", a weekly
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radio program on KPFA FM-94 in northern California.
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Richard Lyons Pastor Dick
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David Wills The Weatherman
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Don Joyce Producer, OTE
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Mark Hosler
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Chris Grigg
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Helen Holt
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Kent Hastings
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Anonymous Callers
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Side One : Pastor Dick part one 29:45
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Side Two : Pastor Dick part two 28:30
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THE WEATHERMAN (CS)
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SST Records SSTC902 [1989]
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Recorded in 1982-1984. Cassette is edited from live performances by
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Negativland on Don Joyce's "Over The Edge", a weekly radio program on
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KPFA FM-94 in northern California.
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David Wills The Weatherman
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Richard Lyons Pastor Dick
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Don Joyce Wang Tool
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Mark Hosler
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Chris Grigg
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Ian Allen
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Anonymous Callers
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Side One : The Weatherman part one 44:56
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Side Two : The Weatherman part two 46:00
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HELTER STUPID (LP, CS, CD)
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SST Records 252 [1989]
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Judging from an enclosed picture, and the tour personnel, this is
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Mark Hosler, Don Joyce, Chris Griggs, Richard Lyons, and David Wills.
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Contributions by : Ian Allen, Bob Basenich, Jim Bryan, Maggie Buckles,
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Cyrnai, Steve Fisk, Ginny Miller, Landon Spearman, Doug Wulfe.
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Prologue 4:00
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Helter Stupid 17:56
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The Perfect Cut :
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Canned Music 3:27
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Rooty Poops 2:18
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Good as Gold 3:17
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Piece of Meat 3:18
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White Rabbit and a Dog Named Gidget 2:41
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11 Minutes 4:52
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48 Hours 5:37
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SECRET SINGLE (12", MCS, CD5)
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SST Records 272 [1991]
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The infamous "U2" single. Deleted from the SST catalog October 1991.
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GUNS (12", MCS, CD5)
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SST Records 292 [1992]
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COMPILATION APPEARANCES
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1-20 on Local International (Recommended UK) cassette 1984
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Seventy Dreams on Yogi Cometbus Audiocassette Magazine cassette 1984
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Perfect Scrambled Eggs on Potatoes (Ralph) LP & cassette 1987
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Paul McCartney's Penis on Northern California is a Noisy Place Indeed
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(Sound of Pig) cassette 1987
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Radio Advertising on Objekt 3 (Ladd - Frith) cassette 1987
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General Cavendish on Zamizdat Trade Jounal Cassette 1987
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Play It Again on Unsound Last Issue Cassette (Unsound Magazine) 1987
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You Must Choose on Live At the Knitting Factory vol 3 (A&M) 1990
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Negativland -- "Negativland" -- The first LP by this Bay area band, made
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and released while they were seniors in high school. Some of it
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is difficult/bad, but there's some really charming stuff in here.
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White supremists taped off of the radio, children reciting the
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Lord's Prayer, an old record about how to teach your parakeet to
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talk, pre-recorded civil defense radio messages about what to do
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after the bomb has dropped, dinner conversation from the family
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home of a band member, electronics and various odd music
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all mixed into a fascinating collage. Like I said, it's a bit
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sloppy and difficult at times, but there are some amazing moments
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on this LP.
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Negativland -- "A Big 10-8 Place" -- Easily their best lp, IMHO,
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but not the best place to start unless you're into noise and
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experimental stuff. First, a surreal excursion into suburban
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America, very spooky and subliminal; a lot of effort went into
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every moment of this LP, sounds to disturb and affect you.
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Then comes a real song, then a completely strange suburban
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travelogue, where tourguide David Wills tells "all you slimy
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fruitcakes from San Francisco" how to get to 180 and the letter
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G, so that you can clean the dog juice from the orange carpet
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and the green slime that's oozing from the front of the house.
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Negativland -- "Escape From Noise" -- Perhaps their most listenable
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LP, it consists of lots and lots of short bits strung together.
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Noise is the common theme, street noise, noise at home, "noise --
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what it is -- what it does to you". Sometimes humorous, usually
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wry and cynical. Radio, and music as a commodity, is another theme.
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If you're interested by any of these album descriptions, this
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one is the one to start with. Not much of the longer more
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abstract pieces that make up a lot of the other albums.
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Negativland -- "Helter Stupid" -- Their most recent LP. Not quite as
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interesting as the above, except for the subject material; half
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of the album is about a rather unethical media experiment they
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conducted. Still, has some great moments.
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Negativland -- "Pastor Dick","The Weatherman","Jamcon '84" -- Cassettes
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of Negativland during their live radio show Over The Edge. The
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show is in the middle of the night on a Berkeley radio station,
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and people can call in live, they just get edited into the
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electronics, music, etc that the band are doing. For the true
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fanatic only.
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Negativland -- "Secret Single" and "Guns" -- The band's last two efforts
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have been 12" singles, the former being one of the most infamous
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music lawsuits in recent memory. The band and SST were sued by
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Island Records and Warner-Chappell Publishing after the "U2"
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single, officially called "Secret Single", had been on shelves
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for only a week, charging that the single's packaging was
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intentionally misleading and gave the impression that it was a
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U2 release. In fact, many record stores misfiled the single
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under "U". Its two tracks are deconstructions of "I Still Haven't
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Found What I'm Looking For" intersperced with David Will's
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smarmy improvisation on the song's lyrics and samples of Casey
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Kasem verbally abusing his show's staff. "Guns" is a bit more
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pedestrian, providing commentary on guns and the people who use
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them.
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