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Episode 220, Some Assembly Required

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Episode 220 features 15 tracks by artists such as Go Home Productions, Grateful For The Dead, I Cut People, The Illuminoids, Negativland, John Oswald, Peanut Butter Wolf & DJ Design, Splinter Test, Steinski, Carl Stone, Donna Summer, The Tape-beatles, team9, Think Tank and Wax Audio. Check it out HERE.

The opening track this week is an excellent mashup by The Illuminoids, mixing classics by Bauhaus, Beck and Devo. It took a while to grow on me, but now I can’t get it out of my head! Another standout is by an artist calling himself I Cut People. I was a little put off by the name at first, but once I took a listen, I realized the name refers to the fact that his primary thrust involves cutting up recordings of people talking. That’s right up my alley, and I thoroughly enjoyed the record. He has a few records actually, and we’ll be profiling I Cut People in the near future at the SAR Blog. For now, check out this week’s episode for a track titled, “So Wrong/What.”

Download Episode 220 HERE. Check out this week’s SAR Q&A with St. Paul’s Grateful For The Dead HERE. That’s two Minnesota artists in a row, at the SAR Blog - check out last week’s SAR Q&A with Gregg Boullosa HERE, as well.

Thanks for listening!
Jon Nelson


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Jon Nelson is an artist, curator and producer, focused almost exclusively on collage, with forays into radio, visual art, theater, writing and installation. His nationally syndicated radio program (Some Assembly Required) is a weekly radio art show, featuring the talents of audio artists who appropriate sounds from their media environments.

Some Assembly Required is online, at: www.some-assembly-required.net & www.some-assembly-required.net/blog

http://www.mnartists.org/jonathan_nelson