Negativland, Culture Jamming, and the Art of Making Something New

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• Lammy 2 minutes ago
  I love the track from Escape From Noise that predicts our current housing crisis and criticizes the hypocrisy of it by comparing it to the way people talk about firearms prohibitions: “when no more can be sold, you can see that the majority of adults will be virtually prohibited from ever owning one” — “so if you've ever admired parts of Piedmont or Orinda…” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vPCIWbCOyY
• jordanb 7 minutes ago
  I once changed a person's mind on flock cameras by showing them the More Data music video.
• NDlurker 1 hour ago
  I love Negativland. Very interesting use of samples. Their album with Chumbawumba is really cool
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  • bananaboy 1 hour ago
    Same! Their radio show is an incredible piece of art!
• AndyNemmity 37 minutes ago
  I played Negativland on my radio show which was played on pirate radio in LA through Killradio.org

  I remixed them, music, and dense political talks for a one hour show.
• cobbzilla 1 hour ago
  Evolution Control Committee had some wild stuff too in a similar vein. Totally not on Spotify, sooooo many copyright issues.

  a good album— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarhythm_Nation

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  • burnedbyhell 28 minutes ago
    The fucking moon.
• polytap 1 hour ago
  I accidentally got New Coke, I poured it down the drain.
• n2p5 1 hour ago
  Gimme the Mermaid is a work of art.
• johnea 59 minutes ago
  Damn, makes me want to jump on a plane to SFO tomorrow morning...
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  • VectorLock 28 minutes ago
    Doesn't sound like many of them are going to be there, so I wouldn't feel the need to as well.
• uoaei 1 hour ago
  This guy was an internet friend of mine, claimed to be mentored by one of the Negativland guys, and definitely carries the flame with his weekly(-ish) releases. They used to play hella late night Thursdays on KPFA, not sure if that's still going. Give it a listen!

  https://nationalcynical.bandcamp.com/