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How Radio Isn't Done (2017)

'On the air, it's all at once, one time only, and then it's gone forever' - Don Joyce

When Don Joyce and Negativland discovered their mutual love for “found” sounds, an intensely collaborative creative partnership was cemented. It continued non-stop for the ensuing decades, with Don endlessly scanning the airwaves of radio and television, along with his massive LP collection, for new material, day by day, week by week. “It was Don who took the idea of reshaping previously recorded words – in a pre-sampling age – and ran with it to an extent and depth never before heard, and never equaled. ‘Recontextualization’ became his weapon, with the 1/4” tape machine and razor blade his ammunition, and the radio ‘cart player’ – an entirely forgotten piece of broadcast history using endless-loop tape cartridges, which he used until he death – his delivery system.” -Negativland

Release: 2017-09-22
Runtime: 74 min
Rating: 8 / 10
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Peter Conheim
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Mark Hosler
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Jon Leidecker
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Tim Maloney
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David 'Weatherman' Wills
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Don Joyce
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