Some Assembly Required
Some Assembly Required is a weekly audio art show focused on works of audio appropriation. "Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions and turntable creations." More information, online at: www.some-assembly-required.net
Well, it looks like it worked! With a little help from my brother, and stAllio!, the SAR Blog has successfully migrated to its new spot here, at:
http://www.blog.some-assembly-required.net/

Blogger has informed me that our feed subscribers will need to update their feed subscriptions to the following:
http://www.blog.some-assembly-required.net/feeds/posts/default

So, hopefully people will get the message about that somehow. I will look into how this will affect the podcast this weekend, and hopefully be ready to continue podcasting by next weekend... Again, wish me luck...

Thanks for listening!
Jon Nelson


www.some-assembly-required.net
Category: -- posted at: 7:38am PST


This blog is now located at http://www.blog.some-assembly-required.net/.
You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here.

For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to
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Category: -- posted at: 6:51am PST

April 29, 2010

OK, here we go...

I'm posting a bit early this week, as I'll be "migrating" my blog this afternoon. In a worst case scenario, things crash and burn and then I won't be able to post this weekend, so I decided to upload Episode 45 before making the move...

Up until now, Blogger has supported "FTP publishing", and hopefully after I move everything over to their servers, things will still work as smoothly as they have been. I've been podcasting for about five years now, with very few problems, and that's saying a lot for a technophobe like me!

So, check out this week's episode (#45 - the last episode of our 25th quarter). We've got some special programming coming up next quarter, before we settle in for more new episodes, later in the summer, and then for the rest of the year. In the meantime, stay tuned for a collection of some of my favorite interview episodes, for the next few weeks!

Wish me luck with the transfer... there should be a note soon about changes in the URL, etc. You'll have to update your bookmarks, or subscriptions, and/or who knows what else. Sorry for the inconvenience... I hope you'll stick with us. You can always find each week's new episode here at some-assembly-required.net, no matter what happens...

Thanks for listening!
Jon Nelson


www.some-assembly-required.net
Category: -- posted at: 7:50am PST

Episode 45, Some Assembly Required

01 John Oswald - “Beatlesâ€
02 John Oswald - “Dabâ€
03 Realistic - “Rosie Blackman overdriveâ€
04 Realistic - “The introduction dittyâ€
05 Steev Hise - “Tokyo dynamiteâ€
06 Steev Hise - “Wantâ€
07 The Bran Flakes - “The enchanted busâ€
08 The Bran Flakes - “Lovely sleigh rideâ€
09 Lecture on Nothing - “(Untitled)â€
10 Lecture on Nothing - “Country butâ€
11 Big City Orchestra - "(Consumer, track 47)"
12 Big City Orchestra - "(Consumer, track 49)"
13 Escape Mechanism - “No reasonâ€
14 Escape Mechanism - “Wake upâ€
15 Wobbly - “A camel for cidillaâ€
16 Wobbly - “Non 120â€
17 Klarc Qent - “(Erroneous Data, track 11)â€
18 Klarc Qent - “(Erroneous Data, track 12)â€
19 Negativland - “A most successful formulaâ€
20 Negativland - “The greatest taste aroundâ€
21 The Avalanches - “Since I left youâ€
22 The Avalanches - “Stay another seasonâ€


Use this address, for your pod software:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD
Direct download: SAR45.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 7:36am PST

April 25, 2010

This week's episode represents the first really big taste of our upcoming CD compilation! Check out Episode 254 HERE.

To mark the occasion of the show's 10th Anniversary, in 2009, Some Assembly Required and mnartists.org teamed up to invite sound collage artists from around the world to submit fifty-second tracks composed of at least 50% post consumer material. The upcoming album, titled "50/50", has been taking a bit longer than expected, but rest assured, a final push is under way, and the release is coming very soon. In the meantime, check out some of what I think are the standouts, in this week's episode (#254).

Since about twenty of this week's tracks are less than a minute long, there are an unusually large number of artists featured this time around. The list of artists who have previously responded to the SAR Q&A is therefor a bit longer as well...

There are over 150 of these online artist features at the Some Assembly Required website HERE, but for now, check out these twenty one...



SAR Q&A with A plus D


SAR Q&A with B'O'K


SAR Q&A with dj BC


SAR Q&A with Beatrix*JAR


SAR Q&A with The Beige Channel


SAR Q&A with Ros Bobos


SAR Q&A with The Bran Flakes


SAR Q&A with Cassetteboy


SAR Q&A with The Coherent Encoherence


SAR Q&A with Joe Frawley


SAR Q&A with I Cut People


SAR Q&A with Idiom Creak


SAR Q&A with DJ Lobsterdust


SAR Q&A with Orchid Spangiafora


SAR Q&A with Osymyso


SAR Q&A with Realistic


SAR Q&A with Alyce Santoro


SAR Q&A with Jeffrey Sconce


SAR Q&A with Silica-Gel


SAR Q&A with stAllio! (Animals Within Animals)


SAR Q&A with DJ Zebra


Thanks for listening!
Jon Nelson


www.some-assembly-required.net
Category: -- posted at: 1:17pm PST

Episode 254, Some Assembly Required

01 DJ Zebra – “Oh Brother Rayâ€
02 DJ Haste – “Surgical Spirits (Operation on the Turntables)â€
03 Alyce Santoro – “Please Don't Be Longâ€
04 DJ Lobsterdust – “Today It's Onâ€
05 The Bran Flakes – “Apricot Ballsâ€
06 CxFx + The Toilet – “Not Againâ€
07 The Found Sound Orchestra – “Nifty Fiftyâ€
08 Idiom Creak – “Video Gamesâ€
09 I Cut People – “Rock Bottomsâ€
10 dj BC – “Sweet America In 50 Secondsâ€
11 Los Kinkos – “50 Snippets Deepâ€
12 Jeffrey Sconce – “Catherine Lintonâ€
13 Orchid Spangiafora – “Half Rightâ€
14 A plus D – “You Believe Me All Night Longâ€
15 The Coherent Encoherence – “Walking On Fire With Golden Feetâ€
16 Osymyso – “Think And Singâ€
17 Idiom Creak – “Jet-Powered, Monkey-Navigatedâ€
18 Ros Bobos – “Beneath The Golden Skyâ€
19 Cassetteboy – “Brewster's Millionsâ€
20 Joe Frawley – “Crush Materialâ€
21 Timmy The Tapeworm – “Creâ€
22 Robert Voisey – “Oregonâ€
23 The Beige Channel – “Lifetime Pop Headâ€
24 Realistic – “Marsupial Methodâ€
25 B'O'K – “A Piece of Meatâ€
26 Mr. Rusty – “Don't Stop The Empireâ€
27 Silica-Gel – “You Bear-Gram Herâ€
28 Beatrix*JAR – “Let's Make Some Soundsâ€
29 stAllio! – “Fifty Seconds Of Kickin Itâ€
30 McSleazy – “No Looking Downâ€


Use this address, for your pod software:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD
Direct download: SAR254.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 7:13pm PST

April 18, 2010

Three of the artists in this week's episode (#46) have previously responded to the SAR Q&A. You can read over 150 of these online artist features at the Some Assembly Required website HERE.

Check out these three to start...



SAR Q&A with Ros Bobos


SAR Q&A with Steve Fisk


SAR Q&A with Nubile G and The Spurious Whiz


Thanks for listening,
Jon Nelson


www.some-assembly-required.net
Category: -- posted at: 12:25pm PST

Episode 46, Some Assembly Required

01 Kool DJ E.Q. - “Death of hip-hopâ€
02 Mag Wheels - “Facelift photosâ€
03 Nubile G and the Spurious Whiz - “Your jolly giantâ€
04 Ed Chang - “Cut!â€
05 2 Many DJs - “Push it/no funâ€
06 Steve Fisk - “Lying in Texasâ€
07 Manifest with Mr. Thing - “Unorthodox turntabular anglesâ€
08 Ros Bobos - “Emergency bingoâ€
09 The Asteroid - “No more vitaminsâ€
10 Moisten Before Use - “Media overloadâ€
11 David Shea - “Holy mountain/Jetvana/Pure landâ€
12 Akufen - “Deck the houseâ€
13 McSleazy - “Don’t call me Blurâ€


Use this address, for your pod software:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD
Direct download: SAR46.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 11:33am PST

April 11, 2010

This week's episode features a record number of "Break-In" records, and with only two by legendary "King of Novelty", Dickie Goodman, you can hear just how influential Buchanan and Goodman really were. Check out some inspired work by artists such as Ed Solomon, Super Stu, Allen Dennis & The Disco Turkeys, and even comedian Albert Brooks, in Episode 253, HERE.

Thanks to Wayne Butane, who shared some of his novelty record collection this episode...

Also, be sure to check out the nine artists in this week's episode (#253) who previously responded to the SAR Q&A. You can read over 150 of these online artist features at the Some Assembly Required website HERE.

Check out these nine to start...



SAR Q&A with The Bran Flakes


SAR Q&A with Wayne Butane


SAR Q&A with DJ Earlybird


SAR Q&A with Go Home Productions


SAR Q&A with Jon Goodman (Dickie Goodman)


SAR Q&A with Frenchbloke


SAR Q&A with Laso Halo


SAR Q&A with Osymyso


SAR Q&A with People Like Us


Thanks for listening!
Jon Nelson


www.some-assembly-required.net
Category: -- posted at: 8:00pm PST

Episode 253, Some Assembly Required

01 Dickie Goodman – “Mr. Jawsâ€
02 Dickie Goodman – “Mrs. Jawsâ€
03 George & Lewis – “The Return Of Jerry Leeâ€
04 Phil Milstein – “The killer (Jerry Lee) “
05 Albert Brooks – “Party From Outer Spaceâ€
06 The Astronaughts – “The Astronaughtsâ€
07 Laso Halo – “Stanleyâ€
08 The Missies – “The Space Shipâ€
09 The Bran Flakes – “Collage Collageâ€
10 The Lonely One – “A Letter To My Loveâ€
11 Frenchbloke – “Dream Houseâ€
12 Wayne Butane – “Countdown For George (segment)â€
13 Super Stu, Allen Dennis & The Disco Turkeys – “The Great Debateâ€
14 People Like Us – “Dead Radioâ€
15 Harold Hardsell – “Speaking Of Streakingâ€
16 Osymyso – “On Osymyso! No?â€
17 5-Year-Old Humorous Dian – “Interview With Mr. Kâ€
18 DJ Earlybird – “Superstition can't buy me loveâ€
19 Ed Solomon – “The Beatle Flying Saucerâ€
20 Go Home Productions – “Walrus Mamaâ€


Use this address, for your pod software:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD
Direct download: SAR253.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 12:18pm PST

April 4, 2010

Five of the artists in this week's episode (#47) have previously responded to the SAR Q&A. You can read over 150 of these online artist features at the Some Assembly Required website HERE.

Check out these five to start...



SAR Q&A with Buttfinger


SAR Q&A with Kelly Patrick Ryan (Happy As F***)


SAR Q&A with Bob Ostertag


SAR Q&A with Silica-Gel


SAR Q&A with The Tape-beatles


Thanks for listening,
Jon Nelson


www.some-assembly-required.net
Category: -- posted at: 9:26am PST

Episode 47, Some Assembly Required

01 John Oswald - “Springâ€
02 The International Bankers - “Void transactionâ€
03 The Tape-beatles - “You have to participateâ€
04 The Tape-beatles - “Candidateâ€
05 The Tape-beatles - “Flowers for dead heroesâ€
06 Silica-Gel - “Scratch and scream/Too natural actionsâ€
07 Buttfinger - “Wham!â€
08 Project Data Control - “Dusk to dawn in Brooklynâ€
09 Happy As F*** - “Do you?“
10 Bob Ostertag - “Tears on the sand in the fierce companionship of thirstâ€


Use this address, for your pod software:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD
Direct download: SAR47.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 9:22am PST

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