Sun, 3 October 2010
Episode 32, Some Assembly Required
 01 The Bran Flakes - “Collage collageâ€02 Wobbly - “My turn to eat me†03 Lecture on Nothing - “Fresh makeup†04 Tim Maloney - “Thunderclock†05 Kid Koala - “Barhopper 1†06 The Tape-beatles - “New thought†07 David Shea/DJ Grazhoppa - “Tasty cake†08 Kid Koala - “Barhopper 2†09 Realistic - “Looking for a handout†10 Negativland - “Voice inside my head†11 The Avalanches - “Frontier psychiatrist†12 Steve Dirkx - “I believe it†13 The Art of Noise - “Dragnet ‘88†14 Double Dee and Steinski - “Voice mail: the sugarhill remix†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 25 September 2010
Episode 164, Some Assembly Required
(Featuring our 2007 interview with Realistic) 01 The Evolution Control Committee – “Darwin at Fifteenâ€02 Realistic – “Magnetic Home Poetry†03 Realistic – “Larry Likes Greeting†04 Realistic – “The introduction ditty†05 Realistic – “Sq-80 Buzz†06 Realistic – “Conversation Hearts†07 Realistic – “Eyebeam pounding†08 Realistic – “Looking for a handout†09 Realistic – “Hopeless Romantic Tragedy†10 Realistic – “The Camera Track†11 Realistic – “Trademark Messaging†12 Realistic – “Ex-corporate Dream†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 18 September 2010
Episode 33, Some Assembly Required
01 Lecture on Nothing - “Opinionsâ€02 People Like Us - “My son Jim†03 Joseph Hyde - “Manic†04 The Evolution Control Committee - “I want a cookie†05 Silica-Gel - “Blurpy blip†06 Splatt - “The tao of junk†07 Antediluvian Rocking Horse - “Leunig†08 Negativland - “(Guns) Then†09 The Evolution Control Committee - “No time for yes†10 Steve Fisk - “Break on thru†11 Jim Allenspach - “Not normal†12 Z-Trip - “Rockstar II†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 12 September 2010
Episode 85, Some Assembly Required
(featuring our 2004 interview with Christian Marclay) 01 Christian Marclay/Gunter Muller – “Love gasolineâ€02 Christian Marclay – “Jimi Hendrix†03 Christian Marclay – “Detroit, 12/21/02†04 C. Marclay/G. Muller – “Je Ne Vous Oublierai Jamais†05 Christian Marclay/Gunter Muller – “pfiff†06 Christian Marclay – “Don’t stop now†07 Christian Marclay – “Johann Strauss†08 Christian Marclay/Gunter Muller – “Vitalium†09 Christian Marclay – “Annandale-on-Hudson, 11/19/03†10 Christian Marclay – “New York, 9/17/00†11 Christian Marclay – “One thousand cycles†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Mon, 6 September 2010
September 5, 2010
This week's Q&A is with Timmy The Tapeworm's James Allen (check it out HERE). I actually had new Q&A's with two of the artists featured in last week's episode (#256), so I decided to post one last week (Junk Culture), and then a new one again this week, as we've already run a Q&A with The Freelance Hellraiser, who is our featured artist in this week's episode (#147, featuring our 2006 interview with the artist). So, yeah. That should clear things up, I hope. Check out this week's Q&A with Timmy The Tapeworm HERE, or just scroll down a bit... thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Mon, 6 September 2010
Timmy The Tapeworm
 Timmy The Tapeworm is the Twin Cities' own James Allen. Check out his :50 track on the SAR/mnartists compilation "50/50", featured in Episode 256. It's a stand out.Allen is a recent graduate of the The Art Institutes International Minnesota, a noise artist and freelance Graphic Designer, living in Minneapolis. His work has been featured on at least a dozen compilations, including 2008's 612noise, on the insides music label. Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with Timmy The Tapeworm... *Name: Timmy the Tapeworm *Are there any additional names used to describe this project: Depeche Node, Japeworm *Do you use a pseudonym? (Yes) *Members: One, with the occasional tapeworm. *Founding Members: James Allen *Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: All of the above, but often not. Or, perhaps more. *Another genre descriptor: Most of my work can probably be described under terms like mash-up, breakcore, or noise. But then there's the work that's not quite any of those that I often refer to as DnB for those with attention disorders, or ADHDnB, for short. However, when I'm too lazy to explain anything, I just say it's Wormcore, and leave it up to whoever to figure it out. *Is there a story behind your name? I was convinced that I had a tapeworm living in me during the summer of 2005. It was a lonely summer, so, excited to have company, I became rather fond of having a tapeworm. He became my friend. I later found out that I never had a tapeworm, just a high metabolism. *Location: Minneapolis, MN *Original Location: Bad medical advice *What is your creative/artistic background: In short: I went to school for Graphic Design. I use that knowledge for the occasional freelance. I do the occasional art show thing. More often than not, the music thing works out better. It's also more fun. *History: Summer 2005 *Born: 1985—MN *Motivations: Making tangible versions of the sounds in my head and other bad cliches. *Philosophy: There isn't a set "philosophy" behind my work, it's more a means of keeping myself from having a nervous breakdown. *How would you like to be remembered: I am still uncertain. *Web address: Until there is more time: http://myspace.com/timmythetapeworm http://www.last.fm/music/Timmy+the+Tapeworm www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 5 September 2010
Episode 147, Some Assembly Required
(featuring our 2006 interview with The Freelance Hellraiser) 01 The Freelance Hellraiser - “Just Can't Get Enough Pillsâ€02 The Freelance Hellraiser - “City Grammar†03 The Freelance Hellraiser - “A Stroke Of Genius†04 The Freelance Hellraiser - “Step On Man “ 05 The Freelance Hellraiser - “What About Going Down?†06 The Freelance Hellraiser - “Wonder woman†07 The Freelance Hellraiser - “It Ain't Hard To Tell†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 29 August 2010
Junk Culture
 This week's Q&A is with Junk Culture's Deepak Mantena.There's not a whole lot to be learned about Junk Culture, on the internet (at least, not at the time of this writing). Thanks, however, to a link to his twitter account, I can tell you he appears to be a fan of Freaks & Geeks, Julia Roberts and Sudoku... So, that's kind of interesting. A look at his biography information on Facebook only reveals that a boy band by the name of Lyte Funky Ones was an American three-man pop/rap group consisting of Rich Cronin, Devin Lima and Brad Fischetti, and no, I don't think that has anything to do with anything... not really. It CAN be said that Junk Culture has been performing a lot of shows, including four with label mate, Girl Talk, last year, and also that there are a couple of videos to view at their website. Check it out HERE. Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with Junk Culture... *Name: Junk Culture *Are there any additional names used to describe this project: Not yet. Brorock, maybe? *Do you use a pseudonym? Not yet. *Members: Two (Deepak Mantena & Nitin Mantena) - I sing and play samples and record the jams and my brother Nitin plays drums. My friend Harrison is going to be playing drums for me on a tour with Tobacco in September. *Founding Members: Just me. *Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: I haven't exclusively defined the means by which I make music because for my music making purposes the means are the least important thing to me. I want the freedom to make music with any tools I want without letting the tools define the band. *Another genre descriptor: Genre-wise I've been thinking of my music as cosmic r&b, which I think is especially apt for how I want the material moving forward to sound. *Why you use this descriptor: I really love the production of a lot of 90’s r&b music, from the instrumentation to the vocal treatment. It's something I kind of wanted to emulate in some of my new material. I guess the cosmic part is because the new material is not straight up r&b, it's definitely a little out there. Plus I have a huge interest in outer space and astronomy, so I guess all that stuff just made it feel like an apt way to describe some of the new material, which I feel is quite a bit different than the first record. (I had released music for 6 years prior under another name that just didn't seem to represent the material anymore. So looking through my record collection one day looking for something to listen to, I saw OMD’s “Junk Culture†and it just clicked. It really made sense with the material.) *Location: I've from Oxford, Mississippi, where I've lived most of my life. *Original Location: Idaho *What is your creative/artistic background: I've been playing and recording music since I was kid. I started on piano and guitar, but once I discovered the computer that became a new instrument to make music with. At the same time I've always loved doing stage plays when I can and working on short films. So those three things continue to spiral into taking up the largest amounts of my time. *History: Junk Culture has existed since October of 2008, but I put out two records on my own under a different name years and years before that. *Born: Nitin and I were both born in Idaho. *Motivations: Despite being a huge fan of music, it's still inexplicable to me how certain songs can make me feel the way they do. That's something that transcends conscious reasoning, for me at least, and my motivation is to try and explore that with my own music. *Philosophy: So far, my goal is simply to record material that evokes a strong emotion of some sort in myself. Not just this song makes me happy or sad or something, but strong emotions that have a physicality to them, that are ambivalent even, that I can feel in my stomach. If my material can accomplish that on some level for me, I'm happy to have people hear it in hopes that they'll have a similar reaction. I should say, these high level things are important to my process, but it's not my intention to be heavy handed about this stuff with my listeners. If people listen to my work and get something out of it, I'm pumped, even if it's not what I intended for them to feel. *How would you like to be remembered: For being inconsistently funny on Twitter. *Web address: http://junkculture.biz http://twitter.com/ilikepants www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 29 August 2010
Episode 256, Some Assembly Required |
Sat, 28 August 2010
August 22, 2010
(Updated) A Brand New Episode is scheduled for next week, so stay tuned... It's been awhile since I talked about all of the older Interview Episodes we've been featuring around here lately, so check out the list below, with links to each respective download... This week's episode features our 2004 interview with Omer Fast, along with the complete soundtrack to his amazing video collage, "CNN Concatenated". Fast has a new solo exhibition opening next month at gb agency in Paris. Be sure to check out his page at their website, if you've never seen the full video for CNN Concatenated. Click HERE and then the "Online Preview" link to find the full 18+ minute video collage... Also, remember, our Interviews Page has a list of every artist we've ever interviewed on the show, along with links to each and every episode. Check it out HERE. Here's that list of recent episodes: Omer Fast (2004) DJ Qbert (2008) Wobbly (2002) RX Music (2007) Emergency Broadcast Network (2007) Don Joyce (2001) The Evolution Control Committee (2003) The Tape-beatles (2002) The Bran Flakes (2004) John Oswald (2001) Thanks for listening! Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 22 August 2010
Episode 83, Some Assembly Required
(featuring our 2004 interview with Omer Fast) 01 Antediluvian Rocking Horse - "Convoluted plot machine"02 The Bran Flakes - "A musical computer" 03 The Evolution Control Committee - "Computers" 04 The Tape-beatles - "The human machine" 05 The Tape-beatles - "Byways of ghostland" 06 Omer Fast - "CNN Concatenated (Part 1)" 07 Omer Fast - "CNN Concatenated (Part 2)" 08 Omer Fast - "CNN Concatenated (Part 3)" 09 Omer Fast - "CNN Concatenated (Part 4)" 10 Omer Fast - "CNN Concatenated (Part 5)" 11 Omer Fast - "CNN Concatenated (Part 6)" 12 Omer Fast - "CNN Concatenated (Part 7)" 13 B'O'K and ADMacHine - "Ha'ah'ah Y'aas E'eh" 14 Buttfinger - "Machine five" 15 DJ Pantshead - "Machines dehumanize" 16 Mr. Dibbs – “Machine†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 15 August 2010
Episode 221, Some Assembly Required
(featuring our 2008 interview with DJ QBert) 01 DJ Broken Window - “Hair, nails, percolatorâ€02 notv - “And Who Are You†03 The Evolution Control Committee - “Ritalin Ruckus (Track 13)†04 DJ QBert - “Scroll Of The Wrist Beam†05 DJ QBert - “Fourteen (Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Musik)†06 DJ QBert - “Three (Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Musik)†07 DJ QBert - “Movement 1: Quadraphonic Element Download†08 DJ QBert - “Movement 2: 6 Fingered Fury†09 DJ QBert - “Movement 3: Inside-Out Body Warp†10 Christian Marclay - “One Thousand Cycles†11 DJ QBert - “Untitled (live)†12 Invisibl Skratch Piklz - " Invisibl Skratch Piklz vs. Da Klamz Uv Deth" Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 7 August 2010
The Superfools
 The Superfools are in fact one person, New Mexico's James Melendrez. He's a screen printer, artist and DJ, influenced by "everything he comes in contact with, from cds found at the public library, to the bizarre conversations overheard on the bus, or television commercials". There are at least a dozen different albums to download at his website. Check it out HERE.Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with The Superfools... *Name: The Superfools *Are there any additional names used to describe this project: James Melendrez aka The Superfools *Do you use a pseudonym? (Yes) *Members: James Melendrez *Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: It's sample music. *Is there a story behind your name? The Superfools got its name from the 80's song “We built this city on rock and rollâ€. I used it as a sample track on the first album. That first album spoke to me with its words that came from other artists. *Location: I'm from Albuquerque, New Mexico. *Original Location: Grew up in Dallas, Texas and was born in El Paso, Texas in 1977. *What is your creative/artistic background: I work as a successful screen printer in Albuquerque, working on movies and TV shows and political printing. Also a part of a Union for printing. Started to make music in the summer of ’99, jumping from computer to computer. I quickly became friends with anyone who would let me use their music programs. *History: The Superfools started as a joke with my friends to see who could make the best mix tape. I joined a college radio station around that time at New Mexico State University. My show was called the Jesus show and I played my first album on air. The Program Director was not all that happy, but Superfools was getting a lot of buzz over the things I was doing. I was DJing at a lot of local bars at the time. *Born: 1977 *Motivations: My motivation comes from a basic need to make art because I'm an artist. It's just in us as artists we have to create. Also I get a motivation each time I create something new. It makes me want to create more and do better. Artists are just born with this basic need to create from birth. *Philosophy: The philosophy behind the band? Don't know because the fools are always changing and I sometimes have no control over my subject matter. Pop culture just happens. *How would you like to be remembered: I would like to be remembered as a really good concept artist. *Web address: http://typodmary.com/superfools.html www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 7 August 2010
Episode 255, Some Assembly Required
01 Top Rawmen - “Symphony 3000 (feat. Yeroc, Nando, Nomad, Mike C and Jay Slim)â€02 Michael Gregory – “Auto-Tune The News #8†03 MadMix Mustang – “Take Me On The Crazy Train†04 People Like Us & Wobbly – “Pain†05 Gitar – “Hey†06 Gitar – “Stupid Ums†07 The Residents – “Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life†08 Overdub - “Mixed Farm†09 Wobbly – “Puddle. Uh. Uh Uh Uh Uh Uh. Puddle.†10 Big City Orchestra – “Untitled (Consumer CD)†11 The Evolution Control Committee – “Don't Let The Devil Blow Your Mind†12 Deskhop – “Get Lit Up†13 Ruckus Roboticus – “A Child's Introduction To Drums†14 The Superfools – “Music makers†15 Gitar - “Helicopter Cruise†16 The Freelance Hellraiser - “A Stroke Of Genius†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 1 August 2010
August 1, 2010
We've played eight of our favorite interviews over the course of this past quarter, and I hope you've been enjoying the show. I plan to continue with this series, on a smaller scale, over the next several months, in order to make room for some brand NEW episodes, starting next week with Episode 255... There will also be some new Q&A's coming up. If you've been a fan of this series, stay tuned for online features with artists such as Flying White Dots, Junk Culture, Los Kinkos, Rokhausen, The Superfools and Timmy The Tapeworm. I'm hoping to work on more as well, so stay tuned! Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 1 August 2010
Episode 34, Some Assembly Required |
Sat, 24 July 2010
Episode 39, Some Assembly Required
(featuring our 2002 interview with Wobbly's Jon Leidecker) 01 Chopping Channel - (untitled, live 5/99)02 Wobbly - “Only Musical†03 Natasha Spencer - “The house she flew in on (excerpt)†04 PLU/JBHP/Wobbly - “Heads off†05 Chopping Channel - (untitled, live 5/99) 06 PLU/JPHP/Wobbly - “Yodel Bomber†07 Wobbly – “Yo Yo Yo Yoyo Yo, Hey...†08 John Oswald - “Funky X (excerpt)†09 Wobbly – “Make You We We Go Man Go Yo Midyididiyid†10 Wobbly – “Girl. I Getchoo. Oh Oh Oh.†11 Wobbly - “Clawing your eyes out down to your throat†12 Wobbly - “Worry don’t thing†13 Wobbly - “Losing blook†14 Wobbly - “Hard, like duck†15 Wobbly - “Vingt regards (no. 15)†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 17 July 2010
Episode 189, Some Assembly Required
(featuring our 2007 interview with RX Music) 01 RX Music – “White linesâ€02 Steinski and Mass Media – “It's Up To You (Television Mix)†03 Steev Hise – “Nexus 6†04 The Bots – “Bushwack†05 Wax Audio – “A Day Of Horror†06 RX Music – “Sunday Bloody Sunday†07 RX Music – “Dick Is a Killer†08 RX Music – “My generation†09 RX Music – “My name is Rx†10 The Evolution Control Committee – “Bush speech (corrected - part 1)†11 RX Music – “Imagine/Walk on the wild side†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 11 July 2010
Episode 35, Some Assembly Required
01 People Like Us - “Serenadeâ€02 The Bran Flakes - “Everybody pay attention now†03 Turntable Trainwreck - “Cubicle 38 droplift blues†04 Nubile G and the Spurious Whiz - “Your jolly giant†05 Christian Marclay - “One thousand cycles†06 Severin 24 - “Teepee (live)†07 Steev Hise - “How to use borrowed ideas†08 Escape Mechanism - “Why does the light fall?†09 Realistic - “Handicap bathroom†10 Girl Talk - “Fun in the sun†11 The Tape-beatles - “You people are in great danger†12 The Avalanches - “Radio†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 3 July 2010
June 12, 2010
The last two weeks have been part of an ongoing effort to revisit some of my favorite interview episodes. We started with John Oswald and the Bran Flakes, last week was The Tape-beatles, and this week we revisit Episode 57, featuring our 2003 interview with the ECC's Mark Gunderson. Which is why I'm posting, as I've just checked out an advance copy of the Evolution Control Committee's upcoming release, and I have to say it's awesome! We'll be playing some tracks off of it in the coming quarter, so stay tuned for that, and if you're a fan traveling in the Pacific Northwest during the first weekend of July, you'll want to take special note: The Evolution Control Committee will be performing four shows, with The Bran Flakes, July 2nd through the 5th... Click HERE for more info about the tour, which they’re calling “The ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... NONE ®ESPE©TED! Tour”, and stay tuned for more info about the ECC's new CD, which should be out later this year (2010). Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 3 July 2010
Episode 193, Some Assembly Required
(featuring our 2007 interview with EBN's Gardner Post) 01 Emergency Broadcast Network – “Get Down (ver. 2.2)â€02 Emergency Broadcast Network – “EBN Station Promo†03 Emergency Broadcast Network – “Kill The Enemy†04 Emergency Broadcast Network – “Move Toward The Middle†05 Emergency Broadcast Network – “Watch Television†06 Emergency Broadcast Network – “Homicidal Schizophrenic (A Lad Insane)†07 Emergency Broadcast Network – “Electronic Behavior Control System (ver. 2.0)†08 Emergency Broadcast Network – “3:7:8†09 Emergency Broadcast Network – “State Extension†10 Emergency Broadcast Network – “We Will 'Raq You†11 Emergency Broadcast Network – “What's Happening?†12 Emergency Broadcast Network – “Total Smoothness†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 26 June 2010
Episode 08, Some Assembly Required
(featuring our 2001 interview with Negativland's Don Joyce) 01 Negativland - “Time zonesâ€02 Negativland - “Yellow, black and rectangular†03 Don Joyce - “We’ll be right back†04 Over The Edge - “Mertz, A force of nature, hard and soft thinking, the good life, cars†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 20 June 2010
Episode 36, Some Assembly Required
01 Lecture on Nothing - “I need a doctorâ€02 Tom Recchion - “The drinking doctor†03 Realistic - “Magnetic home surgery†04 Negativland - “Yellow black and rectangular†05 The Avalanches - “Frontier psychiatrist†06 Buttfinger - “Anxiety as a clinical indicator/sad career†07 Steve Fisk - “I wish I were dead (part 1)†08 The Bran Flakes - “Face another day (2148)†09 Lecture on Nothing - “Brain surgery†10 Corporal Blossom - “Plastic job†11 Silica-Gel - “Beauty bugaboo†12 Big City Orchestra - “Carter’s little liver pills†13 DJ Qbert - “Inner space dental commander†14 The Evolution Control Committee - “I want a cookie†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 12 June 2010
Episode 57, Some Assembly Required
(featuring our 2003 interview with The Evolution Control Committee) 01 Evolution Control Committee - “I want a cookieâ€02 Evolution Control Committee - “I don’t care†03 Evolution Control Committee - “Computers†04 Evolution Control Committee - “Nearly no time for yes†05 Evolution Control Committee - “No time for yes†06 Evolution Control Committee - “Acid family†07 Evolution Control Committee - “Hello†08 Evolution Control Committee - “Breakfast†09 Evolution Control Committee - “Toot†10 Evolution Control Committee - “Lunch†11 Evolution Control Committee - “5000 BC†12 Evolution Control Committee - “Dinner†13 Evolution Control Committee - “Goodbye†14 Evolution Control Committee - “Rebel without a pause†15 (2 Many DJs) - “Push it/no fun†16 (2 Many DJs) - “Smells like booty†17 Evolution Control Committee - “Rocked by rape†18 Evolution Control Committee - “Don’t miss the great snatch†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 6 June 2010
Episode 30, Some Assembly Required
(featuring our 2002 interview with The Tape-beatles) 01 The Tape-beatles - “Scream scream screamâ€02 The Tape-beatles - “Sing sing sing (sing sing)†03 The Tape-beatles - “Listen to the radio†04 The Tape-beatles - “From the tide or the wind†05 The Tape-beatles - “Desire†06 The Tape-beatles - “XT92-007†07 The Tape-beatles - “Frog story†08 The Tape-beatles - “Mind problems†09 The Tape-beatles - “Grave implications†10 Public Works - “Foundation†11 The Tape-beatles - “The changing world†12 The Tape-beatles - “Joy and power†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 29 May 2010
Episode 40, Some Assembly Required
01 Dreamies - “Program 10â€02 Dreamies - “Program 11†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 23 May 2010
May 23, 2010
This week's episode is the second in a scattered series of previously aired SAR Interviews. You can listen to my 2004 interview with both members of The Bran Flakes HERE. Episode 99 was a lot of fun to work on. The Bran Flakes are a fun breath of fresh air, which is a big part of why I love returning to their work as often as I do. Check out this week's episode to see what I mean, and for a little more info, look HERE for our online Q&A with them as well... Thanks for listening! Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 23 May 2010
Episode 99, Some Assembly Required
(Featuring our 2004 Interview with The Bran Flakes) 01 The Bran Flakes – “Mutual admiration and loveâ€02 The Bran Flakes – “Cool fresh apple cider†03 The Bran Flakes – “Call Me Patches†04 The Bran Flakes – “Hollerin’ linguistics†05 The Bran Flakes – “(theme to) the Mickey Mouse Club†06 The Bran Flakes – “Praise the lord†07 The Bran Flakes – “Perversion for profit†08 The Bran Flakes – “A Susie Moppet singtime sing-a-long song†09 The Bran Flakes – “The magical fairy princess†10 The Bran Flakes – “Collage collage†11 The Bran Flakes – “The hello show†12 The Bran Flakes – “Let us praise him children!†13 The Bran Flakes – “Funny funny†14 The Bran Flakes – “Love me happy†15 The Bran Flakes – “Buttermilk†16 The Bran Flakes – “Bounces†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Tue, 18 May 2010
May 16, 2010
This week's episode is the first in a scattered series of previously aired SAR Interview episodes. I thought I'd start with my 2001 interview with John Oswald. Episode 16 was recorded and aired just prior to Oswald's appearance with Wobbly at the Bryant Lake Bowl, in Minneapolis, for that year's Sound Unseen. It was one of our very first events, and I still look back on that fall with very fond memories... Enjoy! Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 15 May 2010
Episode 16, Some Assembly Required
(Featuring our 2001 Interview with John Oswald) 01 John Oswald - “Pretenderâ€02 John Oswald - “Brown†03 John Oswald - “Anon†04 John Oswald - "Grayfolded (Untitled track)" 05 John Oswald - “Angle†06 John Oswald - “Mad mod†07 John Oswald - “Urge†08 John Oswald - “Case of death (part one)†09 John Oswald - “2 net†10 John Oswald - “O’hell†11 John Oswald - “Dab†12 John Oswald - “Sonic Euthanasia†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Tue, 11 May 2010
Okay, with a little help from my friends (and thanks for the feedback!), both the blog AND the podcast have now proven to be up and running just fine. Things should continue from here as they always have.
Thanks again for the feedback, and although I don't foresee any problems, please do feel free to let me know directly if there are... My contact info is: assembly (at) detritus.net thanks again, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Mon, 10 May 2010
Episode 42, Some Assembly Required
01 Girl Talk - “Let’s start this party rightâ€02 Double Dee and Steinski - “Lesson 2 (James Brown mix)†03 Klarc Qent - "Erroneous Data (track 3)" 04 Dum Dum TV - "Parti-colored irregular sonic (track 6)" 05 Ros Bobos - “Very truly yours†06 Steev Hise - “Objects swallowed and inhaled (segment)†07 Akufen - Deck the house†08 The Freelance Hellraiser - “I just can’t get enough pills†09 The Tape-beatles - “Another blue night†10 People Like Us - “Ursula fahrt ski†11 Mix Master Mike - “Schwartz vs. aghaarta†12 The Tape-beatles - “Waves of waves†13 People Like Us - “Oh no†14 The Avalanches - “Extra kings†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 9 May 2010
The good news is that the blog appears to be working the way I expected it to... Unfortunately, I can't yet tell whether the podcast has been affected. I think I need to make one or two small updates to the settings at Feedburner, but I'm not quite sure about the details.
In the meantime, if you have any feedback about the changes taking place (were you able to find this week's podcast the way you are used to?), please get in touch! I can be reached by email, at: assembly (AT) detritus.net Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 9 May 2010
May 9, 2010
Seven of the artists in this week's episode (#42) 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 seven to start...  SAR Q&A with Ros Bobos  SAR Q&A with Steinski (Double Dee & Steinski)  SAR Q&A with The Freelance Hellraiser  SAR Q&A with Girl Talk  SAR Q&A with Steev Hise  SAR Q&A with People Like Us  SAR Q&A with The Tape-beatles Thanks for listening! Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Fri, 30 April 2010
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 |
Fri, 30 April 2010
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Thu, 29 April 2010
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 |
Thu, 29 April 2010
Episode 45, Some Assembly Required
01 John Oswald - “Beatlesâ€02 John Oswald - “Dab†03 Realistic - “Rosie Blackman overdrive†04 Realistic - “The introduction ditty†05 Steev Hise - “Tokyo dynamite†06 Steev Hise - “Want†07 The Bran Flakes - “The enchanted bus†08 The Bran Flakes - “Lovely sleigh ride†09 Lecture on Nothing - “(Untitled)†10 Lecture on Nothing - “Country but†11 Big City Orchestra - "(Consumer, track 47)" 12 Big City Orchestra - "(Consumer, track 49)" 13 Escape Mechanism - “No reason†14 Escape Mechanism - “Wake up†15 Wobbly - “A camel for cidilla†16 Wobbly - “Non 120†17 Klarc Qent - “(Erroneous Data, track 11)†18 Klarc Qent - “(Erroneous Data, track 12)†19 Negativland - “A most successful formula†20 Negativland - “The greatest taste around†21 The Avalanches - “Since I left you†22 The Avalanches - “Stay another season†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Mon, 26 April 2010
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 |
Sun, 25 April 2010
Episode 254, Some Assembly Required
01 DJ Zebra – “Oh Brother Rayâ€02 DJ Haste – “Surgical Spirits (Operation on the Turntables)†03 Alyce Santoro – “Please Don't Be Long†04 DJ Lobsterdust – “Today It's On†05 The Bran Flakes – “Apricot Balls†06 CxFx + The Toilet – “Not Again†07 The Found Sound Orchestra – “Nifty Fifty†08 Idiom Creak – “Video Games†09 I Cut People – “Rock Bottoms†10 dj BC – “Sweet America In 50 Seconds†11 Los Kinkos – “50 Snippets Deep†12 Jeffrey Sconce – “Catherine Linton†13 Orchid Spangiafora – “Half Right†14 A plus D – “You Believe Me All Night Long†15 The Coherent Encoherence – “Walking On Fire With Golden Feet†16 Osymyso – “Think And Sing†17 Idiom Creak – “Jet-Powered, Monkey-Navigated†18 Ros Bobos – “Beneath The Golden Sky†19 Cassetteboy – “Brewster's Millions†20 Joe Frawley – “Crush Material†21 Timmy The Tapeworm – “Cre†22 Robert Voisey – “Oregon†23 The Beige Channel – “Lifetime Pop Head†24 Realistic – “Marsupial Method†25 B'O'K – “A Piece of Meat†26 Mr. Rusty – “Don't Stop The Empire†27 Silica-Gel – “You Bear-Gram Her†28 Beatrix*JAR – “Let's Make Some Sounds†29 stAllio! – “Fifty Seconds Of Kickin It†30 McSleazy – “No Looking Down†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 17 April 2010
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 |
Sat, 17 April 2010
Episode 46, Some Assembly Required
01 Kool DJ E.Q. - “Death of hip-hopâ€02 Mag Wheels - “Facelift photos†03 Nubile G and the Spurious Whiz - “Your jolly giant†04 Ed Chang - “Cut!†05 2 Many DJs - “Push it/no fun†06 Steve Fisk - “Lying in Texas†07 Manifest with Mr. Thing - “Unorthodox turntabular angles†08 Ros Bobos - “Emergency bingo†09 The Asteroid - “No more vitamins†10 Moisten Before Use - “Media overload†11 David Shea - “Holy mountain/Jetvana/Pure land†12 Akufen - “Deck the house†13 McSleazy - “Don’t call me Blur†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 11 April 2010
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 |
Sat, 10 April 2010
Episode 253, Some Assembly Required
01 Dickie Goodman – “Mr. Jawsâ€02 Dickie Goodman – “Mrs. Jaws†03 George & Lewis – “The Return Of Jerry Lee†04 Phil Milstein – “The killer (Jerry Lee) “ 05 Albert Brooks – “Party From Outer Space†06 The Astronaughts – “The Astronaughts†07 Laso Halo – “Stanley†08 The Missies – “The Space Ship†09 The Bran Flakes – “Collage Collage†10 The Lonely One – “A Letter To My Love†11 Frenchbloke – “Dream House†12 Wayne Butane – “Countdown For George (segment)†13 Super Stu, Allen Dennis & The Disco Turkeys – “The Great Debate†14 People Like Us – “Dead Radio†15 Harold Hardsell – “Speaking Of Streaking†16 Osymyso – “On Osymyso! No?†17 5-Year-Old Humorous Dian – “Interview With Mr. K†18 DJ Earlybird – “Superstition can't buy me love†19 Ed Solomon – “The Beatle Flying Saucer†20 Go Home Productions – “Walrus Mama†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 4 April 2010
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 |
Sun, 4 April 2010
Episode 47, Some Assembly Required
01 John Oswald - “Springâ€02 The International Bankers - “Void transaction†03 The Tape-beatles - “You have to participate†04 The Tape-beatles - “Candidate†05 The Tape-beatles - “Flowers for dead heroes†06 Silica-Gel - “Scratch and scream/Too natural actions†07 Buttfinger - “Wham!†08 Project Data Control - “Dusk to dawn in Brooklyn†09 Happy As F*** - “Do you?“ 10 Bob Ostertag - “Tears on the sand in the fierce companionship of thirst†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 28 March 2010
March 28, 2010
Eight of the artists in this week's episode (#252) 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 eight to start...  SAR Q&A with A Plus D  SAR Q&A with The Bran Flakes  SAR Q&A with E-603  SAR Q&A with The Evolution Control Committee  SAR Q&A with Don Joyce (Negativland)  SAR Q&A with Phineas Narco (National Cynical Network)  SAR Q&A with team9  SAR Q&A with Wobbly Thanks for listening! Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 28 March 2010
Episode 252, Some Assembly Required
01 The Hop La! - “Aych 2 Ohâ€02 The Bran Flakes – “The Hello Show†03 TS/Matix – “Symphony of Solace†04 Mixmaster Mike – “Rebel Enforcer†05 Wobbly, Phineas Narco, and The Evolution Control Committee – “Beatlerape live†06 Glee Cast – “It's My Life Confessions, Part II (A+D Bootie Edit)†07 E-603 – “The Right Kind†08 Bill Holt – “Are You a Friend?†09 team9 - “Chilled Monkey†10 The 180 Gs – “Car Bomb†11 Negativland – “Car Bomb†12 A Plus D – “Stardust Kids†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 28 March 2010
Episode 251, Some Assembly Required
01 Go Home Productions – “Missing Groovejetâ€02 Antediluvian Rocking Horse – “Leunig†03 People Like Us – “OB & Cha Cha†04 People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz - “Honeysuckle Rose & Perpetuum Mobile†05 Mixmaster Mike – “Unidentifried†06 Think Tank - “Anticipatory Retaliation†07 Christian Marclay – “Louis Armstrong†08 Dunproofin' – “Groove Is In The Girls†09 The Tape-beatles – “Beautiful State†10 Kid Koala – “Drunk Trumpet†11 Ros Bobos – “Role Playing With Cultic Overtones†12 ToToM – “If I Had a Life†13 Virgil Howe (Sparo) - “No Clowns†14 dj BC – “Shorty Shutup†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 21 March 2010
March 21, 2010
Nine of the artists in this week's episode (#48) 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 nine to start...  SAR Q&A with Antediluvian Rocking Horse SAR Q&A with The Bran Flakes  SAR Q&A with The Button  SAR Q&A with The Freelance Hellraiser  SAR Q&A with Kelly Patrick Ryan (Happy as F***)  SAR Q&A with Lecture On Nothing  SAR Q&A with Public Works  SAR Q&A with Realistic  SAR Q&A with Rob Swift Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 21 March 2010
Episode 48, Some Assembly Required
01 The Bran Flakes - “Step by stepâ€02 Antediluvian Rocking Horse - “Lost sky daffodil†03 The Button - “I don’t care†04 Tom Recchion - “Mindless dread†05 Lecture on Nothing - “Forward to victory†06 Realistic - “Bundle of doubt†07 Public Works - “Persuasion†08 Antediluvian Rocking Horse - “Ratus Sapiens†09 Happy as F*** - “Lil’ swine o’ mine†10 DJ Rob Swift - “The age of television†11 Kurtis Rush - “One minute lovecat†12 The Button - “The system that never fails†13 The Freelance Hellraiser - “A stroke of genius†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 14 March 2010
March 14, 2010
Eleven of the artists in this week's episode (#251) 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 eleven to start... SAR Q&A with Antediluvian Rocking Horse  SAR Q&A with dj BC  SAR Q&A with Ros Bobos  SAR Q&A with Go Home Productions  SAR Q&A with Virgil Howe (Sparo)  SAR Q&A with Kid Koala  SAR Q&A with Christian Marclay  SAR Q&A with People Like Us  SAR Q&A with Ergo Phizmiz  SAR Q&A with The Tape-beatles  SAR Q&A with Think Tank Thanks for listening! Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 6 March 2010
March 7, 2010
This week's episode features a "Family" theme, including a short interview session with my own mother and father, just for fun. Originally aired in 2003, it's the last episode to add to the archive of "other" interviews, located HERE. I created the page to feature some of the interviews/specials which didn't exactly fit into the category of artist interviews (you can find the main Artist Interview page HERE, by the way). Ten of the artists in this week's episode (#49) 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 ten to start...  SAR Q&A with The Bran Flakes  SAR Q&A with Steve Dirkx  SAR Q&A with The Evolution Control Committee  SAR Q&A with Laso Halo  SAR Q&A with Lecture on Nothing  SAR Q&A with Don Joyce (Negativland)  SAR Q&A with People Like Us  SAR Q&A with Public Works  SAR Q&A with Realistic  SAR Q&A with Silica-Gel Thanks for listening! Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 6 March 2010
Episode 49, Some Assembly Required
01 DJ Bombjack (feat. Ben Grim) - “The brothers Grim sideshowâ€02 Steve Dirkx - “Mother of the sky†03 The Bran Flakes - “Mutual admiration and love†04 John Oswald - “Mother†05 Negativland - “Perfect scrambled eggs (live)†06 Lecture on Nothing - “The heimlich maneuver†07 Silica-Gel - “Mom happy†08 Realistic - “Mother’s maidenhead†09 Public Works - “Progeny†10 People Like Us - “My son Jim†11 Ill Media - “Brother in the back†12 The Evolution Control Committee - “Acid family†13 DJ Shadow - “Organ donor†14 Laso Halo - “Sleepy time jazz†15 Anon - “My name is funk soul brother†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 28 February 2010
February 28, 2010
This week's program is the 250th episode produced since we started syndicating Some Assembly Required. The milestone was marked by choosing a baker's dozen of my favorite sound collages... Also note the fact that episodes 50-250 are now available to download, for free, at our website. As the main focus of this blog was to make the program available online, this feels almost as significant as finishing the 250th episode! Check out our full list of available episodes HERE. Ten of the artists in this week's special episode have previously responded to the SAR Q&A. There are over 150 of these online artist features at the Some Assembly Required website HERE. Check out these ten to start...  SAR Q&A with B'O'K  SAR Q&A with Big City Orchestra  SAR Q&A with The Bran Flakes  SAR Q&A with DJ Cal  SAR Q&A with Divide and Kreate  SAR Q&A with Steinski  SAR Q&A with Go Home Productions  SAR Q&A with DJ Marvel  SAR Q&A with Don Joyce (Negativland)  SAR Q&A with Wobbly Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 28 February 2010
Episode 250, Some Assembly Required
01 Go Home Productions – “Ray of gobâ€02 Akufen – “Deck The House†03 Negativland – “Time Zones†04 B'O'K – “Breaking Windows†05 Double Dee & Steinski – “Jazz†06 Alien Army – “Jazz†07 Wobbly – “Only musical†08 Divide and Kreate – “It's a fine holiday†09 Big City Orchestra – “Bulldog†10 DJ Cal - “Nona Drove All Night†11 DJ Marvel – “Turntable Menace†12 The Bran Flakes - “Turn The Channel, It's Another Commercial†13 Totom - “Paint the Underground†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 20 February 2010
February 21, 2010
Nine of the artists in this week's episode (#52) 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 nine to start... SAR Q&A with Antediluvian Rocking Horse SAR Q&A with Big City Orchestra SAR Q&A with The Bran Flakes  SAR Q&A with Eddie Def  SAR Q&A with Escape Mechanism  SAR Q&A with Girl Talk SAR Q&A with Christian Marclay  SAR Q&A with stAllio! (Animals Within Animals) SAR Q&A with The Tape-beatles Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 20 February 2010
Episode 52, Some Assembly Required |
Thu, 18 February 2010
Chris Strouth
 Chris Strouth is a Minnesota producer, working in film, television, music and theater. He's had a hand in the production of well over 300 records, and recently directed his first feature film, "Unconvention." The political documentary, which premiered in 2009, at the 27th Annual Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, is a creative look at the 2008 Republican National Convention, which took place amid a storm of media, in Minnesota. Check it out HERE.I was the fortunate receiver of a music review by Mr. Strouth in 1999, and we somehow got in touch soon thereafter. Maybe a year or two later, I asked him if he'd join me in studio to talk about the history of electronics and appropriation in Minnesota music. The special episode aired in 2002. It was a casual conversation, just scratching the surface of all that has gone on here, but engaging nonetheless. Check out Episode 26 HERE. Strouth has pretty much done everything from writing and design, to performance and composition. His resume includes names like Hair Police, Rifle Sport Gallery, Depth Probe and Twin/Tone... If you're from around the Twin Cities, and have been for awhile, then no doubt you can appreciate what this guy's been up to, and for how long. He's worked extensively with The Weisman and Walker Art Museums, and written and directed theater pieces at Red Eye, where he was also involved with their music program. Check out his newest music project, Paris 1919, HERE. Check out his blog, "Tales Of The Idiot" for much more information, and his entry at MPR's Minnewiki, HERE. Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with Chris Strouth... *Name: Paris1919 *Members: Chris Strouth *Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: Digital deconstruction, I use a small arsenal of Ableton Live, and Reason and roughly a zillion plug ins. I tend to use a lot of micro sampling where I am just using a fraction of the original sample cel. It’s very rare in my work where you can tell where the source material is from. The track on your episode is a rare exception. *Location: MPLS, its a great city to work in. When I started there wasn't much of an experimental scene here at all. Now it's rife with it. You can't swing an emo kid without running into an experimental night somewhere. *What is your creative/artistic background: That’s a loaded question, but the short version is I am a producer and probably to a larger point an instigator. I have worked in every form of music I can think of except for new country, made movies, TV shows, theater, played in major museums and crap rock joints. This group (Paris1919) represents a new thing for me in that it’s my first solo project since 1987 - yes, I am old. *History: Jesus, don't make me recount that, if you really care look it up. *Born: July 28, 1968 (please note same birthday as Marcel DuChamp). *Motivations: No idea, I started making noise music in High School listening to John Zorn and David Van Tiegham and got my first sampler, The supper classy Casio Sk1, and was hooked. Then I started in groups and wound up doing everything from techno to rockabilly, neo classical and jazz. Eventually I just found that I had a lot to say and I needed to build a new language to say it. *Philosophy: My motto is “as I live and learn, dig and be dug in return." - Langston Hughes *How would you like to be remembered: There's a paraphrased line in a Dave Clark 5 song that sums it up: "He was young with all of his mite." *Web address: http://soundcloud.com/paris1919 www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 14 February 2010
Episode 249, Some Assembly Required
01 DJ Earworm – “Stairway to Bootleg Heavenâ€02 The Evolution Control Committee – “Whole lotta royalty payments†03 Thomas Dimuzio – “Yawriats Ot Nevaeh†04 John Oswald – “Power†05 Splice of Life Faculty – “Spliceway to heaven†06 Aggro1 - “Behind these immigrant eyes†07 Chris Strouth – “Whole Lot Of Love†08 DJ Doc Rok – “Roc Boys†09 The National Cynical Network – “Stairway to Heaven Versions Medley†10 Go Home Productions – “Morzeppelin†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 14 February 2010
February 14, 2010
Six of the artists in this week's episode (#249) 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 six to start...  SAR Q&A with Aggro1  SAR Q&A with Thomas Dimuzio  SAR Q&A with DJ Earworm  SAR Q&A with The Evolution Control Committee  SAR Q&A with Go Home Productions  SAR Q&A with The National Cynical Network Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Mon, 8 February 2010
February 7, 2010
Eleven of the artists in this week's episode (#51) 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 eleven to start...  SAR Q&A with Ros Bobos  SAR Q&A with The Bran Flakes  SAR Q&A with The Button  SAR Q&A with Dsico  SAR Q&A with DJ Marvel  SAR Q&A with Negativland (Don Joyce)  SAR Q&A with People Like Us  SAR Q&A with Realistic  SAR Q&A with Splatt  SAR Q&A with Donna Summer (Jason Forrest)  SAR Q&A with The Tape-beatles Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Mon, 8 February 2010
Episode 51, Some Assembly Required
01 The Bran Flakes - “Autumnâ€02 Splatt - “The 60’s were so beautiful, man†03 Donna Summer - “What you truly need†04 T. Hecker - “Sammy loves Eddie hates David†05 Negativland - “Freedom’s waiting†06 Ros Bobos - “I Gotcha!†07 The Button - “For the lord†08 John Oswald - “Angle†09 Hal Willner - “Whoops, I’m an Indian†10 Tea Choir - “Wah choir with steel drum†11 People Like Us - “Scott Slim†12 Realistic - “Beating carpet mites†13 The Tape-beatles - “Black black (long version)†14 Randy Greif - “History lesson†15 Deejay JC - “State of the onion 2003†16 Dsico - “Can’t knack the hiding†17 DJ Marvel - “Turntable menace†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 31 January 2010
January 30, 2010
Four of the artists in this week's focus on Minnesota based artists (Episode 26, with special guest, Chris Strouth) 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 four to start...  SAR Q&A with Escape Mechanism  SAR Q&A with Orchid Spangiafora SAR Q&A with Splatt  SAR Q&A with Think Tank Thanks for listening! Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 30 January 2010
Episode 26, Some Assembly Required
(2002's Minnesota theme, with Chris Strouth) 01 Splatt - “The Usualâ€02 Sarah Jane Smith - “Did not come back†03 DJ Abilities - “Well being†04 John Richey - “11 Studies in noise and dialectic (segment)†05 Ts & Filmore Diggz - “Sex and violins†06 Escape Mechanism - “Culture†07 Dada Legion - “The New #2†08 King Paisley and the Psycho-del-ics - "(Untitled)" 09 Mindphaseone - “Ticki ticki†10 Orchid Spangiafora - “Trapped heir suite (Part one)†11 Think Tank - “A Knife & a fork†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Tue, 26 January 2010
50/50
Our tenth anniversary was one year ago Wednesday (1/27), and as the call for submissions for the 50/50 Compilation was made to commemorate that event last year, it seems like this might be the best time to make an announcement about the upcoming release! If all goes according to plan, we'll be releasing a limited edition CD within the next month or two, and I have to say it's definitely been worth the wait. Large segments of this fifty track compilation have been stuck in my head for quite a few weeks now, and that's not something I've always been able to say - not even about some of my very favorite sound collages... We'll have the full details, including artwork and a list of contributing artists in the next week or so. Until then... Thanks for 11 great years! Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 23 January 2010
January 23, 2010
Eight of the artists in this week's program (Episode 248) 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 eight to start...  SAR Q&A with The Bran Flakes  SAR Q&A with Go Home Productions  SAR Q&A with The Kleptones  SAR Q&A with Lecture On Nothing  SAR Q&A with Osymyso  SAR Q&A with Stock, Hausen & Walkman  SAR Q&A with DJ T-Rock  SAR Q&A with Twink Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 23 January 2010
Episode 248, Some Assembly Required
01 The Found Sound Orchestra – “Little La Laâ€02 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “Vinyl retentive†03 The Bran Flakes – “Feelings†04 The Kleptones – “1800 War Of Confusion†05 Pop Will Eat Itself – “There Is No Love Between Us Anymore†06 Twink – “Hammer†07 Phil Milstein – “Louie†08 The Kleptones – “Bo†09 DJ T-Rock – “Out of Control†10 Osymyso – “The Return Of An Old Friend†11 Contemporary Casuals – “This Is All Wrong†12 Lecture On Nothing – “It Means Nothing To You†13 Go Home Productions – “Work It Out With A Foxy Lady†14 Emergency Broadcast Network – “Electronic Behavior Control System†15 DJ Shadow – “Mutual Slump†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Wed, 20 January 2010
Two to check out...
It's been a good month for those of us interested in the history of appropriation in sound collage and music. There are at least two new programs worth checking out...  First of all, Jon Leidecker's series on the history of sampling in music and audio art ("Variations") has recently progressed to chapter four, as of about a week or two ago. I've really been enjoying this extremely insightful and in-depth look into the world of sound collage. The first three installments of "Variations" covered everything from the very early 1900s all the way through to the 1970s, and episode four picks up from there, moving into more and more familiar territory, as it continues.There are at least three more episodes planned for the series as well, making this one of the most detailed histories of the genre/movement, to date. I've been collecting and researching this kind of music for well over a decade myself, and its remarkable how much more I've learned, in the past few months, just by listening to the first four episodes of this series. It's definitely worth checking out. You can check out episodes 1-4 of "Variations" HERE, and stay tuned in the coming months for new installments, as well...  I've also just learned that the new documentary, "Copyright Criminals" will be airing on Public Television at various times this month. The program, which also offers a history of sampling, especially focused on the genre of hip hop, had its broadcast premier on PBS yesterday (January 19), with additional airings and rebroadcasts to come, throughout the next week or so, at least. Check out the Copyright Criminals website for more information... I'm hoping to catch it here in Minnesota, this week!Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 17 January 2010
January 16, 2010
Our 11th Anniversary is fast approaching, and with it will come some big news, so be sure to tune in next week... THIS WEEK seemed like as good a time as any to upload 2003's special anniversary episode, celebrating our... 4th Anniversary? Yes, for some reason there was some attention being paid to this seemingly un-noteworthy anniversary (check out the 2003 Arts feature in the Minneapolis Star Tribune HERE). My guess is that perhaps we just weren't sure we'd make it to the much more interesting 5th Birthday, the very next year... I honestly don't remember the reasoning at the time, but nevertheless, here it is, the amazing 4th Anniversary Special episode of Some Assembly Required (episode 44)... as it aired about seven years ago, next week... Thanks for listening! Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 16 January 2010
Episode 44, Some Assembly Required
(2003's 4th Anniversary Episode) 01 The Button - “Introâ€02 The Button - “The Subconscious mind†03 Steinski - “The Motorcade sped on†04 Evolution Control Committee - “I Don’t care†05 The Tape-beatles - “Reality of matter†06 Steev Hise - “Stuck together, falling apart†07 Splatt - “I was standing in my kitchen†08 Cast of Thousands with Escape Mechanism - "Untitled (recorded live, 11/99)" 09 Martian Gin Honky - “Death in his own mind†10 People Like Us/Wobbly/Matmos - “Dolly Pardon†11 Laso Halo - “These high-frequency signals are then beamed out...†12 Silica-Gel - “Pssst†13 Monster - "(unknown)" 14 DJ Shadow - “Midnight in a perfect world†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 9 January 2010
Episode 247, Some Assembly Required
01 Mad Mix Mustang – “I Got More Than A Feeling (Long Version)â€02 J.O. Mallander – “In Reality†03 Mixmaster Mike – “Jack Knyfe†04 Gel-Sol – “Gel-Sol's Adventures Beyond the Plunderworld (segment)" 06 Jimmi Jammes – “War Cowboys†05 Gel-Sol – “Gel-Sol's Adventures Beyond the Plunderworld (segment)" 07 DJ Earworm – “United State of Pop 2008 (Viva La Pop)†08 Wobbly – “Made Happy†09 Jeffrey Sconce – “Brandenburg Meth Swan†10 Richard Trythall – “Ommagio A Jerry Lee Lewis†11 E-603 - “Push 'Em Up†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 9 January 2010
E-603
 Ethan Ward has been making music for over 8 years, beginning in his pre-teens, and producing his own blend of mashup/glitch pop, as E-603, since about 2003. He lists turntablists A-Trak and Diplo as influences, along with Beck and, of course, Girl Talk, among many others.While studying at Hampshire College, in Massachusets, he performed a lot at different schools around the area, and has played shows with artists such as The Hood Internet, Passion Pit and Yo La Tengo. There are currently two releases available, 2008's "Something For Everyone" and "Torn Up", which was released in 2009. Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with E-603... *Name: E-603 *Are there any additional names used to describe this project: No, E-603 is perfect. Pronounced (EE-Six-Oh-Three) *Members: Only one, myself, Ethan Ward. *Founding Members: Ethan Ward *Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: Digital Deconstructions for sure. I work entirely in a digital format. I feel like what I do is deconstruct popular audio and then reconstruct some new art out of it. *Another genre descriptor: Not at all. I don't think what I am doing is in any way plundering (re: John Oswald’s “Plunderphonicsâ€). Or at least no more plundering than what the average computer-savvy high school student does on a Thursday night. So with that in mind I don't really think I need to think of a clever name. *Is there a story behind your name? Well, I was in a pinch one night in 2003 and I needed to think of something cryptic yet meaningful. So with about 28 seconds of thought I came up with E-603. The E stands for my first name Ethan. 603 is the area code for the entire state of New Hampshire so therefor the "603" stands in "E-603" as an expression of "Live Free or Die". *Location: I am from Nashua, New Hampshire. The idea of E-603 currently resides there and in Boston, Massachusetts as well. *Original Location: Nashua, New Hampshire *What is your creative/artistic background: I have always been making music. I began recording and producing my music when I was 12 years old. I have been educated in classical and experimental music composition. I don't really have a background in one specific place, I have kind of been all over the place, and I will most likely continue to be. *History: E-603 as an idea began in 2003, however no music was released until about 2005. *Born: I was born June 14th, 1989. *Motivations: Making rad sounds motivates me. *Philosophy: I love creating a cross cultural musical format. There is very little types of music that actually take separate types of music and force them to work together rather than only taking the inspiration from different types of music. That, to me, is a very beautiful thing. I love manipulating the sounds to work just the way I want them to. *How would you like to be remembered: As the reincarnation of GG Allin. *Web address: For my website: E-603.com For my most recent album: www.tornup.net/TORNUP www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 3 January 2010
Episode 156, Some Assembly Required
01 B'O'K - “Polite Means, True Colours, And Hype†02 Girl Talk - “The Feeling†03 Jeffrey Sconce - “Electric Cotten Candy Feels So Good†04 Dean Gray - “Dr. Who on Holiday†05 The Bran Flakes - “Trash Can Fun†06 Mr. Dibbs - “Gritfest†07 The Tape-beatles - “A hard hand to hold†08 RIAA - “Smells Like That Wild Thing†09 Grandmixer DST and Herbie Hancock – “Rockit (live)†10 Splatt - “The tao of junk†11 DJ Jay-R - “Supercent†12 Jason Forrest - “Skyrocket Saturday†13 Wayne Butane – “Backwash (segment)†14 The Timelords - â€Doctorin' The Tardis†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sun, 3 January 2010
Happy New Year!
There were over thirty artist features uploaded this year (2009). The list follows, with links to each and every one. Enjoy... Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson  Ruth Anderson  ATOM  Cagey House  Colatron  the Cranial Fishers  Eddie Def  DJ Earworm  Ellipse Elkshow  Frenchbloke  Greater Than One  Alex H  Don Joyce  The Kleptones  Laso Halo  David Morneau  People Like Us  The Real Tuesday Weld (The Clerkenwell Kid)  The Reborn Identity  Ruckus Roboticus  Alyce Santoro  Spacklequeen  Sparo  Speaker Freaker  Ed Special  Stock, Hausen & Walkman  Philip Strong  Surface Noise  DJ T-Rock  Think Tank  Thousand Void Crush  Ursula 1000  Aaron Valdez  Voicedude  Wake Up And Listen Want more? There have been over 150 of these online features posted at this point, and they're all linked to from the bottom of the SAR Interview Page, where you'll also find a list of all the radio interviews we've done with SAR artists over the years (ALL of which are now available to listen to online)... Check it out HERE. www.some-assembly-required.net |
Mon, 28 December 2009
the Cranial Fishers
 The Cranial Fishers are actually just one person, Ohio's Craig Chambers. He's been working as the Cranial Fishers for about twenty five years, and is an active participant of the online sound collage community, Snuggles. The group got its name from a Negativland song, and its start as a Negativland fan club, and has morphed into a productive online artists community. The cooperative has produced at least three compilations of their own material, including The Droplift Project and Dictionaraoke.Chambers studied music and composition in school, and played in a band before turning his creative attentions to sound collage. You can check out some of his work HERE. The Cranial Fisher's online compilation site, "Snuggle This!", also hosts over three dozen different tracks by sound collage artists he's met online. Check it out HERE. Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with the Cranial Fishers... *Name: The Cranial Fishers *Are there any additional names used to describe this project: No *Do you use a pseudonym? Just the Cranial Fishers, but I use CraigCo as a "corporate" name. I'm considering releasing some of my non-sample-based stuff as the CraigCo Aural Gratification Ensemble. *Members: Craig Chambers, although I did use C. William Chambers for things I wrote in college. It sounded more "arty". *Founding Members: I take full responsibility. *Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: I consider it more digital reconstruction than deconstruction. Perhaps "media manipulation". I use a lot of samples from TV and movies. *Another genre descriptor: When I try to explain it to normal people, I just call it audio collage. *Is there a story behind your name? Someone told me that every time you learn something, it creates another wrinkle in your brain...cranial fissures. A bit of creative misspelling, and there it is. I never looked it up to see if it was true or not. The small "t" on "the" is a graphic choice. I just like the way it looks. *Location: Dayton, OH, but when I started I lived near Rochester, NY. *Original Location: Dayton, OH *What is your creative/artistic background: High school band geek (trumpet), went on to study composition and marketing in college, dropped out, attended the Recording Workshop in Chillecothe, OH in summer of '76, spent some time as a roadie/tech/bassplayer at the lowest level of bar-banddom, now I make noise as a creative release from the real world. *History: My first attempts at sound collage were around 1984-85. I started out with a couple cassette decks and a VCR, (you can hear me pushing the pause button on some of my earlier stuff), had a small 4-track studio for a while, but now it's all done on computer. My actual output is pretty small for 25 years, but I have lots of unfinished stuff. I don't play out or do anything live. *Born: Dayton, OH, 1955 *Motivations: I've always had an interest in composition, and this enables me to make music/noise without dealing with other people’s opinions or egos. I got really tired of hearing "you can't do that" when I was in school or other groups. *Philosophy: I'm not sure there is one, but I like to feel that it's entertaining, and possibly thought provoking at times. *How would you like to be remembered: I had an answer to this, but I forgot it. (rimshot.wav). I would like to think I had some small part encouraging others who do this kind of thing, even though no one's ever heard of me. Sometime in the mid-90's, I'm not even sure when, I joined a mailing list called "Snuggles", a community of like-minded artists, and then put together a website to allow members to post a track for public consumption. It's called "Snuggle This!", and it's now up to about 40 tracks from various audio collagists, including many who have been featured on SAR. There is a track by the artist/group, a link to their website, and usually an e-mail address. Some tracks are available nowhere else, some people have since disappeared. I believe it was one of the first on-line compilation sites. There's a 10 year anniversary somewhere out there, but I didn't really note when it started (Quick shout-out to Pan at Sensory Research, who provides space for the site and moderates the list, and to all my fellow Snuggleers). I encourage anyone who is interested to join Snuggles, and to submit a track for Snuggle This! Snuggles members are also the people behind The Droplift Project and Free Speech For Sale, as well as Dictionaraoke and Deconstructing the Wall. *Web address: http://craigco.sensoryresearch.net Snuggles: http://lists.sensoryresearch.net/mailman/listinfo/snuggles www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sun, 27 December 2009
Episode 246, Some Assembly Required
01 The Bran Flakes – “Autumnâ€02 Douglas Kahn – “Chuck and Rona†03 E-603 – “Lights Out†04 People Like Us – “Guide to broadcasting†05 Greater Than One – “Learn With Pleasure, Knowledge Is Power†06 the Cranial Fishers – “Deadline†07 DJ Danger Mouse – “Moment of Clarity†08 Cassetteboy – “Clever girl†09 Lasso The Moon – “Religion in the wind†10 Bernard Parmegiani – “Du pop a l'ane†11 Colatron – “Faithless Praise" Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Mon, 21 December 2009
Episode 155, Some Assembly Required
01 Push Button Objects – “Yambooze†02 Duran Duran Duran – “I hate the 80's†03 The Evolution Control Committee – “Spandau Filet†04 Dickie Goodman – “Energy Crisis '74†05 Dean Gray – “Novocaine Rhapsody†06 Rob Swift - “Dope On Plastic†07 Barbed - “Wedding†08 Fortyone - “Life Is A Game†09 Kid Koala – “Barhopper 1†10 dINbOT - “Gay Paranoia†11 Kid Koala - “Barhopper 2†12 Doormouse – “Mathematics†13 team9 - “The Money Song†14 Mediatronic Research Laboratory - “DJ Rocks†15 John Oswald – “More From The Case Of Death, By Agatha Smith†16 Grandmaster Flash - “Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the wheels of steel†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Fri, 18 December 2009
December 20, 2009
Seven of the artists in this week's show (Episode 155) have previously responded to the SAR Q&A... There are now well over 150 of these online artist features to browse at the Some Assembly Required website... Check out these seven for starters: • SAR Q&A with Barbed • SAR Q&A with The Evolution Control Committee • SAR Q&A with Dickie Goodman's son, Jon Goodman • SAR Q&A with Fortyone • SAR Q&A with Kid Koala • SAR Q&A with Rob Swift • SAR Q&A with team9 Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 12 December 2009
December 13, 2009
This week's episode features our 2009 interview with Stock, Hausen & Walkman's Matt Wand. Check it out HERE. We ran the SAR Q&A with Wand last October... In fact, you can check out our Q&A's with the last three artists interviewed on the program, linked to below, and over 150 more at our Interviews Page HERE. • SAR Q&A with Wayne Butane • SAR Q&A with Greg Carr • SAR Q&A with Stock, Hausen & Walkman's Matt Wand Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 12 December 2009
Episode 245, Some Assembly Required
Featuring an interview with Stock, Hausen & Walkman 01 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “Pop Meâ€02 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “Instrumental†03 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “Tampooning†04 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “Sniffed Up†05 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “Untitled (track 7, Stop!)†06 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “Untitled (track 8, Stop!)†07 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “Lipgloss†08 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “Flagging†09 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “Skipper†10 Small Rocks – “Stalacloose†11 Stock, Hausen & Walkman – “IKEA†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Fri, 4 December 2009
December 6, 2009
Seven of the artists in this week's show (Episode 154) have previously responded to our ongoing attempt to profile the sound collage artists featured on Some Assembly Required... There are well over 150 of these online features to browse at this point... Check out these seven for starters... • SAR Q&A with Dickie Goodman's son, Jon Goodman, HERE. • SAR Q&A with Aggro1 HERE. • SAR Q&A with Fortyone HERE. • SAR Q&A with Speaker Freaker HERE. • SAR Q&A with The Tape-beatles HERE. • SAR Q&A with The Freelance Hellraiser HERE. • SAR Q&A with Greg Carr HERE... Be sure to also check out Episode 154 for our radio interview with Greg Carr HERE. Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Fri, 4 December 2009
Episode 154, Some Assembly Required
(Featuring an interview with Greg Carr)01 DJ Shadow – “High Noon†02 Buchanan & Goodman – “Flying Saucer (Part 1)†03 Buchanan & Goodman - “Flying Saucer (Part 2)†04 Aggro1 - “Let My Baby Scream†05 Fortyone - “Not Clementine†06 Speaker Freaker – “Fear N Speculation†07 M/A/R/R/S - “Pump Up The Volume†08 Jacknife Lee – “Get your 9lb **** on†09 The Tape-beatles – “Joy and Power†10 Greg Carr – “Spaced out sound mobile†11 Greg Carr – “Remote viewing in an emptying house†12 Greg Carr – “Funk dungeon dance lesson†13 The Freelance Hellraiser – “Night Train '99†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 28 November 2009
Ruth Anderson
 Ruth Anderson is a pioneering electronic music composer who has also taught on the subject for many years. She is perhaps best known for the two pieces which we've played here on Some Assembly Required. Both "SUM (State of the Union Message)" and "Dump" are composed primarily of sounds found in the media environment, and were composed in the early 1970's. She's one of a very small handful of artists who were working with sounds found in the broadcast media, at the time, and she's certainly one of the first women to be working in this particular vein.Anderson played with the Totenberg Instrumental Ensemble in the 1950's, and toured briefly with the Boston Pops Orchestra as principal flautist. In the 1960's she was an orchestrator at NBC, working on documentary films, and went on to found the electroacoustic music center at Hunter College, in 1968. She served as the organization's Director, and taught theory and composition at the College for over twenty years. She has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts as well as a Fulbright Award, to name but a few of the organizations who have recognized her formally. Her compositions have been featured in festivals, on public radio, and at new music centers around the world. Her responses below have been augmented by her partner, composer Annea Lockwood, and include a description of Ms. Anderson's 1970 composition, "Dump," which she wrote in 1986. Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with Ruth Anderson... *Name: Ruth Anderson *Are there any additional names used to describe this project: Ruth Anderson is my full name. *Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: It is a tape collage (analog). The media are “Dumpâ€s topic and the "dump sounds" were recorded in a studio… Here's a description of “Dump†(1970) written in 1986: "Collage of folk songs, pop tunes and electronically generated "dump sounds" to form a social commentary from World War 1 through the sixties." *Location: New York based *Original Location: Kalispell, MT *What is your creative/artistic background: Composer, flautist, and orchestrator for NBC (1960-66) and Lincoln Center Theater (1966). She designed and directed the Hunter College (CUNY) Electronic Music Studio (1966 - 89) where she also taught composition and theory. *History: Her earliest compositions date from 1950. *Born: 3/21/28 Kalispell, MT *Motivations: Anyone's life at any moment is a collage. *Philosophy: To be aware in the moment. *Web address: Here is her entry at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Anderson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 28 November 2009
Episode 244, Some Assembly Required
01 Greater Than One – “I Don't Need Godâ€02 Lenlow – “Morning†03 Roc Raida – “X-Men Style Beatz†04 Ruth Anderson – “DUMP†05 Frenchbloke – “David Fischer†06 Public Works – “Sudden impulse†07 Go Home Productions – “GHP Goes Bananas†08 Oval – “The Politics Of Digital Audio†09 Negativland – “All Things Considered Edit†10 Party Ben – “Machine Gun Shelter†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 21 November 2009
Six of the artists in this week's show (episode 153) have previously responded to our ongoing attempt to profile the sound collage artists featured weekly on Some Assembly Required... The SAR Q&A will be heading into its fifth year in January, and there are well over 150 to browse at this point, so I thought I'd start pointing to a few of them weekly, to give listeners some insight into the artists played on each week's new program.
Check out the SAR Q&A with six of the eleven artists featured in Episode 153:
Thanks for listening, Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 21 November 2009
Episode 153, Some Assembly Required
01 D-Styles, DJ Pone & Snayk Eyez - “First Halfâ€02 Jeffrey Sconce - “Soul vulture†03 The Freelance Hellraiser - “4 My Thrillers†04 Mixmaster Mike – “Hydrolix Carpet Ride†05 John Oswald - “Mirror†06 dINbOT - “I'm Watching 4 U†07 DJ QBert - “Electric Eye Beam Abduction†08 Wax Audio - “A Day Of Horror†09 Girl Talk - “Bounce That†10 Rob Swift – “All That Scratching Is Making Me Rich!†11 DJ Shadow - “Midnight In A Perfect World†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 14 November 2009
November 14, 2009
This week's episode features our 2009 interview with Wayne Butane. I really didn't think I'd ever get the chance to interview him, when asking him to do the Q&A last year (You can check that out HERE), but he finally relented, and the more info the better! Check out Episode 243 HERE, for our phone interview with everyone's favorite cut-up artist, Wayne Butane. That's the big news. Aside from that, I guess I could mention that last week's episode marked our entry into the last quarter of our 11th year, but I suppose those kinds of details are really only interesting to me. We've got another phone interview coming up - that should be of general interest. I wanted to get at least these two in before the year was up, so our 2009 phone interview with Stock, Hausen & Walkman is scheduled to air in about a month. Stay tuned... I'll leave it at that. Thanks as always for checking out the show. Please drop me a line and let me know where you're listening, and what you're thinking. My contact info can be found HERE. Thanks for listening! Jon Nelson www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 14 November 2009
Episode 243, Some Assembly Required
Featuring an interview with Wayne Butane 01 team9 - “Belinda's freakin outâ€02 Cassetteboy – “Reading Pain In The Face Of A Duck†03 The Evolution Control Committee - “I Want A Cookie†04 Wayne Butane – “Nut roll (segment)†05 Wayne Butane - “Ride The Monkey Bus (segment)†06 Wayne Butane - “Backwash (segment)†07 Wayne Butane - “Dr. Entozoan And The Pressed Ham Caper (segment)†08 Wayne Butane – “How Bazooka Joe Lost An Eye (segment)†09 Wayne Butane – “Countdown For George (segment)†10 Wayne Butane – “The Lup Of Laxury (segment)†11 Wayne Butane – “Backwash (segment)†12 Wayne Butane – “Country Doctor Delivering A Baby (segment)†13 Wayne Butane – “Gorilla Drafted Into The Marine Corps (segment)†14 Wayne Butane – “Nut roll (segment)†15 Wayne Butane – “Backwash (segment)†16 Wayne Butane – “Nut roll (segment)†17 Wayne Butane – “We Smell Sausage (segment)†18 Wayne Butane – “C.G. And The B.L.'s (segment)†19 Wayne Butane – “Super trace (segment)†20 Wayne Butane – “I TP'd Chick Corea's Front Yard (segment)†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
Sat, 7 November 2009
The Kleptones
 The Kleptones are actually a single person, with a history of releasing concept based Mashup albums, such as 2004's "A Night At The Hip Hopera" and "24 Hours" (2006). He goes by the name Eric Kleptone, which sounds an awful lot like the name of the project, which is named after something other than Eric (read on for the full story), so I'm thinking there's probably not a large extended family of Kleptones out there... Too bad, as I'm sure they'd be a talented lot.I forget how I got a copy of A Night At the Hip Hopera, but as you can imagine, I was a fast fan. It mixes the mashup concept with other sampling techniques, which is what I personally love to hear. A mashup/cut-up extravaganza as spun on the wheels of steel... now that would be something I'd like to hear more of. More recently, The Kleptones have released a new mashup concept album called "24 Hours" which takes the listener through an entire day, using nothing but samples to tell the story. There's a new album in the works, as well, so keep your ear to the ground, and check out his past projects, in the meantime, HERE. He's also a live DJ, and has made a name for himself as such, putting on fantastic performances combining lap top destruction, dancers, live video mixing and music. The 2007 release, "Live'r Than You'll Ever Be," attempts to document one such performance. Check it out HERE. Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with The Kleptones... *Name: The Kleptones *Are there any additional names used to describe this project: No. *Do you use a pseudonym? Yes! *Members: It varies – has been as many as six, and as little as one, depending on the situation. I’m the only constant member though, and usually the only musical one. We have been embellished with video and live performance art from time to time, when budgets allow. At the moment, Eric Kleptone – I’m just finishing up a new album so the band members are all in my head, getting drunk and arguing long and loud with each other about basslines and delay tempos. *Founding Members: Eric Kleptone! *Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: I wouldn’t, but if I had to, “Digital Deconstructionsâ€. *Another genre descriptor: Not really. Call it what you want! “Mashups†is a dirty word now, as it’s slipped out of vogue, but it doesn’t matter. It’s a tag, there have been ones before, there’ll be other ones sometime. *Is there a story behind your name? Not the descriptor, but the name “The Kleptones†- We stole it, unintentionally I hasten to add, from a photo of what we thought was a piece of stencil graffiti – it was actually the logo of a label from a few years back. Vicki Bennett from People Like Us was one of the people involved in the label, and got in contact – she gave her blessing to our appropriation of their appropriation, which was very kind! The “Earman†graphic that accompanies the text was actually originally sourced from an old RCA stereo test record sleeve also, so it’s another multi-layered appropriation. I love the concept of sampling the sampled, visually or aurally – taking a break from a 90’s hardcore or hip-hop record rather than the original 70’s funk 45 – you get a layer of digital grit that wasn’t originally there, on top of the surface noise of the original vinyl, and the hiss on the master tape etc... *Location: Brighton, UK *Original Location: Somewhere else in the UK! *What is your creative/artistic background: A lifetime of playing in bands, being a sound and lighting engineer, and being a DJ and Producer in my own right. Eventually got tired of listening to everyone else and thought I could do better. Also a lifetime of collecting music and odd sounds came in handy too. *History: The Kleptones have existed now for six or seven years. What I created prior to that isn’t important to anyone that wasn’t there at the time. With The Kleptones there is always an ear towards creating something that will stand the test of time a little more than just soundtracking the moment, up till now anyway. It seems to be working though, as people are still discovering older things we’ve done, listening to them with fresh ears and mailing us to say good things. *Born: (no answer – see above) *Motivations: The need to communicate. The need for an individual, personal method of expression. The need for a soapbox on which to stand. The need to differentiate myself from all others. The need to create. The need to work. Motivated by stupidity, ignorance and the “chew it up – spit it out†attitude that is prevalent in modern attitudes to art and culture. *Philosophy: I don’t think it’s fully formed yet. We’re still on the path to enlightenment – when we get to the end, we’ll know why we took this route. *How would you like to be remembered: A national holiday. *Web address: www.kleptones.com www.some-assembly-required.net |
Sat, 7 November 2009
Episode 152, Some Assembly Required
01 DJ Tripp – “Close To Faithâ€02 Brindle Spork – “Mommy Bomb†03 Escape Mechanism - “Smoke Screen†04 The Kleptones – “Break†05 Steve Fisk - “Break On Thru†06 John Oswald – “Case Of Death (Part One)†07 Ros Bobos - “Very Truly Yours†08 Invisibl Skratch Piklz – “Gimme My Goddamn Money†09 Tristan Shout – “(Just can't get) enough music†10 John Oswald – “Case Of Death (Part Two)†11 Escape Mechanism - “Cycles†12 People Like Us – “Repeat To Fade†13 DJ Jay-R – “Close To Cassie's Cure†Use this address, for your pod software: http://feeds.feedburner.com/some-assembly-required/JSpD |
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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
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