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About Me

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. ~Hunter S. Thompson~
NEGATIVLAND ~ U2's lost song Absolute Brilliance...I LOVE this "band"!
Negativland has released a number of albums ranging from pure collage to more musical affairs. These have mostly been released on their own label, Seeland Records. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, they produced several recordings for SST Records, most notably Escape from Noise, Helter Stupid, and U2. Negativland became involved in a lawsuit with U2's lawyers, which brought them widespread publicity and notoriety, but nearly destroyed them as a band.
In June, 1992, R. U. Sirius, publisher of the magazine Mondo 2000 came up with an interesting idea. Publicists from U2 had contacted him regarding the possibility of interviewing Dave Evans (aka "The Edge") hoping to promote U2's impending multi-million dollar Zoo TV Tour, which featured found sounds and live sampling from mass media outlets (things for which Negativland had been known for some time). Sirius, unbeknownst to Edge, decided to have his friends Joyce and Hosler of Negativland conduct the interview. Joyce and Hosler, fresh from Island's lawsuit, peppered the Edge with questions regarding his ideas about the use of sampling in their new tour, and the legality of using copyrighted material without permission. Midway through the interview, Joyce and Hosler revealed their identities as members of Negativland. An embarrassed Edge reported that U2 were bothered by the sledgehammer legal approach Island Records took in their lawsuit, and furthermore that much of the legal wrangling took place without U2's knowledge".
"U2/Bono sued Negativland for "stealing" from them and then did the Zoo TV whatever tour. A straight up rip off of Negativland (Negativland took a hubcap, U2 stole the damn car)! Way to go Bono you talentless, Bush/Blair ass kissing, humanitarian wannabe, might as well be British, eggshell walking bitch! Whew!"...I'm just saying...~KN~
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I'd like to meet:

Someone to help me hide the bodies, now that's a friend ;-)

Music:

To many this is like losing an old friend. We have definitely lost a piece of rock-n-roll history. Never take your scene for granted!"October 15th, official closing date! For those who have been asking when, and for those who think that CBGB closing is only a rumor... Sunday October 15th is our last day open. After that we have a crew coming in to begin disassembling the place so we can hopefully put it back together once we find a new location."

Books:

"ROCK AND THE POP NARCOTIC"******** "ENTER NAOMI: SST, L.A. AND ALL THAT" by Joe Carducci

Heroes:

All of my heroes are flawed, as heroes should be.

My Blog

The Past....

There is a Pettibon drawing for every event one might encounter in ones lifetime or at the very least a drawing that one fears they may someday have to face. The ...
Posted by karanoid on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:56:00 PST

FEEL YOUR BOOBIES!!!

No Worries... -KN- 16 August 2007 I came home from work tonight a woman possessed. Somewhere between getting in my car at work and getting out of my car at home I had decided it was tim...
Posted by karanoid on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:10:00 PST

Breaking News: Burger Wars Turn Deadly Overnight

Old Burger Rivalry Turns Deadly Overnight It's a sad day in America's fast food industry, as the following clips will show how the behavior of two of the worlds most beloved icon...
Posted by karanoid on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:43:00 PST