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2010-01-18T04:28:00.003-06:00

It seems that this blog was already Twitterish, so it makes sense now that IA has succumbed to Twitter that I'm more often posting over there (it's so easy and guilt free!). I won't delete this space and may even use it on occasion, but for the time being you will find more active posting over at: http://twitter.com/illegalart

Girl Talk NYE videos

2010-01-09T04:53:00.000-06:00

updated Junk Culture dates

2010-01-09T04:38:00.008-06:00

Feb 4th Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class Feb 5th Pittsburgh, PA @ TBD Helter Shelter Feb 6th Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar Feb 8th Portsmouth, NH @ Red Door w/ Phantogram Feb 9th Boston, MA @ Great Scott w/ Phantogram Feb 11th Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall w/ Phantogram Feb 12th New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge w/ Phantogram Feb 13th Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie w/ Phantogram Feb 14th Washington, DC @

The Bran Flakes - 2009 Holiday Single

2009-12-21T17:30:00.000-06:00

Junk Culture tour w/ Phantogram

2009-12-17T22:41:00.009-06:00

Feb 5th Ithaca, NY @ Wildfire (cancelled) Feb 6th Albany, NY @ Valentines (cancelled) Feb 7 8th Portsmouth, NH @ Red Door Feb 9th Allston, MA @ Great Scott Feb 11th Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall Feb 12th New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge Feb 13th Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie Feb 14th Washington, DC @ DC9 Feb 16th Columbus, OH @ The Treehouse Feb 17th Chicago, IL @ Schubas Feb 18th Minneapolis, MN

$450 billion

2009-12-11T08:42:00.000-06:00

"America is about to spend another $450 billion to celebrate the holidays - that's enough to solve the water crisis several times over. Give up the gifts this year and ask for donations instead. Use the holidays to give clean water to people in need." from charity: water

director defends theater taping

2009-12-09T15:26:00.000-06:00

‘New Moon’ director defends Illinois woman accused of illegally taping film in theater

Ghost & Son Vol. 1

2009-12-09T04:48:00.000-06:00

2009-12-03T08:10:00.004-06:00

i was searching for the original release date of Deconstructing Beck and found this photo of the earliest release in its most simplistic packaging. from Whiskey Clone (a Beck fan site)also of note from the DB days: http://www.gatt.org/lawletters.html

2009-11-30T10:30:00.000-06:00

"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft)

2009-11-25T12:04:00.001-06:00

from viruscomix

2009-11-23T16:38:00.002-06:00

reasons for not paying: 33.2% : I may donate later32.7% : I can't afford to pay1.8% : I don't really like Girl Talk3.7% : I don't believe in paying for music8.9% : I have already purchased this album0.6% : I don't value music made from sampling3.7% : I am part of the press, radio, or music industry15.4% : Other reasons

2009-11-18T10:37:00.002-06:00

restrictions on remix contests are unfortunately too predictable. here's an example from Yoko Ono: "You can mix, sample and remix the 'The Sun Is Down' samples as much as you like for your own pleasure and personal use, and you can combine them with your own original sounds and music. Your mix must not contain any elements of copyrighted material, unless you yourself own the copyright (i.e.

2009-11-10T09:43:00.002-06:00

vinyl faces images posted on myspace by OLIVORTEX (i'm not sure who the creator is?):

2009-11-06T14:31:00.001-06:00

The Bran Flakes illustration by Sean Pete

2009-11-02T16:51:00.001-06:00

this is an incredibly nice mix: DJ Steinski Presents: Southern Preachers On The Radio (via WFMU & steinski.com)

2009-10-27T11:22:00.008-05:00

Junk Culture's West Coast is out today! a quick catch up with some of the press that rolled in over the last couple of months: • Pitchfork forkcast• XLR8R mp3 & news item• URB review• New York Times Playlist column• Allmusic review• The Stranger show preview• Prefix album preview• Dryvetyme Onlyne review• The Reflector show preview/interviewthe image above is from the Junk Culture t-shirt, only

2009-10-19T16:08:00.001-05:00

rx (thepartyparty)'s contribution to Colbert's video contest:

2009-10-16T17:20:00.002-05:00

favorite toy (mine is in the middle):best listening this week:

2009-10-02T16:45:00.001-05:00

Joyce Estate Pays $240,000 In Attorneys' Fees To Shloss And Her Counsel

2009-09-30T17:19:00.001-05:00

Jonathan Melber: A Remix Manifesto for Our New Copyright Czar

2009-09-18T15:03:00.001-05:00

why does iTunes still hold such a high percentage of the market?

2009-09-18T11:38:00.002-05:00

An Open Letter to Ellen DeGeneres << LimeWire Music Blogregarding the lawsuits over her use of songs during her "popular dance segment"... LimeWire recommends she use indie artists and includes Bran Flakes' "Mini Mountain Queen" on their list of potential tracks to consider.

2009-09-09T13:06:00.002-05:00

Girl Talk is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/therealgirltalkalso of note I came across a detritus tweet about Jon Leidecker's (aka Wobbly) "Variations" podcasts: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial (three episodes up, and three more to be added in the coming months).

2009-09-03T15:05:00.002-05:00

i'm late to clue into these "Auto-Tune the News" videos, but this one is pretty amazing! (via detritus tweet)

2009-08-25T14:48:00.004-05:00

seeing Nurses on Thursday.

2009-08-21T19:20:00.001-05:00

Brooklyn Vegan post: Junk Culture signs to Illegal Art (MP3) +++ Girl Talk Sunday

2009-08-19T13:04:00.000-05:00

video segment/interview with Otis Fodder of The Bran Flakes:

2009-08-12T09:32:00.002-05:00

some early blog posts on West Coast: "I’m definitely loving the sound of this record, and the odd balance between organic and programmed." -Vinyl Meltdown"Although these tracks are samples, loops, electronica, there's a warm, humanly personal vibe about them that I find inviting." -Luxury Wafers"It just goes to show that the art of stealing can be used to make something new." The End of Irony

2009-08-07T14:46:00.007-05:00

RIP! A Remix Manifesto (one week only on pitchfork tv):click here to view it. dvd copies available in our webshopalso on p4k today... a review of YB+KS's The Future's Looking Grim (YB is currently working on a sample-based country album for IA).

2009-08-04T12:40:00.004-05:00

if anyone is on lala... send me an email so i can follow you. i love lala. it's the future of digital listening. once you can get flash on a phone there will be no turning back. (thanks Zach)

2009-08-03T11:09:00.004-05:00

a recent warning sent to The Evolution Control Committee from YouTube: Dear TheECC,Your video, Whipped Cream Mixes: Rebel Without A Pause, may have content that is owned or licensed by UMG (Universal Music Group). [...]

2009-07-23T12:16:00.003-05:00

our buddy Yea Big joining The Mae Shi this last weekend for the Pitchfork Festival.

2009-07-15T15:32:00.002-05:00

Girl Talk is an Ammit (mythical creature)... Paste Magazine patronus charm.

2009-07-15T02:42:00.002-05:00

Girl Talk @ Ottawa Bluesfest (via the cobrasnatch)set of 95 photos here

2009-07-09T14:26:00.002-05:00

%20's Thee Backslacpkping with Media : A documediamentary (pseudo-analytical narrative) of the media coverage of the movie Star Wars Episode III "Revenge of the Sith".

2009-07-06T15:47:00.001-05:00

JibJab's "Star Spangled Banner"

2009-07-03T13:26:00.001-05:00

posting this for Bert: Canine emotions raise theological questions (via detritus tweet).

2009-06-30T13:08:00.002-05:00

another Junk Culture press clipping from Iowa: Performer makes musical masterpieces from audio rabble

2009-06-30T11:27:00.002-05:00

Tuesday Night Social Club: Junk Culturemore tour dates on his myspace page

2009-06-19T17:02:00.003-05:00

The Bran Flakes "Fifty Four Fifty" video by Mildred Pitt:(flash version on their site)

2009-06-15T16:02:00.001-05:00

Beat Rock - A Compilation by DJ Steinski

2009-06-15T10:50:00.003-05:00

a real Okapi: (we're currently working out the details for a release by the Italian artist Økapi)

2009-06-11T15:23:00.001-05:00

二千九年　紐育　中崋街 by hanayo & dan bodan (chinatown nyc 2009)(via FAKE YOU! MY VIDEO JOURNAL, FRIENDS ENTRIES)

2009-06-09T13:01:00.001-05:00

a few years late, but a wonderful review of Hot Troche from Downtown Music Gallery: HOT TROCHE - Yopaakuyu With Me (Illegal Art 110, USA)From the same label that brought you the amazing Steinski reissues, Illegal Art digs out a mysterious young secret from Japan known as Hot Troche. Hot Troche aka Ryohei Kobayashi, is a maniacal musician utilizing electronics and his mouth (literally the sound

2009-06-05T11:03:00.001-05:00

an example of some of "the bran flakes" alerts that i get from google alerts:"He has decided he loves the bran flakes in Raisin Bran NOT the raisins. He might be the only toddler in America with that opinion. I'll take it. He loves his milk. We buy Horizan Organic, with the cow on the front. ..."

2009-05-15T09:25:00.001-05:00

Gregg Gillis is #55 on Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People" (no link yet)

2009-05-12T16:52:00.000-05:00

the vegetable orchestra(our friend Jörg Piringer is a member)

2009-05-07T10:36:00.001-05:00

Interview: Gregg Gillis, a.k.a Girl Talk

2009-05-04T15:36:00.001-05:00

***Advertise on my body***You pick the spot!!!ebay auction(thanks sg)

2009-04-29T17:01:00.001-05:00

Økapi's tribute to Aldo Kapi's Ochrestra:

2009-04-22T15:52:00.000-05:00

from 2004... but an interesting article one of my students found: Hacking Perl in Nightclubs

2009-04-20T16:04:00.004-05:00

(photo: LA Times)If we could sift through Coachella's text message traffic, and weed out all entries containing the phrase "where are you," it's safe to assume that between 9 and 10 P.M., hordes of nimble-fingered young'uns were urging their posses to meet at the Sahara Tent for Girl Talk. Sheer adrenaline supplanted the boozed up/stoned vibe that dominated other stages (see: Silversun Pickups) -

2009-04-17T09:22:00.001-05:00

Pirate Bay fileshare four jailed for a year

2009-04-16T14:53:00.000-05:00

Steinski scheduled to play Roskilde.

2009-04-16T13:34:00.004-05:00

PopMatters: review of The Bran Flakes - I Have Hands

2009-04-14T11:19:00.001-05:00

fan video: The Bran Flakes "Don Knotts"

2009-04-10T11:04:00.000-05:00

"If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch you must first invent the universe" -Carl Sagan

2009-04-03T11:02:00.001-05:00

The Bran Flakes: I Wonder Where My Grandmother Is (via Pitchfork TV)

2009-04-03T08:26:00.000-05:00

Pimp my ticket: Ticketmaster's “resale” model is landing the company in hot water.

2009-04-02T09:42:00.003-05:00

"Research from numerous corners of psychological inquiry suggests that self-assessments of skill and character are often flawed in substantive and systematic ways. ... In general, people’s self-views hold only a tenuous to modest relationship with their actual behavior and performance. correlation between self-ratings of skill and actual performance in many domains is moderate to meager—indeed,

2009-04-01T14:52:00.004-05:00

The Bran Flakes prep for a big show in Middlebury, VT on April 18. more images >here<.

2009-03-25T18:21:00.001-05:00

"Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites." -Thomas Jefferson

2009-03-21T16:35:00.004-05:00

"Everyday forms of resistance make no headlines. Just as millions of anthozoan polyps create, willy-nilly, a coral reef, so do thousands upon thousands of individual acts of insubordination and evasion create a political or economic barrier reef of their own. There is rarely any dramatic confrontation, any moment that is particularly newsworthy. And whenever, to pursue the simile, the ship of

2009-03-20T11:05:00.007-05:00

Kutiman-Thru-you - 01 - Mother of All Funk Chordsmore videos at thru-you.com + and an article in Time.

2009-03-06T10:45:00.003-06:00

my scrobbler has been broken for a week (a staff person is trying to help me on a forum). and i almost feel like i'm not getting the appropriate credit i deserve (not to mention the artists!). that seems very wrong. maybe i should ween myself of last.fm. it's almost as though, if it isn't scrobbled i really didn't listen to it. i guess some feel the same way about blogging. if you didn't

2009-03-02T14:12:00.001-06:00

Are Facebook, MySpace and Twitter eroding attention spans? One researcher says yes

2009-03-02T06:43:00.003-06:00

Concord Free Press: "Be part of an ongoing experiment in publishing and community"... basically they publish books for free and ask that you donate to a charity and pass the book along. You can see a list of donations done in their name to a sum of $33,000+ for their first book (1,500 copies).

2009-02-24T14:09:00.002-06:00

"The latest by The Bran Flakes (after a six year absence) rolls by like a lifetime of Saturday morning television chopped, channeled, slivered, and twisted into a sonic wonderland that evokes memory and dreams while mixing in gentle elements of provocation. The duo of Otis Fodder and Mildred Pitt sample fearlessly from songs popular, foreign, or just headscratchingly obscure, braiding them into

2009-02-20T13:52:00.001-06:00

"The mysterious wave of femicide, which has haunted Juarez for more than 15 years, has spiraled hideously. Authorities report that 81 women were killed in the city this year, breaking all previous records -- in fact, more than doubling 2001's record and bringing the total since 1993 to 508." from Could a Sudden Collapse of Mexico Be Obama's Surprise Foreign Policy Challenge?

2009-02-17T12:27:00.002-06:00

The Bran Flakes "Do You Want Salad With Your Taco" videocodebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="640" height="480">I Have Hands to be released on February 24. pre-order here

2009-02-12T10:52:00.001-06:00

"wow, $800 billion to create 4 million jobs? that's $200,000 per job" mogloo tweet

2009-02-09T13:59:00.001-06:00

"Unheard" Sufjan Song Gets Exclusive Listening Parties

2009-02-05T10:44:00.000-06:00

Manu Dibango Sues Rihanna, Michael Jackson

2009-02-03T15:35:00.001-06:00

Obama videos: rx's Fire it Up 2.0: Jon Stewart hasn't lost it yet:.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:

2009-02-03T10:43:00.004-06:00

St Jerome's Laneway Festival Girl Talk fans demand refunds(photos from Inertia)

2009-01-30T15:05:00.001-06:00

An Open Letter To Jona Bechtolt...

2009-01-29T14:56:00.002-06:00

beautiful legislation in the stimulus package... SEC. 1112. ADDITIONAL ASSURANCE OF APPROPRIATE USE OF FUNDS. None of the funds provided by this Act may be made available to the State of Illinois, or any agency of the State, unless (1) the use of such funds by the State is approved in legislation enacted by the State after the date of the enactment of this Act, or (2) Rod R. Blagojevich no longer

2009-01-26T16:06:00.000-06:00

British OiNK Users Sentenced to Community Service

2009-01-23T09:28:00.004-06:00

videos!: 1) The Bran Flakes "What It's All About" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="640" height="480">from the upcoming album I Have Hands. pre-order here2) Colbert Fires Back at Remixers (thanks E. Yeager!).cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png'

2009-01-10T06:41:00.005-06:00

Otis Fodder (of The Bran Flakes) offers up a 120-minute Comfort Stand "mixtape" for op3n.net.

2009-01-09T16:02:00.001-06:00

"Pay what you want" apartments during Midem!

2009-01-08T15:24:00.001-06:00

Steinski: I called up one or two people at CBS and I sort of delineated the project for them and they - out of hand - they just went, "Wow! Y'know, good luck, buddy. You'll never get that kind of permission from us." And so I thought, Ah the hell with it, so I'll just do it.John: They just, they laughed at you, it sounds like.Steinski: Well yeah. Well I would too if I was them.John: Yeah, but

2009-01-08T12:54:00.001-06:00

Girl Talk show etiquette

2009-01-06T16:28:00.001-06:00

The Bran Flakes make Blurt's Most Anticipated '09 list: "Somewhere in Scrumpdillyishus Land, USA, reside the sampladelic Bran Flakes, who record for Girl Talk's label and indulge all manner of snark, kiddie-culture (Mousketeers, unite!), remixology and just plain annoying pop culture references. In short, a whale of a lot of fun."

2009-01-02T10:38:00.002-06:00

Why I Am Deleting My Myspace Account, and You Should TooI have mixed thoughts about this (see some of the counter arguments in the comments)... there's always the debate about whether resistance is more effective inside or outside of the larger system.

2008-12-31T11:00:00.002-06:00

Spin's 10 Best Reissues 2008:#1 Steinski - What Does It All Mean? - 1983-2006 RetrospectiveThe patron saint of copyright violation and groundbreaking inspiration to sample jockeys Prince Paul, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Fatboy Slim, and countless others, Steve Stein was a nice Jewish boy and former adman who, through his witty danceable "Lessons," helped sketch the curriculum for new-school hip-hop

2008-12-29T16:46:00.003-06:00

gearing up for The Bran Flakes in 2009. a couple of links to prepare yourself:The Bran Flakes' TOP 3 FAVORITE SNACKS TO MAKE AT HOME SUPER FAST AND FILL YOU UP!and note the preparations already happening for their Summer 2009 tour on the BRAN BLOG. it takes time to make those fabric-mache heads.

2008-12-22T17:49:00.002-06:00

an interesting article/study: The Power of Political Misinformation (via a post on Rose Marshack's Smile Politely / Building A Sustainable Baby)

2008-12-20T10:00:00.002-06:00

Gig Rigs: Girl Talk – PC, Plastic Wrap, and AudioMulch (thanks dj empirical)

2008-12-19T12:37:00.003-06:00

Who Sampled - "the ultimate database of sampled music!" (thanks dj empirical)

2008-12-17T13:29:00.002-06:00

Let's Go Outside's Ultimate Holiday Megamix for Everyone... includes several IA tracks from 2001! we should reissue it with some new tracks. (thanks SG)## Artist - Track - Label (Year)01 No-L - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Illegal Art (2001)02 MC Chris - Fuckin' Up My Christmas - N/A (2001)03 Yo Yo Yo Kids - Snap With It - Razor & Tie (2007)04 Corporal Blossom - White Christmas -

2008-12-11T15:56:00.003-06:00

an illustration by James Braithwaite:

2008-12-11T14:07:00.012-06:00

Feed the Animals... end of year rankings (so far): #4 Time#8 Exclaim!#24 Rolling Stone#28 The A.V. Clubin Venus reader's poll: #3 Male Solo#4 Dance/Electronic album#2 from Patrick Pentland of Sloan#4 from Stephen King and I think I saw in Under The Radar he was in the top 5 of "Love Em/Hate Em," or something like that. and as I posted earlier, #2 in Blender

2008-12-09T12:59:00.003-06:00

"If it isn't the most corrupt state in the United States, it's certainly one hell of a competitor" -Robert Grant, FBI special agent on the arrest of Illinois Governor Blagojevich

2008-11-11T12:23:00.001-06:00

"But what I'm finding in the last year is that when I'm talking to people in their late teens and early 20s in a university setting, I don't have to explain it anymore. They already know. And it's not even that they know they know, it's just how things are. And that's when things get really interesting. Even though the copyright laws are completely behind the curve here, the practices are

2008-11-10T16:05:00.002-06:00

official WindowsVideos (on YouTube): GT is a PC

2008-11-03T08:29:00.001-06:00

Remixed, Revised, Ripped Off? The Fine Line Between Fair Use and Musical Infringement panel tonight.

2008-10-24T15:51:00.001-05:00

State (Ireland) article on Illegal Art, Steinki and Girl Talk.

2008-10-22T14:53:00.002-05:00

"I'm gonna make the records no matter what. It's like saying, 'If you use that color blue in your painting, that's not legal.' Well, what does that have to do with anything? It would be great if it was legal, it's too bad it's not, and so what?" Mr. Steinski from Steinski Gives A Sampling History Lesson