Before There Was TikTok There Was Negativland

Pioneering culture jammers come to AFS Cinema this Sunday

"...expect to see/hear addressed at Sunday's concert-type thing by Negativland:..."

July 22, 2022 Screens Feature by Julian Towers

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"...On a different front, Negativland's many challenges to the status quo have been hot..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Negativland / Chumbawamba The ABC's of Anarchism (Seeland) / Teletubbies Nursery Rhymes & Other Fun Songs (Mammoth)

"...Negativland/ChumbawambaThe ABC's of Anarchism (Seeland)TeletubbiesNursery Rhymes & Other Fun Songs..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Review by Kate X Messer

Creative Plundering with Mark Hosler

"...a member of the social commentary-rich prankster collage band Negativland, he's been part of a scheme to falsely implicate..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

A bitch session about the plight of the Austin music scene is scheduled at Threadgill's; here's hoping Negativland's long-anticpated Austin appearance doesn't dissapoint a la SRL.

"...noted culture jammers, U2-baiters, Pepsi drinkers, and lawsuit collectors Negativland has been just as hotly anticipated by the fringe(ware)..."

May 12, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Record Reviews

"...NEGATIVLAND..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Music Review

Rise Above

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

"...similar financial irregularities. Meanwhile, a lawsuit with experimental satirists Negativland over its copyright-baiting 1991 single, "U2," nearly bankrupted the..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Neu!

"...with a pair of lilting, visionary tracks, "Hallogallo" and "Negativland," and a great deal of sparse, meditative material. "Negativland"..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Public Service Broadcasting

"...Institute archive for musical ends. More Paul Hardcastle than Negativland, PSB doesn't subvert text as much as build an..."

March 20, 2015 Music Review by Greg Beets

D-I-V-O-R-C-E: Greg Ginn’s Gets Ugly

Child custody at issue for Black Flag leader and ex-wife Marina

"...legal entanglements over the years with former SST acts Negativland and Sonic Youth...."

Oct. 14, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

deEP end

deEP end

"...of found sound like a manic, prog-rock version of Negativland. Instrumental chase "Albuquerque Freak Out" and "The Proper Way..."

May 28, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Required Viewing for Troubled Times

Craig Baldwin's Blows Against the Empire

"...99: Alien Anomalies Under America, as well as the Negativland documentary Sonic Outlaws, have enshrined him as one of..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Alien Nation

Experimental filmmaker Craig Baldwin is down on corporatization and up with aliens, presenting a compilation of his work at the Blue Theater's Blue Screen series.

"...Outlaws, a documentary on the copyright-challenging work of musicians Negativland and the Emergency Broadcast Network...."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

Thuja / Alastair Galbraith & Matt De Gennaro

Reissues

"...concrete collagists like Luc Ferrari, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and even Negativland use field recordings and samples of everyday sounds and..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

National Top 10s

"...7. Negativland, Over the Edge Vol. 4: Dick Vaughn's Moribund Music..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Long and the Short of It

The expansive Cinematexas short film festival

"...Spectres of the Spectrum. Mark Holser of subliminal-irony kings Negativland tops the bill, as he offers up a reprise..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

Short Cuts

Slacker turns 10, Cinemaker Co-op is feted, the Alamo Drafthouse heads north, and Bob Sabiston has "it."

"...genius works (the bizarre Tribulation 99 and the crypto-cool Negativland documentary Sonic Outlaws), you owe it to the left..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

In God's Country

Why U2 is the best band ever

"...They must have taken the Negativland episode to heart, because Achtung Baby -- its title..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Naked City

After a shutdown prompts an international protest, Rice Radio is back on the air in Houston.

"...luminaries, including David Byrne, Brave Combo, Mark Hosler of Negativland, and Paul Westerberg of the Replacements, also signed the..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

Dancing About Architecture

A recap of the first Austin Music Commission Town Meeting; the Antone's Blues Festival looks to have a bright future.

"...answer... Quickly now, for all those who attended the Negativland show at Stubb's on Tuesday, let's say it one..."

May 19, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Spotlights

SXSW Film Festival: Five in Focus

"...Anomalies Under America, 1992's O No Coronado, and 1995's Negativland/U2 dustup Sonic Outlaws. Like those films, the only thing..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Jazz & Arts Festival doesn't need saving after all; the strange sounds coming from Austin's backyards; barbecue to replace Austin Blues; Honky attacked by lesbians in Chicago!; and more news from the Live Music Capital of the World.

"...cover artwork, I can only hope they're not using Negativland's U2 debacle as their model for getting attention... Students..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

National Top Ten

Raoul Hernandez

"...3. Bis, The New Transistor Heroes (Grand Royal/Capitol) 4. Negativland, Dispepsi (Seeland) 5. Allen Ginsberg, The Lion for Real..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature

Shortcuts

"...of artistic piracy and focuses on such things as Negativland's infamous U2 appropriation and the activities of the Barbie..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

Behind the Panels

"...play SXSW), Subgenius Rev. Ivan Stang, Mark Hosler of Negativland, Touch of Latex founder Lily Burana, R.U. Sirius, Bruce..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Music Column

Shortcuts

"...David Barstow (Instant Sports), Mike Godwin (EFF), Marc Hossler (Negativland), Jon Lebkowsky, Rev. Ivan Stang (Church of the SubGenius),..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Screens Column

Record Reviews

"...muck. This guerilla approach is similar to that of Negativland, only Brown Hornet uses music instead of mass media..."

July 5, 1996 Music Review

Dancing About Architecture

Hey, Buddy! Ya Got a Light?

"...be bringing their multimedia extravaganza to that venue. Imagine Negativland with pictures, or all the televisions in the world..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Music Column

Dancing About Architecture

"...Emergency Broadcast Network, the Tape Beatles, and lawsuit magnets Negativland, who, coincidentally, put out the most recent Rudy Schwartz..."

June 30, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Rudy Schwartz Project Tied Up in Knotts

"...about the Project to controversial cut-and-paste California music montagists Negativland. They decided to release Günther Packs a Stiffy on..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature