Crosley Bendix Radio Reviews is a collection of recordings edited from a wealth of material broadcast on KPFA's Over the Edge radio show, hosted by Negativland member Don Joyce weekly. Each recording on this particular disc comes from a different broadcast, all featuring the character Crosley Bendix.
As a regular feature on Over the Edge, Crosley Bendix (dubbed the "Director of Stylistic Premonitions for The Universal Media Netweb") presents Monologues on cultural phenomena, with a typically "Negativland" sense of humor throughout. The selections here are fairly broad examples of Crosley's critical style. Probably his most famous monologue regards the discovery of a new primary color, called "Squant."
This album was released in 1993 by Negativland's own label, Seeland Records, as a CD.
Track listing
Style (1989) – 6:15 Domestic Art (1987) – 11:33 Squant (1993) – 8:41 Movies (1987) – 7:13 Dance (1988) – 7:25 Progress (1984) – 3:25 Numbers (1985) – 3:52 Electricity (1987) – 7:38 Fear (1986) – 5:57 Technology (1987) – 9:14
Personnel Don Joyce Kings House (Rob Wortman, Brook Hinton, Arne Ryason)
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