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Title proper
Media distortion
General material designation
- Sound recording
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Sonic Messiah, Derek Doucette, Vincent Tinguely, Terence Kinsella, Jim Irvine, Ken Gregory, Terry Walters, Deborah Joanne Sharpe, Phycus, Michael Drew Campbell, Peeter Sepp
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MS-3-46, 2012-156
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[1996] (Creation)
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Physical description
1 audiocassette
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Name of creator
(1978-)
Custodial history
The tape was donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 2013 by the Centre for Art Tapes.
Scope and content
Item consists of an audio recording entitled "Media Distortion" which was a part of the Broadcasting for Reels series. The tape features: Side 1: "It’s the End of the world and it’s on tv" (5 min., 3 sec.), "Smokey and the paper tiger (4 min., 42 sec.), "There’s something in my ear, there’s somethig in my eye" (3 min., 55 sec.), "Talk talk talk" (3 min., 40 sec.), "Take Back the Waves" (5 min., 6 sec.), and Side 2: "Reefer-end-um" (15 min., 5 sec.), "The television said “love me”" (2 min., 23 sec.), "Breaker - Breaker" (4 min., 3 sec.) and "Global Gamelan" (58 sec.).
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- English
Script of material
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Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Audio can be listened at the Dalhousie University Archives. Advance notice is required.
Finding aids
Associated materials
See MS-3-46.2018-014, Box 122, Item 88. See MS-3-46, 2012-173 for Terrence Kinsella and Jim Irvine's submission "Something's in my Ear, Something's in My Eye". See MS-3-46, 2012-152 for Deborah Sharpe's submission "Reefer-end-um".
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Copyright is held by the artist.
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- Sonic Messiah (Contributor)
- Tinguely, Vincent (Contributor)
- Kinsella, Terrance (Contributor)
- Irvine, Jim (Contributor)
- Gregory, Ken (Contributor)
- Sharpe, Deborah (Contributor)
- Centre for Art Tapes (Producer)
- CKDU Radio (Producer)