Unofficial release
Subtitle: self-released and handmade audio in post-industrial society
By: Thomas Bey William Bailey
Publisher: Belsona Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [United States?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780615611273
Subjects: Music and technology; Popular music; Audiocassettes; Social aspects; Mass media and music; Sound recording industry; Sound recordings; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.  Portrait of the author as an "unofficial  artist"; title: Telescopic creativity : the dawn of networked art; title: Social sculpting : interview with Andrej Tisma; title: Vie ici : interview with Rod Summers; title: Why we tape : cassette culture as a real alternative; title: Laser sharp : self-released audio goes digital; title: Hey, Mr. Post-Industrial  Man : the swinging sounds of the information economy; title: Magnitizdat! Can self-releasing circumvent censorship?; title: Mister Modular : in conversation with Vittore Baroni; title: From Nijmegen with love : Frans de Waard; title: The whole hog : Al Margolis; title: Surfing the polywaves : GX Jupitter-Larsen; title: A minidisc autopsy report (and other musings on format failure); title: We're all outsiders now : in defense of pretense; title: Rated "L" : limited audiences only; title: We have never been extreme : promotion through anti-promotion; title: Release-a-holics Anonymous : a few faces of output addiction; title: Sleeper cells and turning worms : a 21st century tape revival?; title: Conclusion. What is to be taped?