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The National Cynical Network The BEATLESnuff
2012 25x File
Experimental
Comedy
Sound Collage

Main image
(The National Cynical Network Self-released)
edited by, post production Phineas Narco
performer Don Joyce
performer Mark Gunderson
performer Phineas Narco
performer Wobbly
This is the double album-length 'Narco edit' of an original 3-hour program recorded live in the KPFA studios on April 23rd, 2010 for Negativland's radio show Over The Edge. Released online on The National Cynical Network's Bandcamp page. The tracks are meant to fit on two 80-min CD-R's. Track 12 is a short file track indicating a demarcation point and can be added into (or excluded from) a hard copy of the project. The complete unedited recording of the radio broadcast is also available on Archive.org.

Track 2 was originally performed live at the Big City Orchestra 30th Anniversary Show on January 30th, 2010 at the Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco. It was rehearsed several times before performance and played once on KFJC live.

From the liner notes:

NOTE--THIS IS NOT A BEATLES ALBUM!!

It is a frantic mashup and collage of all things by and about The Beatles: samples, sounds, effects, clips, snippets and whatnot. Some, post-production work has been done on it from the original recording. This effort is an abstract commentary and criticism of The Beatles mythos. Inspired by Big City Orchestra's 1993 release [m=766073].