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REMIX RADIO SHOW TO DEBUT IN THE BAY AREA THIS SUNDAY, 2PM on KALW

Cult radio favorite Benjamen Walker takes listeners through a novel, 
lawyer-free look at recombinant art.

SAN FRANCISCO, USA  October 21, 2004

At 2pm this Sunday, October 24, San Francisco’s KALW will debut a 
unique new radio special:  “The Creative Remix,” written and hosted by 
Benjamen Walker and sponsored by the nonprofit Creative Commons, is an 
hour-long "lawyer free" examination of the art, culture, and history of 
the remix  in the broadest sense of the word. (More: 
http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/radio/).

The hour kicks off with a musical analysis of a familiar sort of remix: 
DJ Dangermouse's infamous mash-up of the Beatles and Jay-Z. Walker then 
takes listeners back in time to check out the ancient Roman art of the 
poetry mash-up, or the Cento. The show then rewinds to the 18th century 
to check out the birth of copyright and how it affected writers like 
Alexander Pope; and the early 20th century when the visual artist 
Marcel Duchamp used the remix to reinvent everything. Walker also takes 
a field trip to the Mass Mocca museum of modern art to check out the 
exhibit "Yankee Remix," where he talks to a few grad students and a 
pair of curmudgeonly New England antique collectors to investigate 
different attitudes towards remixing.

In the second part of the program Walker speaks with three unique remix 
artists: The historical novelist Matthew Pearl, “Walkman Buster” Gideon 
D'arcangelo, and Cory Arcangel, a Nintendo hacker and one of the 
youngest representatives at this year’s Whitney Biennial.

“‘The Creative Remix’ will enlighten even the confirmed aficionado of 
recombinant art,” said Glenn Otis Brown, executive director of Creative 
Commons. “I manage an organization dedicated to highlighting artistic 
re-uses and transformations, and I had never before thought of remixing 
in quite the way Walker presents it. It’s eye-opening stuff for anyone 
who cares about art  and the increasingly disturbing trend of lawyers’ 
influencing it.”

The show airs the same week that WIRED magazine’s special November 
music issue hits newsstands. The issue will ship with a CD with tracks 
by the likes of the Beastie Boys, Gilberto Gil, David Byrne, and 13 
others. Every song is covered by a Creative Commons copyright license 
that invites fans to file-share the songs or sample from them, on 
certain conditions. (More: http://creativecommons.org).

About Benjamen Walker

Benjamen Walker’s weekly radio program “The Theory of Everything” can 
be heard on WZBC in Boston and, beginning Oct 31st, in San Francisco 
and on the Internet. His previous show, “Your Radio Nightlight,” 
established a cult following across the country and earned praise and 
awards from several publications and other radio shows.

About Creative Commons

A nonprofit founded in early 2002, Creative Commons promotes the 
creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in 
the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained 
by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John 
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, and 
the Hewlett Foundation.

For general information, visit <http://creativecommons.org>.

Glenn Otis Brown (San Francisco)
Executive Director, Creative Commons
glenn AT creativecommons.org


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Glenn Otis Brown
Executive Director
Creative Commons
glenn AT creativecommons.org
+1.415.946.3065 (telephone)
+1.415.336.1433 (mobile)
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