Brian Joseph Davis
His site has long offered most of his material for free download, but the new Blocks Blocks Blocks label disc is essential for anyone interested sonic prankery in popular high/lowbrow forums (i.e. you, the WFMU listener). Included: Sony/BMG's end use licensing agreement text scored for a women's choir to sing, a track featuring five box sets played in their entirety in fast-forward mode, a greatest hits track of all the hits overlayed on top of each other, a punk rock take on Theodor Adorno's Minima Moralia, ten famous banned albums (Beatles, Sex Pistols etc.) burned into melted globs of wax and then played and recorded off a turntable. My particular fave, "Voice Over", employs famous movie promo voiceover king Scott Taylor who recites cliched taglines from a seemingly enldess history of m
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Catalogue & Listenership
Tracks
30
Albums
5
Total audio
3h 17m 33s
FMA listens
26,611
Favourites
46
Avg bitrate
258 kbps
Genre & Licence Profile
| Genre | Tracks |
|---|---|
| Experimental | 19 |
| Spoken | 5 |
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 — 23
- Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. — 5
- Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio — 1
- Attribution — 1
Top Tracks by Listens
| Track | Album | Year | Duration | Listens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track1 | Original Soundtrack: Work for 20 DVD Players | 2009 | 8m 06s | 3,890 |
| The Ambient Honky | The Definitive Host | 2009 | 1m 16s | 3,562 |
| Track4 | Original Soundtrack: Work for 20 DVD Players | 2009 | 6m 14s | 3,092 |
| Track3 | Original Soundtrack: Work for 20 DVD Players | 2009 | 24m 19s | 2,522 |
| Track2 | Original Soundtrack: Work for 20 DVD Players | 2009 | 15m 01s | 2,513 |
| Five Minutes To Sexy Hair | Ronald Reagan, My Father | 2010 | 2m 36s | 1,759 |
| Bury My Heart at Tataouine | Ronald Reagan, My Father | 2010 | 7m 48s | 1,756 |
| Ordinary People | Ronald Reagan, My Father | 2010 | 11m 54s | 1,408 |
| The Libertine | Ronald Reagan, My Father | 2010 | 12m 19s | 1,358 |
| Intro: Work For 10 Boom Boxes and 10 Tapes of Hardcore Intros | intro | 2009 | 28m 09s | 1,058 |
Track Length Distribution
| Length | Tracks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 min | 14 | 46.7% |
| 3–6 min | 4 | 13.3% |
| Over 6 min | 12 | 40% |
Release Timeline
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Track Catalogue
30 tracks shown
| Track | Album | Genre | Duration | Listens | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury My Heart at Tataouine [7, 428] | Ronald Reagan, My Father 2010 | Spoken | 7m 48s | 1,756 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |
| Five Minutes To Sexy Hair [7, 428] | Ronald Reagan, My Father 2010 | Spoken | 2m 36s | 1,759 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |
| Ordinary People [7, 428] | Ronald Reagan, My Father 2010 | Spoken | 11m 54s | 1,408 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |
| The Bourguignon Prize [7, 428] | Ronald Reagan, My Father 2010 | Spoken | 9m 17s | 597 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |
| The Libertine [7, 428] | Ronald Reagan, My Father 2010 | Spoken | 12m 19s | 1,358 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |
| Intro: Work For 10 Boom Boxes and 10 Tapes of Hardcore Intros [38, 41, 109] | intro 2009 | 28m 09s | 1,058 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio | |
| Track1 [1, 18] | Original Soundtrack: Work for 20 DVD Players 2009 | 8m 06s | 3,890 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-10-01 | |
| Track2 [1, 18] | Original Soundtrack: Work for 20 DVD Players 2009 | 15m 01s | 2,513 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-10-01 | |
| Track3 [1, 18] | Original Soundtrack: Work for 20 DVD Players 2009 | 24m 19s | 2,522 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-10-01 | |
| Track4 [1, 18] | Original Soundtrack: Work for 20 DVD Players 2009 | 6m 14s | 3,092 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-10-01 | |
| Track5 [1] | Original Soundtrack: Work for 20 DVD Players 2009 | Experimental | 6m 24s | 648 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-10-01 |
| Eula [1] | The Definitive Host 2009 | Experimental | 4m 40s | 194 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-11-26 |
| The Franklin Mint Job [1] | The Definitive Host 2009 | Experimental | 3m 11s | 168 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-11-26 |
| Il bouno, il bruto, il skronko [1] | The Definitive Host 2009 | Experimental | 1m 56s | 117 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-11-26 |
| The Ambient Honky [1] | The Definitive Host 2009 | Experimental | 1m 16s | 3,562 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-11-26 |