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Summary: All U Wanted 2 KnowAboutRadio(but didn't know where to find)
Review: Pretty cool collection of essays on radio. Found pieces I'd been looking all over for in English by Dadaist Kurt Schwitters and French theorist Felix Guattari and Futurist F.T. Marinetti. Add to that writing by everyone from Bertolt Brecht to Hakim Bey to Negativland to Arnold Schoenberg to LaMonte Young to the U.S. Office of Censorship to the Emperor of Japan, and you have the most mind-opening writings I've ever seen on radio. This is not a book about pirate radio at all (though there are some good essays on that too--but for how-to I'd recommend Zeke Teflon's pirate radio manual). It's a book on radio theory, radio pranks, radio history, radio as art, telepathy as radio, radio in war, extraterrestrial radio, and a great argument for finding new things to do with radios besides listening to Britney Spears. Highly recommended for anyone interested in radio or media.

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Summary: Pirate Radio Wanna-be Handbook
Review: This book drove me to start investigating how to get my own pirate radio station going. History (why 'pirate'?) to Negativland's do it yourself telephone amplifier.

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Summary: What complete drivel
Review: This book merely perpetuates the many myths associated with pirate radio. Real people who want real information on how to operate a pirate staion should avoid this book at all costs.

Rating:
Summary: What complete drivel
Review: This book merely perpetuates the many myths associated with pirate radio. Real people who want real information on how to operate a pirate staion should avoid this book at all costs.