Where is Contra Costa County?
In California, north and east of Berkeley. 9. What is a Negativland concert like? The first one I went to (Reed College, 1990 – where the infamous Casey Casem tape was passed on to the band, by the way) featured raw meat being thrown into the audience, toast being toasted until flames leaped from the toaster at center stage, Don Joyce going crazy on two Cart machines (used in radio until the dawn of the digital age), a video of the Weatherman doing the Playboy Channel, and a great deal of sonic mayhem. The show I saw at The Lab (where they performed as ‘Positivland’) was very similar to Over The Edge in many ways. A strong emphasis on sample collage as well as a number of live instruments. The Weatherman gave a great little demonstration of how to make noise with various items like a barbeque grill. For a review of that tour, check out what Sonicnet said. In May of 2000, the guys went on a US tour, adding Peter Conheim to the lineup. It was very well received and featured some very nic
