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'More Than an Hour, Less than a Show' (the 90's) - Vol. 5

from The "Best" of the SubGenius Show - (the 90's) - Volumes 1​-​5 by NCN

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This is mostly material from the early 90's of what was called 'The Subgenius Show' or 'More Than an Hour Less Than a Show' which features incredible collages mixed with extemporaneous trance spout-riffing, psychedelic bulldada and surreal improvised comedy.

This set brings you rare audio of the 'Doktors of the Air' and their very strange radio show ('The Show') which eventually became (some 20 years later) 'The Puzzling Evidence Show' (which is still on KPFA in Berkeley, CA). Callers include Phineas Narco, Frank Bent, 'Serious Business'.

Sprinkled throughout is Phineas Narco, The Shining Path of Least Resistance, the piece 'Snipping the Wire' (which is found in the NCN 'Bombscare' program), Giant Spiders, Hal's brother, 'The Black Beatles' and more!

'The Show' which was broadcast live at 4:30 on Saturday Mornings for the longest time, and offered some of the most frenetic, breakneck, and weeeeird live mix barrage mix radio before, then, or since in the same vein as Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Firesign Theater, but with certainly it's own realm, sound and sensibility.

Think Morning Zoo on acid.

This is a companion piece to 'The Best of the 80's' 5 part series which is available here:

nationalcynical.bandcamp.com/album/the-best-of-the-subgenius-show-the-80s-volumes-1-5

For more information on The Subgenius Church please feel free to visit www.subgenius.com.

See the attendant credits for a list of the original members and performers for 'The Show', a great comic effort which had a tremendous influence on The National Cynical Network (NCN) much later on.

Don't worry, it's just a show.

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from The "Best" of the SubGenius Show - (the 90's) - Volumes 1​-​5, released June 18, 2011
Hal Robins (and his brother), D. Woodman Atwell, Phineas Narco, Papa Joe Mama, The Shining Path of Least Resistance, Bob Nelson (Moebius Rex), LIES (Paul Mavrides) and Onan Canobite

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The National Cynical Network San Jose, California

The National Cynical Network (NCN) is a long-running, SF Bay Area alternate programming media remix project. It originally consisted of a trio of SF Bay-Area based radio collage artists: Phineas Narco, Ronald Redball and Alexander T. Newport. NCN seeks to play *with* music , using sound, and video media samples in the process of media collage or 'mediage'. ... more

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