DJ Spooky

DJ Spooky playing killer party at MCAD on Saturday night

​If you're looking for the party to usher in the fall, look no further than the Minneapolis College of Art and Design's 125th Anniversary bash tomorrow night. Of course, the point is to celebrate the endurance and commitment to artistic innovation of one of our nation's top ten design schools. ... More >>

Some Assembly Required deconstructs

The weekly college radio show Some Assembly Required has been quietly peeling away at their broad mandate ("the creative reuse of fragments of recorded sound") since 1999, interviewing dozens of keystone artists, approaching the artistic angles of copyright and appropriation in the midst of "th ... More >>

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