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John Zorn, Scott Johnson, De La Soul, Negativland, The Beatnigs: The Decomposers

Mark Dery, Elle, September 1989

MAYBE IT all began in 1917 with the harmless-looking urinal "R. Mutt" entered in the Society of Independent Artists New York show.

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