Over The Edge (or, OTE) is a radio program hosted and produced in the United States by Negativland member Don Joyce . OTE is broadcast live on KPFA every second, third, and fourth Thursday night from 12am to 3am. On the rare occasion of a month with a fifth Thursday OTE runs an additional two hours, from 12am to 5am. Joyce has broadcast OTE since June 1981, usually solo, but sometimes with collaborators.
Joyce typically follows one theme for an entire program. Topics vary wildly, from various music and copyright issues to UFOs and the CIA
One feature of OTE is Receptacle Programming: listeners are encouraged to call-in and are placed on-air with no prior screening. The highly improvisational content and late hour of the broadcast attract a variety of colorful callers. The golden rule is: when the phone stops ringing, you're on the air. Don't say "Hello."
Making noise manipulation an art form, Joyce uses collage techniques effectively to present his ideas. The audience phone participation is considered another vocal element in the live artistic creation.
Throughout the 80's and 90's and beyond, Over The Edge has also been an outlet for Negativland's creativity. The group participated in many of the shows, a few of which have been released as edited-down CDs:
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