Adrian Rew and Bob Nickas came in to play their collection of artists' records, which raised a question: What makes an artist record? 

Bob seems to think if an artist made it, it's an artists' record. But what makes an artist, Bob?

Listen to their collection and banter ➚here and ➚here.

Pt.1 Tracklist:

Louise Lawler, Bird Calls, 1972/1981. / A Band (Paul McMahon and Nancy Radloff), Lowly Worm, 1979. / Carolee Schneemann, Look What the Cat Dragged In, 1988. / Destroy All Monsters, Mom and Dad's Pussy, circa 74-76 (sound collage by Mike Kelley). / Otis Houston Jr., Sugar Ray Get Out Of My Way, 2020. / Terry Allen, Truckload of Art, 1978. / B. Wurtz, Start Here, 2020. / Attersee und Ruhm, Schwarzer Peter, 1981. / The Cornichons, These Days, 2019. (Servane Mary, Jose Martos, John Miller, Aura Rosenberg, Dan Walworth) / Robert Barry, Otherwise (excerpt), 1981. / Andra Ursuta, Untitled (Anarchy in the U.K. performed in Arabic), 2018. / Terry Fox, Suono Interno (Internal Sound) excerpt, 1982. / donAteller, Dominator, 2003.
(Bonnie Camplin, Enrico David, Ed Laliq, Mark Leckey) / Tony McAulay, Collaborative Poem, 1986. / Lonnie Holley, Looking For All (All Rendered Truth), 2013. / Peter Gordon and Lawrence Weiner, Deutsche Angst, 1982. / 3 Teens Kill 4, 5/4, 1982. / Stefan Tcherepnin, Waco, 2019. / Rodney Graham, Champagne For Everyone, 2000. / UJ3RK5, Eisenhower and the Hippies, 1980. (Kitty Byrne, Rodney Graham, Colin Griffiths, Danice MacLeod, Frank Ramirez, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, David Wisdom) / Culturcide (Mark Flood), Let's Prance, 1986. / Martin Kippenbeger, Ja Ja Ja, Nee Nee Nee (Für Die Jugend), 1995.

Pt. 2 Tracklist:

1. Anton Bruhin - “Apocalypt EB-, sampling loop,” Jan 2000 (from ‘Deux Pipes,’ Alga Marghen, 2010). / 2. Jonathan Borofsky - “The Standard Chant Pt. 2,” 1983 (from ‘Audio By Visual Artists’ compilation, Tellus, 1988). / 3. John Armleder (performed by Christian Marclay) - “16 Great Turn-Ons,” 1988 (from ‘Audio By Visual Artists’ compilation, Tellus, 1988). / 4. Henning Christiansen - “Min Døde Hest Op. 55,” 1970 (from ‘Hesteofringen,’ Holidays Records, 2017). / 5. Jack Goldstein - “The Tornado,” 1976 (from self-released set of nine 7” records, 1976). / 6. Jack Goldstein - “The Burning Forest,” 1976 (from self-released set of nine 7” records, 1976). / 7. Jack Goldstein - “Two Wrestling Cats,” 1976 (from self-released set of nine 7” records, 1976). / 8. Seth Price - “Flipin Tha Bird,” 2011 (from ‘Honesty,’ Audio Visual Arts, 2011). / 9. Martin Kippenberger - “Bang Bang,” 1984 (from ‘Die Rache Der Erinnerung,’ ZickZack, 1984). / 10. Y Pants (Barbara Ess, Verge Piersol, and Gail Vachon) - “The Code Of Life,” 1982 (from ‘Beat It Down,’ Neutral Records, 1982). / 11. Dan Graham - “Untitled,” 1981 (from ‘Just Another Asshole’ compilation, Just Another Asshole, 1981). / 12. The Stallion - “Another Brick In The Wall Part 2,” 2017 (from ‘The Dark Side Of The Wall,’ In The Red Recordings, 2017). / 13. Martin Creed - “Ooh, Fuck Off,” 2008 (from ‘Work No. 815,’ SmartGuy Records, 2008). / 14. Isa Genzken & Total Freedom  - excerpt from “Fuck Them All,” 2016 (from ‘Fuck Them All,’ The Vinyl Factory, 2016). / 15. Wolfgang Tillmans - “Make It Up As You Go Along,” 2016 (from ‘2016 / 1986 EP,’ Fragile, 2016). / 16. Dennis Oppenheim - excerpt from “Theme For A Major Hit (Part 1),” 1974 (from ‘Theme For A Major Hit,’ Slowscan, 2016, originally released in 1975 on D’arc Press Inc). / 17. Hanne Darboven - excerpt from “Vierjahreszeiten 1981/82. Opus 7,” 1981/82 (from ‘Vierjahreszeiten 1981/82. Opus 7 “Der Mond Ist Aufgegangen”,’ self-released, 1982). / 18. John Giorno (with Alan Sarret, Ann Ware, Bryce marden, Henry  Geldzahler, John Perreauly, Lee Crabtree, Michael McClanathan, Nina Thurman, Patti Oldenberg, Peter Schjeldahl, Robert Rauschenberg, Sarah Dalton, Todd Berrigan, Trisha Brown, and Yvonne Rainer) - excerpt from “Pornographic Poem,” 1967 (from ‘Raspberry / Pornographic Poem,’ The Intravenus Mind,1967). / 19. Pedro, Muriel & Esther (Vaginal Davis and Glen Meadmore) - “Anna-ee,” 1991 (from ‘PME/EP,’ Amoeba Records, 1991). / 20. Pedro, Muriel & Esther (Vaginal Davis and Glen Meadmore) - “Mushroom Head,” 1991 (from ‘PME/EP,’ Amoeba Records, 1991). / 21. Terry Fox - excerpt from “The Labyrinth Scored For The Purrs Of 11 Different Cats,” 1976 (from ‘Airwaves’ compilation, One Ten Records, 1977). / 22. Electrophilia (Steven Parino and Jutta Koether, featuring Lizzi Bougatsos) - excerpt from “Witch,” 2004 (from ‘Black Noise Practitioner,’ Skul, 2004). / 23. Hannah Wilke - “Stand Up,” 1982 (from ‘Revolutions Per Minute (The Art Record),’ Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., 1982). / 24. Fanal (Kai Althoff) - “In Sie Hinein,” 2008 (from ‘Fanal II,’ Sonig, 2008). / 25. Jean Dubuffet - “Gai Savoir,” 1961 (from ‘Expériences Musicales 1961,’ Jeanne Dielman, 2016).