This edition of NIRRH features recent compositions by experimental performance/noise collective, the Council Of Poetic Experimentation, aka CO(P)E, and also compositions by Stick Sellers, a moniker for one-off sound, performance, and film projects by Sam Sebren. Works from both CO(P)E and Stick Sellers incorporate radio and/or television transmissions and feedback, mixed with a variety of other instrumentation and electronics. We will hear recordings from recent live performances by both projects.

The Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, created by Sam Sebren broadcasts on WGXC 90.7-FM from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the fifth Saturday (of months with 5 Saturdays) as part of Wave Farm's Transmission Arts and Experimental Sound programming. The Nothing Is Real Radio Hour includes sound and transmission arts works by Sebren, and occasionally works by other artists, both pre-recorded and performed live in the studio.

In a multidisciplinary practice, much of Sebren's recent work has challenged notions of accepted reality in art, advertising, and public spaces. In mediums including sound, Sebren's work blurs actual, imagined, and technological realities as he critiques socio-political rules & regulations in our consumer "culture" and urges his audience to smile and re-think our priorities.