[This article was published in Art Monthly Australia, Issue 225 November 2009, a special issue dedicated to 'Sound'. It was commissioned by guest editor Douglas Kahn. This is the original version of the text, as the version that appeared in the magazine ended up with some odd punctuation around the quotes. The quotes are all from the AF list. They are not credited in the text itself, but are meant to represent the collective voice of the list, in a vaguely representative manner. There is, however, a full list of who said what and when below the text]