I know I made it seem like I would write up some thoughts on this in the thread, but they are so diffuse… I broadly really enjoyed this piece and I think there is a way to tie this into … Continue reading
Hi all, Just a post to say that the next reading will be McKittrick and Weheliye’s “808s & Heartbreak” and we’ll be meeting meet.jit.si/taxis for at 12 noon (Eastern) / 5 p.m. (London) on Tuesday, September 15 to discuss. Please … Continue reading
Hi all, Our next meeting will be August 10, 2020 at 12 p.m. (EDT) / 5 p.m. (BST) and we’ll be discussing Robin James’s recent book, The Sonic Episteme. This time we’ll all be reading the introduction plus one chapter … Continue reading
We’ll be meeting on Saturday July 11th at noon (EDT) / 5 p.m. (BST) to discuss the introduction and third chapter of Marie Thompson’s Beyond Unwanted Noise. Reach out ot us for a pdf and/or a link for the meeting. … Continue reading
It is hard to pin down exactly what “information theory” is. I think this works both in favour of Iverson and against her in this chapter. Where it might once (in the years immediately following the publication of Shannon’s landmark … Continue reading
Hi everyone, As we agreed, we’ll go with excerpts from Holly Watkins’s book, Musical Vitalities (Chicago, 2018). We’ll be reading the introduction and Chapter 6, “On Not Letting Sounds Be Themselves”, which you can download from here. Here’s the blurb … Continue reading
Havin’ It Made, but “Made in – ”? “Made by – ”? Iverson’s Electronic Inspirations distills the complex network of individuals and machines in music studios, expanding and thus further blurring hard-and-fast distinctions between human-made and man-made electronic music. … Continue reading
On Friday next week (5/29) at noon (Eastern Time) / 5pm (London) we’ll be discussing the intro and chapter 4 of Jennifer Iverson’s Electronic Inspirations: Technologies of the Cold War Musical Avant-Garde, that chapter is titled “Reclaiming Technology: From Information … Continue reading
p4 “In effect, he is voicing a doubt previously felt by him in The Art of the Motor and The Information Bomb: that, under the influence of new information and communications technologies, democratic institutions are disappearing as the key locations … Continue reading
Hi everyone, As we agreed, we’ll go with an excerpt from Paul Virilio’s book Art and Fear (Continuum, 2006). We’ll be reading the essay “Silence on Trial” (p. 35–49), which you can download from here: Virilio – Art and Fear … Continue reading