Orality and Literacy (New Accents)9 reviews Walter J. Ong Routledge, 2002 Stop reading and listen to this! + Thought provoking, Challenging, Insightful + Understand how writing changes everything + Brilliant             The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-19335 reviews Emily Thompson The MIT Press, 2004 Sounding the History of Acoustics + Good history of modern sound system development + Brilliant and innovative approach to the history of architectural acoustics + Impacts of the ideals of modernity             Silence: Lectures and Writings9 reviews John Cage Wesleyan, 1961 Essential + A Seminal 20th Century (And Beyond) Text (from Ahadada Books) + Very Interesting!! + Quintessential Cage + This book is slightly overrated, actually             The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire7 reviews Wayne Koestenbaum, Tony Kushner Da Capo Press, 2001 Queenly Insights + Me LikEy.. + Theory on a High Note The author is sometimes outrageous yet outspoken in some of his assumptions and observations about those who attend and enjoy opera and those singers and other musicians who perform these works. Some may disagree vehemently with some or all of his consclusions, but no one who reads this book will ...             Space Is The Place: The Lives And Times Of Sun Ra10 reviews John F. Szwed Da Capo Press, 1998 Fine Explanation of a Complex Phenomenon + The Sun Shines Brightly + An erudite effort for a daunting task + equal to its subject + A stunning masterpiece             Film Sound1 review Columbia University Press, 1985 Table of Contents Part I. History, Technology, and Aesthetics Introduction The Coming of Sound: Technological Change in the American Film Industry, by Douglas Gomery Economic Struggle and Hollywood Imperialism: Europe Converts to Sound, by Douglas Gomery Film Style and Technology in the Thirties: Sound, by ...             Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music (Music Culture)4 reviews Robert Walser Wesleyan, 1993 Heavy Metal Gets Its Due + Fundamental + Heavy Metal art-form explained through social & artful view. + Overcomprehensive, yet a needed study.             The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction Jonathan Sterne Duke University Press, 2002 The Audible Past explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. It describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and the transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. With an ear for the unexpected, scholar and musician Jonathan Sterne uses the technological and cultural precursors of telephony, phonography, and radio as an entry point into a history of ...             Noise: The Political Economy of Music (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 16)8 reviews Jacques Attali University of Minnesota Press, 1985 Such a wonderful book, I read it twice. + provocative + A must read.. + A must read.. + Not Literary {wind}             The Soundscape2 reviews R. Murray Schafer Destiny Books, 1993 The most important book on sound in 150 years. + soundscape When R. Murray Schafer first published TUNING OF THE WORLD (the subtitle of this edition) in 1977, it had a stunning and lasting affect on musicians and recordists throughout the world. Every facet of this work is important to know about and the narrative still reads like a contemporary novel - ...             The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction Jonathan Sterne Duke University Press, 2002 The Audible Past explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. It describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and the transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. With an ear for the unexpected, scholar and musician Jonathan Sterne uses the technological and cultural precursors of telephony, phonography, and radio as an entry point into a history of ...             The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-19335 reviews Emily Thompson The MIT Press, 2004 Sounding the History of Acoustics + Good history of modern sound system development + Brilliant and innovative approach to the history of architectural acoustics + Impacts of the ideals of modernity             Film Sound1 review Columbia University Press, 1985 Table of Contents Part I. History, Technology, and Aesthetics Introduction The Coming of Sound: Technological Change in the American Film Industry, by Douglas Gomery Economic Struggle and Hollywood Imperialism: Europe Converts to Sound, by Douglas Gomery Film Style and Technology in the Thirties: Sound, by ...             Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music (Music Culture)4 reviews Robert Walser Wesleyan, 1993 Heavy Metal Gets Its Due + Fundamental + Heavy Metal art-form explained through social & artful view. + Overcomprehensive, yet a needed study.             Noise: The Political Economy of Music (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 16)8 reviews Jacques Attali University of Minnesota Press, 1985 Such a wonderful book, I read it twice. + provocative + A must read.. + A must read.. + Not Literary {wind}             Silence: Lectures and Writings9 reviews John Cage Wesleyan, 1961 Essential + A Seminal 20th Century (And Beyond) Text (from Ahadada Books) + Very Interesting!! + Quintessential Cage + This book is slightly overrated, actually             Space Is The Place: The Lives And Times Of Sun Ra10 reviews John F. Szwed Da Capo Press, 1998 Fine Explanation of a Complex Phenomenon + The Sun Shines Brightly + An erudite effort for a daunting task + equal to its subject + A stunning masterpiece             The Soundscape2 reviews R. Murray Schafer Destiny Books, 1993 The most important book on sound in 150 years. + soundscape When R. Murray Schafer first published TUNING OF THE WORLD (the subtitle of this edition) in 1977, it had a stunning and lasting affect on musicians and recordists throughout the world. Every facet of this work is important to know about and the narrative still reads like a contemporary novel - ...             Orality and Literacy (New Accents)9 reviews Walter J. Ong Routledge, 2002 Stop reading and listen to this! + Thought provoking, Challenging, Insightful + Understand how writing changes everything + Brilliant             The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire7 reviews Wayne Koestenbaum, Tony Kushner Da Capo Press, 2001 Queenly Insights + Me LikEy.. + Theory on a High Note The author is sometimes outrageous yet outspoken in some of his assumptions and observations about those who attend and enjoy opera and those singers and other musicians who perform these works. Some may disagree vehemently with some or all of his consclusions, but no one who reads this book will ...