MP3 The Meaning of a Format

 

MP3: The Meaning of a Format recounts the hundred-year history of the world's most common format for recorded audio. Understanding the historical meaning of the MP3 format entails rethinking the place of digital technologies in the larger universe of twentieth-century communication history, from hearing research conducted by the telephone industry in the 1910s, through the mid-century development of perceptual coding (the technology underlying the MP3), to the format's promiscuous social life since the mid 1990s.

MP3s are products of compression, a process that removes sounds unlikely to be heard from recordings. Although media history is often characterized as a progression toward greater definition, fidelity, and truthfulness, MP3: The Meaning of a Format illuminates the crucial role of compression in the development of modern media and sound culture. Taking the history of compression as his point of departure, Jonathan Sterne investigates the relationships among sound, silence, sense, and noise; the commodity status of recorded sound and the economic role of piracy; and the importance of standards in the governance of our emerging media culture. He demonstrates that formats, standards, and infrastructures—and the need for content to fit inside them—are every bit as central to communication as the boxes we call "media."

 

Las muchas vidas de John Lennon

 

 

 

El 8 de diciembre se cumplen treinta años de un hecho que conmocionó al mundo entero: el asesinato de John Lennon. En esta conmemoración no podía faltar la controvertida biografía de Albert Goldman.

En su día, Las muchas vidas de John Lennon fue criticada por desmitificar a Lennon al hablar de sus problemas con las drogas o sus tendencias sexuales. Con el tiempo, Harold Seider, el abogado de Lennon, acabó confirmando muchos de los episodios que Goldman relataba en la biografía. Sin duda, una oportunidad única de conocer el lado más oscuro del gran John Lennon.

Después de entrevistar a más de mil personas y tras seis años de trabajo, Goldman consiguió un retrato de cuerpo entero de un hombre que con sus letras y su música fue el símbolo de una generación que aún se veía capaz de convertir los sueños en realidad.

 

Albert Goldman (Autor)  

 

Guercino • Mind to Paper

Called the "Rembrandt of the South," Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino (1591-1666) was one of the most versatile and accomplished Italian draftsmen of the seventeenth century. His drawings are among the most instantly appealing of those of any artist. This book investigates the nature of this appeal and looks at what makes Guercino such an extraordinary draftsman for his period. It examines his ways of working, choices of subject matter, drawing techniques, and media--aspects of his work that have never been studied so directly before. Such an innovative approach yields scholarly insights, as well as an accessible and appealing volume. The book accompanies an exhibition of Guercino drawings from the collections of the Courtauld Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum, on view at both venues

VA • The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. [Music From The Television Series]

 

Review from AllMusic (by Jim Allen):
Yes, in addition to the hit 1960s spy series THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., there was a GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E., and her soundtrack was provided by jazz keyboardist Dave Grusin, arranger Teddy Randazzo, and famed composer Jerry Goldsmith. The music they cooked up is redolent of the period, with Grusin's "groovy" keys leading the charge on tracks that sound like they were designed to get go-go boots tapping.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-girl-from-uncle-music-from-the-television-series-mw0000801645

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Resena de AllMusic (por Jim Allen):
Si, ademas del exitoso serial de espias de los anos 60 THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., habia una GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E., y su banda sonora fue proporcionada por el tecladista de jazz Dave Grusin, el arreglista Teddy Randazzo y el famoso compositor Jerry Goldsmith. La musica que crearon es redolente del periodo, con las teclas "groovy" de Grusin liderando la carga en pistas que parecen diseñadas para que los botas go-go bailaran.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-girl-from-uncle-music-from-the-television-series-mw0000801645

Joe Dinkelbach Organ Trio • Moments

 

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