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Re: [microsound] Re: microsound book group?



Sorry, but this is precisely what I worry a book club would turn into,
especially if conducted in the quick-type mode of a live chat session ...
that is, mere opinion swapping. The way this is presented prompts me to
reply that _The Ambient Century_ book is based on horribly shoddy research,
and it's filled with factual errors. Of course, since I'm thinking of this
in chat-mode, I wouldn't take the time to back up that assertion with
careful reading or pointing to precise instances.

See more below:

> > 'Noise Water Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts' - Doug Kahn
>
> ...sucks.  It's a mess of turgid ramblings and incongruous references,
> and I got from end to the other learning little more than effective
> ways to wince at printed type.  But, read it if you must.  You'd be
> happier with 'The Ambient Century, the Evolution of Sound in the
> Electronic Age' by Mark Prendergast, which has more to say and to teach
> than Kahn's desperately "academic" waste of tree.
>
> A book club would be nice, tho ^_^
> _____________________________________________
> Alexander F Payne   |   http://www.al3x.net/

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From: "Kim Cascone" <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound_list" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 4:15 PM
Subject: [microsound] book group redux

> once again: the book group would take place on the microsound server via
the
> hotline chat function

Why the insistence on this format? Live chat is terribly clunky and
requiring everyone to participate in realtime seems exclusionary.

-=Trace

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