I’ve finally put the finishing touches on my sound studies syllabus, which is here, for the interested. After messing around with various approaches, I’ve gone back to the required/recommended model, which assures that students can do a reasonable amount of reading in a week, but also points to other stuff that might be essential in …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
It’s Really Starting
I arrived on campus late this afternoon after dropping Louis (Carrie’s dad) off at the airport. He was the last of our month-long string of visitors. We’ve never had so many people visit us in such a short period of time. It’s been wonderful as a social experience and in terms of taking time off. …
Night Time is Meme Time
I’m not normally given to insomnia, but the 3 hour nap is a big thing in the Rentschler family when vacation is in effect, and I’m more of a no-nap or 30-minute nap kind of guy. 3 hours was my downfall. But that leaves me time for a contemplative post, thanks to Muse passing a …
Complaints Department
They’re doing road construction outside my office at school, which means that I’ve had to take several meetings somewhere else or endure the sound of one of those giant hammer things. Well, now they’re ripping up the street right in front of our place, which is not only insanely loud, but when they hit the …
New Text
“The Historiography of Cyberculture” in Critical Cyberculture Studies eds. David Silver and Adienne Massanari, 17-28. New York: NYU Press, 2006. Carrie’s dad arrives in a few hours. I’m off to the Music Library for some good, wholesome fun with reference materials. Not enough time. I’m cleaning my office until Carrie comes to pick me up.
Vanity, Thy Price is $6.95 a year
What am I talking about? Check this out — a new address: http://superbon.net or http://superbon.org. I can’t decide which to make the actual address. I think I like .net, but then it’s already sterneworks.org. I so should not be spending time thinking about this. I mostly did it because Wired told me to. No questions …
Also, I’m back on track with titles
….for a conference called “Technologies of the Diva” next March, “Sex and the Sound Test: A Short History” Get your mind out of the gutter. I meant secondary sexual characteristics, like pitch of voice. What did you think I was going to discuss? Also, I wish to share this morning’s surprise. Upon a careful reading …