Lost Sound
Lost Sound

Author: Jeff Porter

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2016-03-11

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1469627787

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From Archibald MacLeish to David Sedaris, radio storytelling has long borrowed from the world of literature, yet the narrative radio work of well-known writers and others is a story that has not been told before. And when the literary aspects of specific programs such as The War of the Worlds or Sorry, Wrong Number were considered, scrutiny was superficial. In Lost Sound, Jeff Porter examines the vital interplay between acoustic techniques and modernist practices in the growth of radio. Concentrating on the 1930s through the 1970s, but also speaking to the rising popularity of today's narrative broadcasts such as This American Life, Radiolab, Serial, and The Organist, Porter's close readings of key radio programs show how writers adapted literary techniques to an acoustic medium with great effect. Addressing avant-garde sound poetry and experimental literature on the air, alongside industry policy and network economics, Porter identifies the ways radio challenged the conventional distinctions between highbrow and lowbrow cultural content to produce a dynamic popular culture.

Lost Sounds
Lost Sounds

Author: Tim Brooks

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 0252090632

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A groundbreaking history of African Americans in the early recording industry, Lost Sounds examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States, charting the surprising roles black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age and the remarkably wide range of black music and culture they preserved. Drawing on more than thirty years of scholarship, Tim Brooks identifies key black recording artists and profiles forty audio pioneers. Brooks assesses the careers and recordings of George W. Johnson, Bert Williams, George Walker, Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, W. C. Handy, James Reese Europe, Wilbur Sweatman, Harry T. Burleigh, Roland Hayes, Booker T. Washington, and boxing champion Jack Johnson, plus a host of lesser-known voices. Many of these pioneers struggled to be heard in an era of rampant discrimination. Their stories detail the forces––black and white––that gradually allowed African Americans to enter the mainstream entertainment industry. Lost Sounds includes Brooks's selected discography of CD reissues and an appendix by Dick Spottswood describing early recordings by black artists in the Caribbean and South America.

Lost and Found, What's that Sound? Board Book
Lost and Found, What's that Sound? Board Book

Author: Jonathan Ying

Publisher: HarperFestival

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9780062380692

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“An excellent choice for any library.” —School Library Journal It's a busy day at Rabbit's Lost and Found. Poor Squirrel has lost his drum, Elephant has lost her piano, and Bat has lost his entire band! Will Rabbit find their lost instruments before show time? With lively rhyming text and colorful illustrations, this sturdy board book from brother-and-sister team Jonathan and Victoria Ying (Not Quite Black and White) is perfect for little hands.

Ezra Pound and His Classical Sources
Ezra Pound and His Classical Sources

Author: Jonathan Ullyot

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-08-25

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1350260231

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This book uses Ezra Pound's The Cantos as a lens to understand modernism's ambition to revolutionize literature through mythical and scientific methods. Homer's Odyssey plays a unique methodological and structural role in The Cantos. The Cantos translates, interprets, abridges, adapts, critiques, parodies, trivializes, allegorizes, and “ritualizes” the Odyssey. Partly inspired by Joyce's use of different literary styles or “technics” in Ulysses, and partly inspired by medieval classicism and 19th century philology, Pound uses a plethora of methods to translate Homer and other classical texts. This book argues that The Cantos is a modernist vision of the Matter of Troy, a term used by medieval authors to designate the cycle of texts based on the Trojan war and its aftereffects, including the nostoi (returns) of the Greek heroes. This is the first study to explore how medieval classicism and translation informs Pound's mythical method and to systematically outline the variety and evolution of Pound's Odyssey translations in The Cantos.

iPod: The Missing Manual
iPod: The Missing Manual

Author: J.D. Biersdorfer

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2010-10-27

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1449397735

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Apple's iPod still has the world hooked on portable music, pictures, videos, movies, and more, but one thing it doesn't have is a manual that helps you can get the most out this amazing device. That's where this book comes in. Get the complete scoop on the latest line of iPods and the latest version of iTunes with the guide that outshines them all -- iPod: The Missing Manual. The 9th edition is as useful, satisfying, and reliable as its subject. Teeming with high-quality color graphics, each page helps you accomplish a specific task -- everything from managing your media and installing and browsing iTunes to keeping calendars and contacts. Whether you have a brand-new iPod or an old favorite, this book provides crystal-clear explanations and expert guidance on all of the things you can do: Fill 'er up. Load your Nano, Touch, Classic, or Shuffle with music, movies, and photos, and learn how to play it all back. Tour the Touch. Surf the Web, use web-based email, collect iPhone apps, play games, and more. Share music and movies. Copy music between computers with Home Sharing, beam playlists around the house, and whisk your Nano's videos to YouTube. iTunes, tuned up. Pick-and-choose which music, movies, and photos to sync; create instant playlists with Genius Mix; and auto-rename "Untitled" tracks. iPod power. Create Genius playlists on your iPod, shoot movies on your Nano, use the Nano's FM radio and pedometer, and add voice memos to your Touch. Shop the iTunes Store. Find what you're looking for in a snap, whether it's music, movies, apps, lyrics, or liner notes.

IPad: The Missing Manual
IPad: The Missing Manual

Author: J.D. Biersdorfer

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2012-12-03

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1449325564

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Looks at the features and functions of the iPad, covering such topics as browsing the Web with Safari, using built-in apps, reading iBooks and ePeriodicals, playing games, using iTunes, watching videos, and accessing iCloud.

Baby Boomers and Hearing Loss
Baby Boomers and Hearing Loss

Author: John M. Burkey

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2006-06-14

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0813540054

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In Baby Boomers and Hearing Loss, audiologist John Burkey shows readers how they can continue to enjoy youthful living, regardless of whether their hearing abilities are undiminished or severely compromised. In a reassuring and straightforward style, Burkey explains the typical causes of hearing loss, from genetic factors to years of exposure to loud noises, and demystifies the sometimes confusing results of a hearing test. Fortunately, new technologies and advances in medicine have made it easier to detect signs of initial hearing loss and to prevent it from becoming a serious problem. For those who have already sustained some damage, the author suggests ways to manage daily activities by using a range of techniques, equipment, and medical procedures. His suggestions include minor changes, such as using a vibrating alarm clock rather than one that is sound-based. More dramatic but often highly effective options, including reconstructive surgery, cochlear implants, and bone-anchored hearing aids, are also described. In his previous award-winning book, Overcoming Hearing Aid Fears: The Road to Better Hearing, Burkey addressed common fears, concerns, and misconceptions that people have about choosing and using hearing aids. In this second indispensable volume, he offers a comprehensive guide on how to cope with and prevent hearing impairment. For a generation that refuses to slow down or quietly accept limitations, this book is essential reading.

iPad 2: The Missing Manual
iPad 2: The Missing Manual

Author: J.D. Biersdorfer

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2011-04-26

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1449307809

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The iPad is an amazing media device, once you really know how to use it. In this entertaining book, New York Times tech columnist and iPad expert Jude Biersdorfer shows you how to get the most out of this sleek tablet to surf the Web, send and receive email, watch movies and TV shows, read eBooks, listen to music, play games, and even do a little iWork. It's the book that should have been in the box. The important stuff you need to know Learn undocumented tips and tricks. Get the lowdown on cool iPad secrets Build and play your media library. Fill up your iPad with music, movies, TV shows, eBooks, photos, music videos, audiobooks, and podcasts Get online. Connect through Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi+3G—on both GSM and CDMA networks Discover state-of-the-art e-reading. Buy and read books and magazines in full color Consolidate your email accounts. Read email from your personal and work accounts Shop iTunes and the App Store. Navigate Apple's media emporiums, and learn how to get free music, video, books, and apps

Poems by Kolki
Poems by Kolki

Author: Kolki

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1425123953

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Poems by Kolki (Deepak Sarkar) is a book of thoughtful poems written from realizations toward achieving a peaceful and co-excisting heaven on Earth. These poems are about universal well being, peace and love, as perceived by the author, a dual Canadian and American citizen originally from Kolkata, India, throughout his life and during years of renunciation phase - revisiting world history and religion without pre-conceived notions! The scientific and extensive corporate knowledge blended with an artistic global mind toward universal love and craving for long lasting peace in an egaletarian world resulted in many unique poems in almost all aspects of life including philosphical, political, economical, social and romantic. Thus re-establishing truth is the basis of many poems including epic poems like 'Jesus', 'Palestine', 'Illegal Immigrants', 'God' and 'Universal God'; while fresh original thoughts created poems like 'Democracy', 'Participatory Democracy', 'Universal Super Power', 'Silent God', etc. Overall, the book has poems for almost all audience with positive outlook of enlightenment - be it for love, peace, politics, philosophy, social or economy. Many poems are inspirational while others are informative and solution drivien! As commented by eminent historian and scholar Professor Mansura Haidar of Aligarh University 'It was always refreshingly pleasant to go through your new creations. It is indeed nice to hear that you have thought of publishing the entire collection so that one enjoys the beautiful contents in continuity and if possible in one go. The themes are so relevant to present day. Let us hope it is just the beginning'.