Sonic Topographies of the South: Rural Futurity as Resonance and Dissonance One of my earliest sonic memories is of the … More
Category: Academic
Signs and Sensibility: On the Saturation Machine
Yet another seminar paper on Derrida, this one from Spring 2016. “For not all the parts of a thought can … More
The Duty to Listen
Another old unpublished paper, this one from Spring 2015. Though I readily acknowledge the problematic nature of wasting any more … More
“But who, we?” Derrida’s Ends of Man
This short text was written in December 2005, as an end of term paper for an undergraduate philosophy course at … More
CENSOR
Q. and not U. (or, Conspiracy Means To Breathe Together) a plunderphonic radio play https://files.cargocollective.com/c1063507/qandnotu.mp3 Presented as part of Disinformation … More
The Real Cost of Austerity
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has once again brought the economic failures of austerity politics into stark relief. It may very … More
Comments on Rock
Comments on Rock Luciano Berio One evening, many years ago (maybe 15), in the house of Roberto Leydi, I heard … More
Significant Scores
“Significant scores” (2008) Domenico ‘Mimmo’ Napolitano Translated by Joseph Sannicandro “The musical instrument is a machine useful to man. But … More
The Pleasure of Emptiness
“John Cage, or, the Pleasure of Emptiness” (1977) Roberto Calasso Translated by Joseph Sannicandro For almost twenty years I have … More
Queer Noise
Sam Galloway and I co-wrote an article entitled “Queer Noise: Sounding the Body of Historical Trauma,” which was including in … More