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 Continue reading →

Comments on Rock

Comments on Rock Luciano Berio One evening, many years ago (maybe 15), in the house of Roberto Leydi, I heard Continue reading →

Significant Scores

“Significant scores” (2008) Domenico ‘Mimmo’ Napolitano Translated by Joseph Sannicandro “The musical instrument is a machine useful to man. But Continue reading →

The Pleasure of Emptiness

“John Cage, or, the Pleasure of Emptiness” (1977) Roberto Calasso Translated by Joseph Sannicandro For almost twenty years I have Continue reading →

Queer Noise

Sam Galloway and I co-wrote an article entitled “Queer Noise: Sounding the Body of Historical Trauma,” which was including in Continue reading →

Back to the Lab

In “Get on the Mic” Geoff Harkness argues that “the studio is essential to the culture [of rap] in ways Continue reading →

On the Pedagogical Organization of Record Collections

This post is a revised and expanded version, originally published at A CLOSER LISTEN as “The Problem with ‘My Husband’s Continue reading →

The engulfing machine of Henri Chopin

The engulfing machine of Henri Chopin By Domenico Napolitano Translated by Joseph Sannicandro Originally published December 1, 2016 on zetaesse Continue reading →