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The New Analog
The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World | Damon Krukowski
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An NPR Best Book of 2017 "This is not a book about why vinyl sounds better; it's way more interesting than that . . . [it] is full of things I didn't know, like why people yell into cellphones . . . Ultimately, it's about how we consume sound as a society which is, increasingly, on an individual basis." NPR "If youre a devoted music fan whos dubious about both rosy nostalgia and futuristic utopianism, Damon Krukowskis The New Analog is for you." The New York Times Book Review "A pointedly passionate look at whats been lost in the digital era." Los Angeles Times What John Berger did to ways of seeing, well-known indie musician Damon Krukowski does to ways of listening in this lively guide to the transition from analog to digital culture Having made his name in the late 1980s as a member of the indie band Galaxie 500, Damon Krukowski has watched cultural life lurch from analog to digital. And as an artist who has weathered the transition, he has challenging, urgent questions for both creators and consumers about what we have thrown away in the process: Are our devices leaving us lost in our own headspace even as they pinpoint our location? Does the long reach of digital communication come at the sacrifice of our ability to gauge social distance? Do streaming media discourage us from listening closely? Are we hearing each other fully in this new environment? Rather than simply rejecting the digital disruption of cultural life, Krukowski uses the sound engineers distinction of signal and noise to reexamine what we have lost as a technological culture, looking carefully at what was valuable in the analog realm so we can hold on to it. Taking a set of experiences from the production and consumption of music that have changed since the analog erathe disorientation of headphones, flattening of the voice, silence of media, loudness of mastering, and manipulation of timeas a basis for a broader exploration of contemporary culture, Krukowski gives us a brilliant meditation and guide to keeping our heads amid the digital flux. Think of it as plugging in without tuning out.
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As both a writer and a vinyl junkie, I enjoyed the heck out of this. Krukowski uses the audio dichotomy of signal vs. noise to explain and explore how media—and the way we interact with it and the world around us—has changed since the shift from analog to digital. His analysis sits at the crossroads of curiosity and keen perception, likely to engage and intrigue even the most reluctant readers. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Suet624 Great review. 6y
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Glad to have finally found this at City Lights! 📖 #music #vinyl #analog

vivastory Will definitely have to look into this. Krukowski ran one of the most interesting indie publishers in the 90s. 6y
MLRio @vivastory I heard him do an interview on Sound Opinions and I‘ve been looking for the book ever since. About halfway through now and I‘m loving it. 6y
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