Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky

#BrownNoise is having a moment on TikTok and in the news. But when did we first start using noise as comfort sound? And why do we seem to need it? I wrote about it for @washingtonpost: washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

@KenwoodTC is the power back on yet?

Numero/Environments field recordings from the 2024 cicada super bloom are now streaming: open.spotify.com/album/6NMHPtrm…

@Ali_Christopher No personal experience, but I enjoyed @mactra episode on Phantom Power where he interviews his agent: open.spotify.com/episode/5OU5yR…

@ericdharvey Night Music was a national treasure. It should have a room at the Smithsonian.

It was fascinating to talk with @mactra for this longform interview on @PhantomPod about architecture, acoustic media, and the noisy environments of open-plan offices. phantompod.org/office-noise/

@RedThunderAudio @aacierto @CharlesEppley @DrMarieThompson Thanks, yes, besides the chapter in my book, I've written several media/film studies pieces on it over the past 15 years, including in Sounding Out and The Cine Files. Recently did a podcast too: phantompod.org/tinnitus/

@aacierto @CharlesEppley @DrMarieThompson also @mactra's book hush

@simongandrew @DukePress Oh wow, just seeing this! How'd it go?

What's the deal with noise-canceling headphones? A week from today, we'll be exploring a new book for our #soundstudies working group: @mactra's "Hush: Media and Sonic Self-Control" with @DukePress!

New episode: @mattrubery, a literature prof who pioneered the study of audiobooks, talks narration, neurodiversity, and "audiobook shame." phantompod.org/audiobooks/

@RTMannJr As a Louisiana native and a prof at an Ohio public university, I’ve been amazed that the punitive anti-faculty legislation happened here before it happened back home. Best of luck, y’all. It’s a miserable experience.

Choosing not to participate in Twitter discourse isn’t ‘silence’, let alone ‘complicity’ with anything. If I thought anyone was waiting for my opinion, maybe I’d offer it, but probably not in 280 characters on here

I'm also @mactra at the spool place, where I'm spending a lot more time. Would love to meet up w/ you there.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!

@BlondeRedhead @BelascoLA Love the new record. Will more US dates be added in '24?

Our tour kicks off this Thursday in Los Angeles at @BelascoLA.. very few tickets left 🍽️ Tour dates/tickets here: bandsintown.com/a/2112-blonde-…

I was also quoted in this WSJ piece on the opportunity costs of headphones. It was a banner day for me in the newspaper opining category!

I was quoted in this Washington Post story today. Check out the cool noise colors for fall!

Just finished the first chapter of this book: stylistically bold, creepily defamiliarizing, and laugh-out-loud funny! Blown. Away.

"Many students majoring in English, philosophy and film get impressive opportunities right out of college." Check out this U.S. News article about the benefits of choosing a Humanities degree! usnews.com/education/arti…

Was just browsing my fav bookstore, @downboundbooks, and learned the brilliant @MandySuzanneW has a new novel out. Can’t wait to dig in!

@adam_tooze refreshing to see someone just unapologetically treat as a premise the view that surges in far-right politics is a predictable sociological phenomenon that has alterable material conditions. too much moralizing about this fact and too little strategic thinking about it imho