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July 14, 2014

Notes On Fredrik Sjoberg’s “The Fly Trap”

“Know that then everything flies, absolutely everything. A thousand commentaries. An entire apparatus of footnotes.” – Fredrik Sjoberg Fredrik Sjoberg’s delightful The Fly Trap is two books in one: a story of the author’s experiences catching flies–specifically, hoverflies–on a remote island in Sweden, and a life history of the expeditions and writings of entomologist, naturalist, Continue reading

limitation, memoir

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Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

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Notes On Fredrik Sjoberg’s “The Fly Trap”