(Book). This is an engaging account of some of the most memorable moments in New Yorks recording history; as seen through the eyes (and ears) of the many producers; engineers; songwriters; and recording artists who helped make them happen. It explores the explosive 30 years between 1950 and 1980 and the numerous ingredients that made them unique artists performing live in large; vibrant recording spaces; producers and engineers spontaneously creating new effects and techniques; composers writing parts on demand in the studio; and; most important; recording studios that had life; character; and their own fingerprint sound.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Architects need ethics?!?!?By AesthikoProfessor Levine has been engaged with architecture since at least 1984 when one if his students; a brilliant architect in his own right; exposed him to the diverse ethical dilemmas architects grapple with every day; it is these that Levine addresses here. Are salmon-coloured bricks a valid response in the Kantian sense to Rortys approach to justice? Can Rawlsian justice theory really justify post-modern overemployment of curves in third-world countries? And above all; who should be the first architect tried for crimes against humanity; Jouml;rn Uuml;tzon or Frank Gehry? Surprisingly a Levinean pantheist deontology comes in very handy for addressing such matters; though the language is tricky for the beginner and some of the more personal anecdotes are perpelexing; exactly how fluorescent cockroaches illuminate the relation of Spinozan aesthetics to neo-classicism remains something of a mystery to this reader (and architect). But Levine does the built environment and its enthusiasts a great service by introducing them to the admittedly improbable but exciting concept of an ethical architecture.
