by Benno | Jul 8, 2024 | Essays
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone owes a debt to previous fantasy writers like Le Guin and Tolkien as evidenced by her use of magic, her secondary world, and the inclusion of fantasy creatures, but the result is something quite different,...
by Benno | Jun 4, 2024 | Essays
Brian Eno’s Ambient 1 : Music for Airports by John Lysaker explores the inception and history of ambient music by exploring Brian Eno’s album Music for Airports. Lysaker argues that Eno—and other avant-garde composers—created a sonic turn in music history, one which...