Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky

Author, Hush: Media & Sonic Self-Control (Duke UP). Sound, media, disability. Assoc. Prof, MiamiU. Proud member, @famiamioh. Producer/host, @phantompod.

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

#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:

https://t.co/WCASlUaOb0

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

@KenwoodTC is the power back on yet?

[numerogroup @numerogroup]

Numero/Environments field recordings from the 2024 cicada super bloom are now streaming:

https://t.co/6m2cH1Df1E

[Blake Hallinan @blakeplease]

@Ali_Christopher No personal experience, but I enjoyed @mactra episode on Phantom Power where he interviews his agent: https://t.co/4FoMI746CB

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

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

[Joseph Clarke @echotectonic]

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. https://t.co/usk1B5FLI6

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

@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: https://t.co/5K7PoRZhnR

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

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

[Phantom Power, a pod about sound. @PhantomPod]

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

https://t.co/lhEqR3zjG3

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

@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.

[Hari Kunzru @harikunzru]

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

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

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

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

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

[Cincinnati Open @CincyTennis]

Our 2023 champions have some exciting news...

@wta @atptour @usta @itftennis

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

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

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

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!

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Look around. Everyone’s on mute because of noise-canceling headphones. But now some people are rethinking their personal audio bubbles. https://t.co/g3SrOUy0el

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

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

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Colored noises are having a major moment.

Particular “colors” of noise may lead to different outcomes. Want to fall asleep? Try pink noise. Need to focus? Brown noise may be best. https://t.co/m8OyuyRDLz

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

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

Blown. Away.

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

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

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

"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!

https://t.co/hgfod5S1eW

[Mack Hagood--@mactra at b.sky @mactra]

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

[Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @OlufemiOTaiwo]

@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