Index

  List of Illustrations                         IX

  Acknwledgments                                XI

  Introduction                                  1

1.Ethereal Transmissions : The "Tele" of Phōnē  18

2.Celestial Telegraphies                        33

3.Aural Objects, Recording Devices, and the 
  Proximate Apparatus                           54

4.Death, Silence, and the Tape Recorder         83

5.Immersion                                     107

6.Embodying Technology : From Sound 
  Effect to Body Effect                         136

7.Atmospheres                                   158

  Conclusion: Music and Noise                   182

  Notes                                         191

  References                                    233

  Index                                         241