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In recent decades, the importance of sound for remembering the past and for

creating a sense of belonging has been increasingly acknowledged. We keep

‘sound souvenirs’ such as cassette tapes and long play albums in our attics

because we want to be able to recreate the music and everyday sounds we once

cherished. Artists and ordinary listeners deploy the newest digital audio

technologies to recycle past sounds into present tunes. Sound and memory are

inextricably intertwined, not just through the commercially exploited nostalgia

on oldies radio stations, but through the exchange of valued songs by means of

pristine recordings and cultural practices such as collecting, archiving and

listing. This book explores several types of cultural practices involving the

remembrance and restoration of past sounds. At the same time, it theorizes the

cultural meaning of collecting, recycling, reciting, and remembering sound

and music.

Karin Bijsterveld is a professor in the Department of Technology & Society Studies

at Maastricht University. Her publications focus on science, technology, and

sound – including noise and music. She is the author of Mechanical Sound:

Technology, Culture, and Public Problems of Noise in the Twentieth Century

(MIT Press, 2008). With Trevor Pinch, she has just started working on a Sound

Studies Handbook (Oxford University Press). For her additional sonic projects,

see http://www.fdcw.unimaas.nl/staff/bijsterveld.

José van Dijck is a professor of Media and Culture and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities

at the University of Amsterdam. She has published widely on the relation

between science, technology, and media. She is the author of four books,

including The Transparent Body. A Cultural Analysis of Medical Imaging

(University of Washington Press, 2005). Her most recent book is entitled Mediated

Memories in the Digital Age (Stanford University Press, 2007). Her homepage

address is http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/j.f.t.m.vandijck.

Contents
Acknowledgements 7
List of Figures 8
Introduction 11
Karin Bijsterveld and José van Dijck
part i • STORING SOUND
Chapter One
Storing Sound Souvenirs: The Multi-Sited Domestication of the
Tape Recorder 25
Karin Bijsterveld and Annelies Jacobs
Chapter Two
Tape Cassettes and Former Selves: How Mix Tapes Mediate Memories 43
Bas Jansen
Chapter Three
The Preservation Paradox in Digital Audio 55
Jonathan Sterne
part ii • AUDITORY NOSTALGIA
Chapter Four
Taking Your Favorite Sound Along: Portable Audio Technologies for
Mobile Music Listening 69
Heike Weber
Chapter Five
The Auditory Nostalgia of iPod Culture 83
Michael Bull
Chapter Six
Performance and Nostalgia on the Oldies Circuit 94
Timothy D. Taylor
Chapter Seven
Remembering Songs through Telling Stories: Pop Music as a Resource
for Memory 107
José van Dijck
part iii • TECHNOSTALGIA
Chapter Eight
Tuning in Nostalgic Wavelengths: Transistor Memories Set To Music 123
Andreas Fickers
Chapter Nine
Pulled out of Thin Air? The Revival of the Theremin 139
Hans-Joachim Braun
Chapter Ten
Technostalgia: How Old Gear Lives on in New Music 152
Trevor Pinch and David Reinecke
part iv • EARWITNESSING
Chapter Eleven
Earwitnessing: Sound Memories of the Nazi Period 169
Carolyn Birdsall
Chapter Twelve
All the Names: Soundscapes, Recording Technology, and the
Historical Sensation 182
Ruth Benschop
References 199
List of Contributors 216
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