This Is How We Lost to the Robots

The nexus between technology and music is obviously a topic of great interest 'round Microkhan headquarters, so we couldn't have been any more delighted to receive a gratis copy of Dave Tompkins' How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop a few weeks back. The book is everything a great piece of information art should be—killer dusty-corners research combined with insight and passion. But more than that, each page exudes Tompkins' genuine wonderment and joy; whenever ...