| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
526 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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| Summary |
"Garrett Hongo's passion for audio dates back to the Empire 98 turntable his father paired with a tube amplifier in their modest tract home in L.A. in the early 60s. But his adult quest begins in the CD-changer era, as he seeks out speakers and amps beefy enough to honor the top notes of the great opera sopranos. And in recounting this search, he describes a journey of identity where meaning, fulfillment, and even liberation were often most available to him through music and its diverse delivery systems. Hongo writes about being a Hawaiian-born, Japanese kid growing up in the shadow of the shameful internment of his ancestors during World War II; about picking up music tips from kids with darker skin than his own; about being a fish out of water with his white peers. Along the way, he nerds out with visits to eccentric collectors of decades-old audio components, drinks in wisdom from blues musicians and poetic elders, and turns his ear toward the memory-rich strains of the music that has shaped him: Hawaiian steel guitar and ukulele, barbershop and the Beatles, Bach, Verdi, and Duke Ellington. And in the decades-long process of perfecting his stereo setup, Hongo also discovers his own, now celebrated voice"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
The Perfect Sound -- I Started Out on Stereo -- Tubeworld, 1 -- Tubeworld, 2 -- It's My Life -- Wandering Rocks, 1 -- The First Amplifiers -- Talking Heads and Singing Platters -- Wandering Rocks, 2 -- Among the Bohemians. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, 1951-
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Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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High-fidelity sound systems.
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Japanese Americans -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780375425066 (hardcover) |
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0375425063 (hardcover) |
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