This is the track listing for the book

THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE

Each text fragment has its own sonic correspondence.

  1. “Introduction”, Panic! At the Disco, DIRECTIONS FOR HOW TO READ

  2. “Uchu Tanjyo”, Susumu Yokota, WEIGHTLESSNESS

  3. “Everything is Embarrassing”, Sky Ferreira, SEASHELL HEAD

  4. “Running”, Baby Huey, LA MARATHON PHOTO

  5. “It Speaks”, Halt and Catch Fire (Original Television Series Soundtrack), NETWORK

  6. “California Soul”, Marlena Shaw, LA REFRACTION

  7. “Michelangelo”, Cassandra Jenkins, ORGANIC MATTER

  8. “Under the Lowest – Live Version – September 15, 1959”, Nina Simone, OLDEST KNOWN SPECIMEN

  9. “TEXAS HOLD 'EM – Acapella Version”, Beyoncé, TO HOLD TO

  10. “Bless the Telephone”, Labi Siffre, JAPANESE PHONE BOOTH

  11. “Computer Incantations for World Peace”, Jean-Luc Ponty, MAN-COMPUTER SYMBIOSIS

  12. “Should I Stay or Should I Go”, The Clash, ORIGIN

  13. “too young to die”, M. Ward, First Aid Kit, PHOTOGRAPHS

  14. “Strange Overtones”, David Byrne, TELEPRESENCE

  15. “Intergalactic”, Beastie Boys, INTERGALACTIC NETWORK

  16. “Film Noir”, Paul Pritchard, G IS FOR GUMSHOE

  17. “The Eraser”, Thom Yorke, NO MATERIAL EVIDENCE EXISTS

  18. “Sketch 3”, Tim Hecker, AZT

  19. “In Back of the Real”, Allen Ginsburg, HOW TO SPEAK OF THE DEAD

  20. “All I Wanna Do”, Ultimate Painting, THE PARTY

  21. “Rocket Man”, Elton John, A CONTINUOUS LINE

  22. “Shake it Off”, Vitamin String Quartet, GEMMA

  23. “Leave A Message”, Mary J. Blige, MESSAGE BLOCKS

  24. “A to B”, Courtney Barnett, RECORD OF THOUGHT

  25. “7am”, Jacqueline Taieb, MINITEL

  26. Theme – From “Perry Mason”, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, MYSTERY!

  27. “Blue Moon”, Elvis Presley, RADIOLAB HIV

  28. “Olson”, Boards of Canada, PACKET SWITCHING

  29. “Satellite of Love”, Lou Reed, TRANSFERENCE OF ENERGY

  30. “Tezeta (Nostalgia)”, Mulatu Astatke, YOUR MEMORY’S NATURAL ORGANIZATION

  31. “Hey Moon,” John Maus, BLUE MOON

  32. “Dial Up”, Childish Gambino, LO FOR LOGIN

  33. “Sweet Life”, Frank Ocean, I WAS WRITING A BOOK

  34. “Dancing in the Dark”, Lucy Dacus, WHAT A PICTURE CAN DO

  35. “Stop Making This Hurt”, Bleachers, TINDER MONKEY

  36. “Dial-Up Internet Sounds”, Dial-Up Internet Sounds, ELECTRONIC MAIL

  37. “Zero”, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, THE 110 FWY

  38. “The Age of Consent”, New Order, AGE OF VIRUSES

  39. “Dead of Night”, Orville Peck, WRITING ABOUT DEAD PARENTS

  40. “Down the Line”, Lucius, ONE-LINER

  41. “Internet Connection”, M.I.A., INTERNETWORKING

  42. “Holly Brings Flowers to Anna and Let’s Her Know His Feelings”, The Third Man (Film Score 1949), GOING TO THE MOVIES

  43. “Colored Emotions”, Night Moves, PAINTINGS IN A HOSPITAL

  44. “Red Right Hand”, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

  45. “I’m Still a Man (Lord Have Mercy)”, Willie West, Cold Diamond & Mink, SLIM DISEASE

  46. “Waves”, Ocean Sounds, A PLOT OF ATMOSPHERIC IMPRESSIONS

  47. “Beethoven Virus”, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lionel Yu, Musicalbasics, TMV

  48. “Going to California”, Led Zeppelin, GO WEST

  49. “Genesis”, Spencer., WHERE THE TWO FORCES MEET

  50. “Yours Truly Love”, Shirley Nanette, YOURS TRULY

  51. “Different Now”, Courtney Barnett, HOW YOU GET TO BE THE WAY YOU ARE

  52. “Hammond Song”, The Roches, IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY

  53. “In a Sentimental Mood”, Duke Ellington, ELF PHOTO

  54. “Hackers”, Daniel Koestner, Ben Esposito, VIRUS HACKER

  55. “Say My Name”, Destiny’s Child, DESIGNATIONS

  56. “Générique”, Miles Davis, NOIR IS A PLACE

  57. “That’s Life”, Frank Sinatra, VIROLOGY 101

  58. “Break on Through (To the Other Side)”, The Doors, IS THE INTERNET ALIVE?

  59. “Time (Clock of the Heart)”, Culture Club, SOME DEFINITIONS OF CULTURE

  60. “Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 1”, Phoenix, NOVEL RETROVIRUS

  61. “Time Moves Slow”, Badbadnotgood, Samuel T. Herring, TIME IN A HOSPITAL

  62. “Whisky Story Time”, Alabaster DePlume, QUOTE FROM A TV SHOW

  63. “Thinking About You”, Frank Ocean, LA POLAROID

  64. “Tu t’en lasses”, La Femme, THE SCREEN IS A MEMBRANE

  65. “Chez le photographe du motel”, Miles Davis, DETECTIVE REPEATING GLANCE

  66. “End of Beginning”, Djo, FLAG DAY

  67. “grow”, Plant Growth Music, METHODS OF VIRAL CULTIVATION

  68. “The Light”, Cate Le Bon, Group Listening, BLACKOUT

  69. “Rip it Up”, Orange Juice, RIP

  70. “It’s Not Just Me, it’s Everyone”, Weyes Blood, ON GRIEF OF MIND

  71. “Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 2”, Phoenix, ANOTHER RETROVIRUS

  72. “Little Bit of Rain”, Karen Dalton, HAND-HOLDING ICU

  73. “Overstimulated”, Okay Kaya, CULTURE=LIFE CONTENT

  74. “I Ain’t Got Time”, Tyler, the Creator, NOPE

  75. “Intro”, Frank Ocean, DAPHNE ON INSTAGRAM

  76. “Oblivion”, Grimes, CYBERSTRATA

  77. “Cain’t Use My Phone (Suite)”, Erykah Badu, LOOSE PHONE BOOK EQUIVALENT

  78. “Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark Does)”, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, BASKING SHARK

  79. “Man Sneezing”, Pro Sound Effects Library, SNEEZING

  80. “Plan & Elevation: III. The Herbaceous Border”, Caroline Shaw, Attacca Quartet,

    SEVERLY COMPROMISED

  81. “Lava Lamp”, Thundercat, LEGEND OF THE PERPETUAL LAMP

  82. “La Bamba – Single Version”, Ritchie Valens, ITCHY BRAIN

  83. “Ain’t No Grave”, Johnny Cash, AN AVERAGE GRAVE

  84. “Stardust”, Hoagy Carmichael, SNOW WHITE

  85. “Visions”, José González, VIRAL VISIONS

  86. “The Seventh Seal”, Scott Walker, GOOGLE DEATH

  87. “Agreement”, Baaba Maal, SETTLEMENT

  88. “Talk About It”, Jungle, WHY WE TALK ABOUT IT

  89. “Blue Cigar”, Midnight Sister, NURSE’S CAP

  90. “Return of the Mack”, Mark Morrison, RESURRECTION

  91. “Black Hearted Love”, PJ Harvey & John Parish, BLACK HOLE

  92. “Punch Drunk Tack Piano”, Punch-Drunk Love (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack),

    Jon Brion, SIGH

  93. “Someday”, Disclosure, ALCHEMY

  94. “Always Crashing in the Same Car”, David Bowie, CRASHING OR INCREASED NUMBERS

  95. “Ashes to Ashes”, Jenny Hval, DAD ASHES

  96. “Atoms for Peace”, Thom Yorke, ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

  97. “I’ll Call U Back”, Erykah Badu, PHONE SEX?

  98. “Nightmoves”, Moon Diagrams, CIRCLES AND ARROWS

  99. “Blade Runner Blues”, Vangelis, MARLOWE KNIGHT

  100. “Private Investigator”, Graham De Wilde, TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS

  101. “Skeletons”, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, BACKBONE

  102. “Think”, Aretha Franklin, METAPHORS WE THINK WITH

  103. “lbs”, Duval Timothy, HOW I THINK YOU BECOME A PERSON

  104. “Anti-Hero”, Taylor Swift, AIRPLANE GIRL

  105. “Hypotheticals”, The Washington University Amateurs, THEORIES OF VIRAL EVOLUTION

  106. “symbol”, Adrianne Lenker, RED RIBBON

  107. “ocean eyes”, Billie Eilish, SIGHT

  108. “Ps Goodbye”, The Chameleons, CHAMELEON VIRUS

  109. “True”, Spandau Ballet, TRUE DETECTIVE

  110. “Beeps and Signals”, Digiffects Sound Effects Library, UPDATES

  111. “River”, Leon Bridges, SOME EXAMPLES

  112. “Dreams”, Fleetwood Mac, ARCHITECT

  113. “Star Treatment”, Arctic Monkeys, TRIPLE COCKTAIL

  114. “Tears in the Rain”, Vangelis, CYBERSPACE

  115. “Paris, Texas (from Paris, Texas)”, Ry Cooder, INFECTION OF IMAGES

  116. “Bad Girls”, Blood Orange, NIGHTTIME REFRACTION

  117. “To Live & Die in L.A.”, 2pac, WHERE IS IT?

  118. “Slime You Out (feat. SZA)”, Drake, SZA, VIRAL ETMYOLOGY

  119. “eBay Purchase History”, Faye Webster, E FOR EBOLA?

  120. “Degeneration”, The Crocodiles, MACULAR DEGENERATION

  121. “Contagious”, The Whispers, EXPLOSIVE CONTAGION IN NETWORKS

  122. “Twin Flame”, KAYTRANADA, Anderson .Paak, DOPPELGAGNER

  123. “Piano Pieces for Children: No. 2 Clouds”, Toru Takemitsu, Kotaro Fukuma, UNKNOWN ESSENCE

  124. “Surfin’ Safari”, The Beach Boys, COME ON AND SAFARI WITH ME

  125. “Thirteen”, Bedouin, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Waxahatchee, SOME THINGS ABOUT METAPHOR

  126. “The Loneliest Time”, Carly Rae Jepsen, Rufus Wainwright, ALBUM AMICORUM

  127. “You Get What You Give”, New Radicals, CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE

  128. “Video Games”, Lana Del Rey, SHARDS

  129. “Dearly Departed (feat. Esme Patterson)”, Shakey Graves,

    IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHY THESE SCENES ARE HERE

  130. “Vanished”, Crystal Castles, CHRONICLE OF LINKS

  131. “Hunter”, Becca Mancari, HUNTER OR PREY

  132. “Hallucinate”, Dua Lipa, COLLECTIVE HALLUCINATION

  133. “Boys Wanna Be Her”, Peaches, VIRUSES MANIPULATE BEHAVIOUR

  134. “Cigarette Daydreams”, Cage the Elephant, BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT

  135. “How Do You Like Me Now”, The Heavy, MAKING A NAME

  136. “On a Desert Isle”, C.W. Stoneking, EXOSKELETONS

  137. “3,6,9”, Cat Power, CAT VIDEOS

  138. “Plain & Sane & Simple Melody”, Ted Lucas, METAPHORS INFLUENCE REASON

  139. “Coney Island Baby”, Lou Reed, GRIEF IS A VIRUS

  140. “Solar Wind Rumble Sound Effect”, Nature Sounds, EXCEPT

  141. “Language is a Virus”, Laurie Anderson, A FEW OBSERVATIONS

  142. “Peer Pressure”, from the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind score, Jon Brion, PEER-TO-PEER

  143. “memoir”, Ann Annie, THE BOOK I WAS WRITING WHEN NIVIA DIED

  144. “Information Overload”, Holy Smokes, TELEPRESENCE 2

  145. “Jessica Jones Main Title”, Sean Callery, JESSICA JONES

  146. “Dreams”, Hether, ECLIPSE PERIOD

  147. “Reckoner”, Radiohead, BRAVE NEW WORLD

  148. “This Feeling”, Alabama Shakes, FERDINAND

  149. “Seigfried”, Frank Ocean, VIRAL NEUTRAL LANGUAGE

  150. “What’s The Frequency Kenneth?”, R.E.M., SHOW, DON’T TELL

  151. “Point and Kill”, Little Simz, Obongjayar, POINT OF ORIGIN

  152. “Photographs and Memories”, Jim Croce, FIVE SNAPSHOTS OF A TOWN

  153. Some Little Bug is Going to Find You Someday, Walter ‘Fats’ Pichon,

    SOME LITTLE BUG IS GONNA GET YOU

  154. “Electronic Performers”, Air, ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS

  155. iMac Computer Modem Sounds, Digiffects Sound Effects Library, INTERNET LANGUAGE

  156. “Blinding Lights”, The Weeknd, ESCAPE HYPOTHESIS

  157. “Wikipedia”, Jean Deaux, COLLECTIVELY EDITED AND MAINTAINED

  158. “Visit Croatia”, Alabaster DePlume, METAPHOR DEFINITION

  159. “I Am the Changer”, Cotton Jones, AMENDMENT

  160. “White Rabbit”, Jefferson Airplane, ALL ROADS LEAD TO MY FATHER

  161. “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover”, Sophie B. Hawkins, TRUTH

  162. “Steve Biko (Stir it Up)”, A tribe Called Quest, SEEING IS BELIEVING

  163. “Solo”, Frank Ocean, AUTONOMOUS PROTECTION

  164. “Nobody”, Mitski, SELF-PRESERVATION INSTINCT

  165. “Dark Blue”, caroline, BLUE BUTTERFLY

  166. “The Denial Twist”, The White Stripes, IT’S A RIVER IN EGYPT

  167. “Dead End”, Quincy Jones, LINK ROT

  168. “Gymnopédie No. 1”, Erik Satie, Phillippe Entremont, VIRAL STRUCTURE

  169. “Journey in Satchidananda”, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, ATHENA

  170. “Private Investigator”, Calmed by Nature, ONLINE INVESTIGATOR SEARCH

  171. “Season of the Witch”, Lana Del Rey, MONOLITH

  172. “Metaphors”, Peter Gordon & Love of Life, MEDICAL METAPHORS

  173. “thank u, next”, Vitamin Quartet, THE LITTLE ICE AGE

  174. “Astral Plane”, Valerie June, VIVIAN’S BIRTH

  175. “It’s Tricky”, Run-D.M.C., OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK

  176. “Digital”, Joy Division, DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS

  177. “Baby Shark (Hip Hop Version)”, Lil Donald, DO, DO…

  178. “Missing Out”, Maya Hawke, THE 101 COFFEE SHOP

  179. “History Repeats”, Brittany Howard, PROCEDURE?

  180. “Photo with Grey Sky, White Clouds”, Jonny Nash, Suzanne Kraft, PHOTO OF NIVIA IN A FIELD

  181. “A Totally Acceptable Outro”, Molly Hunter, TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE

  182. “New Sensations”, Automatic, VIRAL SENSATION

  183. “Volvo Driving Soccer Mom”, Everclear, LADY X

  184. “Document 3”, [,j, PERSECUTED DOCUMENTS

  185. “Moves”, Suki Waterhouse, INCESSANT MOVEMENT

  186. “Mutate”, Duval Timothy, PEOPLE REMEMBER DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY USED TO

  187. “Get Ur Freak On”, Missy Elliott, POSTCARD, 2013

  188. “Logos/The Matrix Main Title”, The Matrix (The Complete Score) Don Davis, TAXONOMY

  189. “The Grid”, TRON: Legacy – The Complete Edition, Daft Punk, AMSLER GRID

  190. “Northern Cardinal”, Nature Sounds, Music,

    A SHORT BURST OF INCONSEQUENTIAL INFORMATION

  191. “Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Aria”, Johan Sebastian Bach, Glenn Gould, LEEUWENHOEK

  192. “Lavendar Haze”, aeseaes, EMERGENT BEHAVIOR

  193. “Main Theme”, L.A. Noire Official Soundtrack, Andrew Hale, FINDING THE P.I.

  194. “Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)”, Mariah Carey, CATERPILLAR VIRUS

  195. “Berlin”, Blood Orange, Porches, Ian Isiah, BERLIN PATIENT

  196. “Simple As…”, Kid Cudi, NET

  197. “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)”, Talking Heads, PENGUIN MAN

  198. “Roslyn”, Bon Iver, St. Vincent, FAINTING

  199. “432 Hz Self Healing”, 432 Hz Frequencies, CRISPR

  200. “Where’d All the Time Go?”, Dr. Dog, MIDLIFE CRISIS/UNEXPECTED VICTORY

  201. “Murder She Wrote (Theme from the TV Series)”, Mark Northam,

    IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT

  202. “The Parting Glass”, boygenius, Ye Vagabonds, PARTING

  203. “The Game is On”, Sherlock (Soundtrack from the TV Series), Michael Price, David Arnold, DOCTORS AND DETECTIVES

  204. “Border Song (Holy Moses)”, Aretha Franklin, TRAVEL BAN

  205. “One More Love Song”, Mac DeMarco, ENZYME

  206. “Daddy Issues”, The Neighbourhood, DAD FRAGMENTS

  207. “BOA”, Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes, LESS ABOUT INTERPRETATION

  208. “Is it Enough”, Alabaster De Plume, WHEN A PERSON DIES

  209. “Airport Announcements over P.A. System”, Sound Ideas, AIRPORT ARRIVAL

  210. “Angelica”, Wet Leg, COMMUNICATING VIA IMAGES

  211. “Portofino 1”, Raymond Scott, AIDS DISKETTE

  212. “Phone Call – From ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ / Score”, Jon Brion, EQUIVALENTS

  213. “Tomorrow”, Future Islands, THE END OF THE UNIVERSE

  214. “Time is Tight”, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, INSTRUMENTAL RESOURCES

  215. “Temptation”, New Order, NOTES ON OBSERVATION

  216. “this is me trying – the long pond studio sessions”, Taylor Swift, GATES CLOSING

  217. “Yeah!”, USHER, Lil Jon & Ludacris, INTERNET STORY

  218. “Flirtibird”, Duke Ellington, GETTING THE CAR

  219. “Shut Up Kiss Me”, Angel Olsen, PReP

  220. “Champagne Coast”, Blood Orange, BLOOD

  221. “Secret Garden”, Bruce Springsteen, MAP

  222. “Royals”, Lorde, LIFE GOALS?

  223. “Dust”, Sync Zephyr, ANTIVAXXER

  224. “Fresh Outdoor Air”, 101 Noise, Forest Sounds, Nature Therapy, FLIGHT MH17

  225. “Chinatown”, Nicholas Payton, P.I. INTRO

  226. “Write A List of Things to Look Forward To”, Courtney Barnett, NOT REWRITE YOU

  227. “Fistful of Love”, Antony and the Johnsons, ANOHI, FLICKERING SCREENS

  228. “Farewell Transmission”, Songs: Ohia, END OF TRANSMISSION

  229. “Road”, Nick Drake, PHOTOS OF EMPTY ROADS

  230. “You Complete Me – Intro”, The Joy, AUTOCOMPLETE

  231. “Want It (Dub)”, Earth Signs, TALK TO TEXT

  232. “Canada Goose Call”, Wildtones, LIKE CANADA?

  233. “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”, The Darkness, THING

  234. “Japanese Temple Chimes”, Digiffects Sound Effects Library, FIVE IMAGES OF MY PARENTS

  235. “‘Round Midnight”, Miles Davis, Live at Newport Jazz Festival 1955, 

    A PHOTOGRAPH NOT YET TAKEN

  236. “Wind of Change”, Scorpions, INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN

  237. “Challengers”, Challengers (Original Score), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, GODWIN’S LAW

  238. “Migration of Souls”, M. Ward, INTERNET CAFÉ

  239. “Happiness/The Gondola Man”, Elliott Smith, LIKE CICERO, IN HIS LIBRARY

  240. “Twist the Knife”, Chromatics, CRISPR BABIES

  241. “Consistency (feat. Jhene Aiko)”, Megan Thee Stallion, CONSISTENT WITH ACTUAL DNA

  242. “The Only Heartbreaker”, Mitski, MATTERS IN MY OWN HANDS

  243. “Changes”, Charles Bradley, The Budos Band, THINGS I KNOW ABOUT MY FATHER

  244. “Changes”, Black Sabbath, THINGS THE INTERNET KNOWS ABOUT MY FATHER

  245. “Evening Breeze”, Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, WORDS I PIN MY LIFE TO

  246. “Don’t Forget You’re Precious”, Alabaster DePlume, ALL I KNOW IS

  247. “West End Girls – 2001 Remaster”, Pet Shop Boys, THE LONDON PATIENT

  248. “Thin Ice Thaw and Cracking”, Digiffects Sound Effects Library, CONTAGION

  249. “Time is On My Side”, Irma Thomas, RADION CITY MUSIC HALL

  250. “Was”, Vincent Gallo, UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES

  251. “Night Moves”, Bob Seger, WILDERNESS

  252. “Song of the Century”, Green Day, ONE HUNDRED CENTURIES

  253. “I’m A Fool To Want You”, Donald Byrd, THE DETECTIVE’S WISDOM

  254. “Blue Spring”, Nathan Micay, CAVE OF CRYSTALS

  255. “I Like the Things About Me”, Mavis Staples, AT THE ROYALE