A sociology of how objects organise desire. Written in 1968, it explains everything that happened in retail after 1990. The longest footnote in consumer culture.

Made entirely from samples. Shadow spent years in a Sacramento record shop finding them. The most cited album in music production. Still unmatched technically.

The making of the September issue of American Vogue. Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington, the centre and the other centre. Study the power, not the glamour.

Studio reference headphones. Used in every major recording studio for thirty years. No brand name on the ear cups. The kind of thing professionals chose quietly.