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SUNY Albany poster for a telephoned lecture event with Tony Schwartz (August 19, 1923 – June 15, 2008) an American sound archivist, sound designer, media theorist, and advertising creator. Known as the "wizard of sound", he is best known for his role in creating the controversial "Daisy" television advertisement for the 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson campaign." (Wikipedia) Tony Schwartz lived with a pronounced agoraphobia that prevented him from traveling beyond a small section of Manhattan, specifically the area known for much of his life as Postal Zone 19. His ability to discover and capture the stories, songs, games, and everyday sounds of work and play in that lively New York neighborhood, combined with the sheer size and wealth of his folk music collection, led, nevertheless, to a productive relationship with both Folkways and Columbia Records..." (LOC)