Saturday, February 07, 2009

from the "beat crazy" dept.

"Spill the beans, you!"

While I complain often about my neighbours music, it is a far cry from torture. However, music IS used as an interrogation technique by certain nations (and I think you know who you are).

Can we stop the terrorists with EMINEM, Dr. Dre or (shudder!) Barney? I dunno...

But the following piece does make for some fine morning reading. Shall I put on Hell's Bells?

The very idea that music could be an instrument of torture confronts us with a novel—and disturbing—perspective on contemporary musicality in the United States. What is it that we in the United States might know about ourselves by contemplating this perspective? What does our government’s use of music in the “war on terror” tell us (and our antagonists) about ourselves? [FOR MORE CLICK HERE]
Cheers!

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