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Re: [microsound] the power of sound



hi greg and all,

it was actually. Brion Gysin who developed the 'dream machine' and shared it use with Burroughs.

cheers,
marc

> marc mcnulty --> http://www.earphone.org



On Oct 23, 2006, at 9:03 AM, gpond@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Wasn't William Burroughs interested in sound as a weapon?

I think what Burroughs said was if he was a good writer then he could
write something that would kill, that is probably why he experimented with
light sculptures made from of record players that aimed to induce seizure
from the high rate of flickering light that they produced.


greg


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