Re: [microsound] the power of sound

[dr144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ian Reddy)]

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>Wasn't William Burroughs interested in sound as a weapon?
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Yes but not in the same sense as those people coming up with acoustic
bullets, Burroughs wrote about using sounds to manipulate people.  He
discussed playing street sounds at a street corner. The discrepancy
between the recorded noise and the actual actions occuring in front of
people at this hypthetical corner should cause immense confusion amongst them.
He also wrote about using recordings of riots to incite riots (I think he
wrote about that in The Wild Boys and elsewhere) And in Disinfo Books - Book
of Lies - Genesis P-Orridge recants some anecdote about Burroughs taking
revenge on some small store by playing some kind of recording in front of
it that somehow lead to the store's closure...sorry I can't remember that
one very well.

>>From: { brad brace } <bbrace@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: Re: [microsound] the power of sound
>>Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:25:39 -0700 (PDT)
>>
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>>Acoustic Bullets: High-power, very low-frequency waves
>>emitted from one- to two-meter antenna dishes. Results in
>>blunt-object trauma. Effects range from discomfort to death.
>>
>>Curdler Unit: A device that is plugged into a sound system
>>to produce a shrill, shrieking, blatting noise.  It is used
>>to irritate and disperse rioters and has a decibel range
>>just below that of the danger level to the human ear. It is
>>used in night operations to produce a "voodoo" effect and
>>breaks up chanting, singing, and clapping.
>>
>>Infrasound: Very low-frequency sound that can travel long
>>distances and easily penetrate most buildings and vehicles.
>>Long-wavelength sound creates biophysical effects: nausea,
>>loss of bowels, disorientation, vomiting, internal-organ
>>damage, or death may occur.  By 1972 an infrasound generator
>>had been built in France.  When activated it made the people
>>in range sick for hours.
>>
>>Squawk Box: Crowd-dispersal weapon field-tested by the
>>British Army in Ireland in 1973. This directional device
>>emits two ultrasonic frequencies that when mixed in the
>>human ear become intolerable. It produces giddiness, nausea,
>>or fainting. The beam is so small that it can be directed at
>>specific individuals in a riot situation.
>>
>>Mosquito Crowd Dispersal System:
>>
>>Whilst most young people are law-abiding and cause no
>>problems, the presence of certain groups of teenagers can
>>often discourage genuine customers from entering shops and
>>other premises with a subsequent detrimental effect on
>>turnover and profits. This type of anti-social behaviour has
>>become the biggest threat to private property over the last
>>decade and there has been no effective solution until now.
>>The Mosquito ultrasonic deterrent provides the first
>>practical solution to the eternal problem of unwanted
>>gatherings of youths and teenagers in shopping malls and
>>other retail areas.
>>
>>The Mosquito generates a high frequency sound that is
>>audible only to teenagers. It is completely harmless even
>>with long-term use and rarely affects older people as it
>>relies on a medical phenomenon known as presbycusis, or age
>>related hearing loss. This begins after the age of 20 but is
>>usually significant only in persons over 65. It first
>>affects the highest frequencies (18 to 20 kHz), which is
>>where Mosquito operates.
>>
>>With an effective range of between fifteen and twenty
>>meters, field trials have shown that teenagers are acutely
>>aware of the Mosquito and usually move away from the area
>>within just a couple of minutes.
>>
>>
>>bbs: brad brace sound:
>>http://69.64.229.114:8000
>>http://bbrace.net/undisclosed.html
>>
>>
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