Kode9

Interview with Kode9, aka London academic Steve Goodman, one of the smartest people (making sexy music) I've ever met and whose ear I unfortunately couldn't bend for long enough. I'll just have to read the book.

Sonic Warfare: sound, affect and the ecology of fear, by Steve Goodman, MIT Press 2009. ...

"traces a history of sonic warfare, from biblical times to the present. It samples minor events, scientific discoveries and technological innovations, demonstrating that the drive to use sound as a weapon is not new, and that innovations in sonic weaponry are often the result of a warped but highly developed form of creativity."


And the value and function of random acts of sonic violence?

-Don’t have too much time just now for random acts of sonic violence. I would distinguish violence from war, and stress a war tactics of “fighting without fighting” — camouflage and stealth. Seduction is often a more effective strategy than violence.