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Torture

Music History 

Russia is torturing Ukrainian POWs with ABBA and Cher

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music As a Weapon, Russia, Torture, Ukraine

Using music as a weapon has been going on for centuries. In recent decades, everything from Metallica to the theme

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 953: Using music as a weapon

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alan Cross, Intimidation, Iraq, Music As a Weapon, Panama, Torture

Music is one of the greatest gifts the universe has bestowed upon humanity. It provides so much joy, comfort, inspiration,

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WTF? 

Inmates allege “torture” by “Baby Shark”

November 8, 2021November 8, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Baby Shark, Pingfong, Torture

Three men who were held in the Oklahoma County Detention Centre claim that they were “tortured” back in 2019 by

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Poll 

Weekly survey: What songs would you use to torture a neighbour over a perceived slight?

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 Alan Cross 5 Comments Gilligan's Island, Torture

Bill Gross is a tech billionaire annoyed with his tech entrepreneur neighbour, Mark Towfiq. At issue is a glass sculpture

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Music News 

“Baby Shark” used as a method of torture. Surprised?

October 7, 2020October 6, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Baby Shark, Torture

If you end up in jail Oklahoma, don’t expect to be a cushy experience. Take the case of inmates at

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Music News 

Artists used for “enhanced interrogation” (i.e. torture) sessions include Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and, er, Britney Spears

October 26, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Interrogation Music, Torture

A new book called The Penguin Book of Hell has a chapter about the music American interrogators use at detention

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Music News 

What kind of music does one listen to when cutting up a Saudi journalist with a bone saw? (WARNING: This is very grisly.)

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Jamal Khoshoggi, Murder, Saudi Arabia, Torture

The story of Jamal Khashoggi’s death keeps getting more and more horrible. On October 1, he walked into the Saudi

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Music History 

A Short History of Using Music as a Weapon and Torture Device

December 6, 2016December 5, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Barney, Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Metallica, Nickelback, Torture

TheConversation takes a look at the times throughout history when music was used for evil purposes. There is of course

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Music History 

A History of Using Music as a Weapon

June 30, 2016June 29, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Torture, violence

Music can inspire and invigorate. It can also be used to inflict harm and even kill. The New Yorker takes

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Music History 

Music as a Weapon of Torture

October 4, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Guantanamo, Music, Torture

The Guardian reports on the work of Morag Grant and Susan Cusick who shed light on the use of music

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WTF? 

Using Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” As a Weapon by the Church of Scientology

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bohemian Rhapsody, Going Clear, Queen, Scientology, Sea Org, Torture

Scientology is under attack again, this time from a new documentary entitled Going Clear. In a story called “16 Shocking

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