Index

Contents

Series Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xiii

1   1998: A Conceptual Event 1
2   2001: What Is Sonic Warfare? 5
3   2400-1400 B.C.: Project Jericho	15
4   1946: Sonic Dominance 27
5   1933: Abusing the Military- Entertainment Complex 31
6   403-221 B.C.: The Logistics of Deception 35
7   1944: The Ghost Army 41
8   1842: Sonic Effects 45
9   1977: A Sense of the Future	 49
10  1913: The Art of War in the Art of Noise 55
11  1989: Apocalypse Then 59
12  1738: Bad Vibrations 63
13  1884: Dark Precursor 69
14  1999: Vibrational Anarchitecture 75
15  13.7 Billion B.C.: The Ontology of Vibrational Force 81
16  1931: Rhythmanalysis 85
17  1900: The Vibrational Nexus 91
18  1929: Throbs of Experience 95
19  1677: Ecology of Speeds 99
20  99-50 B.C.: Rhythm out of Noise 105
21  1992: The Throbbing Crowd 109
22  1993: Vorticist Rhythmachines 113
23  1946: Virtual Vibrations 117
24  2012: Artificial Acoustic Agencies 123
25  1877: Capitalism and Schizophonia 129
26  1976: Outbreak 133
27  1971: The Earworm 141
28  2025: Deja Entendu 149
29  1985: Dub Virology 155
30  1928: Contagious Orality 163
31  2020: Planet of Drums 171
32  2003: Contagious Transmission 177
33  2039: Holosonic Control 183
34  Conclusion: Unsound - The (Sub)Politics of Frequency 189

Glossary 195
Notes 199
References 251
Index 265