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100 1 _aLeahy, Tom
245 1 0 _aTape Jockey
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction March 1954.
500 _aRelease date is 2010-05-29
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Tape Jockey" by Tom Leahy is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative revolves around a character named Bartle, who conducts a personality interview with a peculiar man named Arthur Pettigill in a musical therapy center known as the Melopsych Center. The story explores themes of societal structure and the implications of music as a form of psychological manipulation within a stratified society. In "Tape Jockey," Bartle, a Mid Echelon reporter, visits the Melopsych Center to interview Pettigill, who oversees the broadcast of specifically tailored music designed to cater to various societal Echelon levels for therapeutic purposes. Throughout their interaction, Pettigill reveals his dedication to serving the citizens through music but hints at a darker undertone when discussing the catastrophic consequences of a miscast in the music therapy that could drive the populace into madness. As the plot unfolds, the story culminates in a twist when Bartle receives a late-night call from Pettigill, who reveals his true intentions, suggesting a complete upheaval of society as they plot to transform the government by using music therapy as a means to control and influence the population. The story raises intriguing questions about power dynamics and the manipulation of society through seemingly innocuous means. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
830 0 _aProduced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction March 1954.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32583
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