the torture playlist

quijibo · February 2008

The Torture Playlist
By Justine Sharrock
February 22, 2008

NEWS: Music has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, "prolong capture shock," disorient detainees during interrogations—and also drown out screams. Based on a leaked interrogation log, news reports, and the accounts of soldiers and detainees, here are some of the songs that guards and interrogators chose.

http://motherjones.com/news/featurex/2008/03/torture-playlist.html

alafairnadia · February 2008

that would make me swallow my tongue.

drano · February 2008

Metal Machine Music would probably be on there, but I hear it's surprisingly hard to find. The Meow Mix is a stroke of genius, that thing tortures me every now and then when it pops into my head.

But wait - no Chipmunks?

quijibo · February 2008

if i was being waterboarded
hearing the sesame street theme song
would drive me batshit insane

stacey · February 2008

quijibo wrote: if i was being waterboarded
hearing the sesame street theme song
would drive me batshit insane

The Barney song would make me take my own life

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