Listen: on music, sound and us

Who this book is for

Do you hear what I hear?

Who doesn't like music?

The ears of a child 1: hip unhip hooray

The ears of a child 2: something really bad, like cat poo

Sorry for your lost

Different strokes for different folks

The siren call of horrible din

A needle through your brow

Somewhat marred by an echo

The force of the blow

On having no voice

Tender exotics

The kind of things that hegemony just can't buy

Ambient 1: music for private banking

Let's hear it one more time for Ludwig!

Where I got my parka

Overcome with all the excitement

The awful taste of your inferiors

Thank you for making my opinion cool

According to whom?

Pleasure about humans

Impossible to hear (on Rolf Harris, R. Kelly and Morrissey)

Let's rumble

Girl you know it's true

The dead give up their doonicans

The tracks of my tears

A thing that merely takes up space and gathers dust

You've reached the start.