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Resounding Threats. Threatening Sounds. Metal as the sound of global risk.

October 21, 2019

This Friday at noon, come to Penn State’s HUB to see my presentation “Resounding Threats. Threatening Sounds.” as part of the Sustainability Showcase series. What does a global threat sound like? The Pentagon, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists all diagnose risks to global society. In the formal language … More Resounding Threats. Threatening Sounds. Metal as the sound of global risk.

Black Sabbath, Metallica and the Doomsday Clock @TEDxPSU

January 28, 2017

In two weeks I’ll be delivering my TEDxPSU talk: Want to know the future? Ask a metalhead. It’s on how heavy metal is really good at telling us about social problems. Maybe we should listen o this hard-to-hear music. Sometimes, it’s a really great risk indicator. For forty-five-plus years metal artists have been providing their … More Black Sabbath, Metallica and the Doomsday Clock @TEDxPSU