Project Gutenberg 2010-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 153 Leahy, Tom Tape Jockey Produced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction March 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32583/32583-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 41869 2025-10-13T09:23:21.140535 text/html 38313 2010-05-29T09:21:10 text/html 70642 2025-10-13T09:23:22.959508 application/epub+zip 69475 2025-10-13T09:23:21.659531 application/epub+zip 69475 2025-10-13T09:23:21.414507 application/epub+zip 102704 2025-10-13T09:23:24.122522 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 95914 2025-10-13T09:23:22.713515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 96121 2022-09-15T05:25:40.218364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34232 2025-10-13T09:23:21.030528 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34129 2010-05-29T09:21:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18243 2025-10-13T09:23:24.245496 application/rdf+xml 28206 2025-10-13T09:23:21.479552 image/jpeg 4809 2025-10-13T09:23:21.444523 image/jpeg 61503 2010-05-29T09:21:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 13250 2010-05-29T09:21:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 62165 2025-10-13T09:23:21.148534 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog