Bruce Johnson, formerly Professor in English, University of New South Wales, is now Adjunct Professor, Contemporary Music Studies, Macquarie University Sydney; Honorary Professor, Music, University of Glasgow; Visiting Professor, Cultural History, University of Turku. His publications include The Oxford Companion to Australian Jazz, and The Inaudible Music: Jazz, Gender and Australian Modernity. His research lies in acoustic cultural history and the role of sound and music in the emergence of the modern era. With Martin Cloonan of Glasgow University, he has just finished a book called Dark Side of the Tune: Music and Violence, to be published by Ashgate.