WSJ.com – Behind the Music: Sleuths Seek Messages In Lyrical Backspin
This is an article about my cousin Jeff Milner regarding a topic that he has been interested in for awhile.
It has been published in the Wall Street Journal. Here is a clip.
BackMasking — playing music backwards.
When Jeff Milner installed software on his Web site that could play digital songs in reverse, he tested it with a snippet of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.” The song, heard normally, refers to “a bustle in your hedgerow.” Played backward, says Mr. Milner, the line sounds like: “Oh, here’s to my sweet Satan.”
Check out the article.