How can I silence Messages app?

With iChat I could CMD-q the programm and it was silent and turned off as supposed.
With Messages.app I still get the plopp plopp sounds and badges in the Dock icon even though I quitted it.
That's kinda annoying when I want all the apps turned off and listen to some podcast until I sleep. So: where can I silence this and why doesn't it behave like EVERY app should when quitted?

With iChat I could CMD-q the programm and it was silent and turned off as supposed.
With Messages.app I still get the plopp plopp sounds and badges in the Dock icon even though I quitted it.
That's kinda annoying when I want all the apps turned off and listen to some podcast until I sleep. So: where can I silence this and why doesn't it behave like EVERY app should when quitted?

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