tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628231292297278599.post1164794779530433407..comments2023-08-21T02:20:26.757+12:00Comments on It really is upside down: Soul musicvethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13376500106064052491noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628231292297278599.post-47371524817538225362010-05-07T07:53:42.524+12:002010-05-07T07:53:42.524+12:00It must be my lucky day! I got to vote this morni...It must be my lucky day! I got to vote this morning - and you and your bfb had posted fresh blogs, as had my friend deadlyjelly. We can still find the odd eating place and shop that's free of muzak and we treasure them for that. I love listening to the silence - not easy to do in your new country.<br /><br />mumsiemumsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935319571941775886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628231292297278599.post-77304119758474160892010-05-06T21:52:09.722+12:002010-05-06T21:52:09.722+12:00Just remembered ...
Re: muzak at work. I recolle...Just remembered ...<br /><br />Re: muzak at work. I recollect hearing of a case in (I think) Austria, where a union representing shop workers took the shops to court over christmas muzak, and won a ruling that forcing it on them all day was indeed a form of torture. Might be worth googling for that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628231292297278599.post-73748014515587550152010-05-06T21:47:01.287+12:002010-05-06T21:47:01.287+12:00Music can indeed be very evocative, and I'm su...Music can indeed be very evocative, and I'm sure that's why each generation carries a nostalgia for the pure trash of its own formative years.<br /><br />I simply couldn't survive in the muzak-infested environment you describe. It saddens me to say the UK has got worse since you left, in that it's moved into the majority of supermarkets now :(<br /><br />I think science tells us that smell is really the most evocative of the senses, and brings really strong associations. And dare I mention Proust?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com