[GOPJ]

I was filling up at a gas station the other day and I noticed that outside, at the pump, they now pipe pop music at you. This is one of the most constant forms of cultural dislocation anybody of the pre-Bloom generation faces: Most of us have prejudices: we may not like ballet or golf, but we don’t have to worry about going to the deli and ordering a ham on rye while some ninny in tights prances around us or a fellow in plus-fours tries to chip it out of the rough behind the salad bar. Yet, in the course of a day, any number of non-rock-related transactions are accompanied by rock music.

Great styff - as always...

[garyhope]

I’ve written many letters to both Starbuck’s and Barnes & Noble complaining about the constant din of unavoidable music which for me ruins the prospect of sitting and having a moment of peace and quiet to read or think.

I thought there were supposed to be some quiet places where noise was prohibited. I must be naive and out of it.

Sometimes at both Starbuck’s and B&N, you can ask them to please turn down the music if you can find a clerk (yes, a clerk, not an “associate”) who is at least semi literate and knows how to use a knob and they may even comply. They’re not “allowed” to turn it completely off without incurring the wrath of “corporate”. Gotta sell them CD’s!!

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Thanks for posting. Sent this to my "post-modern" daughter to see if she if she will take off her Walkman for a few minutes.