On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Kenneth M. Steele wrote:
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> On Wed, 03 Nov 1999 08:20:19 -0500 (EST) Michael Sylvester
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > According to my local media,administrators at U of Pittsburg have placed
> > jumbo speakers near college bars and are transmitting Mozart and other
> > classical music. The intent is that the music will have a calming effect on
> > rowdy drinking students and hence decrease the probabilty of aggression.
> >
>
> I would have suggested Brahm's Lullaby, but I guess Mozart does
> everything...
Or nothing, as Ken well knows.
But _my_ local media reports that they're using classical music (in
NYC?) to drive people away. Apparently it has this effect on loiterers
and druggies (and students?). Isn't culture wonderful?
-Stephen
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