[lbo-talk] Billy Joel

[Mike Beggs]

> [WS:]  I do not mind the elevator/waiting room music that much - virtually
> all of it is low key and rather monotonous, so it is easy to filter it out
> and ignore it.  What gets me is "partial music" or rather high pitch
> chirping noise blasted by people listening to their ipods of mobiles on a
> full blast.  Or alternatively, the bass "booms" emitted by car stereo
> systems.   It does not matter what kind of music they listen to - what
> others hear is only certain frequencies of it that "leak" out of their
> earpieces or cars.  Highly annoying - I would rather listen to any
> full-spectrum elevator music than to this crap.

I don't know if this happens in the States, but on Sydney trains,
personal speakers have made a comeback among the kids. A return of the
boombox, only tinnier. It's kind of obnoxious but it's also kind of
cool.

Mike Beggs