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- From: roger@crux.Princeton.EDU (Roger Lustig)
- Subject: Re: Vigilance and Music
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.205821.19234@Princeton.EDU>
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- Organization: Princeton University
- References: <1992Nov16.192937.1865@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> <4200@unisql.UUCP> <18NOV199214415244@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:58:21 GMT
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- In article <18NOV199214415244@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:
- >In article <4200@unisql.UUCP>, collene@unisql.UUCP (Collene Pearce) writes...
- >>There is a series of baroque music (cassette tapes) which is designed
- >>to improve concentration, increase alertness, etc. They are usually
-
- >Yikes! Lily Tomlin's bad dream came true: the man who invented
- >Muzak DID invent something else!
-
- Good one!
-
- But truth is stranger: there's a classical service from Muzak.
-
- (Often has unintended effects. The repertoire is mainly Mozart to
- Brahms, things like concerto movements. Nothing too heavy, of course.
- Right -- a fair amount of Bach, too. But almost all of it is
- orchestral or piano. Anyway, there I am, istting on the john in the
- client's restroom (we're at a bank HQ) and all of a sudden I hear a horn call
- out of nowhere! Seriously spooky. Seems the volume was turned down, but
- the horn call really resonates off those tile walls. Suffice it to say that
- I could not avoid hearing every note of the Muzak for the rest of the day...)
-
- Roger
-