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krj
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response 25 of 63:
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Aug 10 00:21 UTC 1995 |
Did they play all the verses?
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otterwmn
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response 26 of 63:
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Aug 11 02:29 UTC 1995 |
Welcome back, Maureen!!
ref #22: it will only be a matter of time before the Rev. Harwood and his
crowd find a way to put religious music over the street-lamp system on
Sundays.
<otter lies in wait with her soap box and a Carlos Nakai tape, dying to demand
equal time>
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popcorn
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response 27 of 63:
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Aug 11 11:09 UTC 1995 |
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birdlady
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response 28 of 63:
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Aug 11 17:36 UTC 1995 |
As my friend, Ben says..."Carlos Nakai is that funky indian". I'll let Kae
explain since that's one of her best talents. =) The speakers on Main Street
are *really* beginning to annoy me. My friend's and I can't even sit outside
thte coffee shop and talk without "Turkey in the Straw" or some other
ludicrous music digging into our skull. They *did* play Enya *once*, though.
<birdy grabs her Mr. Bungle cd and lies in waiting with Kae> <g>
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ocl
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response 29 of 63:
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Aug 12 03:04 UTC 1995 |
re #26: Thanks, Otterwmn. Glad NCMC finally came through for you.
re #28: Are they really playing "Turkey in the Straw?"
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birdlady
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response 30 of 63:
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Aug 14 17:17 UTC 1995 |
Yes, Mrs. Derenzy...sadly, they really *are* playing that. I'm still waqiting
to hear some good ole Gaylord yodeling. <g>
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krj
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response 31 of 63:
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Aug 15 21:57 UTC 1995 |
(( agora #94 now linked as music #173 ))
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robh
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response 32 of 63:
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Aug 16 01:21 UTC 1995 |
Working at Meijer, I've been exposed to more than my fair
share of Muzak... My personal most-hateds from work would
include "And She Was" by Talking Heads and the cheery upbeat
version of Simon and Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound" (wouldn't
this make people want to stop shopping and go home???).
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wolfmage
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response 33 of 63:
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Aug 16 05:44 UTC 1995 |
That's it!
The most innovative, artistic vision to date!
I'll MUZAK my shows, especially Living Myth and Into The Night. Imagine the
response!
hee hee hee hee
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signet
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response 34 of 63:
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Aug 16 12:43 UTC 1995 |
I was in a record store awhile back and personally witnessed people leaving
the store because they didn't like the music the store clerk had choosen--
cats meowing christmas music. It's was painful to the ears. I myself left
as well. It's similar to the dogs barking song but this is a whole album
or cd of it. yowl!
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rcurl
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response 35 of 63:
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Aug 16 14:17 UTC 1995 |
I would prefer to hear total silence from musak. Apropos to that, I
feel the same way about the music businesses play when they put you
on hold. I'd prefer just silence, so I can more easily read or think
my own thoughts. When someone does come on and asks how they can help
me, I always tell them first, that I would like to register a vote for
no hold-music. THey are generally (but not always) amused.
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birdlady
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response 36 of 63:
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Aug 16 17:47 UTC 1995 |
<birdy is trying to picture Kenn's shows set to muzak>
<birdy shakes her head furiously at wolfmage and hands him another cup of
coffee>
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omni
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response 37 of 63:
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Aug 17 07:29 UTC 1995 |
re 34- I want that album. It's called "Have a Meowy Christmas" I found it
to be unique ;)
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bmoran
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response 38 of 63:
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Aug 17 12:55 UTC 1995 |
I got a copy for Xmas last year. What child is this/Hava Nagila (with
barking dog accompanyment) is my fav!
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signet
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response 39 of 63:
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Aug 17 18:04 UTC 1995 |
re #35 I think that businesses should give you a choice of what to
listen to:
Press 1 for silence
Press 2 for progressive
Press 3 for jazz
Press 4 etc.
I agree that the music they choose would be improved if it were silence.
But then they might say: "How would you know that you are still connected?"
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marcvh
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response 40 of 63:
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Aug 17 18:46 UTC 1995 |
When I used to work at Meijer, after a shift I could go out to my car and
drive home, and still hear the Muzak. It was rather disturbing.
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rcurl
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response 41 of 63:
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Aug 18 04:04 UTC 1995 |
I just had a "musak" experience in trying to place a telephone order for
some computer stuff. I went through the catalogs and found 3 firms that
listed what I sought (at essentially the same prices), and called one. It
answered with an advertising blurb, and then alternated the "someone will
help you soon" with musak. I always put the phone far enough away to not
hear any of that junk, and hope I will hear the "hello" when a person
comes on - but I must sometimes miss it, as often the phone is dead when I
check again. But to get back to my story...this time, the
blurb-musak-blurb-musak junk was so annoying, that I have written that
company out of my future vendors list, and tried they next one: this one
answered quickly with a person. They got my business.
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mju
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response 42 of 63:
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Aug 18 06:39 UTC 1995 |
I don't generally mind instrumental music with no blurbs. I can usually tune
out the music, and easily notice when a person picks up the phone. (I usually
use a headset or speakerphone.) I hate music with a vocal component or
advertising blurbs, because it's a lot harder to tune out and is similar to
the real-person "Hello" that I'm listening for.
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bru
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response 43 of 63:
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Aug 18 15:37 UTC 1995 |
I hate it when you call a business and get music and a advertisment before
you get a person. I also hate it when you get a automated system instead
of a person. But the cost in savings is tremendous to the company.
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popcorn
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response 44 of 63:
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Aug 18 16:22 UTC 1995 |
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beeswing
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response 45 of 63:
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Aug 18 16:54 UTC 1995 |
Ah then there's the the "if you need this, press 1. If you ned that, press
2..." and so forth. Thre's always like 100 items to coose from and you either
forget them or don't know which one to press since the options are similar.
So then you have to press to hear them all over again.
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mju
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response 46 of 63:
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Aug 19 02:05 UTC 1995 |
A poorly-designed automated system is horrible. I'll give you that. But a
well-designed system can be faster and more efficient than talking to a
person. (Especially if you would have had to wait on hold for a long time
in order to talk to a person.) Most disk drive companies have a FAX-back
service, for instance, that gives information on their products. A lot of
them make you first order their document catalog, and then select the document
you want from the catalog. Micropolis does it in a much better way -- you
just enter the model number of the disk you want info on, using the touch-tone
keypad. Makes a lot more sense.
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bru
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response 47 of 63:
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Aug 20 18:09 UTC 1995 |
All systems are poorly designed until you learn to use them. When you call a
company cold and get an automated system, you have no idea how to handle it,
so you have to listen to the entire spiel.
I tried to call consumers power to tell them where a transformer had blown
one night, and waded thru the system and never did reach anyone even after
five minutes. I finally gave up.
Generally, if you hit "0", you will bypass the systema nd reacha human.
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remmers
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response 48 of 63:
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Aug 23 12:37 UTC 1995 |
Businesses so frequently put you on hold and play music at you
when you call them on the phone that I am starting to base my
decisions on which businesses to patronize on the quality of
the music that they play.
CCS, Inc, a local computer company, usually does classical
hold music, a choice which I heartily approve. My only complaint
is that sometimes it's too loud.
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adbarr
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response 49 of 63:
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Aug 23 12:47 UTC 1995 |
When Muzak hits the Internet will there be a "mute" icon?
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