Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Using Music to Drive Away Undesirables + January Postings Reprised

A. Using Music to Drive Away Undesirables

1. "Music to drive away tube louts"
   <http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,1389137,00.html>
"Tube bosses intend to use recordings of Pavarotti recitals, Vivaldi and
 Mozart in a battle against anti-social behaviour at 35 stations on the
 District, East London, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines"

2. "Cliff helps to clear pubs"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1205258.html>
"Landlords have found the best way to get rid of drinkers at closing time
 at Christmas is to play a Cliff Richard song"

3. "Meatloaf sees off wild boars"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1135129.html>
"Serbian villagers are blaring out rock music 24 hours a day in a bid to
 stop wild boars destroying their crops"

4. "Noises drive flying foxes batty"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1239120.htm>
"Lawn mowers and stock whips have frightened off nuisance fruit bats at
 one of the Northern Territory's premier tourist spots"


B. January Postings Reprised

[S. American Art Collection]
* "Artist glues 2,000 snails to church"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1242012.html>
"A Chilean artist has glued 2,000 plastic snails to a church to promote
 her new exhibition"
* "Artist covers herself with raw meat"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1253657.html>
"A Chilean performance artist is causing controversy by covering her naked
 body with raw meat"

[Cruel Baby Names]
* "Yahoo! baby revealed as hoax"
   <http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/68700/yahoo-baby-revealed-as-hoax.html>
"An off-beat news story that did the rounds recently was a Romanian couple
 naming their child 'Yahoo!' to express their joy at having first met over
 the Internet"

[Strange But True]
* "Twins make same mistake on test"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1256791.html>
"Identical twin brothers have passed their driving tests after making the
 same mistake with the same examiner"