jimbreen@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:21:19 UTC+10, CL  wrote:
> > Tokyo can be an extremely cruel place.  Just this morning at the local 
> > Kasumi (supermarket that's part of Aeon Group) asaichi the Muzak system 
> > was murdering Ziggy Stardust ... "Starman" and "Ground Control to Major 
> > Tom" on a squeaky synthesizer before moving on to BeeGees and Marky 
> > Mark.  The horror ... THE HORROR ...

> Man's inhumanity to man.

I thought that was the rush-hour trains...

> I'm sure those happy people starving in Africa or being shot at in Syria
> don't realise just how lucky they are to avoid the torture of having to
> listen to the Muzak in Tokyo supermarkets....

Hmm, have you guys ever heard Dian's version of "Purple Haze"? That sets the
bar pretty high (or low..)

Mike