Yes, it had a paradoxical effect on me, as I wanted to hang out in this area. Please do not worry, as I did no panhandling, nor did I discuss thumb placement. But, I did solicit the nail/no nail debate.
ed At 01:47 AM 1/7/2006 -0800, gary digman wrote: >Dear Ed; > > Did hearing H. Smith's Kaspsberger cause you to loiter in the area. >Maybe the City should rethink this. I'm not sure they really want gangs of >unruly lutenists hanging out downtown, panhandling for money to buy strings, >harassing passersby with their "thumb in, thumb out" rap. Word up. > >Gary > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Edward Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Stuart LeBlanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute" <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:35 PM >Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy > > > > I reside in a small City of just under 100,000 people in population. In > > the downtown area, there has become a notorious area for teenage > > loitering. The city tried to disperse them, using many means, such as > > using the police to patrol & mingle. This did not work. So, what _was_ > > effective was to have recorded Classical music, such as Mozart. The > > loitering stopped; none of them wanted to hear beautiful music. Once day > > as I walked by, I actually heard broadcasting in that area Hopkinson > > Smith's Kapsberger recording! > > > > ed > > > > > > > > At 04:36 PM 1/6/2006 -0600, Stuart LeBlanc wrote: > > > > >Actually there a contraposition "Mozart effect," involving the dispersal >of > > >loitering teenagers, criminals, etc: > > > > > > > > Edward Martin > > 2817 East 2nd Street > > Duluth, Minnesota 55812 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > voice: (218) 728-1202 > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.12/220 - Release Date: 1/3/2006 > > > > Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
