At least, that’s what it sounds like from here:
Sick and tired of souped-up cars with loud engines and pulsing music? Barry Manilow may be the answer.
Officials in one Sydney district have decided to pipe the American crooner’s music over loudspeakers in an attempt to rid streets and car parks of hooligans whose anti-social cars and loud music annoy residents and drive customers from businesses.
As much as I believe in law and order, this is just going way too far.


June 7th, 2006 at 8:54 am
Could be worse, it could be ABBA. I was once assaulted by “Dancing Queen” at full volume by a coworker. It took years of therapy to recover.