Music in Spar nowadays is shit...discuss (1 Viewer)

[therealjohnny]

He died?

 

[Richie]

There is a chain of grocery shops here (Toronto) called Rabba that has a crazily random music policy, I've heard everything in there from hard techno, current pop hits, Leonard Cohen, insipid muzak remakes of stuff like Everybody Hurts by REM.. Presumably it's just local staff sticking on whatever they want but I like to think there's a central computer somewhere churning this stuff out based on some complex marketing formula.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

who the hell spends 5 minutes in spar?

How long do your chicken fillet rolls take?

 

[Diumraid]

Tesco has the same policy of playing muzak pastiches of things you might hear on the radio, which continually catches my ear for all the wrong reasons. My local Centra, however has a genius policy of playing proper radio classics but always interrupting them with a Centra ad so that the discontinuity means your ear is already cocked and expectant when the ad lands. I am super-impressed.

 

[Burgerbarbaby]

Monday morning!

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[Burgerbarbaby]

The Soundtrack of Your Life - The New Yorker

Elevator Going Down: The Story Of Muzak | Red Bull Music Academy

 

[Squiggle]

Now I'm half tempted to go to Spar on my way home so I can find out what the fuss is about. I probably won't though.

 

[Burgerbarbaby]

Now I'm half tempted to go to Spar on my way home so I can find out what the fuss is about. I probably won't though.

Well...it isn't anything like the links I posted! It's more like what someone who thought they were a good idea would do. If he or she had no taste and infinite contempt for their customers
Those articles and the youtube link are actually pretty great...

 

[the_jen]

I heard a Beach House song in TK Maxx.

Once I thought I heard Jawbreaker in a shop, but it turned out to be Pretty in Pink.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Just on olive oil. It's a staple. Never run out.
Get an overall understanding of what suits your eating regimen - you don't need extra virgin for frying or sauteeing, but it's better to have for salads, so whatever way you're eating.
Then get an understanding of what a good price per litre is. I know for me here that it is about $7.99/litre.
Someone’s always running specials. Once I see it at that level or below, I grab a bunch of big bottles. It can't go off.

It is better being the type of happy unsufferable person that never runs out of olive oil, than the one in Spar for 5 minutes plus.


I'm just remembering that my avatar here for years was the muzak logo

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Oh, man. That feels good.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Just on olive oil. It's a staple. Never run out.
Get an overall understanding of what suits your eating regimen - you don't need extra virgin for frying or sauteeing, but it's better to have for salads, so whatever way you're eating.
Then get an understanding of what a good price per litre is. I know for me here that it is about $7.99/litre.
Someone’s always running specials. Once I see it at that level or below, I grab a bunch of big bottles. It can't go off.

It is better being the type of happy unsufferable person that never runs out of olive oil, than the one in Spar for 5 minutes plus.


I'm just remembering that my avatar here for years was the muzak logo

Last time we were in Italy we bought 4-5 three litre drums. Still using it.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

He died?

Not that I know of. I just made a dumb reference.

I'm sure he's offering unbeatable bargains, wherever he may be.

 

[therealjohnny]

He was/is a national treasure

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[therealjohnny]

as is the director in this clip

 

[therealjohnny]

Bumping this. My local Spar has taken to playing what sounds like demos of pop tunes. The songs sound familiar, like stuff you'd hear on mainstream radio, but there's something "off" about them. Maybe this is what the original post was talking about?
Did someone contract a bunch of failed demo tapes from some dodgy agent or something?

 

[pete]

Royalty free covers instead of paying IMRO?

 

[Lili Marlene]

Wasn't there a controversy with Tesco doing that a few years ago?

 

[Diumraid]

Royalty free covers instead of paying IMRO?

Is it possible to legally bypass IMRO for broadcasting music in public? I always thought the license was collected regardless and only paid out if it was declared by the broadcaster or claimed by the owner.

 

[pete]

Is it possible to legally bypass IMRO for broadcasting music in public? I always thought the license was collected regardless and only paid out if it was declared by the broadcaster or claimed by the owner.

No idea.