(Extra)ordinary sayings about sound #2

by lawrence

My friend Luo Min lives on the top floor of an apartment building in Shenzhen. Around one third of its total area was spent on a balcony. Because of this, the flat is terrible as far as soundproof is concerned. Yet Luo has developed a habit of playing noise music in extreme volume at night time. When we asked about it, he explained: “You have no choice but to play loud. If you play noise at medium level, people downstairs would jump out and smash your face, but if you play it at top level, they would think it’s the noise from the construction site nearby, so I’m perfectly safe.”




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  1. I love this anecdote.

    PS. some of your other links to photos are broken

    Comment by Anonymous — October 11, 2006 #

  2. Many of the photos of Awakening Battersea are stored on Ou Ning’s alternativearchive.com server, which has long been mysteriously unaccessible from various locations, both China and abroad. I’ve made copies on our server and re-pointed the links to them, hope you can see them now.

    Comment by lawrence — October 11, 2006 #

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