{"id":1095,"date":"2011-12-04T06:20:16","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T05:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2011-12-04T06:26:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T05:26:51","slug":"more-shite-music-played-loud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/1095\/","title":{"rendered":"More Shite Music Played Loud"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years back I made this<\/a> observation:<\/p>\n

The\u00a0volume of the music being played by a neighbour is inversely proportional to the quality of the music.<\/em><\/p>\n

I went on to say:<\/p>\n

I am convinced that those who play music stupidly loud in apartments or houses are those who fail to get positive attention by the normal method of not being a complete prick.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Little has occurred in the time since I wrote these words to give me cause to change my mind.<\/p>\n

I am currently sitting on my balcony in Thailand having to put up with blaring music from the block opposite.\u00a0 The occupants of the apartment appear to be two men in their late 50s, lily-white, unfit, bald, and sporting recent tattoos and some swarthy chap with hair down to his arse who looks to be in his 40s but thinks he’s still in his 20s.\u00a0 I’m not sure what nationality these twats are, but I’d put a strong bet on their being American or British.\u00a0 Each has a Thai hooker<\/span> girlfriend in tow, and it is probably for their benefit that the music is being played.\u00a0 And sure enough, the music is utter shite: commercial house from about 15 years ago.\u00a0 Stuff like Encore Une Fois<\/em> and a remix of The Key, the Secret<\/em>.\u00a0 We were all listening to this stuff during my second year in university, and we knew it was naff then but at least it was current.\u00a0 Now we have blokes old enough to be my dad – who would have been past 40 when it was fresh – playing it off balconies in Thailand.\u00a0 I mean, don’t they have any Rolling Stones CDs?<\/p>\n

Like I said, I’m sure this is all done for the benefit of\u00a0 the women they have lolling about the apartment, who regularly get blind drunk and scream the place down.\u00a0 It smacks of a desperate attempt to appear young, or at least cool, to girls who really couldn’t give a shit who or what you are so long as you’re dispensing ready cash.<\/p>\n

I’ve quoted Stephen Leather’s Private Dancer<\/em><\/a> in a previous post<\/a>, and I could have quoted a lot more:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never yet met a sex tourist who I\u2019ve found the least bit entertaining or interesting…sex tourists in the main are men who would find it difficult to get a half decent girl back in their home towns.\u00a0 You think that just because you\u2019ve sat in the economy section of a long-haul flight for a day that you\u2019ve suddenly become a fascinating person? Think again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Words which would be lost on these dickheads living opposite me, I’m sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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