Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Chechnya bans music that is too fast or too slow Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:46:42 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: <20240415104642.0000684b@example.com> References: <20240414200533.0000712b@example.com> <334p1jl07tqejstnfjrrk77d81j3ri11t8@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:46:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4f18148a75f9f5bfab5544256221bdb6"; logging-data="366067"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19w559O41Jvkytj1P7+XQ6qFRRVavugjHk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:UAXPUQsZhFjFosB52JF7iNnefrA= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240415-2, 4/15/2024), Outbound message X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 2045 On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 22:27:23 -0400 shawn wrote: > On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 20:05:33 -0400, Rhino > wrote: > > >In one of the weirder cultural laws I've ever heard of, the > >government of Chechnya (which is a region of Russia, not a separate > >country) has legislated that the tempo of all music played in the > >country must be in the range of 80 to 116 beats per minute. > > > >Adam Neely points out why this is decidedly "problematic": > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q811R6YsM0s [10 minutes] > > Yeah, I remember hearing about this back a few weeks. As I recall even > the national anthem doesn't fit with this new standard. That's one of the first points Neely makes: both the Chechen anthem and the Russian anthem are outside the speeds allowed - as is the music playing on the Chechen website that explains the rules! -- Rhino