Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: [OT] Chechnya bans music that is too fast or too slow Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 20:05:33 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 11 Message-ID: <20240414200533.0000712b@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 02:05:35 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4f18148a75f9f5bfab5544256221bdb6"; logging-data="4101904"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+PPc5MmX7MHtjF0WvADSnGIrkIgNgRrMw=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:pEI4ICBG4yC/5mvafWD3oJ4UuLU= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240414-4, 4/14/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 1442 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] -- Rhino