Mall wants Manilow music to drive out unruly teens: "A group of several dozen young people regularly spread rubbish, spray graffiti, get intoxicated, use drugs, swear and intimidate patrons at the outdoor mall, he said.
The city council, police and local property owners covering 410 businesses agree that 'nice, easy listening' music like Manilow's 'Can't Smile Without You,' 'Mandy' and other hits might change the behavior of loitering teens.
But one 16-year-old told The Press newspaper that unfashionable music wouldn't deter them.
'We would just bring a stereo and play it louder,' Emma Belcher said.
Lonsdale countered that the city would then hit them with anti-noise laws."
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Ms. Belcher threatens to pump up the jam. Lonsdale will go nuke in response. And the strains of "I Write the Songs" depress spirits all over the mall.
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Maybe they should broadcast one of those noises that supposedly kids can hear and adults can't.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5434687
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