{"id":19926,"date":"2014-07-30T19:16:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T23:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=19926"},"modified":"2014-07-31T08:21:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T12:21:47","slug":"a-music-critics-odyssey-against-second-hand-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/07\/30\/a-music-critics-odyssey-against-second-hand-music\/","title":{"rendered":"A music critic\u2019s odyssey against second-hand music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I try to listen to<\/em>
\n the still, small voice within<\/em>
\n but I can\u2019t hear it<\/em>
\n above the din<\/em>
\n– from Little Audrey\u2019s Story<\/em> by Eliza Ward<\/p>\n

After many years of living in cities, (Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto), I finally got fed up with the hustle-bustle of it all and moved to the country. I\u2019m now settled in a 150 year-old historic home in Waterdown ON, just a stone\u2019s throw from Burlington. Much of what prompted the move was the rampant noise pollution.<\/p>\n

Since the industrial revolution, our cities have become crammed-full with rumbling trucks, incessant car alarms, endless clanks<\/em> and clunks<\/em>, leaf-blower drones, and outdoor patio parties galore that call out into the night.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t stand it. It\u2019s an assault upon the senses.<\/p>\n

The worst city for noise is Vancouver, which seems to be much more sonically obnoxious than any other city I\u2019ve lived in. Which is a shame, because it\u2019s also the most beautiful.<\/p>\n

These days, sometimes the birds even sound like car alarms:<\/p>\n