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Grocery shopping soundtracks trying to transcend yacht rock. The musical trend at chains like No Frills is more calculated than it may seem. In fact, Organic Garage, a new Toronto supermarket, takes the thinking further by playing live versions of popular songs to reflect the rawness of its food. Slower-tempo music is believed to increase sales, though, so the prevailing tempo is likely to remain closer to the legacy of Muzak:
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Margaret Atwood tried to clarify how George Lucas did 9/11. “Flying a vehicle into a target to blow it up, okay,” the author explained in response to attention for her theory about the relationship between Star Wars and the World Trade Centre attacks. “Star Wars is fiction so he gets out but Japanese kamikaze pilots did the same thing, so it’s not a new thing and it’s not an original thought with me. I just thought people already knew that, but I guess some people are so young that they forgot about that.” Atwood said all this at an event sponsored by
Variety, the source of the initial interview, which was supposed to promote the second season of The Handmaid’s Tale.
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