Barry quite contrary

Manilow's haughty attitude makes public mocking easy | Arsenio Orteza

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In late November, pop singer Barry Manilow made news for two very different reasons. One was the release of the latest installment in his best-selling series of cover songs, The Greatest Songs of the Eighties (Arista). The other was that his music was being used to punish petty criminals in Fort Lupton, Colo.

According to the Rocky Mountain News, Municipal Judge Paul Sacco got so tired of seeing the same "noise violators" repeatedly in his courtroom that he decided something more punitive than fines was needed. As the offenders tended to be teenagers whose playing of music at excessive volumes constituted disturbance of the peace, the judge decided that giving them a taste of their own medicine—i.e., making them listen to music they can't stand, such as Manilow's—might accelerate their rehabilitation.

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