Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

The Goodnight Kiwi

The Goodnight Kiwi was a animated short used to signal the end of the broadcast day on Television New Zealand channels, before they went 24hrs. It Aired from 1980/81 till October 19,1994. Its a classic. Also the song playing is a instrumental arrangement of traditional Māori song,"Hine e Hine" composed by Fannie Rose Howie (1868-1916) in 1905.

Classical music still effective at dispersing loitering teens

Whether its Handel piped into New York's Port Authority or Tchaikovsky at a public library in London, the sound of classical music is apparently so repellent to teenagers that it sends them scurrying away like frightened mice. Private institutions also find it useful: chains such as McDonald's and 7-Eleven, not to mention countless shopping malls around the world, have relied on classical music to shoo away potentially troublesome kids.

Fascinating.