This evening I went to Nic of
Dandelion Wine's birthday do at Chung On, a good (if stuck in the '70s decor-wise) Chinese restaurant in Moonee Ponds. A good time was had by all, with a lot of entertaining conversation (not to mention good food; the mango chicken is highly recommended).
And the background music was quite amusing; just sufficiently loud to be audible during lulls in conversation, it consisted of an endless loop of ridiculously bland elevator-music instrumentals of pop songs (everything from George Michael's
Careless Whisper, performed Kenny G-style, to Burt Bacharach's
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head; no Nirvana or Smashing Pumpkins covers just yet, but give them time).