Zandt K,

I don't know the first piece, which is VERY familiar, but the second piece is by Brian Eno, called Music for Airports (the whole piece is 17 minutes long).

Actually, a very practical use is to slip it over the strap peg (and of course, over the strap) on your guitar or bass. Your strap is almost guaranteed to remain on the peg.

I lived in a suburb of Busan, South Korea for about 4 years. Korea, at least compared to the US, thinks nothing of giving you an IV for something as slight as a nasty cold. Usually, it's just a glucose drip ("pododang"). The nature of Korean business districts is such that you'll have upwards of twenty or thirty different businesses in a single 6-story building--everything from a health club, bakery, internet cafe, doctor's office, tae kwon do studio or bar.

Thus, rather than just sit and wait for the IV to empty, people go about their other business and return when it's done. Saw this all the time.