Sorry nightfire, I am confused.
You say:
My ex-company stated very clearly in it's OM-A that "no non-flight related material may be read in the flight deck".
and then
Reading a newspaper when there is time, ........ is acceptable.
So SOP's are fine to break just a little bit??
I have never thought about listening to music while I work, but I certainly don't see it as the evil that you guys seem to.