tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post9016208255610158340..comments2024-03-01T22:45:35.314-06:00Comments on Bag Blog: Buskers and SuchBag Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post-4773568931232694202007-09-04T17:28:00.000-05:002007-09-04T17:28:00.000-05:00Buck, you can take up all the space you want on my...Buck, you can take up all the space you want on my blog any time. Those were both great links to buskers. I met and took pictures of a busker today. I post tomorrow. I would love to hear your homeless man story too.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post-77222923943158799162007-09-04T16:06:00.000-05:002007-09-04T16:06:00.000-05:00Wow..quite a lot to comment on here, if one had a ...Wow..quite a lot to comment on here, if one had a mind and you had the space, Lou.<BR/><BR/>First: <I>I asked Toby if he had accidentally widened his stance or tapped his foot. Toby did not think I was funny.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, <I>I</I> sure did! This bit literally made me LOL.<BR/><BR/>Second: Buskers. The London tube is famous for them...and they come in all shapes, sizes, and play a wide variety of musical instruments. I even saw a woman playing a harp in the tube once. No kidding.<BR/><BR/>Here's a great story about members of the Toronto symphony busking <A HREF="http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/249834" REL="nofollow">just for the fun of it.</A> And here's <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html" REL="nofollow">yet another</A> busking story. A partial quote:<BR/><BR/><I>On that Friday in January, those private questions would be answered in an unusually public way. No one knew it, but the fiddler standing against a bare wall outside the Metro in an indoor arcade at the top of the escalators was one of the finest classical musicians in the world, playing some of the most elegant music ever written on one of the most valuable violins ever made. His performance was arranged by The Washington Post as an experiment in context, perception and priorities -- as well as an unblinking assessment of public taste: In a banal setting at an inconvenient time, would beauty transcend?</I><BR/><BR/>OK. I've eaten up enough space... but remind me to tell you about SFO's homeless people sometime. I had my very "own" homeless guy.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com