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[saxface]

This is the coolest article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?referrer=emailarticle

Comments

[jadis]

Wow. Thank you for that. :)

[saxface]

Oh, I have something to send to you and I hope I can do it soon - you will love it, I just keep remembering to send it at the worst times!

[magdalene1]

Hee, yes! It's very D.C.

[billdo1]

That's a really interesting article. I always wondered what would happen if some known pop musician set up in the subway (particularly someone big like Springsteen or the Stones). It'd be a slightly different demographic than a classical violinist, but this was a good look at the question nonetheless.

[saxface]

I know, I keep wondering what I would have done if I had heard him. I mean, I know I would be amazed at his playing but would I actually stop to listen?

What's interesting is that in France there was always a crowd of people standing around great street musicians and I wonder why it's different here. I will never forget one time when an accordionist and an upright bassist were playing in a park in Paris on a Sunday morning and it turned into a full on dance party. Why are we Americans so focused on our daily lives and seem to live in a bubble?