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[vena_cava]

By now I'm sure everyone's read the excellent piece in yesterday's Post by the love of my life, Gene Weingarten. But in his online Q&A today, he tells the backstory, which shows exactly how complicated it was to pull this stunt off here in the city of Bureaucrats Who Pay No Mind to Great Musicians

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[tabletop]

thank you for posting this...I am certain that I wouldn't have seen it otherwise and it's fantastic.

cool

[vena_cava]

Glad I could be of service to you.

[redmenace]

This article's smug pretensions to platonic ideals of "beauty" in music and how the soulless drones of the DC bureaucracy cannot appreciate it sucked. Worse still are the comments of people who are all "I always stop to enjoy street musicians" clucking their tongues.

When I first looked at this I thought you cut and pasted from the Q&A

[vena_cava]

Yeah, it's all very tragic.

amazing

[strange_idols]

I'm adding you because I met you once and I really like the Caution Curves.

Re: amazing

[vena_cava]

Thank you. I’ve added you back (though I’m sorry to say I can’t quite place you...I assume we met through a mutual LJ friend, but the when/where are lost on me...)

33

[strange_idols]

I ljstalked mario to sculpture garden winter 2006.

I've wanted to add you since i walked by crooked beat at 300am with mark and he said "I SAW THE CAUTION CURVES PLAY THERE ONCE DO YOU KNOW REBECCA"
"oh vena cava I met her once she seemed really cool"
"SHE IS REALLY COOL YOU'D REALLY LIKE HER WE SHOULD HANG OUT WITH HER"

he and I don't speak anymore, so I guess that will probably not happen, but given my UNCANNY ability to run into people, I will probably see you one day on the street. You might not recognize me, so I'll introduce myself as my username and both our eyes will bulge a little, we'll probably both feel awkward and never talk again, but "isn't it funny what a small town this is!" ha ha ha

pause

"nice to meet you"

pause

"eye are el"

pause

"again, I mean. well. see you around, I guess."

or I'll feel like a creep and just keep walking.

Re: 33

[vena_cava]

I remember that there were several stalkers at the sculpture garden that day!

Eh, it probably won’t be all that awkward. I’m pretty accustomed, at this point, to converting folks from the Internerd to eye are elle without incident.

found ya

[lostcosmonaut]

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/04/live_on_wfmu.html

--mza.

can't believe i graced their hallowed airwaves!

[vena_cava]

That's us, hiding in plain sight.

P.S. It's beerball weather; I'd like to take advantage of it.

[strange_idols]

hey is the hosiery a legit venue? what is it, is it pretty easy to find/get into if I have the address?

[vena_cava]

It's a little tricky to find, yeah, but not impossible. Gray (?) door with a peephole in it, in the center of the building...there are usually people milling about, but if not just bang on the door a few times and some kind soul will grant you entry.