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porkmarras 08.03.2006 03:33 AM

And no sandals please!It just aggravates the situation even more.

Norma J 08.03.2006 03:33 AM

Not the meaning behind it. Right up their alley, so to speak.

Cantankerous 08.03.2006 03:34 AM

yes, but they are too retarded for that.

acousticrock87 08.03.2006 03:35 AM

Even for the not-so-good ones, there is an interesting quality in raw, semi-crappy music. Especially when played by strange, mysterious, potentially homeless people. They're very much like Kurt Cobain.

But not on my way to work.

porkmarras 08.03.2006 03:37 AM

Reynols used to busk.Playing air instruments just wind the argentinian authorities up.How cool is that?

porkmarras 08.03.2006 03:39 AM

Breathing statues are sometimes worse than buskers because they are smug and arrogant street artists who corrupt children and families.

sonicl 08.03.2006 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicl
I've always felt really sorry for anyone who works in a shop outside which a busker has set up his pitch. Particularly if the busker plays violin, as the music is always so depressing that it could cause mass suicides. String quartets are okay though.

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Originally Posted by porkmarras
Not the guy i mentioned though.He plays the shit out of the instrument and he's so good the National lets him play in the main foyer too.

Oh yeah, violinists who play something other than depressing shit are okay, it's just that so many of them do go for the "depress your audience" angle. Ed Alleyne-Johnson, who used to play with New Model Army, is a splendid example of shit hotness in a busking violinist.

jon boy 08.03.2006 03:53 AM

there is a guy in england who paints himself yellow and just stands there staring at stupid american tourists who just get out their wallets and give up their money. thats all he does. painted yellow and waves.

Norma J 08.03.2006 03:56 AM

I've always seen busking as degrading.

jon boy 08.03.2006 03:58 AM

having said that. marc orleans from the sunburned hand of the man used to play on the subway in new york.

porkmarras 08.03.2006 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jon boy
there is a guy in england who paints himself yellow and just stands there staring at stupid american tourists who just get out their wallets and give up their money. thats all he does. painted yellow and waves.

Wich brings us to........

wax 08.03.2006 03:58 AM

ive never seen any decent buskers in london, but ive never spent a whole lot of time there. theres usualy some shit one at piccadily cirsus tube.
i saw a maniac playing shamisen in prague that was really good.
theres a guy who sometimes busks in birmingham with a tiny little gtr and a kick drum and kazoo who is fantastic.
nyc buskers are better than most of the live music i ever see in brum. the tuplewear drummers, the breakdancers on the subway beatboxing and the guys on the platforms playing instruments ive never seen before.
there are alot of shit buskers where i live now. its a famous place for them. theres one guy who is off his head, looks the spitting image of EYE and he charges ¥100 then reads manga books of your choice from his massive collection in hilarious voices.
my mate has a few screws loose and he takes his battered old acoustic everywhere and starts playing and singing on the bus in london or on the street, in the chippy or in the pub. he has a certian syd barrett like lunatic charm and no shame.
its the same as going to see a band. half the time you take the risk and see a band you dont know, they will likely be shite, now and then you find something good. its the same on the streets. england isnt the best place for interesting busking though.

porkmarras 08.03.2006 03:59 AM

Does anyone else wanna hurt them?
 

porkmarras 08.03.2006 04:00 AM

 

porkmarras 08.03.2006 04:01 AM

hmmm.....
 

porkmarras 08.03.2006 04:03 AM

look at him.
http://nora.embl-heidelberg.de/galle...serialNumber=2

Cantankerous 08.03.2006 04:04 AM

god help.

Tokolosh 08.03.2006 04:16 AM

Get a real job instead of standing there being a retard!

Glice 08.03.2006 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Tokolosh
Get a real job instead of standing there being a retard!


You seemed to have forgotten to type 'Ani Difranco' after the word 'retard' in that statement. Please amend accordingly.

Norma J 08.03.2006 06:28 PM

Rather witty of you - but rather inappropriate.


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