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jester:
"I agree that street musicians are street performers. But with one notable exception:
People who play the descant recorder. It is a vile and horrible instrument designed by a brilliant sadist to get his revenge on parent kind. Any parent who allows their kid to play the recorder on the street (even if the kid has grown up) is a menace."
jester, are you talking about a recorder? There was a guy in Boston in the early eighties who could play 2 recorders at the same time. He used to do quite well for himself, busking at Government Center, underneath an overhang for good acoustics. At some point the authorities started kicking us out of the Government Center area, and they even posted signs forbidding street musicians. You can see a picture of one of theses signs at Stephen Baird's web site, Community Arts; it's on the links page.
"I agree that street musicians are street performers. But with one notable exception:
People who play the descant recorder. It is a vile and horrible instrument designed by a brilliant sadist to get his revenge on parent kind. Any parent who allows their kid to play the recorder on the street (even if the kid has grown up) is a menace."
jester, are you talking about a recorder? There was a guy in Boston in the early eighties who could play 2 recorders at the same time. He used to do quite well for himself, busking at Government Center, underneath an overhang for good acoustics. At some point the authorities started kicking us out of the Government Center area, and they even posted signs forbidding street musicians. You can see a picture of one of theses signs at Stephen Baird's web site, Community Arts; it's on the links page.
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