tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post7896519444208510969..comments2023-09-23T10:44:53.276-04:00Comments on I Laugh, Therefore, I AM: "Play Something Different!"Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-70542214708230172582010-05-21T05:51:23.452-04:002010-05-21T05:51:23.452-04:00Heckling buskers? You are a tough customer.
For a...Heckling buskers? You <i>are</i> a tough customer.<br /><br />For all we know, she’s spending her spare time in music libraries, looking for other material that would be suitable to her repertoire; and rehearsing and polishing those numbers until they are ready for public consumption. She’s a perfectionist in her art -- and then you come along.<br /><br />(But I do sympathize with you, too. There was a guy who played the <i>erhu</i> in the 14th Street Station in New York, and after only a few months, I was ready to beg, plead, and pay him to play any number that wasn’t so depressing. On the other hand, “Yankee Doodle” would sound depressing on an <i>erhu</i>.)William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-56725786919386509862010-05-18T21:53:54.464-04:002010-05-18T21:53:54.464-04:00OK, I still need you to prove to me that you could...OK, I still need you to prove to me that you could do what that woman does! :) :)Miss Healthypantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388211920649065327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-32613081157182879612010-05-18T15:52:34.152-04:002010-05-18T15:52:34.152-04:00I am trying to talk my son into getting his little...I am trying to talk my son into getting his little peddlers permit and go downtown for the summer. He works at a summer camp-- but I think he could earn more in the city.Citymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04491021367590323514noreply@blogger.com