optional buskers?

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

Anyone know if there is a pause button for Davis T buskers? Can I pay them to not play?


(yes, I love the arts, I love music but I don't love being a captive audience to someone with a cheesy amp, a boom box and a volume control that (apparently) goes to 11)

Comments

Re: So...

[chumbolly.livejournal.com]

Personally, I find some buskers terrible and some great, but I'm (almost) always happy to endure talent of whatever level. One thing to remember when you're enduring the less talented sort is that every once in a while, you may be listening to the next Tracy Chapman, or Guster or (fill in blank of famous musician who started out as Boston-area busker). So there's that. I saw Eric McKeown perform in Davis within the past couple of years, and she's the shit.

Re: So...

[ron_newman]

Amelia White used to perform in T stations before she moved to Nashville. She still returns to Boston a few times a year to play at Toad or Lizard Lounge or Club Passim, and she may even busk in the subway occasionally during her visits.