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Monday, April 16, 2007
What Are You Too Busy For?
Watch the video. Then go to the original article from the Washington Post. I thought it was interesting. The article is a bit long but well written. Here is a taste. . .
Can one of the nation's great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let's find out.
By Gene Weingarten
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 8, 2007; Page W10
HE EMERGED FROM THE METRO AT THE L'ENFANT PLAZA STATION AND POSITIONED HIMSELF AGAINST A WALL BESIDE A TRASH BASKET. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a Washington Nationals baseball cap. From a small case, he removed a violin. Placing the open case at his feet, he shrewdly threw in a few dollars and pocket change as seed money, swiveled it to face pedestrian traffic, and began to play.
We have so many talented street musicians in DC, and so many people just take the for granted or think of them as a burden. Some of them are pretty bad, but others are amaing.
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