Never fails to fascinate me how people show their appreciation or attempt to connect. Today a guy walked all the way over, the entire length of the platform, eyes fixed on me and smiling, not to tell.me something or drop a dollar in my case, no….he walked over to gently touch my strumming hand while I was singing. He touched it & walked away. #NYC #Busk Photo –Henning Fischer
Underground
Hi guys, it’s been a while since I’ve posted here, reason being, 2 broken elbows (yeah, I know, it took talent 🙂
I’ve been ‘surviving’ in other ways for the time being & looking forward to being back under in the near future.
In the meanwhile, just a quick note to let you know I’ve been featured in Virgin Atlantic’s Publication & wanted to share it with you:
http://blog.virgin-atlantic.com/t5/Our-Places/New-York-s-best-busking-spots/ba-p/47933#.VkCa2bfhDmH
For anyone wishing to fill some holiday gifts you’ll notice you can enter the code VIRGINATLANTIC here on the site and get 10% off your autographed copies of The Subway Diaries.
Cheers & hope everyone’s been super!
Never fails to blow me away when a homeless person passes me in a wheelchair on the platform, then turns around & wheels close enough to throw coins in my case. Coins straight out of their paper cup #somekindaundergroundlove
Sorry NYC, if we meet for the first time (sometimes even the second or third) and you’re not a puppy, I probably won’t remember your name. No offense taken I hope 🙂
btw- the top cutie’s name = Paul Newman. Why, of course! 🙂
With much media coverage following – see some of the coverage in links below:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/…/nypd-looking-into-arrest…/
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/37/44/dtg-busker-rally-2014-10-31-bk_37_44.html
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/arrested-singing-what-nypd-officers-are-doing-their-time
http://www.infowars.com/video-buskers-unlawful-arrest-prompts-protests-on-ny-subway/
http://www.liberationnews.org/support-rally-for-nyc-subway-performers/
http://gothamist.com/2014/10/22/subway_performers_sick_of_the_nypds.php
And on the Brian Lehrer Show Wed AM
I really do kind of like the look on the teller’s face at the Chase Bank, Times Square, when I pay my credit card bill like this 🙂
#abuskerslife
And, so today, after counting all the $1’s the teller grabbed his handy dandy hand sanitizer & ‘de-subwayed’ himself, at which point I asked for a dollop too so I could ‘de-Chase’ myself 🙂
‘Best human of the night’ award goes to the homeless underground NYC tonight who really listen, they hear & never fail to give even though they most likely have less than anyone else on the platform at any given time. There’s some kind of etherial connection between me & the homeless who hear me sing. I cannot tell you exactly what it is, it’s some kind of a ‘soul knowing’, but we ‘get’ each other somehow. We rarely say anything to each other, but it’s clear, it’s in the eyes.
It was like Gymboree on steroids underground tonight. A gazillion happy, spazzy kids all dancing their own highly creative spazz-dances & many grateful parents thanking me as they hopped on their respective trains in anticipation of their children going home & sleeping like rocks <3
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