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31 Jul 08 - 08:41 AM (#2402124) Subject: Busking in a trashcan From: Roger the Skiffler Saw an article in a London freesheet about a busker in Cambridge who surprised passers-by when they heard music coming from a council rubbish bin in the street. Allegedly he said to a mate: "that bin is so large I could get in it" Mate dared him , when he found he could and get most of his guitar in he started busking, though his left arm and guitsr neck do stickout of the rubbish slot (photos in the paper showed startled passers-by and showed him in action. |
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31 Jul 08 - 08:47 AM (#2402130) Subject: RE: Busking in a trashcan From: Dave Hanson I can think of a few singers that belong in trash cans. eric |
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31 Jul 08 - 09:59 AM (#2402195) Subject: RE: Busking in a trashcan From: Tangledwood The bin might have contained less litter than some of the streets. |
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31 Jul 08 - 10:02 AM (#2402199) Subject: RE: Busking in a trashcan From: GUEST,Jack Campin (cookieless in Transylvania) There is an anecdote in Paul Feyerabend's autobiography about his mad cousin who lived (c.1920) in a skip (dumpster in American), where he played the accordion and emerged occasionally to rape women who passed by. |
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31 Jul 08 - 12:42 PM (#2402367) Subject: RE: Busking in a trashcan From: GUEST,leeneia 'Saw an article in a London freesheet...' Was that freesheet dated April 1st, by any chance? Because I think the story is a joke. There's a skip near a garden where I volunteer, and nobody could stand the smell of the thing for more than a few minutes, no matter how much it reverberates. |
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31 Jul 08 - 07:14 PM (#2402674) Subject: RE: Busking in a trashcan From: McGrath of Harlow No joke. Or rather, itis a joke, but a true one. Some friends ran into the bloke on a visit to Cambridge this week - and they'd been reading about it in the paper on the way there! He's called Charles Cavey, and here is a picture. |
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01 Aug 08 - 12:26 AM (#2402821) Subject: RE: Busking in a trashcan From: cptsnapper I saw him yesterday, or rather I saw the end of the guitar sticking out and heard him performing! |
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01 Aug 08 - 11:23 AM (#2403087) Subject: RE: Busking in a trashcan From: GUEST,leeneia I would never have believed it, but if McGrath of Harlow says it's true, then it must be. Ahem. |