blsmith!!!
Who needs the bread anyway??? Let's not get carried away! We buskers are workers also, and it is hard to pay the rint with a smile and a song. Storries like this are in fact how we get through the day in a hard and unforgiving industry, but lets not forget, we deserve the bread as well, bread yes and roses.
By the way, what city is busking friendly!? that is an increaingly rare old thing!?
Cheers Larry