"It reminds me of when I used to play my violin in the subways and Harvard square back in the '80s, often with friends, and sometimes even string quartets, and there was some cellist who we often met who played there too. He'd play in the streets and subways stations of MA for about 6 months before he'd get fed up with how little he'd make compared to the playing in the streets of Paris. He'd say how much more respect street musicians got there. Here in Boston they just get just treated like bums. But darn it all, in Paris they always teased him about his Boston accent. He just didn't seem to be able to speak french and sound like a true parisian. He could only take that teasing for 6 months then he'd be back in Boston to be treated like a bum for 6 months again. Once we didn't see him for almost a year. We tried to find out what had happened. Well I guess his flight to Paris once had a very long wait at the airport in Madrid where he had to change flights, and he met some nice young lady there and decided to stay in Spain instead. It is to bad street musicians can't get more respect here in Boston like the get in Europe. I just hope his Boston accent was more acceptable in Spain"
by jlitvlnvla March 23, 9:09 AM
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