There was a mariachi band playing on the subway today. They were standing up and balancing precariously as the car screeched to a halt and then zoomed forward. There was no place to donate money or anything, they were either doing it for the love or because someone in New York City council had decided to pay them. I enjoyed the music. Many people in the car just rolled their eyes with their ear buds securely lodged. I thought the scene said something interesting about the meeting of the past and the technological future, or something like that. It certainly said something about the cultural craziness of NYC.
mariachi on the subway
August 28, 2007 by Erin
Posted in New York City | 1 Comment
One Response
Comments are closed.
Hi, I’m Erin
search this site
Pages
- Resume
- Writing
- Regulation of Associated Health Plans
- Tackling Obesity through Agricultural Policy
- Facilitating Access to Reproductive Health Care for Urban Teens
- Letter to the Editor re: DIA Redesign Plans
- Infant Health in Wigan, England during the First World War
- An op-ed — with the swipe of a pen, 25 percent of American children eat more vegetables
Yes, I tweet, sort of
- March sunrise at the Capitol to testify on the PHE unwind. https://t.co/QYyZx0gW68 1 week ago
- Woohoo! Excited to see the Save Children's Coverage Act introduced! cbsnews.com/colorado/news/… This bill would make it… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 weeks ago
- So good. "But to fight a structural current perpetually is its own form of exhaustion." twitter.com/annehelen/stat… 2 weeks ago
Top Posts
Tags
ASPE Dan engagement family friends Grad School health policy Honduras Italy life new years New York City preparedness Public Health Recipes South America study abroad techy stuff Thoughts tourist sites Travel Washington DCCategories
- Health Policy (5)
- Honduras (33)
- Italy (15)
- New York City (25)
- Public Health (32)
- Recipes (2)
- Reviews (1)
- Seattle (4)
- Thoughts (72)
- Travel (62)
- Washington DC (15)
My projects
Volunteering Links
Other Links
- The Wedding Website of Erin Miller and Dan Mayer
- WIC
- NACCHO
- Kelly Miller's blog
- Dan Mayer's blog
- Dan Mayer's developer blog
- Volunteerme, ramblings about volunteering
- Parenting stories by Dr. Wanda Venters
- Inscrutable Drama Queen's Blog
- Lumpyhead
- Voici Le Soleil
- C^2 Honduras 2010
- C^2 India 2008
- Summer in Sitka
- Mark's Blog
- The Kate Escape
- SuperTommy
- Ben Brinckerhoff's Blog
- The Flobots
- Dan's Energy Drink Reviews
I like live music, good times… I guess if you life there long enough you might just not notice stuff like that… There was a famous violinist that took part in a experiment, he played in a NYC subway a few days before playing a sold out venue for $100+. He played for 15 minutes while hidden cameras recorded the action, he got 7 bucks in tips and one person stopped to hear him play, besides that world famous musician was completely ignored.
Yippie for cultural overload…