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How's that for irony--I'm now more embarrassed for y'all seeing that I'd =
consider it embarrassing to accidentally post my address change request!
Well, since I'm on... I just flew back into Tokyo a few days ago after an=
extended stay in the US, and the sakura are on their way out. As usual, =
the weather has been rainy and windy, contributing to their effervescence=
. I was going to try busking in one of the big parks here during hanami (=
sakura-viewing) parties this year--never tried that before--but I don't k=
now if they'll still be going on even though the weather's turned sunny a=
gain. If so II'll report back. Al Ramos has had some interesting experien=
ces doing so. My experience playing in public has been to be met with--mo=
stly--a lack of interest or to be asked to leave by security guards if I =
was on their turf. Perhaps I lack the magic touch, or sound as it were. A=
s part personal anthropological experiement and part attempt to proselyti=
ze I usually remind them that I'm playing traditional music on a traditio=
nal instrument blah blah blah but that has yet to change anything. One ti=
me the guards for the Takashimaya department store came after me a few ti=
mes because even though I kept moving I was still on Takashimaya property=
--it turns out they own pretty much the whole area south of the JR statio=
n in Shinjuku. After determining with their help where the boundary was I=
made a point of stepping a foot outside of it and continuing to practice=
for a couple of minutes (I was at that point standing in the street betw=
een two parked cars). With the cars, music blaring from stores, crowds, n=
earby jazz trumpet duo busking (very nice by the way), and other sounds a=
ll around me I could barely hear myself, much less make much of a sonic d=
isturbance, but of course it was the intentional contrevening of The Rule=
s that had them riled. Oh well, if no one tested the limits how would the=
obedient masses know for sure what not to do?=20
Peter H
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Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards=AE
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<BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1=
010ff 2px solid">
<P>How's that for irony--I'm now more embarrassed for y'all seeing that I=
'd consider it embarrassing to accidentally post my address change reques=
t!<</P>
<P>Well, since I'm on... I just flew back into Tokyo a few days ago after=
an extended stay in the US, and the sakura are on their way out. As=
usual, the weather has been rainy and windy, contributing to their effer=
vescence. I was going to try busking in one of the big parks here during =
hanami (sakura-viewing) parties this year--never tried that before--but I=
don't know if they'll still be going on even though the weather's turned=
sunny again. If so II'll report back. Al Ramos has had some interesting =
experiences doing so. My experience playing in public has been to be met =
with--mostly--a lack of interest or to be asked to leave by security guar=
ds if I was on their turf. Perhaps I lack the magic touch, or sound as it=
were. As part personal anthropological experiement and part attempt to p=
roselytize I usually remind them that I'm playing traditional music on a =
traditional instrument blah blah blah but that has yet to change anything=
. One time the guards for the Takashimaya department store came after me =
a few times because even though I kept moving I was still on Takashimaya =
property--it turns out they own pretty much the whole area south of the J=
R station in Shinjuku. After determining with their help where the bounda=
ry was I made a point of stepping a foot outside of it and continuing to =
practice for a couple of minutes (I was at that point standing in the str=
eet between two parked cars). With the cars, music blaring from stores, c=
rowds, nearby jazz trumpet duo busking (very nice by the way), and other =
sounds all around me I could barely hear myself, much less make much of a=
sonic disturbance, but of course it was the intentional contrevening of =
The Rules that had them riled. Oh well, if no one tested the limits how w=
ould the obedient masses know for sure what not to do? </P>
<P>Peter H</P></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=3D1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
<a href=3D"$rd_url/tag/http://movies.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! Movies</a> - cove=
rage of the 74th Academy Awards=AE
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