Random Thoughts

Day 352 (14) – NY Amps

In another installment of “Only in NY”, a buddy of mine bought a rap CD from a random person while using the restroom in a McDonald’s in NYC.  Somehow, in the short amount of time it takes to go to the bathroom, rapper “ManChild” was able to convince my friend to pay $3 for his CD – now that’s a salesman.

So today, during our 12 hour journey back to Cincinnati, we listened just to see how “crappy” the CD was and, much to our surprise, it was actually pretty good.  (And did you see what I did there with “crappy”?  It’s a double pun – crappy because it’s not good, and was sold in a bathroom, and was rap.)  While it was no Jay Z, it was pretty solid.

Of course “ManChild” was only one of the many “talents” that we ran into while in the city.  Limiting ourselves to only entertainment found in the subway, we witnessed:

• A full drumline.
• A single drummer.
• A flutist.
• A rapper.
• An accapella group.
• A karaoke singer.
• An accordion player.
• A guitar player/singer.
• A mariachi band.
• An opera singer.
• A group of “subway gymnasts.”

Add that to the list of people I saw on my list trip, and you cover just about every facet of the arts just by riding the subway.