What's in a name?

So why the title, "Modern Busking"?

Well what the hell is Busking? If you look it up in the wiki-world you'll find that it's, "the practice of performing in public places, for gratuities, which are generally in the form of money and edibles."

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what I do. I stake temporary claims on various sidewalks of the world, build a crowd, perform a show, and live off of the tips I receive (fiscal or otherwise). As you might have guessed, busking is a very old art form with roots in tribal shaman that existed in an ancient world before borders (well you might not have guessed that second part). However ...

student loans
a smorgasbord of auditions
jabbering carnies
a recession
facebook angst
law enforcement officials
crawling through burned down houses
Bruce Springsteen obsessions
internet dating
weird looking barefoot shoes
uber-intelligent toy-poodles
 
and the many many other things I have deal with on a day-to-day basis, were not on the daily dockets of old school shaman or Egyptian priests (at least I don't think they were). And this is where we find ourselves... in the crossroads of ancient and modern times, trying to play a very new game with a very old deck. Expect lots of stories, photos, videos, and bad grammar to follow...

-Busker