More free music for the masses!
DB saw pretty much the same flaws as everybody else in Gene Weingarten's article about Joshua Bell's subway performance, although this blogger didn't really take as much offense to the condescending tone as some.
In general, I'm in favor of experiments like this, just for the sake of the spectacle. Plus, it was a provocative article, considering the reaction. I would like to have seen the experiment done in more locations, different times of day, different types of music, etc... As it was, it didn't really tell us a great deal more than most people could've guessed, though apparently not the staff at the Washington Post.
But above all, what I am absolutely in favor of is what Tristero suggests: More free performances in public places by world-class musicians!!
UPDATE: Even though I wasn't consumed by the condescending tone, it really was pretty snotty. For example:
In general, I'm in favor of experiments like this, just for the sake of the spectacle. Plus, it was a provocative article, considering the reaction. I would like to have seen the experiment done in more locations, different times of day, different types of music, etc... As it was, it didn't really tell us a great deal more than most people could've guessed, though apparently not the staff at the Washington Post.
But above all, what I am absolutely in favor of is what Tristero suggests: More free performances in public places by world-class musicians!!
UPDATE: Even though I wasn't consumed by the condescending tone, it really was pretty snotty. For example:
AS METRO STATIONS GO, L'ENFANT PLAZA IS MORE PLEBEIAN THAN MOST.
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