Diary Of A Busker Day 251 Sunday June 24th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite where Reflex used to be Time: 5-6:27pmAnother spur-of-the-moment-late-Sunday-afternoon session. I was going to set up at the crossroads but the ice-cream vendor is there, just opposite to where I usually play. Sometimes I don’t like to inflict myself on people who are outside all day. It’s… Read more →
Month: June 2012
Diary Of A Busker Day 250
Diary Of A Busker Day 250 Friday June 22nd 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Vodafone, Time: 12:55-3:01pm In the covered bit, just down from The Buttercross there are two young guys strumming through Space Oddity – most effective (and authentic) if you’ve got an acoustic 12-string guitar, of course, but they make do with a 6-string and a ukelele. They’ve… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 249
Diary Of A Busker Day 249 Wednesday June 20th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:30-4:01pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:30-6:15pm An old regular appears and I can’t remember his name…and he’s in my photo album! I’m sure it begins with W. ‘It’s um…Wally, isn’t it?’ I know it’s something like that. He says ‘yes’ but rather vaguely.… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 248
Diary Of A Busker Day 248 Tuesday June 19th 2012 Reading, Broad Street 1. Opposite Schuh, Time: 10:57-11:10am, 2. Opposite Anne Summers, Time: 1:25-1:35pm, 3. Opposite Clas Ohlson, Time: 1:40-3:03pm, 4. Opposite Clarks, Time: 3:10-4:30pm I’m back in Reading, for the first of four Tuesdays at The College Of Integrated Chinese Medicine (acupuncture, in other words), as recommended by Duck… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 247
Diary Of A Busker Day 247 Saturday June 16th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:10-4:48pm, 2. Opposite O2, Time: 4:55-6:12pmA day of constant drizzle which I’m able to take for almost forty minutes until the moisture makes it quite difficult to play. Just one small droplet on the fretboard, when it comes into contact with a finger… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 246
Diary Of A Busker Day 246 Thursday June 14th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Zizzi, Time: 2-3:14pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:37-4:13pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:30-5:45pm It’s choc-a-bloc with buskers today; starting at The Buttercross: Rob, as loud as ever, moving further down…a young guy with an acoustic guitar that I can barely hear… further down at the… Read more →