Diary Of A Busker Day 160 Friday September 23rd Winchester High Street (1. opposite Phase Eight, Time: 12-12:01pm, 2. opposite Reflex, Time: 12:10-2:15pm, 3. opposite Boots Optician, Time: 3:10-5:15pm, 4. opposite Vodafone, Time: 5:30-6:30pm). The starts off – rather annoyingly, with a false start, as 30 seconds into my first tune, I’m drowned out by some guy singing opera style… Read more →
Tag: The Third Man
Diary Of A Busker Day 157
Diary Of A Busker Day 157 Friday September 16th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Reflex, Time: 1:45-4pm, 2. opposite Clarks, Time: 4:40-6:30pm). It’s one of those days when I get too many people talking to me – which is all very sociable but means I have to stop playing, unless it’s The Third Man or La Vie En Rose… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 153
Diary Of A Busker Day 153 Wednesday September 7th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Reflex, Time: 12:25-2pm, 2. opposite Oxfam – doorway of Welcome Gospel Hall, Time: 2:35-4:30pm). There are three sets of buskers down the High Street and none of them look like they’re going anywhere…so it’s down to the bad end of town for me. The weather… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 151
Diary Of A Busker Day 151 Thursday September 1st Winchester High Street (1. opposite Millets, Time: 12:50-3:126pm, 2. opposite Vodafone, Time: 3:45-4:40pm). There’s some guy juggling bowling pins on a tightrope at The Buttercross (famous Winchester landmark/meeting place) and two “strummers” halfway down the High Street so I end up down at the “arse” end, in front of Debenhams.… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 144
Diary Of A Busker Day 144 Friday August 19th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Card Factory, Time: 11.00-1:50pm, 2. opposite Phase Eight, Time: 2:35-5:05pm). An early start today as I want to get a good few hours in…but I haven’t even finished my first song before I get my first interuption – five boys about 14 years old – “Can… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day – 142
Diary Of A Busker Day 142 Tuesday August 9th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Card Factory, Time: 1:10-2:25pm, 2. opposite The Body Shop, Time: 3:05-6:30pm). The day gets off to a slow start – no donations for 15 minutes. Depressing, but then things pick up at a furious rate – after less than an hour I’ve counted almost £20 –… Read more →