Ok, there’s a lot more that went down in Amsterdam than is depicted here, but there isn’t any photographic evidence of it, and we’re not sure that’s a bad thing. I’d explain more about this Kebab sign fiasco, but French keyboards don’t make any sense, so I’m out.
We were asked by Joey Horn, esteemed Williams alum and one of Darlingside’s greatest champions, to put together our first “ad” busk to encourage contributions to the class of ’87 alumni fund. With pleasure, we said.
Busktilldawn arrives in Florence just before 10 pm, and pays 61 euro/night for an apartment for three nights. In the apartment, three group members must now sleep in two beds — a double bed with good back support and a small single cot. It is each group member’s objective to obtain H_e, or earthly happiness, [...]
In a personal email to his son, Mr. Yudkin asked for any Beatles song to be performed in front of this particular church in Venice. We were more than happy to oblige.
Traveling together for five weeks gives a unique opportunity for a group of close friends to observe new aspects of each others’ personalities. For better or for worse, I have learned things about Aroop and Dave weren’t brought to light in the more than five years since I met them. Dave, for example, is never [...]
A few mornings ago Auyon boarded a Venetian water taxi bound for the airport. His two-week commission with BuskTillDawn expired all too soon. Now, as is the case whenever I have just parted with my brother, I feel a sizable void somewhere in my gut. His departure closed the first half of our busking tour [...]
…“The Seed 2.0″ by The Roots… -BenHo Ljubljana. August 2010. What in God’s name is Auyon doing in a rain jacket.
“…would love recognition of Liz turning 50 on 9/11. She loves Italy and Dave Matthews’ Crash Into Me.” – Greg Happy almost birthday, Liz. We love Italy every bit as much as you do. And Dave has never been so excited as he was for his role in this one.
Ok, technically this fulfills two requests, and technically one of them was from Dave’s mom. Also, technically we also fulfilled a request to bring the music of Ricky Martin to the people of Poland, but we’re not sure that should get its own full blog post. “Falling Slowly from Once” – Ellie, MamaS