I went far enough down the platform that I would catch passengers getting off the first four cars, and also anyone waiting would be able to hear me but it wasnРІР‚в„ўt the sort of stage where you got any time at all to play without a train going through. Up and down platforms with a transit rail in the middle РІР‚вЂњ I barely had a chance to get through one song without interruption.

And I can understand why itРІР‚в„ўs maybe the noisiest station IРІР‚в„ўve played at yet. I was there for about an hour and saw no-one playing the platforms. So I went to Astor Place to play today, but also to try and track down the musician who might have prompted such a visceral reaction. And donРІР‚в„ўt forget, passengers can always move along the platform to alleviate their angst.Р”В®veryoneРІР‚в„ўs tastes are different, of course, but if someone can annoy another person so much in three minutes that they feel they have to actually write to the MTA about it, then IРІР‚в„ўd like to hear them for myself. Now, youРІР‚в„ўd figure that at the busier stations, the average length of time a passenger has to listen to a subway musician is maybe no more than three minutes before their train arrives.

Having read that, there was only one place I could possibly go and play today. Please tell me how I can spearhead his removal. РІР‚СљThe musician who playsРІР‚В¦at the Astor Place uptown stop is horrendous. One of New YorkРІР‚в„ўs freesheets, amNY, did a piece this morning (complete with a cutesy cover illustration) looking at passenger complaints that have been lodged with the MTA over the past couple of years.Р”Р„mong the predictable problems - the paper says 'kvetching about lewd advertising, filthy stations and other irritants trumped more serious concerns' - one rider was clearly so upset by a Subway player that they were moved to send this message:

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