Erin Miller

mariachi on the subway

There was a mariachi band playing on the subway today. They were standing up and balancing precariously as the car screeched to a halt and then zoomed forward. There was no place to donate money or anything, they were either doing it for the love or because someone in New York City council had decided to pay them. I enjoyed the music. Many people in the car just rolled their eyes with their ear buds securely lodged. I thought the scene said something interesting about the meeting of the past and the technological future, or something like that. It certainly said something about the cultural craziness of NYC.