Hassled twice! Karen turns off my amp + Ken is blasting c(rap) and says I interfere with his music!

TWICE！

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Here’s two confrontations for the price of one! All in the same spot within 90 minutes! This is one of the two reasons I film everything. Get the jam, and get the drama! Always good for a later court appearance. First the Queen of Karen’s actually walks over and shuts down my amp in the middle of an inspired jam in front of TIPPING audience members, and has the galls to say “I don’t mean to be rude.” My audience was aghast. It seems I’m busking in an illegal zone in front of a ‘vigil’ and Karen, self appointed justice warrior, who lives in a tent there for six months, smoking, has deemed me inappropriate.

First of all, it’s a legal busking site. It’s been taken over by wokeness. These people think they can do anything they want at any time, in the name of social justice. I was told to move to the garbage cans. Nice invite, Karen, don’t mind if I do! Like an idiot, I moved there, and proceeded to make ZERO tips for the next 90 minutes, because I was far away from traffic. I should have continued to play and called the cops and had her fined for touching my amp. I somehow managed not to say “Keep your hands off my equipment!” I must have been in shock. Never had that happen in 7 years. It says something that I thought I had seen it all on the streets, but this is a new one. It’s refreshing in a way, to discover a new low!

After talking to my audience, who were saying “What the hell was that about?” I moved over 30 feet where music was, incredibly, no longer considered offensive. I started while rap music blared from T shirt man’s booth in front of me. “Fu..k this, fu..k that!’ blasting out across the entire square. That was okay, not offensive, but me playing live blues in front of appreciative people was so offensive it had to be shut off. When I think this city can’t stoop any lower, it does. This was definitely the worst day I had all year. I made nothing in 90 minutes by the garbage can. Then I had listen to T shirt man educate me. I was interfering with his ‘Music’, HE was giving me the opportunity to play, and now I had to ‘move on’ because my hour time limit was up.

I went back to the seabus and played for another 90 minutes, and did a lot better! Made $25! Total take on the busiest day of the year, for 4 hours work and 20 minutes harassment= $33. Who can complain about that?

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