The infinite metrocard has one other perk. It is basically a ticket to a lot of great live music. If i feel any ambiguity of purpose in entering subways with no intention of riding a train then I think it is perfectly acceptable to enter these stations just to hear the music. Lots of good stuff down there, some of it captured through muffled sounds of a nearby payphone. There was a scene of some sort going on at Union Square today, the music drawing a mix of sketchy looking characters. I felt conspicuous taking pictures of payphones again but that is nothing new. I choose to use a small point and shoot for this so as not to draw attention to myself. I am reasonably certain I was surveilled once at an LIRR/MTA station in Woodside, but no encounter with the police officer/security goombah occured. I just heard him whisper into his secret microphone that “I have not approached him,” as I picked up and put down payphone receivers and photographed their numbers.
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Just had a thought of a conversation between people asking about obscure materials as if they were normal.
“Do you have a copy of Sports Illustrated from January, 1975?”
“No, I do not.”
“Do you have any expired cans of Campbell’s Soup?”
“I have a can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle soup that expired 6 years ago.”
“Can I borrow it?”
“What do you want to do with it?”
“I want to see if it is heavier or lighter than a current can of the soup. I want to x-ray it and check its blood pressure with an Omron device. I want to sing Bob Dylan songs to see if it causes the expiration date to change. I want to use it as a platform for a flower vase. If I borrow it for 6 months and you find that you do not miss having it then I will put it in a piece of netting, hang it from a ceiling, and buy a small baseball bat so I can use the expired can of soup as a pinata.”
“OK, you can borrow my expired can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle soup.”
“Thanks.”
“Here it is.”
“Cool.”
“What happens now?”
“We talk about foods you can eat while singing.”
“I cannot eat and sing, it upsets my stomach.”
“Tell it to someone who gives a shit.”
“Hey, now.”
“Sorry.”
“Fuck you.”
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