Word: landin
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...group Inca Sun, street performance is a much more common profession in his native South America. "For us it is a tradition," he explains. Indeed, from Homer to Spanish gypsies, minstrelsy may be the civilized world's third-oldest profession--after, of course, prostitution and law. Unfortunately, says Ned Landin, a street performer known to his following as "Flathead," street performance is about as venerated in the United States as numbers one and two. "Here you get bumped into being a street person. Not that there's anything wrong with being a street person, but that's not what...
...Landin says Cambridge, especially Harvard Square, is not so quick to judge. "People in Cambridge realize that street performance is an invaluable community-building tool." Landin proves his theory on a daily basis: Armed with an acoustic guitar, a repertoire of nearly fivehundred songs and his dog Potato, Flatheadperforms regularly in front of Store 24 to thedelight of his adoring fans. The feeling seems tobe mutual. Landin says, "The audience itself isrewarding. That's what's kept me on thestreet...With street performance, you get to sortof catch people by surprise." Unlike regular musicevents such as symphonies, where the relationshipbetween...
...Landin concurs, "Street performing is not aseasy as it seems. A performer with a large crowdhas learned from disappointment." The hardest partabout this most public of performances, accordingto Landin, is that "you're out there, baring yoursoul, and you want someone to give it attention.'Especially during rush hour, crowds can beinsensitive to the musical and personal risks theartists may be taking: most commuters rarely stopfor longer than a glance or scowl. "You might bedoing something really good, but no one paysattention." says Landin...
Igor Fulkin, the Russian puppeteer, wins many votes in this category Lindsay McCoy of the Cambridge Art Board says, "He's an incredible performer. We have been able to give him a lot of indoor gigs." Says Landin "He brings the magic. He came here in his world travels and was emotionally overwhelmed by his acceptance. He felt like a star...
...would not eat and be all weird when shewasn't with me," says Landin. "I hope they haven'tjust taken her to some obscure pound out there inWestern Mass...