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Andrew J. Conrad ’05, who recently finished a documentary film about the street musicians’ struggle titled Notes From the Underground, also suggested that the new regulations may have countenanced motives beyond those cited in the MBTA??s explanation...
...dockets of local leaders, they secured a total of more than 15,000 endorsements for a petition demanding redress and organized public rallies. They left letters and phone calls for MBTA officials and local leaders, and began taking decibel readings in the subway in an effort to disprove the MBTA??s supposition that subway performance was dangerously loud...
...subway announcements can be heard. They were established “to promote safety by establishing procedures that ensure a well-managed and coordinated Subway Performers Program,” according to the MBTA. The rules also contain a stipulation suggesting that other instruments can be banned at the MBTA??s discretion—a clause that many musicians feared could quell their performance opportunities still further...
Wagging his finger vigorously in his excitement, he discusses plans to organize efforts to disprove the MBTA??s acoustical suppositions...
Jonathan Fixler, who plays the electric guitar in the Alewife Station, says he has been contending with prejudice for years. He blames unfair accusations for the MBTA??s new policy banning electronic instruments on the belief that they prevent passengers from hearing P.A. announcements in the subway stations...