Word: subway
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...takes but a pair of functional ears and the modest budget of 85 cents to experience the vibrant talent of T musicians. FM inserted tokens and stomped the MBTA subway system in search of the stories behind these local voices. The findings: they are an eclectic crowd--college students, immigrants, schoolteachers and hard-working everyday people...
...past waiting passengers. A middle-aged man strolls in with a dolly full of wires, batteries, an amplifier, a microphone and a guitar. He begins to construct his stage against the back wall of Dunkin' Donuts. Eric Talerico is a 42 year-old musician who has played in Boston subway stations for nearly 10 years. Once a private school teacher, Talerico moved to Boston in search of another classroom, but found himself on platforms instead. Performing in the subways became a full-time job. He works 40 hours a week, usually for six hours per sitting a few days during...
...leisure time, the job lacks the benefits of a 9-to-5. Last year a heart attack struck this performer and left him above ground for nearly six months. Without medical insurance, Talerico estimates that he'll be paying for that tragedy for a long time. Overall, however, the subway has provided a viable source of income, albeit an unpredictable one. Talerico explains that he has played 12 hours and made a measly 12 cents, but has also earned $1,200 in just one hour. "The money is spotty. You've got your good days, and then...
...then the city's police commissioner, was a believer in the "broken windows" theory, which says such big crimes as assault and robbery happen where small decay, like litter and graffiti, is tolerated. To ward off shootings and break-ins, Bratton cracked down on things like public urination and subway spray painting, a tactic that explains at least part of the city's crime drop in the 1990s...
...Germer and 30 Boston College students waved McCain signs at the Park Street subway station this morning...