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I was in town today and saw two types of buskers that have been done to death and i'm sick of seeing them

1) people who beat-box through a crappy little speaker

and

2) the human statue

sorry.....but give it a rest. they have been done to death.

anyone else sick of these or any other types of buskers??

Vent your busker rage here!!!!

Beat box people, there arnt even buskers. Im sick of them.

Nothing beats the two clowns who had a long-running feud that ended in fisticuffs, court action and segregation - one clown at the Rundle Street end the other clown at the Hindley Street end.

That scruffy, surly clown with a three o'clock shadow and a ciggie permanently perched on his bottom lip must have been the inspiration for Krusty, surely?

The buskers don't annoy me, the people who stand around and watch them while Im trying to walk down Rundle Mall do though!

PS They had a beatboxer yesterday who had been on JJJ before, I think he's called the Sherminator or something and he was unbelivable!

Wedgie wrote:The buskers don't annoy me, the people who stand around and watch them while Im trying to walk down Rundle Mall do though!

Selfish Bastards should be shot Couldn't agree more then I am a grumpy old cnut

The bloke with the puppets and that MUSIC outside of the David Jones (IIRC) food court. **** that kills me every time.

Mr Spin, has the same act every time he comes here with a small change here and there.

Wedgie wrote:The buskers don't annoy me, the people who stand around and watch them while Im trying to walk down Rundle Mall do though!

Yes that annoys me too.

and i tell you someone else who pisses me off... the guy who sprooks out the front of peter shearer mens wear. You know the one.... he has half a ton of gel in his hair. he always trys to interact with people passing by. i'll go to the other side of the mall just to avoid him, just in case he trys to get me involved.

i'd be interested to see if sprookers actually help a stores sales because i don't even listen to them.

Buskers never worry me i always make sure i put 5 cents into a buskers hat. If they player requests they get more cash outta me and the bloke out the front of peter shearer's needs a fair dinkum kick in the head somedays because he used to alwasy give me the shites.

Strawb07 wrote:Buskers never worry me i always make sure i put 5 cents into a buskers hat. If they player requests they get more cash outta me and the bloke out the front of peter shearer's needs a fair dinkum kick in the head somedays because he used to alwasy give me the shites.

Is that the bloke that got paid to talk all day?

What about the old guy handing out bibles? What's with the army fatigues?

When I was a teenage arsehole (as opposed to a 20 something arsehole), I got chased down Rundle Mall by one of those human statues because I put a half licked chuppa chup in his hand.

Last year I saw a really fantastic busker, was doing heaps of acrobatic tricks, somersaults off a big platform, etc.

Was all good until towards the end when he was about to pass his hat around. He told everyone not to bother with coins. Said not to give him money unless it was at least a $5 note, and preferably $10 or higher.

Pretty much everyone just walked away. People would probably have given him a fair amount of money, but he just came across as greedy and ended up with jack.

There's an absolute mongrel who's been busking in the mall for 20 (ish) years? Wears a dicky bow and a waistcoat and dixie type of hat. Sings really loud and thinks he sounds the goods. He shits me to tears. Glad I don't work near the mall anymore because that mongrel is still there.

MagicKiwi wrote:There's an absolute mongrel who's been busking in the mall for 20 (ish) years? Wears a dicky bow and a waistcoat and dixie type of hat. Sings really loud and thinks he sounds the goods. He shits me to tears. Glad I don't work near the mall anymore because that mongrel is still there.

ahh yes... i know the one.

We need to do what they are starting to do in melbourne. auditioning them first before we let them perform in the mall. That would eliminate a lot of the crap.

That has not worked yet. Still a lot of crap in the mall and Southbank. They regularly ask for more than coins too. I walk away at that.

There was a few good professionals during the Fringe Festival. Almost made trying to walk through the mall an impossibility.

Does anyone remember a woman who was in the mall in about 2000, was one of those statue type people, and she wore a white wedding dress?

pafc1870 wrote:Does anyone remember a woman who was in the mall in about 2000, was one of those statue type people, and she wore a white wedding dress?

she's still there isn't she??????

heater31 wrote:

pafc1870 wrote:Does anyone remember a woman who was in the mall in about 2000, was one of those statue type people, and she wore a white wedding dress?

she's still there isn't she??????

No, she was only there for about a month in 2000. Her name is Amanda Palmer, she's the singer from the Dresden Dolls, who are playing here next month. She did it while she was here for the Adelaide Fringe, which she was performing in.