02
Feb
So we kept seeing these bands go by attached to the “nostaljik tram” (oldschool tram that still runs throgh Istiklal st. in Taksim, Istanbul).. after a few sightings, we realized that most if not all were just elaborate Turkcell advertisements.
The other part of this story is that we’d been busking on Istiklal for the past few weeks, couple times a week, and we’d been shut down 3 or 4 times by civil police (they dress like normal folks), each time getting varied reasons why. Ultimately, one said, “no darbuka. problem” so we’ve chalked it up to the drum being the reason. Noise. As if it could even penetrate through the crowd noise of thousands of people walking by every few minutes. Anywayyyyzzz.
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