Sunday, June 17, 2007

Tsunami I -- You Can't Tell the Players without a Scorecard

So what is a Tsunami on the Square? Well, if it lasted 30 days in assorted venues, I'd call it a Fringe festival. If it occurred under a big top, it might be confused with a circus. Whatever. The day of the Tsunami is crazy. This was my first.

For instance, the crowd included people in all sorts of get-ups. Like this lady. Goodness knows what her fantasy might be. Hard to tell members of the audience from the entertainers sometimes.

This fellow is probably part of the show -- I didn't see any civilians with juggling equipment.

Nothing unusual about this chap -- except the orange lily. Maybe that was how his blind date was to ID him.

Surely part of the show? Nope, this medieval quartet was present to promote a forthcoming Renaissance Faire.

Oh, yes, I saw more than one person sporting a tail.

Spotted this pirate (or gypsy) couple crossing the street mid-afternoon.

And this rifleman appears to be patrolling the Square to protect it from good-fer-nothing varmits.

No idea who or what we have here.

Even Mr. Coyote Radio, who announced the first acts, was topped off by a faux leopard skin fez.

And look at the interesting character who gave GrannyJ a free ride in his foot-pedalled machine. Like I said, the day was crazy. More madness later.

Note: My computer is located so that I am forced to look at great tho reasonably tidy stacks of magazines. Imagine my delight -- and amazement -- when I discovered that, like museums, the New Yorker has established its own on-line store. One remarkable product: an 80 gig hard drive with the complete NYer from February 1927 thru April 2006; beats stacks all hollow! The other: a DVD containing the complete NYer cartoons on sale at $14.95! And, over at eBay, you can bid on several 32-CD-rom sets of all the National Geographics up to 2000 -- 112 years of the magazine.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:15 AM

    Great shots. This sort of looks like Golden Gate park or the Haight in San Francisco in the 60s.

    I love the picture of you. You look content and glad to get a ride.

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  2. What fun! I too, love the picture of you, and that's a great hat!
    Did you make friends with the pedal guy? He could be useful as you go out and about.

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  3. What fun, and hello to your face, we only usually get to see your back as you stride off into the wide blue yonder!
    I chuckled about the guy with the orange lily blind-date ID, it was a very nice complement to his blue t-shirt, and the group below looked like very merry men!
    Also enjoyed the Golden Road to Samarkand fantasy of the Caspian Gate (and all the rest too).

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  4. One and all, I debated using my picture, but the machine was so cool and the top hat so appropriate that I went against my own policy...now you all know that I really, really am an 80-year old granny!

    Steve -- probably not as outre as the old Haight. After all, I am doing the journalism -- picking the pix to make my my point!

    Brain -- one of my finds at a local resale shop. I usually don't behat but you know how hot the June sun can get here.

    Lucy -- glad to make your acquaintance all proper-like. Weren't the Caspian Gate costumes quite grand?

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