Busking for My Daily Bread

One Ukulele Player's Subway Stories

ericaricardo

ericaricardo
Location
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Birthday
September 14
Title
Artist & Co-founder
Company
Grumpy Dodo
Bio
I am an artist, writer, and musician living in Brooklyn. I believe in the ukulele. I also believe in the serial comma. By night I create video game graphics and freelance articles for rent money. By morning I busk at the Boro Hall 2-3 stop for food money. I have quit three jobs during the height of this recession and believe each of those decisions was correct and necessary. Charmed yet? You will be :)

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August 05, 2010 12:53PM
“So the "totalcreep" persona is similar to some other commercially successful masculine parodies and personalities ("The Man Show,"…”
About: Video proof - the chicken came first
August 04, 2010 03:08PM
“Good thinking, totalcreep! I actually used to busk completely naked in San Francisco. I called it, "nude-kulele." The BART cops, unfortunatel…”
About: How to Make Money Playing Music in the Subway
August 03, 2010 11:04AM
“I'm surprised how quickly this dialogue has drifted into swearing and name-calling. I thought opensalon was a different kind of internets! It's a drag…”
About: Julian Assange - Collateral Murderer?
August 02, 2010 04:45PM
“Funny if Shat's legacy will be as a conduit to let others shine in interviews, after all those years of carefully building a bombastic persona ...”
About: William Shatner's New Talk Show
August 02, 2010 11:23AM
“This is awesome :) Interesting to think about spammers writing computer programs designed to trick other computer programs into believing that they're…”
About: One of the first spam posts ever on Open Salon!
August 02, 2010 10:24AM
“You have so many views on your blog! Yet so few comments and ratings!”
About: Our inalienable right to consume – conspicuously!
July 31, 2010 10:50PM
“Aw! We'll miss you, Lunchlady!”
About: If You Got 'em Lick 'em and Other Thoughts
July 31, 2010 01:46PM
“Yes! Payphones! Disks! Books! There is so much romance in these material things. They're also much easier to share with others than their current, supe…”
About: Some of My Favorite Things Are Becoming Obsolete
July 31, 2010 01:29PM
“I dig this a lot. Favorite line: "enjoyed a lunch of Spam and cookies."”
About: TODAY I WENT OUTSIDE.
July 30, 2010 05:38PM
“Excellent commentary! I often focus on the problems with health care /cost/ in the U.S., but don't even question the /quality/ of care. How do other sy…”
About: What a decent National Health Service is actually like
July 30, 2010 11:41AM
“:) Thanks, KD!”
About: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Cranky Editors
July 30, 2010 09:32AM
“"This gets worse." HA! And you've been sitting on this incredible story since December? You need to share this stuff with the world /sooner!/…”
About: HOW WE RUINED LUNCH HOUR IN DULUTH.
July 30, 2010 09:29AM
“Awesome! The SF Half is glorious, and goes right by my old house. I did it last year when it took us through the full gamut of The San Francisco Weathe…”
About: 35 Things I Loved About Running the SF Half-Marathon
July 29, 2010 03:17PM
“I agree that you were probably right not to consummate with your placebo boyfriend. Not because he would brag about it or talk junk about it, but becau…”
About: The Case Against Placebo Boyfriends
July 27, 2010 01:15PM
“You can check out my uTube channel at: http://www.youtube.com /ericadreisbach I particularly recommend "Your New Girlfriend is Boring" which is…”
About: $10 per hour