I have to strongly disagree with you here.
David, I'd guess that your offices were far enough away that you only heard
this guy at lunchtime when you went out along the Nicollet Mall.
A few years ago, I had a contract where I was working out of a low
floor in the IDS tower. I, and all the others in that office, really hated
the noise that this guy generated. When you're trying to get work done
and have to concentrate to do so, being assaulted by his noise was really
distracting. And inescapable!
We regularly complained to management about it, but were told that
there was nothing that could be done about it. We suggested that the
"nuisance" ordinance or "creating a public disturbance" ordinance would
have been appropriate, but we were told that they had asked, and the city
refused to do anything about it. They said that the city attorney, or our
company, or anyone who took any action against this guy would be pilloried
by Star-Tribune reporters, who liked him. (Of course, they were several
blocks away, and didn't have to hear him constantly.)
(And I even liked the kind of music he played -- it's just that
music, when you don't want to hear it, is nothing but irritating noise.)
When our department moved out of the IDS tower to new digs a few
blocks farther from the center of downtown, we all thought one of the BEST
things was escaping the persecution from this drumming!
The only statue of him that I'd help fund is one atop his grave. A heavy one.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12
>Message: 7
>From: "David Brauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Mpls list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 07:59:59 -0500
>Subject: [Mpls] Malik Del Mar dead
>
>Malik Del Mar, downtown's drummer, is dead. The Strib obit, which says Malik
>was "considered by some to be one of Minneapolis' first street musicians" is
>at:
>
>http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?story=84529390
>
>If we have any heart, we'll find a way to fund a Del Mar statue pronto. I'll
>kick in. This guy meant a lot more to arts on Nicollet Mall than TV
>characters. Then again, the guy was about living, not statues. When I left
>my downtown office digs to begin working out of my home, missing Del Mar's
>beats was one of the worst things about leaving. Now we'll miss them
>forever. What a bummer.
>
>David Brauer
>King Field - Ward 10
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