famous violinist joshua bell played for 45 minutes at a DC metro station. he earned $32, and less than a dozen out of 1000+ people who passed by even noticed (though all children who passed tried to stop and were dragged away by their parents). all on video with a nice washington post story.
-rishab http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html
