Penn Station, LIRR Terminal, Saturday, April 19th, 2 pm
- Violinist: (to seated man) Is there something you’d like to hear?
- Seated man: (thinks for a minute) Cold Mountain.
- Violinist: I’m sorry?
- Seated man: Cold Mountain. You know, with Nicole Kidman? It’s got a violin song.
- Violinist: Oh. ...I’m sorry, I don’t think I know that one.
- Seated man: (thinks again) What about Cradle of Filth?
- Violinist: Crater of...?
- Seated man: Cradle of Filth. They’re a metal band. Sometimes they have a violin.
- (silence)
- Seated man: But mostly they just yell.
- Violinist: Oh. ...I know Yesterday, by the Beatles. Would you like to hear Yesterday?
- Seated man: (dejectedly) No.
- Violinist: No? (priming background music) Well, this is an aria by Puccini—it’s really quite beautiful; I think you’ll like it.
- Seated man: (gets up, walks to Cinnabon)