A public thank you to street/subway performers (Score 1)

Then you could let users download songs, and either throw a bit of money at the artist as a way of saying thank you... Hmm.. throw a bit of money at the artist Maybe I'm alone on this, but when I lived in the city many years ago, there was *nothing* so cool as being stuck in a subway, waiting for a train, harried and edgy, and having a good performer start playing. I gladly tossed the guy a buck or two, instead of pocket change, even though I was a poor student (and fundamentally cheap at heart). Those guys did a lot more for me than any jukebox or many CD's I've bought. Many times, they would play some old old familiar standby, turning it from something I tuned out to a favorite. It's more immersive than the radio, Cd, etc -- just like when some movie cranks up a song you've heard a million times, and suddenly it seems *perfect* I only wish there was some way to bring *that* experience to life more often, using today's technology. The closest I seem to comne these days, is the guy with the boom-box or the convertible. And frankly I sometimes feel *those* guys should be paying *me*... damages.