We recently spotted two troubadours busking on Haight. Nothing new to see, but we’d never experienced them before, and their good vibe caught our attention. They’ve since hit the road, as travelers do, but here’s a bit of who they are. Enjoy!
Journals: I hail from Upstate New York. I started busking about 6 months ago, making my way around the East Coast and now up the West for the first time in my life. I make by with the kindness of humanity. What lured me personally to SF was the stories of other travelers. Haight Street’s vortex pulled me in for Bicycle Day and spit me out a month later — happily so. This place is overwhelming.
Not having a job becomes your job: the rain, the cold, the police, and tweaky people suck. However, I get to go wherever I want and meet incredible beings, see beautiful sights, and live.
The Summer of Love is something I know little about, however, it’s here, man, it never left. Love is everywhere, we just have to open our hearts. Honesty is all I wish to convey in my music and to reach an audience without deaf ears. We take pictures from our transient lifestyle almost daily. I hope you all do everything you can to do the things you want to do. instagram = happymelted
Epiphany: I am 20. I come from Maine. I’ve been traveling with Journals for six months. I was in SF for a month. I loved it, and busking was good there. But it’s absolutely a vortex. I think the Summer of Loveis too commercialized, but Journals and I are not too informed on that ordeal. If you find the right people, I assume it’ll be cool, though. I’ll come back to Frisco next Bicycle Day for sure [heart].
HSV: Word of advice about Haight Street?
E: Don’t eat Manford’s mystery sandwiches, but do try his tea. (Manford gives dirty kids food for free every night at 5pm-ish on the steps by Buena Vista Park.
