Yo's and Music on the Metro
Well I'm back after a day off (hold the applause until after please).
So I learned a new word today, or actually more just a part of Canadian slang: Yo's. I'd heard the term quite a few times but it was finally explained to me today. Yo's are what Canadians refer to African Americans (or is that African Canadians? Not sure) who act and dress like the patrons of the 5th Alarm. Barring Dave Eldred and Myself. They call them Yo's because they use the term "Yo" a lot. Like "Yo, whats happening" or "Yo, that's some nice bling" and the ever popular "Yo Yo Yo!". Very interesting huh?
Another thing I've noticed up here is that there are a lot of Asians in the area and particularly in my building. It's like being an entirely separate foreign country. Now there's nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, they are all wicked nice people. And after a long day of dealing with all these French Canadians in Canada, it feels nice to come home to my place in some Asian country.
Finally, Music on the Metro... Now I told you all that I don't take the Metro to and from work. Not too convenient. However, as it does get cold up here and these Canadians don't know how to tough it out, there are a lot of underground tunnels and malls and stuff. In fact, you can get many places without having to go outside. Not too shabby. So as a result, for part of my walk to work from the train station, I go indoors and underground. Not as slippery there. I start by walking into the Bell (phone co) building, which takes me to the Metro tunnel then to marketplace. The Metro tunnel is where all the interesting characters hang out, as I mentioned before. Some of these people are musicians. It seems as though they have to buy a permit to play, though no prior musical instruction or practice is apparently necessary. Some of musicians that you run into are actually extremely talented and listening to them is a treat. Then there are the rest. The two things they all have in common: they all play "Moondance" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". "Knockin..." is one of my favorite tunes, but hearing it played along to a tape by some guy with an out of tune valve-trombone kinda ruins it a little.
That's that for now. No pictures today. I'll have some more this week for you though...
You may now applaud.
So I learned a new word today, or actually more just a part of Canadian slang: Yo's. I'd heard the term quite a few times but it was finally explained to me today. Yo's are what Canadians refer to African Americans (or is that African Canadians? Not sure) who act and dress like the patrons of the 5th Alarm. Barring Dave Eldred and Myself. They call them Yo's because they use the term "Yo" a lot. Like "Yo, whats happening" or "Yo, that's some nice bling" and the ever popular "Yo Yo Yo!". Very interesting huh?
Another thing I've noticed up here is that there are a lot of Asians in the area and particularly in my building. It's like being an entirely separate foreign country. Now there's nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, they are all wicked nice people. And after a long day of dealing with all these French Canadians in Canada, it feels nice to come home to my place in some Asian country.
Finally, Music on the Metro... Now I told you all that I don't take the Metro to and from work. Not too convenient. However, as it does get cold up here and these Canadians don't know how to tough it out, there are a lot of underground tunnels and malls and stuff. In fact, you can get many places without having to go outside. Not too shabby. So as a result, for part of my walk to work from the train station, I go indoors and underground. Not as slippery there. I start by walking into the Bell (phone co) building, which takes me to the Metro tunnel then to marketplace. The Metro tunnel is where all the interesting characters hang out, as I mentioned before. Some of these people are musicians. It seems as though they have to buy a permit to play, though no prior musical instruction or practice is apparently necessary. Some of musicians that you run into are actually extremely talented and listening to them is a treat. Then there are the rest. The two things they all have in common: they all play "Moondance" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". "Knockin..." is one of my favorite tunes, but hearing it played along to a tape by some guy with an out of tune valve-trombone kinda ruins it a little.
That's that for now. No pictures today. I'll have some more this week for you though...
You may now applaud.
posted by Surviving In The Burbs at 1/11/2005 07:42:00 PM
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