Young folks and old folks

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I had the pleasure of meeting this fine fellow on the way up to the Great Wall. He was slanging tamarinds, and I bought some.

Notice his pimped out chair. Old school.
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On the other end of the old vs. new school spectrum, this picture was taken at this hot pot restaurant on Gui Jie* ("Ghost Street") around 3am on a Tuesday night (after the Talib Kweli concert). If you look closely, you can see a balladeer, jamming on the acoustic geeeetar. Apparently there is a crew of these dudes who make the rounds at all these late night restaurants and charge about 2-3 USD to sing some songs while you eat. This dude was the 4th guy we saw during our meal. Evidently the Chinese young folks like to get serenaded while they dip thin slices of lamb and beef into a delicious boiling broth.

[*Gui Jie was the first street in Beijing where restaurants began opening up--after Deng Xiaoping decreed that: "To get rich is glorious." It's called "Ghost Street" because the restaurants open late and don't close until about 5:46 in the mornin' crack dawn'n now I'm yawn'n...]
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And speaking of young folks...



This song doesn't get stuck in your head at all.

Word to Ms. Yoo for passing this on.