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I was on the #43 coming back from Capitol Hill last night when a guy got on and sat down behind me. I had my headphones on, listening to something on NPR. Over the din I could hear this guy ranting in a thick Jamaican accent. As far as I could tell, he was loony as a shitbird. He ended his rant and began singing. Loudly. I don't know what it was, but it sounded like something Peter Gabriel would put out on his label and sell to yuppies. I so wished that I had had a tape recorder with me.

The man got off the bus at 45th and University, and as the bus pulled away, I could hear his voice trail off in the distance.

I changed the station on my radio to KEXP. Sure enough, they were playing "BBF3" by Godspeed You Black Emperor!, simply the finest song featuring a field recording of a paranoid political rant ever comitted to tape.

Somehow, they knew.

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was it the sorta-short half asian half black guy with dreads? he loves to sing loudly at bus stops. he used to work for Futons Northamerica and once came to my home to assemble my bed. i almost asked him if he wanted to smoke a bowl with me, but became slightly aware of his insanity and kept quiet.

coulda been...I didn't get all that good a look at his face...he wasn't very dark complected from what I could tell, and his hair wasn't long.

That was Peter Gabriel! He's one theatrical mofo.