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Street Mule — And The Howler — Heard Through a Times Square Payphone

Listen in as a payphone call goes horribly wrong, blasting The Howler into a call which should have been free…

8 years ago

Action Shot: Payphone Customer at the Queens 74th St./Broadway Station

I spotted this woman dropping 50¢ into an NYC subway payphone yesterday. It's true: People still use payphones!

8 years ago

Zong Li Lu: Single String Lute Music Heard Through a Payphone

The somewhat harsh timbre of the single string lute seems to suit the scratchy, monochrome texture of the landline telephone.

8 years ago

Penn Station Musician Heard Through a Nearby Payphone

Any endeavor which depends on the reliability of the public telephone is imperiled from the start. I was glad to…

9 years ago

Grand Central Subway Station – No Working Payphones

There are only two payphones left on the upper level of the Grand Central subway station. Neither one works.

9 years ago

Grupo Wayne. Music of the Andes. NYC Subway Buskers Heard Through a Nearby Payphone.

This one starts out a little rough but ends up being among the best quality recordings I've gotten of musicians…

9 years ago

Christmas Through a Payphone: “O Holy Night”

Whenever I hear a subway busker or street musician performing I look for the nearest payphone. If one is nearby,…

10 years ago

Electric Guitarist at Times Square, Heard Through a Payphone. December, 2014.

Listen to an electric guitarist at the Times Square subway station, recorded using a nearby payphone.

11 years ago

A Subway Payphone, 9½ Years Later

This before-and-after sequence spans 9½ years, and shows a payphone at the 36th Avenue/Washington Avenue subway station in Astoria. The…

16 years ago