The MBTA never misses a chance to put us in our place.
Today, musician Jonathan Glenn of young Boston band Spoonface proudly showed off his new busking license on Twitter. The pass gives him permission to play music deep in the bowels of our various subway stations without fear of getting harassed from officials, and it even has a large music note sublimated under the text — so you know it’s legit. “Legality to underground busking has never felt so good. #MBTA,” Glenn writes.
But Boston.com writer Chris Caesar was quick to point out the probably unintentional choice of font sizes on Glenn’s license, which screams NO VALUE in caps across the top in lettering larger than the dude’s name. We know that’s an attempt to prevent those pesky black-market busking pass sales, but it seems demeaning.
“Not sure if ‘NO VALUE’ should be bolder than the name, a little mean tbh,” Caesar tweets.
We agree.
Way to harsh everyone’s buzz, MTBA, you guys probably haven’t even listened to Spoonface.
Legality to underground busking has never felt so good. #MBTA pic.twitter.com/vawpsxD6vz
— Spoonface (@SpoonfaceBand) April 9, 2015
Not sure if "NO VALUE" should be bolder than the name, a little mean tbh @mbta https://t.co/dHoEklYgN9
— Chris Caesar (@ChrisCaesar) April 9, 2015