So after Ibiza and London I went and visited a couple friends who moved to Amsterdam in March this year (pmoisse and Kate Manus on TA). Amsterdam is a fun, interesting, amazing city and I wished I had scheduled more time there. Despite all of our (Graham and mine) adventures in Ibiza, despite spending 2 drunken nights in London alone (seeing Digweed and also getting lost for at least an hour), the most random, weird bizarre thing I saw happened on Saturday afternoon in Amsterdam while the three of us had a pint on a patio.

This weird old dude wearing a black shirt and jeans pushing a cart stopped infront of the crowd and proceeded to tie ropes to trees. Below is what we ended up seeing.











Paul and Kate have been living there for 7 months now and had never seen him before. We also saw him finishing up a late night show in the redlight district later on the following night.

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lol... you never know what you will see in the Leidesplein on any given day

(It looks like that was where you were anyhow)

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oh how I miss the Dam...did you see the guy who does fire tricks with gas and huge spray thingsy? I believe its near the Dam square by Spui stop ....that's hilarious though that you caught this on video

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Originally posted by iLLnaDa oh how I miss the Dam...did you see the guy who does fire tricks with gas and huge spray thingsy? I believe its near the Dam square by Spui stop ....that's hilarious though that you caught this on video

No, all of the other street performers were actually really bad (especially this little old woman 5'2" signing Stones songs with he really tall sketch boyfriend 6'4" playing bad guitar) and it was quite annoying. This guy was different, interesting...he was the first street performer I actually have given money to in years.

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lol. Is there anything you DIDNT see on your trip jay?

lol. Surprisingly, this actually makes me more excited (curious) about my first trip to amsterdam this coming summer. lol

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Originally posted by musicsnob_NOT he was the first street performer I actually have given money to in years.

same here

And yes Jenn it was Leidseplein... nice sunny Saturday afternoon, certainly didn't expect to see that!

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they're going to outlaw shrooms there soon

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If they outlaw the shrooms, what will become of all the street performers? They have to make a living.

Great clips Jay!

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Originally posted by dEsidEL they're going to outlaw shrooms there soon

People are doing too much and throwing shit out hotel windows, chopping up dogs and commiting suicide.

Thank you to the tourists that don't know how to handle their shit!

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