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Video: Air Drummer Quietly Rocks Out On The B Train
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Jen Carlson
Published Sep 25, 2015
Modified Apr 11, 2018
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The city is filled with grating sounds that will harsh your mellow vibe, and the most unwelcoming of noises can be found in the subway system. Remember when an army of 50 children practiced their recorders on your subway commute into work that morning? Or that lady playing Candy Crush with the sound on? GoDAMMIT you just want to listen to Ira Glass whisper sweet knowledge into your ear as you stave off this hangover.
Yeah, this guy gets it.
He'll just rock out quietly if that's okay with you. Turn it down to negative 11.
Behold, a new headbanger in our subway system... or maybe just the same one we saw last time, but testing out his air drum skills this time.
Jesse Elder sent the above video to us, calling it "something sweet from yesterday's commute on the B train."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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