The Great Plotnik

Monday, October 17, 2005

Ice Cream Mariachi


Ice Cream Mariachi
Originally uploaded by thegreatplotnik.
It is a tradition in Saint Plotniko for street mariachis, small groups of men carrying accordions, guitars, bass guitarrones and drums, to roam the streets looking for work. They adhere to many unwritten rules, but the
most inviolable one seems to be: there is only one ice cream cone and the biggest guy gets it.

When The Great Plotnik first screeched his Plotkicycle to a stop, after spotting this mariachi band taking a break at mid-day in front of Bombay Yums on Valkyrie Street, the fellow in the middle still had a huge, white scoop of ice cream on top of his cone, but by the time Plotnik snapped the shutter, the song was gone and nothing but the melody lingered on.

It reminds Plotnik of a wonderful, old mariachi song called "Perfidia." This song is no doubt performed often by our friends in this photo, to be sung, with a kiss, to the more ample singer's late and lamented triple-dip vanilla-ginger-kulfi cone from Bombay Yums:

"Amor, si quieres tu con Dios hablar
PregĂșntale si yo, alguna vez
te he dejado de adorar?"

Love, if you wish, speak with God
Ask him if I ever
have stopped adoring you?

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