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Mike CrowlPanhandling at the Parthenon (LINK)
December 7th 2007 15:19
Team searches for cause of homelessness in Tennesse's State Capital
United States of America (Press Release) December 3, 2007 -- Street People will be panhandling this week outside the Parthenon, Ryman Auditorium and the nightclubs of Nashville’s live music scene and representatives from Street-people.com will be there to document the experience. Nashville and it’s diverse array of bums, panhandlers, hustlers, and street people will be the focus of a visit by Street-people.com. The unorthodox website features satirical stories about street people in various cities across the country. Street-people.com’s “Street team” will be in Nashville December 5 & 6, 2007 walking the streets, back alleys and tourist attractions of Nashville talking and taking pictures with the people who make their living on the street hustling change off tourist, collecting beer cans behind bars to earn money from recycling, or digging in the trashcans of local downtown restaurants for food. The interviews and photos will then be featured on the website where thousands of visitors daily enjoy the site’s offbeat take on those that are homeless.
“Our road trips have become very popular with our readers” commented one of the founders. The street team has visited various cities including Boston, New Orleans, New York, and Hartford. “This will be our second tour of Nashville. Our first tour generated several unique stories and fans have asked us to follow up.” The website was created by two downtown office workers in Memphis, TN has developed a strange collection of followers. College students hosted the creators during a football game where the students held a Bum Olympics inspired by the site, sorority girls hoisted banners for the site on Good Morning America, and the creators have been offer monthly columns by magazines in Dallas and Memphis.
“I think it is that we go beyond just getting pictures of the street people. We get stories behind that request for a dolla.” added the creators. “Being panhandled is something everyone that lives in a city understands. Our site is an outlet for that part of our culture showing that some people really need aid and others are just scam artist.” Under the banner of The Online Home for the Homeless, without the urine smell, the site questions whether the disheveled individuals who ask us for change are really in need or just scam artists.
The site features a gallery of homeless people complete with photos and stories from “The Iceman” who peddles his bike 50 miles a day to collect cans because Top 40 radio made him quit his job, to “Wheelchair Will” who uses a wheelchair as a prop to garner sympathy and handfuls of change from passersby. The site has come under fire from charitable organizations as insensitive to the homeless. “We feel the site uses satire to talk about this social phenomenon and we plan to have an interesting visit. Our Nashville fans have already shared some characters that we will be on the lookout for when our team arrives for the visit this week.”
United States of America (Press Release) December 3, 2007 -- Street People will be panhandling this week outside the Parthenon, Ryman Auditorium and the nightclubs of Nashville’s live music scene and representatives from Street-people.com will be there to document the experience. Nashville and it’s diverse array of bums, panhandlers, hustlers, and street people will be the focus of a visit by Street-people.com. The unorthodox website features satirical stories about street people in various cities across the country. Street-people.com’s “Street team” will be in Nashville December 5 & 6, 2007 walking the streets, back alleys and tourist attractions of Nashville talking and taking pictures with the people who make their living on the street hustling change off tourist, collecting beer cans behind bars to earn money from recycling, or digging in the trashcans of local downtown restaurants for food. The interviews and photos will then be featured on the website where thousands of visitors daily enjoy the site’s offbeat take on those that are homeless.
“Our road trips have become very popular with our readers” commented one of the founders. The street team has visited various cities including Boston, New Orleans, New York, and Hartford. “This will be our second tour of Nashville. Our first tour generated several unique stories and fans have asked us to follow up.” The website was created by two downtown office workers in Memphis, TN has developed a strange collection of followers. College students hosted the creators during a football game where the students held a Bum Olympics inspired by the site, sorority girls hoisted banners for the site on Good Morning America, and the creators have been offer monthly columns by magazines in Dallas and Memphis.
“I think it is that we go beyond just getting pictures of the street people. We get stories behind that request for a dolla.” added the creators. “Being panhandled is something everyone that lives in a city understands. Our site is an outlet for that part of our culture showing that some people really need aid and others are just scam artist.” Under the banner of The Online Home for the Homeless, without the urine smell, the site questions whether the disheveled individuals who ask us for change are really in need or just scam artists.
The site features a gallery of homeless people complete with photos and stories from “The Iceman” who peddles his bike 50 miles a day to collect cans because Top 40 radio made him quit his job, to “Wheelchair Will” who uses a wheelchair as a prop to garner sympathy and handfuls of change from passersby. The site has come under fire from charitable organizations as insensitive to the homeless. “We feel the site uses satire to talk about this social phenomenon and we plan to have an interesting visit. Our Nashville fans have already shared some characters that we will be on the lookout for when our team arrives for the visit this week.”
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